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michiaki (Bass)
Birthplace：Yokohama-City
Birthday： 21 / Sep
Star Sign：Virgo
Bloodtype：AB-type
michiaki made his debut as the bassist of TENSAW, a Yokohama-based rock band whose music and radical live performances were very influential in Japan's early '80's rock scene. After TENSAW, michiaki played with Char as a supporting musician for Katsuhiko Nakagawa.
In 1988, he formed THE TOYS with Yasuaki Honda, and after the band broke up, michiaki started his career as a session musician and played with cutting edge Japanese musicians including hide, Kazuya Yoshii(THE YELLOW MONKEY), Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Sentimental Bus, al.ni.co, Demon Kogure, Fujio Yamaguchi(MURA HACHIBU), Makoto Ayukawa(SHEENA & THE ROCKETS), Keiko Terada, Akira Takasaki(LOUDNESS) just to name a few. On top of Ra:IN, michiaki plays in such bands as "ZokuZokuKazoku" (with Masayoshi Kabe), and "Mosaw" (with Shinji Miyake).
Michiaki's abilities also include being an arranger and/or producer, having worked for such music acts as Mikoto Momono, Hysteric Suzies, Keiko Terada, al.ni.co, and at the 30th anniversary event of the apparel maker "BIGI", as well as the "Eral Jean" men's collection, and, together with Coba, Gontiti, and others, a tribute album for Nino Rota, an Italian movie music virtuoso. He also played in the "Harukaze (Spring Breeze)" event, which gathered some 50,000 people in two days, and other events such as "Rolling Thunder".
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