This article originally appears in Uzu Shokan's first magazine, March 2002.
■ It's a sudden start, but please explain the meaning behind your names.
HIZUMI→because of my warped personality*
KARYU→related to my real name**
ZERO→nothing
TSUKASA→since I want to be in charge***
* Hizumi means "to be warped".
** The kanji in Karyu's real first name, Yoshitaka, could also be read as Karyu.
*** "Tsukasadoru" is a verb that means "to be in charge" or "to manage".
■ What kind of part time jobs have you had?
HIZUMI→Prostitute
KARYU→Various
ZERO→Secret
TSUKASA→Arcade etc.
■ What do you want to learn from other bands?
HIZUMI→How not to be late
KARYU→Labels, thinking I want to join one
ZERO→Performance power
TSUKASA→KeiT's warm ups
■ Which member has the biggest gap between looks and personality? And why?
HIZUMI→ZERO, he's a cheat
KARYU→KARYU. Please study me.
ZERO→Everyone
TSUKASA→ZERO. He looks like a gyaru but has a low voice. Bassy.
■ Have you experienced anything you could consider the biggest failure of your life?
HIZUMI→Forgetting to lock the toilet?
KARYU→Nothing really
TSUKASA→I got drunk and busted up someone's car
■ Where is D'espairsRay headed from here?
HIZUMI→Incorporation. We'll be D'espairsRay, Inc.
KARYU→First, the best in Japan
ZERO→Please see for yourself
TSUKASA→Ghosts
■ What do you like to be called?
HIZUMI→Whatever they want to call me
ZERO→Anything is fine
TSUKASA→Tsukacchi
■ What skill do you want to practice?
HIZUMI→Being able to fly
KARYU→Drunken Fist
ZERO→Back hip circle
TSUKASA→Being able to fly
■ What kind of man do you want to be?
HIZUMI→A perverted man
KARYU→A perverted man
ZERO→Gay
TSUKASA→A man like a mountain, a giant
■ Are you confident about your face (or body)?
HIZUMI→No
KARYU→No
ZERO→Nope
TSUKASA→No
■ What goes through your head when you're stood in front of a mirror?
HIZUMI→I look shady!
KARYU→The hell are you
ZERO→What's today gonna be like?
TSUKASA→My hair's so damaged
■ What type are you?
HIZUMI→Phimosis*
KARYU→Dracula type
ZERO→Delightful type
TSUKASA→Sunshine type
* He's making a pun that I can't really explain, but also if you don't know what this medical condition is I can't recommend looking it up.
■ What idol do you like?
HIZUMI→Morning Musume
KARYU→Mania
ZERO→Myself (laugh)
TSUKASA→Tenshi
■ What commercial do you hate?
HIZUMI→Kinkan Nodo Ame
ZERO→I don't watch TV
TSUKASA→The one that goes "akaan akaan" and loops a bear*
* Found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khmohHuZMHw
■ If you were to choose a catchphrase for your band, what would it be?
HIZUMI, KARYU, TSUKASA→ For mania
ZERO→Music that makes you horny?
■ Please tell us how you'd explain your band to someone who doesn't know your band.
HIZUMI→Look.
KARYU→For mania
ZERO→Just how we look
TSUKASA→Heavy and pleasurable
■ Please express your current feelings with a single kanji character.
HIZUMI→Brain
KARYU→Anger
ZERO→Cold
TSUKASA→Cold
■ Are you S or M?
HIZUMI→"S"
KARYU→M
ZERO→S
TSUKASA→M
■ What do you hate being compared to the most?
HIZUMI→Milk coffee
KARYU→When people say "you remind me of that band"
ZERO→Tamagotchi
TSUKASA→Shrimp
■ Who spends the most time on their makeup?
Everyone: KARYU
■ What song represents your band?
HIZUMI, ZERO→murder freaks
KARYU, TSUKASA→Genshoku
■ What's something that music changed about you?
HIZUMI→Shoes
KARYU→I stopped talking to people
ZERO→I started growing my hair out
TSUKASA→I learned romance
■ What do you want to convey through music?
HIZUMI→A lifetime
KARYU→KARYU's inner side(life)(internal side)
ZERO→Despair
TSUKASA→Passion
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