Taiji (bassist)
Taiji Sawada (?-) was the bass guitar player of the phenomenal Japanese Visual Band X Japan.
Throughout his career Taiji has worked with bands such as X Japan, Loudness, Cloud Nine, and most recently (as of 2004) is working with a band called Otokaze, with his sister.
After his departure from X Japan in late 1992, Taiji had a lot of money troubles and as he stated in his autobiography; it was "a very dark time" for him, often leaving him with nothing but his motorbike.
The death of X Japan's guitarist hide in 1998 was a big shock to Taiji, and since that time, he has struggled to pull himself to his feet again.
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