, nicknamed "Hide", is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is known as the rhythm guitarist for the rock band

Buck-Tick Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The group has consisted of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and dr ...

since 1983.

Life and career

Buck-Tick

In 1985, when Hide and Yutaka Higuchi graduated from high school they moved to

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together, where Hide started culinary school.''LOVE ME'', Yasue Matsuura, Takao Nakagawa; Shinko Music Publishing Company, Ltd. 1989. . Throughout Buck-Tick's long career, he has the second most songwriting credits. Hoshino married in 2006. He has released only one solo song; "Jarring Voice" on the compilation ''Dance 2 Noise 001''. He has also performed on Issay's ''Flowers'',

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''. On September 19, 2012, Hoshino released the book ''Simply Life''. It compiles the interviews he gave to the magazine ''Ongaku to Hito'' every year since 2001 with a new long interview. It was republished in 2022 as ''Simply Life ~Life Goes On~''.

Dropz

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(vocals) and Cube Juice (programming & electronics). He wrote the music, while Kelli wrote the lyrics. They released their first album, ''Sweet Oblivion'', on April 4, 2007, and a limited edition remix of the same album.

Discography

;With Buck-Tick ;With Dropz * ''Sweet Oblivion'' (April 4, 2007)

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peak position: #71

Life and career

Buck-Tick

Dropz

Discography

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