Taiji (musician)

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Taiji 沢田 泰司
Taiji performing with X circa 1990
Background information
Birth name	Taiji Sawada
Also known as	Ray
Born	(1966-07-12)July 12, 1966 Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Died	July 17, 2011(2011-07-17) (aged 45) Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Genres	Heavy metal hard rock
Occupations	Musician songwriter
Instrument	Bass guitar
Years active	1982–2011
Formerly of	Trash Dementia X Japan (then called X) Loudness D.T.R Kings Cloud Nine Otokaze the Killing Red Addiction Taiji with Heaven's TSP
Website	taiji-tsglaston.com
Japanese name
Kanji	沢田 泰司
Hiragana	さわだ たいじ
Transcriptions Romanization Sawada Taiji

Taiji Sawada (Japanese: 沢田 泰司, Hepburn: Sawada Taiji, July 12, 1966 – July 17, 2011), also known mononymously as Taiji, was a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former bassist of the rock band X Japan. X Japan rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, credited as founders of the Japanese visual kei movement. After leaving X Japan in January 1992, Taiji went on to work with many other bands, including Loudness and D.T.R.