Uruha, the guitar leader.
Real Name: Takashima Kouyou (高島 宏陽)
Birth Date: June 9th, 1981
Birthplace: Shounan District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type: O
Height: 177cm
Weight: 62kg
Foot size: 27.5
Ring size: 19
Family: Parents, two older sisters
Hobbies: billiard, pachinko, bowling, soccer
Collection: rings, perfume, liqour
Piercings: four on the right ear, five on the left ear
Favourite Color: purple, grey
Favourite Animal: dog, polar bear, penguin, domestic duck
Favorite Dorama: Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru
Favorite Drink: Smirnoff, MOET & CHANDON
Favorite Food: Mentai Korokke Bento
Disliked Food: Blue cheese
Favourite Brand: PPFM, Docomo, alfredoBANNISTER
Liked Type: Gentle, grown-up persons
Tobacco: Marlboro Menthol Light, Maremen Light, PIANISSIMO one (NOTE: As of June 2, 2007, he has attempted to stop smoking.)
Cologne: Gucci Rushes, Bvlgari
Musical Influence: LUNA SEA
Admired Musician: SUGIZO
First Copied Song: LUNA SEA - IN MY DREAM (WITH SHIVER)
Previous occupation(before the band): Super Market worker
Facts about Uruha.
1. Uruha sleeps until someone wakes him up (but he hates being woken
up). But if no one does, he won't get up. He's glued to his bed.
Occassions: If it's a tour, Kai will wake him up because he's the only one awake.
If it's normal day, Reita calls him.
2. He drinks soymilk. I don't know, he just drinks it every morning. And
Reita gets irritated because he thinks Uruha is showing off when he
does that.
3. Day commences
4. Depends on what they're doing, but Uruha tends to sometimes sleep
during the day when he's not doing anything. Like in studio or
something. And if he's not sleepy, he'll:
a. Bring in games to play or play with others
b. Bring in dvds to watch
5. After a good days work, he goes to a family restaurant to eat
6. he admits this is bad, but if he can't get to sleep, he'll drink a bit and then he can go to sleep
7.he hates it when people ignore him on purpose
8.he can not stand olives
9.he actually doesn't really like it when he has to show his thighs
10.is a proud uncle
11.thinks he looks smart in glasses
12.hates being ignored when he is talking
13.doesnt find naked women erotic
14.looks at the person on the inside before he judges on them
15.he was made fun of in school because of his lips
16.used to work in a grocery store
17. met reita through soccer club/team at school
18.fights with reita over food
19.when sleeping over at the others places, he usually steals thier beds, making them sleep on the floor or couch.
20.He likes to jog around 1-2 am in the morning.
21.He doesn't think naked women are erotic. He thinks it's more erotic
when the female body is hidden because more is left to his imagination.
22.He was chased by the yakuza when he was young
23.He would like to have a session with Sugizo.
24.When he was younger, he went to the hospital to have this wart
removed from his neck. He says that he can still see the scar and was
afraid while looking at the doctor cutting the thing off.
25.He likes to sleep with a boxer and a t-shirt on.
26.He is a heavy sleeper.
27.Claims to be a "good weather" man.
28.Likes spring because he thinks it's toasty warm.
29.Got his first guitar from his parents.
30.Has always fallen in love at first sight when he was in middle school.
31.Uruha managed to lose his keys while jogging one night, into the
sewage. So he called Ruki because he couldn't reach the keys. Ruki
provided a gum and a some string, which they fished the keys up with. In
the end they couldn't get the key back and Uruha remembered that his
parents held a spare key so he called them in the morning and his
parents had the key delivered to Uruha by a motorbike service.
32.Loves playing soccer, billiards and bowling.
33.Favorite colors are grey and purple.
34.He quit smoking. He hasn't been smoking for almost a year now. He
quit because he thought that his health condition was getting worst and
his blood circulation was low. Now he's even disgusted by the smell of
it.
35.He loves to challenge people on his gameboy advanced and don't let go until he wins. He does not admit that he lost.
36.His favorite animals are domestic ducks, dogs and polar bears.
37.His rival is himself.
38.Does not like to eat olives.
39.He used to work at a vegetable shop.
40.Collects rings and perfume.
41.He has two older sisters and two nephews.
42.When he thinks that the person he's hanging out with dressed silly or
when he doesn't like the thing the person he's hanging out with is
wearing he just keeps a distance from him. Reita had a sad story of
this. He was wearing this messy t-shirt and Uruha just wouldn't walk
next to him. He walked from ahead or tried to stay behind.
43.He wanted to become a soccer player when he grew up.
URUHA:
1. Birthday
June 9th
2. Blood Type
O-type
3. Hometown
Kanagawa-prefecture
4. Height / Weight
177cm . 62kg
5. Shoe Size
27.5cm
6. Ring Size
Pinky is size 17
7. Do you smoke cigarettes? What’s brand do you smoke?
I smoke. Marlboro Menthol Light
8. Favourite Perfume
DIESEL
9. Type of cell phone you use
DoCoMo N504iS
10. Cell phone ring tone
Ayumi Hamasaki - HANABI~episode II~
11. Number of memories on your cell phone
126
12. Favourite Brand
RUPERT, PPFM
13. Favourite Colours
Black
14. Favourite Word(/s)
I reflect, but I don’t regret
15. Favourite Food
Walleye pollack roe, pizza
16. Disliked Food
Liver
17. Can you cook? What are you especially good at?
I can make Taco-rice!
18. Hobbies
Driving
19. Special Skill
Soccer
20. Virtues
Doing things at my own pace
21. Demerits
Doing things at my own pace
22. Habits
Stooping
23. Daily Routine
Drink at a DJ bar
24. What types of things were usually written on your report card when you were in primary school?
Has his eye on a target and needs to try a little harder!!
25. Recent Boom
Going to shot bars, the manga NARUTO
26. Charm Point
Hands, fingers
27. Weak Point
Nipples
28.Things you collect
Rings, perfume
29. What type of room do you live in at the moment?
A Japanese style room… but I have a bed.
30. Favourite Place
Enoshima, Yokohama
31. Where would you like to try and go?
Egypt; I want to have a look at a pyramid!
32. How do you spend your days off?
Hang out with my friends
33. What’s something you’ve bought recently?
A rubbish bin
34. What’s a movie you’ve seen recently?
Zatoichi
35. What’s something you’ve been worrying about recently?
I’ve been trying to have as little worries as possible
36. Your way to reduce stress
Karaoke
37. What’s the most precious thing to you at the moment?
The band, of course ♥
38. Who is someone you respect?
There are a lot of people
39. When was your first love?
Primary school
40. Did anything come of that love?
It didn’t…
41. What do you like in the opposite sex?
A mature person; someone who thinks “Let’s do this together”
42. What don’t you like in the opposite sex?
Someone who misinterprets situations; someone who can’t read the atmosphere of a place
43. What are you searching for in a girl?
Sympathy
44. What fetish do you have?
Upper arms, wrinkles
45. What’s your favourite girls’ fashion?
Sexy
46. What’s something a girl has done that has startled you?
I was startled when someone turned to face me with a smile?!
47. Is there someone you’ve confessed to yourself?
Of course. That’s pretty common!
48. What’s your ideal date?
Shopping -> Disneyland
49. What colour is love?
Scarlet
50. Do you want to get married?
I don’t! At the moment…
51. What’s your ideal depiction of a man?
Someone who has heaps of things they want to do.
52. What makes a manly man?
Someone who always keeps their aspirations to themself…
53. What’s good about being a man?
You feel like you live roughly
54. If you were born again, would you be a man or a woman?
I would be a man amongst men
55. And why?
Even if I could be born again, I’d want to live as a man. Because there are a lot of things I want to do.
56. Where do your eyes travel when you first meet a person?
I look at them as a person… their aura
57. What were your dreams when you were a child?
Becoming a J-Leaguer
58. What are you looking forward to when you grow old?
I want to become a cool grandpa who’s a bartender or rides a motorbike
59. What do you think is wrong with the world?
There are so many people who worry too much about boring things or details
60. What do you think your mental age is?
Appropriate for my age
61. How much is in your wallet at the moment?
1728yen.
62. Do you find waking up easy?
It’s really easy
63. Do you believe in fate?
I don’t! Because it would be with me regardless of if I believe or not.
64. What are you most concerned about at the moment?
Dancing
65. What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?
I was a thief in primary school
66. What’s the best thing you’ve ever done?
I handed in a wallet to a police station
67. What’s the most expensive thing you’ve ever bought?
The guitars I use now
68. “I’ve been hiding it all this time, but I’m really ___!”
I’m really… a gamer!
69. What’s something that’s been a new experience for you recently?
I lost my memory
70. What’s the biggest hurdle in life?
You weak self when you’re alone
71. If you weren’t a musician…
I think I would have a normal job
72. If you had to give yourself a rating, what would it be?
0
73. What do you think of during a live?
How fun it will become (with the fans…)
74. What do you drink on stage?
Pocari drinks
75. Is it true that you are bad at dancing?
I don’t know, but I like it!
76. What do you have to do before a live?
Stretch
77. What do you have to do after a live?
Talk
78. What are lives to you?
A place where I can make sure of my existence
79. What instrument(/s) do you use?
Guitar
80. Please give us a promise. ”I will ___ this year!”
Explode!
81. Which musicians do you get on well with?
None
82. What’s something you wouldn’t give to anyone else as it is now?
The band
83. Which one of your own songs do you like the best?
Ray
84. What rule have you made for yourself that you plan to stick to?
To do things for myself
85. What do you think you have too little of at the moment?
Flexibility
86. If you could become another member, who would you become? And why?
Ruki. I want to become good at singing!
87. If you could have one wish granted, what would you wish for?
I want something that will make people recognise me
88. What’s something you want to eat at the moment?
Hitsumabushi
89. Who is someone you want to meet at the moment?
All of our fans
90. Which song do you recommend at the moment?
My ring tone
92. Who are your favourite artists?
Dragon Ash, Kingdra, Hamasaki Ayumi, Koda Kumi
92. Who’s your favourite performer?
Matsumoto Hitoshi
93. Is there a performer people say you are like?
SEX MACHINEGUNS’s Anchang
94. What type of thing do you want to do for SHOXX from now on?
Be on the cover
95. What is music to you?
Human nature appearing in melody
96. What is Gazette to you?
Lifelong friends
97. What are your ambitions from here on?
A live in my hometown. (laugh)
98. What would you say to yourself 10 years from now?
Be thankful
99. Give a message to the other members.
I hope you’ll be able to drink sake. (teary)
100. Give a message to your fans.
When there a hard times… your mail and fan letters always help me. I’m really thankful.
