♡ GazettE all over ♡ヴェレーナ

Thank u for your music and for being part of band that’s meant so much to so many people, and me

I always admired the way you turned your biggest insecurity into something cool and iconic to a whole subculture

(Dark Side Mail)

Reita: “I love Aoi so much that for a while now I’ve really wanted to know what kind of underwear he wears. I wonder what shape and colour underwear he wears, sometimes I can’t even sleep at night. My dark side just keeps getting deeper. Aoi-san, please tell me so I don’t disappear into the darkness, what kind of underwear are you wearing today??” 

(both laughing)

(both make ojisan sighing noises)

Reita: I guess women care about the colour of men’s underwear, too.

Aoi: Yeah…

Reita: I wonder what colour they like? 

Aoi: Yeah I don’t know! But recently guys wear mostly boxers right?

Reita: Yeah you’re right! 

Aoi: And there’s so many different patterns!

Reita: Oh I just always wear plain black ones…(starts laughing) but you wear pretty flashy underwear don’t you Aoi-san??

Aoi: Yes I do! Very very flashy ones.

Reita: (laughing) You do! Like almost psychedelic.

Aoi: Yes, psychedelic. 

Reita: Are you wearing psychedelic underwear today?

Aoi: Probably.

(Reita bursts our laughing)

Aoi: I don’t really have any plain ones

Reita: Oh you don’t?

Aoi: Yeah, the only time I’ll wear plain underwear is if I shower after a live and I have no underwear to change into, then the stylist gives me some. 

Reita: Ah.

Aoi: Their own underwear I mean.

Reita: WHAT!!! You perv!!!!

(Aoi laughing)

Reita: They give you some that they had ready for you right

Aoi: Yes yes yes yes, and that’s the only time.

Reita: Ah…..also Kai wears like…Disney underwear (laughing)

Aoi: Yeahh….like idk if I have any Disney but

Reita: He has like Mickey and stuff

(both laughing v hard)

Aoi: Some 3D stuff

(wtf is 3D underwear)

Reita: But yeah I normally just wear plain ones. I can’t be bothered so I just buy a bunch of the same one. 

Aoi: Ahh….

Reita: Like I do have different patterns, but I have a bunch of the same kind you know….maybe I’ll try getting different ones! I wanna have more fun with my underwear. 

(both laugh)

Reita: Nice…so what kind of underwear are you wearing today? You don’t have to go into too much detail if u don’t want to

Aoi: Ahh today….I havee… (I really hope he is checking rn) so they’re pink

Reita: HHHH-

Aoi: And there’s hot air balloons on them

Reita: HOT AIR BALLOONS

(both laughing)

Aoi: They have like a sky-blue and…white pattern and…yeah just cheerful underwear with a bunch of hot air balloons floating around you know?

Reita: (laughing) Ok so a pink background, with hot air balloons. Pls everyone imagine this. 

Wow. Talk about attention to detail.

I don't know how to handle this..

Rest in peace Reita 🙏🏼 💔😢

Imagine waking up to news that one of your favorite musicians has suddenly passed away.

the GazettE has always been my favorite visual kei band and among the five of them, I always like Reita the most. They were a huge part of my teenage days in high school and university. When I first created a Facebook account in 2008ish, all my profile pictures were Reita's photos.

In high school, me and my sister used to check Wikipedia for the list of their songs and check then one by one in YouTube. If we like it, we manually save the mp3 no matter how horrid the audio quality is because we don't know how to officially access Japanese songs. We still even kept that "Gazerock is not dead" shirts even though it's just an imitation.

Even though I'm no longer following visual kei, the GazettE always have a special place in my heart and I was happy to see them thriving more and more. I can even easily listen to their songs officially now since they're on Spotify.

So seeing this news out of the blue is... I don’t even know how to process this and I can't imagine how the other four members are feeling right now.

…. Rest in peace Reita… you left too soon from this world.

I don’t know the reason for this sudden deafening departure, and for such sadness…. Regardless if I know the reason or not, you will be dearly missed. You were one of the most talented, spirited, and iconic Visual Kei/Rock Bassist and musician of an era. Thank you for bringing so much energy into my life since 2010, alongside your bandmates that you called your brothers.

We will always be beside The GazettE and will support them so that your last wish before you left this world will be protected dearly.

Thank you for being a part of The GazettE, for creating powerful music that changed so many generations and gave us the confidence to be ourselves and express ourselves. Thank you for being part of my life for over 14 years.

Rest well, you worked hard. But most importantly, I hope that you were able to enjoy your 42 years of life with happiness and celebrations.

A part of my youth has temporarily left.

It's weird knowing that he won't be here with us anymore.

Thank you for being born and thank you for appearing and letting me know you in the days of my youth.

RIP REITA of the GazettE

A great Japanese musician and legendary Harajuku style icon has passed away. There was no band more popular with Harajuku visual kei fans of the 2005-2010 era. The famous Jingubashi bridge was full of REITA/GazettE cosplayers every weekend back then. RIP 🖤🖤🖤🖤

"Uma foto com REITA em Sendai, onde acabei perdendo o tempo de postar durante a turnê e acabou ficando guardado até amadurecer a ideia."