Taiji (musician)
Taiji 沢田 泰司 | |||||
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Taiji performing with X circa 1990 | |||||
| Background information | |||||
| Birth name | Taiji Sawada | ||||
| Also known as | Ray | ||||
| Born | July 12, 1966 Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan | ||||
| Died | July 17, 2011 (aged 45) Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | ||||
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| Instrument | Bass guitar | ||||
| Years active | 1982–2011 | ||||
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| Website | taiji-tsglaston.com | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 沢田 泰司 | ||||
| Hiragana | さわだ たいじ | ||||
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Taiji Sawada (Japanese: 沢田 泰司, Hepburn: Sawada Taiji; July 12, 1966 – July 17, 2011), also known mononymously as Taiji, was a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former bassist of the rock band X Japan. X Japan rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, credited as founders of the Japanese visual kei movement. After leaving X Japan in January 1992, Taiji went on to work with many other bands, including Loudness and D.T.R.