Acid Black Cherry

Acid Black Cherry promoting Recreation 3 (2013)

Yasu is a Japanese rock musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, currently signed to avex trax. His debut in the music business was as the vocalist of the Japanese rock band Janne Da Arc. In 2007, Yasu debuted as Acid Black Cherry with the single "SPELL MAGIC".

Profile

• Real Name: Hayashi Yasunori (林保徳)
• Birth Date: January 27, 1975 (1975-01-27)
• Birth Place: Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• Blood Type: A
• Height: 170 cm (5'7)
• Weight: 57 kg
• Foot Size: 26cm
• Cigarettes: Kent 1
• Favorite Artists: DEAD END, BOØWY
• Respected Person: hyde of L'Arc~en~Ciel
• Favorite Movie: Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa)
• Favorite Manga: Parasyte
• Favorite Color: White, blue and grey
• Likes: playing pachinko and reading manga late into the night
• Favorite Video Game Character: Dante (Devil May Cry)

Information

In January 26th, 2007 it was announced that Janne Da Arc would be taking a break and the members would be pursuing solo careers. It wasn't until June that an announcement appeared on the official site of Janne Da Arc about the start of Acid Black Cherry. It also included the announcement of the first single, SPELL MAGIC, to be released in July.

The first single reached #4 on the Oricon weekly charts. For the recordings yasu worked together with various well-known artists such as SUGIZO (LUNA SEA), Jun-Ji (SIAM SHADE) and SHUSE (ex La'cryma Christi) and in live performances he was supported by Chisato (Penicillin) and YUKI (Dustar-3).

Yasu appeared as a guest vocalist in a song called D.D.D. by jealkb. In 2012, he joined the Halloween project HALLOWEEN JUNKY ORCHESTRA.

Trivia/Misc.

• Yasu has admitted to being bisexual
• Yasu is a huge fan of HYDE of VAMPS/L'Arc~en~Ciel and refers to him as "kami-sama" or "God"

Discography

Acid Black Cherry promoting "Aishitenai" (2007)

Acid Black Cherry promoting "Jigsaw" (2008)

Acid Black Cherry promoting "Nemuri Hime" (2009)

Acid Black Cherry promoting "Re:birth" (2010)

Acid Black Cherry promoting "Pistol" (2011)

Acid Black Cherry promoting "2012" (2012)

Studio Albums

• [2008.02.20] BLACK LIST
• [2009.08.26] Q.E.D.
• [2012.03.21] "2012"
• [2015.02.04] L (Lーエルー)
• [2017.06.21] Acid BLOOD Cherry

Cover Albums

• [2008.05.21] Recreation
• [2010.06.30] Recreation 2
• [2013.03.06] Recreation 3
• [2017.01.25] Recreation 4

Live Albums

• [2012.10.17] Acid Black Cherry TOUR "2012" LIVE CD
• [2016.01.27] Acid Black Cherry Tour 2015 arena tour L LIVE CD

Singles

• [2007.07.18] SPELL MAGIC
• [2007.09.26] Black Cherry
• [2007.11.28] Aishitenai (愛してない; I Don't Love you)
• [2008.01.16] Fuyu no Maboroshi (冬の幻; Winter's Illusion)
• [2008.08.27] 20+∞Century Boys
• [2008.11.26] Jigsaw (ジグソー)
• [2009.02.18] Nemuri Hime (眠り姫; Sleeping Princess)
• [2009.07.29] Yasashii Uso (優しい嘘; Tender Lie)
• [2010.08.18] Re:birth
• [2011.06.08] Shoujo no Inori III (少女の祈り III; A Girl's Prayer III)
• [2011.09.21] Pistol (ピストル)
• [2011.10.19] Shangri-La (シャングリラ)
• [2011.11.16] Chou (蝶; Butterfly)
• [2011.12.21] CRISIS
• [2012.01.18] Yes (イエス)
• [2013.08.07] Greed Greed Greed
• [2013.11.20] Kuroneko ~Adult Black Cat~ (黒猫)
• [2014.03.11] Kimi ga Inai, Ano Hi Kara... (君がいない、あの日から…)
• [2014.10.22] INCUBUS

Digital Singles

• [2012.02.29] Kimi ga Iru Kara (君がいるから)

Video Releases

• [2008.08.27] Acid Black Cherry 2008 tour "BLACK LIST"
• [2010.03.24] Acid Black Cherry 2009 tour "Q.E.D."
• [2011.01.26] 2010 Live "Re:birth" ~Live at OSAKA-JO HALL~
• [2011.01.26] 2010 Live "Re:birth" ~Live at YOKOHAMA ARENA~
• [2011.01.26] 2010 Live "Re:birth" ~Live at YOKOHAMA ARENA & OSAKA-JO HALL~
• [2012.10.17] Acid Black Cherry TOUR "2012"
• [2013.07.17] Acid Black Cherry 5th Anniversary Live "Erect"
• [2016.02.17] 2015 livehouse tour S (－エス－)
• [2016.03.16] 2015 arena tour L (－エル－)
• [2017.03.22] 10th Anniversary Live History -BEST-

Compilations / Other

• [2007.05.16] jealkb - ROSES (#10 D.D.D)
• [2008.06.25] kiyo - ARTISAN OF PLEASURE
• [2008.07.23] 20-nen 200 Kyoku (Disc 3 #41 SPELL MAGIC)
• [2008.02.25] Karaage!! (#7 Fuyu no Maboroshi)
• [2009.03.04] 20years 200hits Complete Best + a LOVE HiQualityCD EditionBOX (#142 SPELL MAGIC)
• [2009.03.11] Hayate - Haya! ~Hayauta NON STOP Mega Mix~ (#8 20+∞Century Boys)
• [2010.10.27] SIAM SHADE Tribute (#11 1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou)
• [2011.07.27] SIAM SHADE Tribute vs Original (#11 1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou)
• [2012.07.04] PARADE II ~RESPECTIVE TRACKS OF BUCK-TICK~ (#1 ROMANESQUE)
• [2012.10.17] HALLOWEEN JUNKY ORCHESTRA - HALLOWEEN PARTY
• [2013.09.04] DEAD END Tribute -SONG OF LUNATICS- (#6 So Sweet So Lonely with Shinobu, Hitoki, Shinya)

Works

Music

Vocals

• [2016.10.19] kiyo - ARTISAN OF PLEASURE (#2 "tears")

Publications

Photobooks

• [2007.09.19] Acid Black Cherry yasu Live Photobook

Books

• [2009.11.xx] BLACKBOX Acid Black Cherry

Band Score

• [2010.12.xx] Band Score Acid Black Cherry "1/3 no Junjo na Kanjou"

Magazines

• [2007.11.15] ARENA 37C No.303 2007 December (Feature)
• [2008.02.29] FOOL'S MATE No.318 2008 April (Cover & Feature)
• [2008.03.10] ARENA 37C No.307 2008 April (Cover & Feature)
• [2009.08.10] ARENA 37C No.324 2009 September (Cover & Feature)
• [2009.08.xx] Fool's Mate I.S. No.005 (Feature)
• [2010.07.xx] FOOL'S MATE 2010 September Issue (Cover & Feature)
• [2010.08.10] ARENA 37 Degree September 2010 (Cover & Feature)
• [2010.08.28] MUSIQ? SPECIAL OUT of MUSIC Vol.10 (Cover & Feature)
• [2010.09.xx] FOOL'S MATE 2010 November Issue (Feature)
• [2010.10.xx] MUSIQ? SPECIAL OUT of MUSIC Vol.11 (Feature)
• [2011.03.xx] ARENA37 Degree April 2011 Issue (Cover & Feature)
• [2011.04.xx] FOOL'S MATE May 2011 Issue (Feature)
• [2011.04.28] ARENA37 Degree ARCHIVES (Cover & Feature)
• [2011.08.xx] FOOL'S MATE October 2011 Issue (Feature)
• [2011.09.xx] ARENA37 Degree October 2011 Issue (Feature)
• [2011.09.xx] FOOL'S MATE November 2011 Issue (Feature)
• [2011.10.xx] ARENA37 Degree November 2011 Issue (Feature)

External Links

• Official Site
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