In the beginning I talked always about the new HYDE project. Some people had misinformed me, saying that VAMPS was the reason why L'arc-en-Ciel would split, so I received VAMPS with teary eyes but opened arms. Then I realized that was not true :-p

In the beginning I talked about HYDE and didn't like the fact that he refused his name, because I thought they'd be more popular if they kept HYDE in the name like: HYDE & VAMPS or something like that, specially because they were a duet, not a whole band.

I'd make the mistake over and over. And talked about HYDE's new song... with VAMPS. Or about "the other vamp" when talking about K.A.Z, but eventually the name rooted into my heart and mind, as did K.A.Z ... and Ju-Ken! Arimatsu and Jin in a minor scale... and -J! Now when I think "VAMPS" I think of the whole band, performing live, of them acting crazy in MV pictures, of -J's controverted posts in MySpace, etc. Now I'm more than used to VAMPS :-)