Ai no Wakusei

1966 - 2023

Despite having had a difficult childhood and youth, he was resilient and found a way to cope with all the pain that marked his life, he made an art of his life.

At the same time, he marked a lot of people with his beautiful music and accompanied many people during difficult and happy times with his art. I was one of those people.

Thank you for everything Sakurai, you will be remembered as the legend that you are 🖤

atsushi sakurai x

As we all mourn the tragic passing of the INCREDIBLE Atsushi Sakurai, I would like to honor him. Sadly I had made this magazine before his passing, and presented it almost in tears today in class, but it features Atsushi on the cover and a three spread article featuring Buck-Tick

Hisashi stops writing B-T on his face

Toll stops wearing the Tollhawk

U-ta suddenly grows half a meter

Hide starts talking, non-stop, can’t shut him up

I feel terrible that I am so inactive here. It's been almost a year since my last post. I feel so terrible about what has become of our fan community, that we are grieving in silos. I think my energy would be better spend on doing something positive.

Thus, here is an open letter to the people who run Buck-Tick fan sites past and present, who translated, and who scanned for the community. Many links are down these days. Please reach out to me if you like. I will take this message down in a few days.

Dear Fellow Buck-Tick Fan,

In this time of shared grief, I am reaching out to those who have fan sites, translate, and scan for the greater B-T community. I am sending this message to the sites/people I know of and the contact methods I am aware of. If I missed sending this to a currently active or past leader, I apologize for the oversight. If this message is not in English, I apologize for the machine translation. I could write in Japanese if you prefer.

My name is Mariko and I am the person behind the Buck-Tick Zone website and Twitter account. We may have been in contact before. If not, nice to meet you and I apologize that it took a tragedy for me to write to you.

It is my hope that we can come together and do something for the community. I am open to your ideas. If you are interested, we can discuss via email, social media messages, or even a Zoom call. I hope to hear from you soon and I understand if you are not interested in participating.

Buck-Tick moments that kill me

Sakurai Atsushi, 1993