Sugizo

Sugizo 杉原有音
Sugizo in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Yasuhiro Sugihara (杉原 康弘)
Born	(1969-07-08) July 8, 1969 (age 55) Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
Genres	Rock heavy metal psychedelia electronica world experimental ambient
Occupations	Musician songwriter composer record producer actor writer activist
Instruments	Guitar violin
Discography	Sugizo discography
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Cross/Polydor Embryo Nippon Crown Sephirot Universal Avex Trax Wakyo
Member of	Luna Sea X Japan Juno Reactor The Last Rockstars
Formerly of	S.K.I.N. Stop Rokkasho
Website	sugizo.com
Japanese name
Kanji	杉原有音
Hiragana	すぎはら ゆうね
Transcriptions Romanization Sugihara Yūne

Yūne Sugihara (Japanese: 杉原有音, Hepburn: Sugihara Yūne), born Yasuhiro Sugihara (杉原 康弘) and better known by his stage name Sugizo, is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist and violinist of the rock band Luna Sea since 1989.

Sugizo started his solo career in 1997 and has since collaborated with a variety of different artists. He formed the psychedelic jam band Shag in 2002, the rock duo The Flare in 2004, and the electronica duo S.T.K (Sensual Technology Kooks) in 2005. In 2007 he became a member of the international trance/world music act Juno Reactor, and of the Japanese rock supergroup S.K.I.N. Sugizo officially joined the rock band X Japan in 2009, and became a member of the supergroup The Last Rockstars in 2022.

In addition to being known for experimenting with many musical genres, mostly rock, psychedelic and electronica, he is known for his political views and for being an anti-war, anti-nuclear, and environmental activist.