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Hizaki ([[OlderThanTheyLook born February 17th, 1979]]) is a Japanese VisualKei musician, songwriter, record producer, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and fashion model]], best known as the lead guitarist for the [[SymphonicMetal Symphonic]] PowerMetal band Music/{{Versailles}}. Before Versailles, he was a member of several independent bands and had a solo career.

Hizaki debuted in 1997 as guitarist of Garnet Grave. After two years, he and bandmate Hizumi left Garnet Grave and formed Crack Brain, which disbanded in 2002. Hizaki later formed the band Grotesque Romantica with fellow Crack Brain member Airi. They changed their name to Schwardix Marvally in 2003 and released two [=EPs=] before disbanding in 2004. Hizaki started a solo career that same year, releasing two more [=EPs=] before joining Sulfuric Acid until the band's dissolution in 2006.

Hizaki would later form the Hizaki Grace Project with Jasmine You (formerly known as Yuu) on bass, Teru on guitar, Hikaru on vocals, who was later replace by ex-Moi Dix Mois vocalist Juka, and ex-Sulfuric Acid drummer Seiji, who was later replaced by Mikage.

After Hizaki Grace Project's last live performance, Hizaki would later support the {{supergroup}} Node of Scherzo, together with Kamijo, Jasmine You, [[Music/{{D}} Asagi]], Juka and Music/{{Kaya}}. At Node of Scherzo's first live performance, it was announced that Hizaki and Kamijo would be forming a new band with the members of Hizaki Grace Project, plus Yuki of Sugar Trip. The band would later be called Music/{{Versailles}} and become massively successful before parting ways with each other in 2012. Following the hiatus[=/=]subsequent disbandment (and now reunion) of Versailles, Hizaki and the other instrumentalists of the band reunited and formed Music/{{Jupiter}} with Zin as the new vocalist.

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!Bands associated with Hizaki:
* Garnet Grave (joined as guitarist in 1997)
* Crack Brain (disbanded 2002)
* Grotesque Romantica/Schwardix Marvally (2002–04)
* Sulfuric Acid (2004-2006)
* Hizaki Grace Project (2004–07)
* Node of Scherzo (2007–08)
* Music/{{Versailles}} (2007–12, 2015–present)
* Music/{{Jupiter}} (2013–present)

!Solo discography:
* ''Maiden†Ritual'' (EP, 2004)
* ''Dance with Grace'' (EP, 2005)
* ''Dignity of Crest'' (2007)
* ''Curse of Virgo'' (EP, 2007)

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!Hizaki provides examples of:
* ButtMonkey: He is often picked on by his bandmates offstage.
* CharacterTics: Known for rapidly jerking his head around repeatedly while doing guitar solos.
* CostumePorn: Comes with being a VisualKei musician.
* DramaQueen: Though not to an extent as more extreme examples such as Music/{{Kisaki}} and Music/{{Yoshiki|Hayashi}}, he still has his moments.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: There's a running joke among fandom that he's the MrFanservice for the (straight) male fans of the bands he's associated with. [[StupidSexyFlanders This is somewhat accurate.]]
* FlowerMotif: Roses. Loads and loads of them.
* HighTurnoverRate: He's been in and out of the music scene, has gone through many bands and has had a successful if unstable solo career.
* IAmTheBand: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hizaki Grace Project]].
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: A VisualKei staple, although Hizaki takes it farther than most. This has backfired on him on several occasions; he's managed to trip over his own skirt on stage multiple times (one ended up as a FunnyBackgroundEvent in Versailles' final concert DVD). One Website/YouTube clip that has circulated shows him falling down during a Versailles concert in London at the start of a guitar solo--and still performing it perfectly, without missing a note.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Seriously, would you believe that he's a man in his mid-forties?
* PimpedOutDress: Pretty much his entire visual shtick.
* TheRedStapler: ESP guitars (especially his [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hQ494HrE-CA/Tq1egmT2OXI/AAAAAAAADl4/GwUlD-9nzAs/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-10-28%2Bat%2B10.48.26.png signature Maiden]]); [[TheMerch Baby, The Stars Shine Bright dresses]]; and [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]].
* RockMeAmadeus: One of his specialties. As a more literal example than most, [[http://youtu.be/62CWlNCZYdo?t=3m4s here's him performing a portion of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 as part of a guitar solo]].
* ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: Inverted. Hizaki is ''adorable'', but he's also a heavy metal musician whose songs are usually pretty heavy and whose lyrics can get downright ''[[http://crystalscherzo.blogspot.com/2011/10/dry-ice-scream-remove-silence.html creepy]]''.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Onstage, in the new wave of Visual Kei.
* VocalDissonance: His voice isn't particularly deep, but even people who are already aware that he's a man get tripped up when they first hear him speak. He's also surprisingly good at providing background HarshVocals when the situation warrants it.
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