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Yutaka Higuchi (桶口 豊, Higuchi Yutaka, born January 24, 1967 in Takasaki, Gunma), nicknamed "U-ta", is a Japanese musician. Known as the bassist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. He is the younger brother of Toll Yagami, Buck-Tick's drummer.

History

In 1985, when Higuchi and Hidehiko Hoshino graduated high school they moved to Tokyo together, where Higuchi started business school. Throughout Buck-Tick's long career, his only writing credit has been lyrics for "Under the Moon Light" (b-side of the "Aku no Hana" single).

Higuchi has also performed on Fake?'s Marilyn is a Bubble, Shammon's Lorelei, and on Tribute to The Star Club featuring Hikage.

Wild Wise Apes

Wild Wise Apes is a side project that he began in 2004. It consists of himself as bassist and Atsushi Okuno as vocalist. They released their first album, 3rd World, on July 14, 2004.

References

1. "樋口豊" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
2. Eremenko, Alexey. "Biography: Buck-Tick". AMG. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
3. "BUCK-TICK "ICONOCLASM"" (in Japanese). Natalie. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
4. LOVE ME, Yasue Matsuura, Takao Nakagawa; Shinko Music Publishing Company, Ltd. 1989. ISBN 4-401-61275-2.
5. "土屋アンナ、AIR、BUCK-TICKメンバーも参加！ FAKE？のニュー・アルバムが登場！" (in Japanese). CD Journal. 2006-11-22. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
6. ^ "メンバーそれぞれのソロ活動や外仕事を駆け足で振り返ってみると" (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
7. "Tribute to THE STARCLUB featuring HIKAGE" (in Japanese). Mercari. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
8. "Wild Wise Apes / 3rd world" (in Japanese). CDJournal. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
9. "Wild Wise Apes" (in Japanese). Atsushi Okuno. Archived from the original on 2007-02-04.

External links

• Official website

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