12012

[~Kayen~]

@zHen_ji, Reita-kun, furan, innocentwilight
You are welcome!

I'm glad if those links came in useful for you ^^

@ Furan
Thank you for the pictures!

Tohru is so beautiful.. He's one of my most favourite 12012's members (the second one is Wataru ^^) Not long ago I read that Tohru has a strange mascot: a plastic box with a Rirakkuma (damn cute teddybear) in it - he calls it the "Forbidden Box", and nobody's allowed to open it. *melts* So cute!
Off-topic #1:
Just need to write this: Furan, I was so glad to see you on this thread! I know that you started it in 2005, and it's damnly pleasant that you are still the fan, that you didn't lose interest in our aborable 12012 guys

Off-topic #2:
@innocentwilight
What's that - hottopic?

A store chain? ^^

 

[innocentwilight]

Offtopic:
yes yes....hottopic specailizes in selling rock-band merchandise
they sell clothes, accessories,anime stuff, music, piercings/jewelry, bags, and many other things; i got a bad *** set of pj's from there *so cozy* and they recently started selling past issuse of shoxx and cure...which is freaking amazing....
here's the site if you wanna check it out i don't know if it wil work...

HOT TOPIC | POP CULTURE & MUSIC INSPIRED FASHION

AW tohru's mascot is so cute!!!!
i wonder why no one is allowed to open it.....hmmmm....what would make him think of a teddy bear?

 

[Reita-kun]

Awe... I didnt know that tohru had a mascot! how adorable!

~off topic~
I love hot topic!

*hugs kayen*

 

[~Kayen~]

Offtopic:
yes yes....hottopic specailizes in selling rock-band merchandise
they sell clothes, accessories,anime stuff, music, piercings/jewelry, bags, and many other things; i got a bad *** set of pj's from there *so cozy* and they recently started selling past issuse of shoxx and cure...which is freaking amazing....

You are so lucky! We have no stores in Moscow that specialize in rock-stuff.. I don't know why (16 mln people live in the city and no hard-rock cafes and specialised stores).. It really depresses me

But I hope I'll be able to buy sth in hottopic via internet ^^ Thanks for the link!!!

AW tohru's mascot is so cute!!!!
i wonder why no one is allowed to open it.....hmmmm....what would make him think of a teddy bear?

If we only knew the truth *sighs* But maybe... as he grew up with 5 (yes, FIVE) sisters, we shouldn't be too surprised that he has some funny habits.

Awe... I didnt know that tohru had a mascot! how adorable!
~off topic~
I love hot topic!
*hugs kayen*

*hugs Reita-kun back*
Okie, a lil bit more things about 12012 that I've read lately. Maybe you'll find out sth new, as I did

Wataru

As Wataru writes all the lyrics for 12012 he likes to be called "creator" instead of "vocalist". In one interview he said that he suffers a lot when he's writing lyrics. Also he said that he can't really trust people, and always tries to figure out what's going on in others' heads. And this makes him feel lonely. (it was quite a shocking thing for me.. cuz Wataru usually laughing and joking around a lot). Well what esle..
He played soccer in elementary and high school. However, he completely gave it up for the sake of music. (Lucky for us, ne? ^^)
He likes to read a lot, he said reading is as much of a daily habit for him as brushing teeth. ^^
Tohru

Our lovely Tohru wanted to play the guitar as a child, but his parents didn't want to buy him one. In order to win their favor, he would put strings on a cardboard box and "perform" for them.
His first band was founded in high school - his friends all picked an instrument and only the drums were left. So Tohru became a drummer

He loves ballads much. He would love to sing ballads when going to karaoke bars with the other band members, but he restrains himself, because it would make the mood gloomy. (Because of this he even considered going alone a few times. ) Once he sang "Vomit", but Wataru got really mad at him.
Tell me if you want to hear about other members too ^^

 

[Reita-kun]

Oh thanks for the information ^^

 

[furan]

Tohru never fails to amuse me... no matter how many times i read that stuff XDDD
Wataru gets really mad at him when he sings... it's so cute XDDDD

haha, and the box... o the box XDDDDDD can you imagin being the only guy in amongst FIVE sisters? it's no wonder he likes to keep this 'secret'... i would get parreanoid from growing up like that... lol XD

thansk so much!
love to hear more about the others because i didn't know all that about Wata~

 

[Reita-kun]

I dont that much about the others either... please tell me more information...

 

[innocentwilight]

awww that cute!!
tohru is sp adorable!!!!! five sisters...dang i give him kudos i can barely stand my one let alnoe FIVE!!!

you know i find in wataru....i always trying to find out whats people are thinking....i'll hug him *hugs*

and he gets ao jealous of tohru!!! he probably like *don't sing my song!!* poor torhu he just wants to have some fun...him an his little cardboard guitar....so cute!!

 

[~Kayen~]

About Wataru:

and he gets ao jealous of tohru!!! he probably like *don't sing my song!!*

Hmm.. Maybe Tohru just doesn't sing very well?
Some more information about the other members.
Hiroaki

He is 12012's main composer (although all band members take part in writing songs) and he was the one who suggested to Wataru that they should form a band (which became 12012 <3).
Hiroaki has 2 Dan in karate.

He actually wanted to be a karate teacher, and study sciences at the university as well! (His parents might be crying right now. )
Aki's father used to be in a band, too. He visited some of Aki's concerts, sometimes leaving in the middle of the show because "the sound was bad".
Since the US tour the others call him "Hiroyaki" (maybe this is how the american pronunciation sounded to them.)
Yuusuke

Yuusuke had all kinds of plans for the future, such as becoming a photographer, a Formula 1 racer, or a professional baseball player. But like the others, he ended up in 12012.

Speaking of photography, he loves taking pictures in his free time; some of his photos were even used for the covers of "Play Dolls" and "Heart"!
He started guitar lessons in elementary school. He actually wanted to play the saxophone , but it was too expensive.
Apparently he's (or used to) driving the band's van a lot. Once they got into an accident near Nagoya. But apart from Tohru spilling his food and Tomoyuki hurting his neck, they were lucky.

Tomoyuki

*looks at Tomo's outfit and dies million times* Hot!

Tomoyuki learned the piano in elementary school. (besides bass he plays the synthesizer in 12012 songs.)
Tomo's father is a shakuhachi master (traditional Japanese bamboo flute), he used to try to "jam" with Tomo while he was practicing the piano, but he only managed to annoy his short-tempered son.
Tomoyuki likes movies very much, especially Johnny Depp's Edward Scissorhands. (He's a huge Johnny Depp fan! Wataru actually calls him "Johnny". ) He also likes to read a lot, especially classical literature, one of his favorite books is "White Nights" by Dostoevsky. (Tomo-chan, sugoi!

)
He generally loves summer, the sea, fireworks festivals, and girls in yukata (summer cotton kimono). *runs off to buy one *

Credits to Gishokitty for the most part of information <3

 

[Amaya]

tohru have five sister?? he had a hard time then..
Tanks for the information Kayen!

Yuusuke had all kinds of plans for the future, such as becoming a photographer, a Formula 1 racer, or a professional baseball player. But like the others, he ended up in 12012. Speaking of photography, he loves taking pictures in his free time; some of his photos were even used for the covers of "Play Dolls

Im very happy he ended up in 12012
That cover of playdolls is his photographic.. O__O OMG the cover of playdoll is really beautiful. THAT GREAT! He is reallly good at it..!!

Tomoyuki likes movies very much, especially Johnny Depp's Edward Scissorhands. (He's a huge Johnny Depp fan! Wataru actually calls him "Johnny".

LOL Wataru is really fun! JOHNNY.. haha, but i like the name Tomoyuki more!

 

[furan]

KYAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
HOUNTO NI ARIGATO GOZAIMASU KAYAn-CHAN!
those pictures are to die for! *.*~
XD

 

[~Kayen~]

You are welcome

I decided to post also a fragment of 12012's interview about the dreams. I noticed that practically all of them are speaking about nightmares..

and LIVEs. Our guys need a vacation ^^

Tohru: I'm on stage. There's a huge drum set, and the live house is also so big you can't see the back. The curtain is opening, but I don't know what's the first song. Wataru is looking at me: "Hurry up!" So I start counting the beat, but it's all messed up. Wataru says "We're finished!" and the curtain comes down. In this dream I really felt like my life as a musician was over. I was all covered in sweat when I woke up.
Wataru: Because you leave out songs sometimes. It's the same as in your dream.
Tohru: I do... (laughs) That dream came true!
all: (laugh)
Hiroaki: I saw a dream of our live in Astro Hall. We played five encores. Before the fifth song I thought, I have to go home!
all: (laugh)
Hiroaki: I wanted to go home and fix my makeup and my hairdo, but then I thought the fans would go home. But then again, I really wanted to go home, so I did. Then I woke up and saw that it was a dream.
Wataru: I've been photographed holding a knife. I was planning to use a butterfly knife at lives. Then I dreamt that the knife flew away, and it cut a fan in the face. But she didn't notice, and danced on. I was terribly nervous until the song ended. So I've decided not to use knives at lives.
all: (laugh)
Yuusuke: Recently I only see dreams of lives. Probably that's what I wish for. (shy laugh) In a stadium, in daylight.
Tomoyuki: I often fall asleep in the bathtub, and then I see lots of dreams, like being attacked by octopuses.
Wataru: What the...
all: (laugh)
Wataru: On nights before a concert I often dream about being backstage. It's right before the show, and just when I think "OK, let's go!", I wake up.

Credits to NightSection

 

[furan]

LMAO! Tomo...

awww, poot Tohru... hee hee, i bet i'd miss out songs too ^^;

lol, thank you for that~!!!!!!!
i'm glad i'm finaly getting to know a bit more about them, haha, when i first got into them there was absolutley NOTHING about them online... even their lj community didn't know all that much

 

[~Kayen~]

Tomo's dream made me laugh too

Well for keeping this thread alive I'm going to post some of 12012 diary entries that they made at their "kyousei blog" in march

2007/03/01

[Tohru] The room is hot
The Sakai sweat counter-measure.

[Tohru] I borrowed them
Suga's "Cyclone" sunglasses

[Tohru] Photoshooting starts

[Wataru] Sakai&Miyawaki
Cold.


2007/03/02

[Suga] Victim
"If you're gonna kill me, kill me!"

[Suga] Victim 2
You can't pass through!

[Suga] Hitchhike
Should I pick him up? Or should I not?

[Wataru] Except the end!
Tooru's not yet been photographed. It was cold. But I was able to get a cool photo thanks to Takami-san with Miyawaki-san (the camerman) who came while suffering a cold.
But we're still not done, huh.

[Tohru] I'm home
Welcome back, master.

I can't stop laughing from the last Tohru's entry

Mhhhhahahahah

 

[[~Hitsugi_love~]]

AWWWW They are way to cute especially tohru

 

[~Kayen~]

And some more pictures of 12012 Gods.

*looks at Tohru's hands and faints*

I like how Wataru's looking at you on this piccu

AWWWW They are way to cute especially tohru

Yeah Tohru is love!

I have a question: does anyone know if 12012 anounced their new label?

 

[[~Hitsugi_love~]]

@kayen
*huggles*
thank you so much for the pics!!!
12012 is changing labels?? aww i thought they were staying in undercode
who's your favorite member? X3

 

[furan]

*is lying in a pile of drool from all thoe Tohru pics*


*slowly wakes up*
EW!

OMIGOD i never noticed Tohru's ARMS!!!!!!!! holy bonoly! i guess i'm always distracted by his smexemy tommeh... but those ARMS!!!!!! *falls uncontious again*

they're switching lables?
well... it's just a guess but, might it be Kisaki's new lable that he's making? i think i read somewhere some other undercoad bands were switching to it...

if they switchign labels... does this mean they won't be able to afford to come here as much!?!?!

 

[~Kayen~]

12012 is changing labels?? aww i thought they were staying in undercode

they're switching lables?

Yes. Actually on February 14th 2007 the graduation ceremony was held for 12012, Vidoll, and Phantasmagoria - who graduated from Under Code Productions. According to various sources, Kisaki had explained that they are now ready for bigger and better things... In fact the boys are going major, but it is still unclear what label they will have. However Rame (Vidoll) implied that the 3 bands will stay together, wherever they will go.

Here's also a Tohru's diary entry that is related with the topic:


Domo, it's Tooru.
Tomorrow it will at last become the so called day of UNDER CODE graduation.
Although we're graduating I think I'll still be able to do this "aibou" for a little while, but as an UNDER CODE affiliate this the last aibou, the image is a 2shot of president KISAKI-san who I'm indebted to even until now... Truly thanks!
I want to talk lots about KISAKI-san and my UNDER CODE companions but... there's still tomorrow! We're not done yet!! (laughs)
Mood-like I feel since tomorrow is "the final" it's gloomy, but from tomorrow we have a new start!
Well from now on alone in my house, I reminisce about my old UNDER CODE memories and restart to go face tomorrow.
Credits to seieki.

The translation is not very good and I myself didn't understand the "sense" of some phrases. But if you know japanese I can share the original diary entry with you.

Well.. when I found out that 12012 was switching the labels I had really mixed feelings about that.. To tell the truth I still have.. mmm... I understand that maybe Ichi ni outgrew already Undercode and need a bigger label to handle their promotion, ect. And maybe if they decided to go in this direction it makes/keeps them happy as artists. But at the same time I'm afraid that they will repeat the destiny of some indies that went major and lost their VK image, became totaly comertialized.. Well the only thing that remains to us is to wait for thier new album. I hope 12012 will release it in spring.

well... it's just a guess but, might it be Kisaki's new lable that he's making? i think i read somewhere some other undercoad bands were switching to it...

Kisaki's starting a new label? Is he going major with his sucsessfull bands?

if they switchign labels... does this mean they won't be able to afford to come here as much!?!?!

I hope not, at least I didn't hear that Ichi ni broke the contract with GanShin that organizes concerts and realeases of J-rock and Visual Kei bands in Europe.. Btw, did you meet 12012 when they came to Europe in 2006?

 

[~Kayen~]

who's your favorite member? X3

There are two of them actually: Wataru and Tohru.. they are just so different.. and so adorable, I can't chose the only one

A couple of Wataru's pictures:

OMIGOD i never noticed Tohru's ARMS!!!!!!!! holy bonoly! i guess i'm always distracted by his smexemy tommeh... but those ARMS!!!!!! *falls uncontious again*

Yesss..

Tohru seems to be such fragile and tender, but at the same time he has so inflated and strong arms *faints*
Here's the hot piccu for you that Tohru posted in his blog.

 

[[~Hitsugi_love~]]

@kayen
OMG wataru and Tohru are my favorite to TwT <3
thank you so much for the pics!!
oh and i agree with you completely,, most indies bands who have went major have changed their Vk-ness and everything i really don't want to see that happen to the undercode bands.. actually i've been really happy with undercode lately since they have stayed visual but we don't know for sure what will happen so we have to wait and see how this new label suits them

 

[furan]

*is lying uncontious again*


seriously, are you TRYING to kill me!?!?!

I hope not, at least I didn't hear that Ichi ni broke the contract with GanShin that organizes concerts and realeases of J-rock and Visual Kei bands in Europe.. Btw, did you meet 12012 when they came to Europe in 2006?

ummm.... i WISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i kicked up such a storm because i couldn't go... haha, and afterwords i posted an lj screaming ALL YOU ******* THAT WHENT TO 12012 TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i was very annoyed i coudlntt go.... but now, with all the bands coming to the UK... i hope they will soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kisaki's starting a new label? Is he going major with his sucsessfull bands?

i really don't know the details... but io heard he was starting up his own lable... however, i think at the time he was still plannign on keeping Phantasmagoria on UNDER CODE so... i really couldn't say ^^; (i guess ask in the Phantasmagoria thread?:?)

 

[~Kayen~]

OMG wataru and Tohru are my favorite to TwT <3

oh and i agree with you completely,, most indies bands who have went major have changed their Vk-ness and everything i really don't want to see that happen to the undercode bands.. actually i've been really happy with undercode lately since they have stayed visual but we don't know for sure what will happen so we have to wait and see how this new label suits them

To tell the truth every time I watch the preview of 12012 new single and compare it with the style/music of "early" Ich ni I feel depressed. Maybe I'm a paranoid already, but I think they are really moving away from VK..

Have you seen the Cyclone preview btw? (http://12012.jp)

*is lying uncontious again*
seriously, are you TRYING to kill me!?!?!

He post this picture in his blog yesterday *dies from the sight of these gorgeous arms again*

ummm.... i WISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i kicked up such a storm because i couldn't go... haha, and afterwords i posted an lj screaming ALL YOU ******* THAT WHENT TO 12012 TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was very annoyed i coudlntt go.... but now, with all the bands coming to the UK... i hope they will soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well.. I'm a rather new to Ichi ni (know them less than a year), and I completely missed their visits to Europe... Afterwards when I read all those fan-reports and I was like -->

And when I found out that there was a chance to win the dinner with Miyawaki or to play pool with him I practically killed myself with a pencil.. heheheheh)) But now I'll deffinitely come if they decide to visit Europe once again.

 

[furan]

i know!!!!!
omigosh it was so UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *jumps up and down*


and onligod those pictures really are gunn kill me XDDD

 

[[~Hitsugi_love~]]

*falls on kayen from nosebleed* @___@
OMG THAT PICTURE OF WATARU YOU POSTED...so beautiful
oh and your not the only one starting to get paranoid D:!! im so scared for the undercode bands i've been checking up on them constantly *__*
all we can do is hope they don't change and keep with their style and music
oh and the preview for cyclone is AMAZING omg i can't wait to see the whole thing *__* although its kind of wierd seeing wataru's hair blonde XDD; but it's adorable <3