Mikeru On Japanese Music Today

TERU was a drummer before joining GLAY and was a schoolmate of TAKURO in primary and secondary schools. after joining GLAY, TAKURO appreciated TERU's voice and made him a vocal. although TERU was a drummer, other members have never seen him playing drums (except TAKURO I guess). Teru has one elder and one younger sister with his parents. he is very good at cookery, and all the members appreciate his food. he is married to PUFFY's onuki ami. they have a baby girl who was born in 03.3.9.





TAKURO is the leader of GLAY who is also the main composer and lyrics writer. before forming GLAY, he was in a punkHISASHI was in the same high school with TAKURO. before joining GLAY, he was in a band called ANT (ÃÆ). at first, HISASHI didn't like GLAY, thinking that they were just a copy band of BOOWY. later, however, he appreciated TAKURO's determination and joined GLAY after ANT's breakup. HISASHI is definitely the coolest guy in GLAY. he has a elder brother and his father passed away when he was in high school. his biggest interest is shopping. he got married in 1999 with a woman named izumi.


HISASHI name: HISASHI
real name: tonomura hisashi (¥~§ø©|)
birthdate: 1972.2.2
birthplace: hokodate, hokkaidou, japan (¥_®ü¹D¨çÀ]¥«)
blood type: p
position: guitar

HISASHI was in the same high school with TAKURO. before joining GLAY, he was in a band called ANT (ÃÆ). at first, HISASHI didn't like GLAY, thinking that they were just a copy band of BOOWY. later, however, he appreciated TAKURO's determination and joined GLAY after ANT's breakup. HISASHI is definitely the coolest guy in GLAY. he has a elder brother and his father passed away when he was in high school. his biggest interest is shopping. he got married in 1999 with a woman named izumi.

name: JIRO
real name: wayama yoshihito (©M¤s¸q¤¯)
birthdtae: 1972.10.17
birthplace: hokodate, hokkaidou, japan (¥_®ü¹D¨çÀ]¥«)
blood type: a
position: bass Jiro

JIRO was the last one to join GLAY. before joining GLAY, JIRO was in a band called PIERROT (not the PIERROT you may know). in 92.10, JIRO joined GLAY after the former bassist quitted. he was the one who pulled GLAY out of the 'dark age' and shortly after JIRO joined, YOSHIKI of X became their producer and changed GLAY completely. JIRO has one elder and two younger sisters. JIRO's name used to be linked to Judy & Mary's YUKI, until JIRO got married with reiko on 00.12.3, who is an editor of the music magazine "WHAT'S IN".