* Yukihiro "Chachamaru" Fujimura – backing vocals, lead guitar
Nickname: The Legendary Guitarist of Kansai
Birthday March 3
Blood type ??
Height 170
Weight 48
Birth Place: Kansai, Japan
Role: Guitarist, Bandleader, Back-up Vocals, Technical producer for GacktJOB
Guitar: Caparison Horus
Cigarette Brand: Camel
Hobbies: Drinking, Smoking, Walking, ...
* Yukihiro "Chachamaru" Fujimura – backing vocals, lead guitar
Nickname: The Legendary Guitarist of Kansai
Birthday March 3
Blood type ??
Height 170
Weight 48
Birth Place: Kansai, Japan
Role: Guitarist, Bandleader, Back-up Vocals, Technical producer for GacktJOB
Guitar: Caparison Horus
Cigarette Brand: Camel
Hobbies: Drinking, Smoking, Walking, Reading, Pic Throwing
Biggest Fear: Deathly afraid of heights.
1984 - 1986 Gerard
1988 - 1989 Vienna
1989 - Minoru Niihara Band
1989 - X-Japan
1990 - 1991 Gerard
1990 - 1992 Ded Chaplin
1994 - 1995 Toshi (X-Japan)
1996 - Girl U Need
1998 - 1999 Vienna
2000 - ... Gackt Job
2002 - solo ("AIR")
Comments about Chachamaru
You: innate elegant guitarist
Ren: Close friend
Masa: Brother
Band History Established Gerand in 1982, established Vienna in 1987 (but disbaned), established Ded Chaplin in 1989, established Girl U Need in 1994 and also rejoined with Vienna members.
Others: Joined GacktJob during MARS TOUR. He started guitar at age 12, and started doing band at age 13. Once helped Toshi from X Japan on their second album for composing and guitar playing.
Miho’s comments Ahhhh… Chachamaru is very gifted at guitar. He plays guitar very very well, and he’s gorgeous too^^~ I love his fluffy hair during MARS Tour, it swings and flies around~~ lovely~~
I don't really like Chachamaru... I love the way he plays guitar, he's really a good musician.... But.... I don't love him as I love the others !^^
Notes: He is the band master. He likes drinking XD He was the vocalist and one of the guitarists of the band Vienna from 1987 to 1989
(Wikipedia Info)
Other Info
* Fairly enamored with the color pink.
* Jewelry always consists of: His black JOB beaded bracelet along with a few others that he picks and chooses. A silver ring, an Egyptian styled scarab pin given to him by X-mas, a pink watch given to him by Gackt_Camui, and a necklace of some sort. (Usually a small gold or silver chain with an Egyptian charm on it.)
* Wears glasses to read.
* Is famous for asking Gackt, "Did we eat today already?" (Often forgets to eat meals unless reminded, will work through the night at the studio unless told what time it is.)
* Pre-concert tradition: Eating fruit
History
Yukihiro "Chachamaru" Fujimura has been on the music scene since his early teens. Starting out with bands like Ded Chaplin on guitar, and as a studio musician which earned him a spot in the credits of X Japan's Blue Blood, by way of knowing Toshi.
At the start of the decade Cha found himself fronting a popular progressive band, Gerard, thanks to the producer of CRIME (King) records. The songs on the albums were stories, usually ones paralleling those that spoke of knights and chivalry, and maidens in distress.
In the mid eighties he joined forces with Shusei Tsukamoto and formed Vienna. Another progressive band that mixed hard guitar, driving drum and bass beats against light keyboards, and Cha's wispy vocals. Each album was a story unto itself, a novel through music, this time the themes moving from knights and damsels, to the fairy tales of Aladan and the mythology of Egypt.
Though somewhere in the middle Gerard wanted to take a different turn in which Cha himself wasn't very excited about. So rather then stay, he quietly bowed out and was replaced as the vocalist and guitarist.
Reuniting the members of Vienna in the mid nineties for one more album, they produced [UNKOWN], and then once again slipped back into silence.
Now in his mid 30's Cha found himself producing and working with other bands more on the sidelines and inside studios. He produced for Masafumi Nishida's (ex Ded Chaplin & Loudness) Girl U Need, and produced and played on Toshi's solo albums after he had left X.
It was about this time he was introduced to Nippon Crown's new acquisition and told to "help him out." This new bit of talent being Gackt.
Cha worked along side this man Gackt and his friends for several years as bandleader, lead guitar, backup vocals, and producer. It wasn't until late in 2002 did he manage to put out his first solo album, Air.
Air
Air
Air brought Cha's storytelling through music back to the foreground, as he brought many of his old friends (Shusei Tsukamoto, Masafumi Nishida, and Ryuichi Nishida) and new (Gackt and You) into the studio with him to record.
Old Home
All of the above events took place in Cha's first home where he existed before he came to live where he is now with the members of JOB in JRRP.
Cha's life from 2003-Janurary 2004 was spent with kamui_gackt, in a place where it was just the two of them. Kamui disappeared and seemed to simply fade from existence in the beginning months of 2004, which left Cha alone until late 2005 when he approached Gackt_Camui about joining his JOB.
Since then Kamui has made two more appearances to Cha, but the encounters are usually brief and fleeting, leaving Cha with no closure and lots of unanswered questions.
Despite having his new family and friends, the resurfacing of his old flame tends to open deep wounds and cause Chacha to further shut himself off from the idea of any future love and relationships outside the usual friendships he has formed.
JRRP
Since coming to JRRP, Cha's been dubbed with a new nickname Fujiyuki by Masa, and will now answer to that, he will also answer to Wifey-chan, but only when coming from Gackt_Camui.
Having a new home has involved many growing pains and adjusting to new ways of life that Cha is not accustomed to. He is always eager to make friends, but can often seem extremely withdrawn or shy around them. He has a tendency to bottle up emotions and not express them for months at a time until they explode, most times with rather embarrassing results.
He enjoys music, drinking, smoking, cracking lame jokes, walking, the color pink, and collecting anything Egyptian. he currently resides alone in a small apartment close to the studio so that he can be within walking distance of work.
