D.I.E

D.I.E (2011)

D.I.E (or DIE) is a Japanese musician, keyboardist arranger and producer. He became known as the keyboardist of hide's band, hide with Spread Beaver. Currently, he is the keyboardist of the bands Ra:IN and Minimum Rockets.

Profile

• Name: Nozawa Daijiro (野澤大二郎)
• Birthday: February 15, 1964
• Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
• Blood Type: A
• Height: 174cm
• Weight: 62kg
• Musical Projects: Ra:IN, Minimum Rockets, hide with Spread Beaver, LOOPUS

Information

D.I.E debuted as a supporting guest artist, playing the keyboard for such popular bands as ZI:KILL, DER ZIBET, GLAY and X JAPAN which is how he met hide.

He was also in a band called LOOPUS and was the support keyboardist of Aikawa Nanase, Hisamatsu Fumina, Hajime Okano, Ritsu Saito and Sintiro Mizwe.

On May 19th, 2007, Pata added D.I.E to his band Ra:IN. He's also the keyboardist of Minimum Rockets.

Discography

Note: Click here for prior releases with Ra:IN.

Note: Click here for prior releases with Minimum Rockets.

Albums

• [1996.03.15] SPEED BALL
• [1998.04.01] FRAGILE
• [1998.09.02] FRAGYRO
• [1999.10.14] progressive
• [2001.09.18] ALIVE

Other Albums

• [2009.10.07] Gratuitous Love ~Hikari no Piano~ (Gratuitous Love ~光のピアノ~) (DIE and Morioka Ken)

Singles

• [1999.03.17] Junk Harem
• [1999.09.01] TURIP BLUE

VHS

• [1999.02.03] Fragile Tokkyuu (フラジャイル特急; Fragile Express)

External Links

• Official Website
• Twitter
• Blog