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Japanese musician (–)

Musical artist

Atsushi Sakurai (櫻井 敦司, Sakurai Atsushi, March 7, – October 19, ) was a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter.

He was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Buck-Tick from until his death in Initially joining as their drummer in , Sakurai fronted the band for 38 years and 23 studio albums, nearly all of which reached the top ten on Japan's Oricon chart.

They are commonly credited as one of the founders of the visual kei movement.^[1]

Sakurai released the solo album Ai no Wakusei in , and was a member of Schwein alongside his Buck-Tick bandmate Hisashi Imai, Sascha Konietzko and Raymond Watts.

In , he formed a solo project called The Mortal. After falling ill during a Buck-Tick concert, Sakurai died from a brainstem hemorrhage in a Yokohama hospital on October 19,

Early life

Atsushi Sakurai was born in Fujioka, Gunma on March 7, , as the youngest of two sons.^[2] He shared a bir