Taiji
Taiji was a former bassist, guitarist, arranger, and composer for the bands X, LOUDNESS,. D.T.R and Cloud Nine. On July 11th 2011, he was arrested and charged with allegedly assaulting a female member of a Delta Airline flight crew, which was in route to Saipan from Tokyo. On July 14th, he was rushed to the intensive care unit after hanging himself with a bed sheet, an act which left him on life support. His mother and fiancée elected to remove him from artificial means and he passed at 11 A.M., on July 17th. Ironically, his X bandmate, hide, had committed suicide in a similar fashion 13 years earlier.
Profile
- Real Name: Sawada Yasushi (沢田泰司)
- Nickname: Taiji, Tai-chan (TAIちゃん)
- Date of Birth: July 12, 1966
- Date of Death: July 17, 2011 (aged 45)
- Sign: Cancer
- Blood Type: A
- Height: 173cm
- Weight: 55kg
- Foot Size: 25.5cm
- Hometown: Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Musical Career: X, TRUSH, Brawler, DEMENTIA, DeadWire, LOUDNESS, D.T.R, Cloud Nine, OTOKAZE
- Special Skill: Dish
- Cigarette: Marlboro
- Favorite Drinks: Beer, whisky
- Family: Sister MAYO (Younger Sister)
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Sawada "Taiji" Yasushi is the former bass player of the visual-kei pioneer X. Taiji joined the band in 1987 and left in Janurary of 1992, when he was replaced by Heath. After his departure from X, Taiji has worked with bands such as LOUDNESS, Cloud Nine and D.T.R. In 2004 he started working with his sister in a band called OTOKAZE. A year after, he was a guest bassist on his sister's, Sister MAYO, single, "Jumon Kourin ~Magical Force".
