UNDER CODE PRODUCTION session band Shingen Kichi SPECIAL ~PERMANENT BAND~ (神言基地SPECIAL ~パーマネントバンド~) successfully completed its live at Abeno ROCKTOWN. They played several staples of KISAKI & Kansai Kizoku (妃&関西貴族) setlists:

Sad announcement for VARYL (ヴァリル) fans - VARYL (ヴァリル) will disband after their oneman live at Takadanobaba AREA on January 8, 2016.

Cecir (ex-E'm ~grief~) will no longer be able to participate in Cero (LIN (凛 -THE END OF CORRUPTION WORLD-))'s birthday event, Here's looking at me, kid VOL:2, this year due to family reasons. This also means he will not be able to perform on guitar for Cero's session band...(hope Cero finds a replacement!)

PARANOID≠CIRCUS buffalo (drummer) Kizuna (紲) will resume activities at the band's 2015-07-10 sponsored event. He had been absent from the band [since February][1] to allow a hernia to heal.

CARAT (カラット) has postponed their last live, which was scheduled for 2015-04-03, due to vocalist Yuuji。 (ゆーじ。) being involved in an unspecified accident which has fractured his jaw. In such a condition, it's impossible for him to sing, so the live will be rescheduled to some time in the summer of this years. Details TBA once they're decided.

the:Ø's web shop has been temporarily closed, apparently due to fraudulent activities. If I understand correctly, someone was placing orders using the name and address of someone who didn't want any items, resulting in the band spending large amounts of money on shipping, etc. The band is currently investigating whether or not to involve the police and how to move forward.

[As I guessed][1], it was Shirakawa Yoshihisa (白川 善久), of white Great wall, sound advisor to LIN (凛 -THE END OF CORRUPTION WORLD-), who passed away.

From cryptic entries posted by [KISAKI][1], [SUI][2], and [MIZALY][3], it appears that a member of LIN (凛 -THE END OF CORRUPTION WORLD-)'s sound production team has passed away.

KISAKI fractured his foot at a recent LIN (凛 -THE END OF CORRUPTION WORLD-) (凛 -THE END OF CORRUPTION WORLD-) live, and it will take about a 1½ months to heal. LIN (凛 -THE END OF CORRUPTION WORLD-) will be very busy lately, but it seems that KISAKI plans to push through the pain.