Akihide, birth name Akihide Satou (佐藤彰秀, Satō Akihide), is a Japanese guitarist, producer and member of the rock-band Breakerz under talent agency B Zone and recording label Zain Records.[2]
Career
Between years 1998-2003, Akihide was member of the rock-band Fairy Fore under Avex and between years 2003-2006 member of the band Never Land independently.[2] On the same year when Never Land disbanded, he became member of the rock-band Breakerz along with vocalist Daigo and another guitarist Shinpei signed under Zain Records, one of the major labels of the B Zone agency.[3] The single sold over 100k copies.[4] Since 2012, the music agency B Zone has launched once-in-year event Being Legend: Guitar summit, in which he performs on live venues with such as Michiya Haruhata from Tubee, Hiroshi Shibazaki from Wands, Shinji Tagawa from Deen, Takashi Gomi from T-BOLAN and Takashi Masuzaki from Dimension.[5][6][7]
In 2013, he launched his solo career, in which he would mix releases with pure guitar instrumentals and vocal songs. Akihide writes, performs and produces songs on his own.[8][9] Following the next year in 2014, he released his first home-video release Akihide Live 2013:Amber×Lapis Lazuli. In 2017, he has expand his activities and song-writer provider for the band Acid Black Cherry[10] and in 2019 for the singer Renka.[11] In 2022, he released his first ambient instrumental EP Journey to sleep Nemuri he no Tabiji: 432Hz.
