Hiroshi Morie
Hiroshi Morie, known by his stage name Heath, is best known for being the second bassist of X Japan, replacing Taiji in 1993, first playing in the "X Japan Returns" concerts (which, notably, were the first shows the band played as "X Japan" after the Frivolous Lawsuit was decided). Created a Broken Base, is a common source of Flame War s, and became The Scrappy... even though he's by no means a bad bassist. Was actually discovered by late guitarist hide.
Went solo after X Japan disbanded for the first time in 1997, releasing a variety of solo works and working most notably in Dope Headz with Pata. Seems to be very close to Toshi and will often work with him in the restart of his solo career.
Hiroshi Morie provides examples of the following tropes:
- The Quiet One: Slightly averted in his 2007 and onward performances, with his being the most blatantly VK member (at least until 2010's Jade shoot), and with his 2009 contract drama, but he and Pata were and to some degree still are the most "quiet" members of X Japan.
- Rule of Drama: He had his own round of drama with a contract dispute that almost forced him out of X Japan in 2009.
- Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll: No one really knows. Heath has been the target of some drug rumors as a result of his very thin physique, but this is very arguable.
- The Sixth Ranger
- Those Two Guys