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* [[Black Widow]]: '''KITAMI TERUMI'''. She bankrupted him again, indebted him to her, and then left him to die in Saipan... and that is the most charitable view of her actions. Then she sued the journalist who uncovered her and her friends' actions.
* [[Black Widow]]: '''KITAMI TERUMI'''. She bankrupted him again, indebted him to her, and then left him to die in Saipan... and that is the most charitable view of her actions. Then she sued the journalist who uncovered her and her friends' actions.
** [[Irony|One of the songs]] [[Harsher in Hindsight|he wrote for]] [[Loudness]] was called [[Black Widow]] and was [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]] lyrically.
** [[Irony|One of the songs]] [[Harsher in Hindsight|he wrote for]] [[Loudness]] was called [[Black Widow]] and was [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]] lyrically.
* [[Cluster F Bomb]]: Not very common in lyrics, necessarily, but common elsewhere.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Not very common in lyrics, necessarily, but common elsewhere.
* [[Cool Bike]]: Taiji loved motorcycles and biker fashion.
* [[Cool Bike]]: Taiji loved motorcycles and biker fashion.
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Taiji went from being one of the most successful and acclaimed rock musicians in Japan to, at one point, being [[Off the Wagon|addicted]], divorced, homeless, and [[The Mentally Disturbed|severely depressed]]. He got into fights while living on the streets, suffering from [[Scars Are Forever|a broken jaw and other facial injuries]] that gave him a speech impediment and permanently changed his appearance. Then, [[Hideto Matsumoto|hide]], who had been one of his closest friends, died in 1998, adding grief and [[Survivor Guilt]] to his [[Despair Event Horizon|depression]].
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Taiji went from being one of the most successful and acclaimed rock musicians in Japan to, at one point, being [[Off the Wagon|addicted]], divorced, homeless, and [[The Mentally Disturbed|severely depressed]]. He got into fights while living on the streets, suffering from [[Scars Are Forever|a broken jaw and other facial injuries]] that gave him a speech impediment and permanently changed his appearance. Then, [[Hideto Matsumoto|hide]], who had been one of his closest friends, died in 1998, adding grief and [[Survivor Guilt]] to his [[Despair Event Horizon|depression]].
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* [[Japanese Delinquents]]: Taiji was a high school dropout and one of these (of the ''yankii'' variety, seemingly, as well as ''bosuzoku'') before he became a professional musician.
* [[Japanese Delinquents]]: Taiji was a high school dropout and one of these (of the ''yankii'' variety, seemingly, as well as ''bosuzoku'') before he became a professional musician.
* [[Lead Bassist]]: Types A and C.
* [[Lead Bassist]]: Types A and C.
* [[Money Dear Boy]]: Some of his fans think that was why he rejoined [[X Japan]].
* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: Some of his fans think that was why he rejoined [[X Japan]].
* [[Never Suicide]]: There's a [[Conspiracy Theory]] that Taiji was murdered.
* [[Never Suicide]]: There's a [[Conspiracy Theory]] that Taiji was murdered.
* [[Nice Hat]]: He usually almost always had one, whether it's his cowboy hat, a fedora, a bucket hat, a hoodie....
* [[Nice Hat]]: He usually almost always had one, whether it's his cowboy hat, a fedora, a bucket hat, a hoodie....
* [[Off the Wagon]]: Extreme example, enough to argue that in his case, [[Drugs Are Bad]]. He went from a successful career to abject poverty and homelessness, suffered a series of ongoing health problems, and had almost died on a variety of occasions leading up to his death.
* [[Off the Wagon]]: Extreme example, enough to argue that in his case, [[Drugs Are Bad]]. He went from a successful career to abject poverty and homelessness, suffered a series of ongoing health problems, and had almost died on a variety of occasions leading up to his death.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: One potential cause of his death, along with [[There Are No Therapists|There Are No Psychiatric Hospitals]] in [[Wretched Hive|Saipan]]
* [[Police Are Useless]]: One potential cause of his death, along with [[There Are No Therapists|There Are No Psychiatric Hospitals]] in [[Wretched Hive|Saipan]]
* [[Precision F Strike]]: The lyrics to "Desperate Angel" for [[X Japan]] and "So What" for D.T.R.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: The lyrics to "Desperate Angel" for [[X Japan]] and "So What" for D.T.R.
* [[Rockstar Song]]: "Easy Fight Rambling" for [[X Japan]], "So What" for D.T.R.
* [[Rockstar Song]]: "Easy Fight Rambling" for [[X Japan]], "So What" for D.T.R.
* [[Rule of Drama]]
* [[Rule of Drama]]
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: 1993-1998, over which he lost his career and became [[The Mentally Disturbed]] and severely injured. He would recover somewhat before he died, but...
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: 1993-1998, over which he lost his career and became [[The Mentally Disturbed]] and severely injured. He would recover somewhat before he died, but...
* [[Self Serving Memory]]: Compare his recollection of some events in "Sei To Shi" to [[Yoshiki Hayashi|Yoshiki's]] recollection of the same events in his self-titled biography. And as an example of an endless loop, now go to [[Yoshiki Hayashi]] and look up [[Self Serving Memory]].
* [[Self Serving Memory]]: Compare his recollection of some events in "Sei To Shi" to [[Yoshiki Hayashi|Yoshiki's]] recollection of the same events in his self-titled biography. And as an example of an endless loop, now go to [[Yoshiki Hayashi]] and look up [[Self Serving Memory]].
* [[Sex Drugs and Rock And Roll]]: Almost the perfect example of how [[Sex Drugs and Rock And Roll]] can destroy someone.
* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll]]: Almost the perfect example of how [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll]] can destroy someone.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Somewhat averted with his health problems, though not much of an aversion, in that his health problems seemed to originate more from alcohol, less legal stimulants, and poverty.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Somewhat averted with his health problems, though not much of an aversion, in that his health problems seemed to originate more from alcohol, less legal stimulants, and poverty.
* [[Survivor Guilt]]: Taiji was hit especially hard by the death of [[Hideto Matsumoto|hide]] who was one of his closest friends. He also played in [[Loudness]] and was a friend of late drummer, Higuchi Munetaka, who died of cancer November 30, 2008 - which led to his playing at both the 2009 and 2010 Munetaka Higuchi memorial shows.
* [[Survivor Guilt]]: Taiji was hit especially hard by the death of [[Hideto Matsumoto|hide]] who was one of his closest friends. He also played in [[Loudness]] and was a friend of late drummer, Higuchi Munetaka, who died of cancer November 30, 2008 - which led to his playing at both the 2009 and 2010 Munetaka Higuchi memorial shows.

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Taiji checking out the family jewels

Taiji Sawada (known by his given name/stage name Taiji) was a Japanese rock musician who played bass guitar and guitar, as well as being a prolific songwriter. Having been in a number of famous Japanese rock and metal bands, he was best known for his work with X Japan and with Loudness. While in X Japan, he co-wrote several songs, developed Toshi's "french fries" mohawk hair style, and heavily contributed otherwise toward the band's musical skill and lyrical and stylistic focus.

He left X Japan in 1992 due to musical differences and a fight with Yoshiki, and proceeded to play with Loudness, leave Loudness to form his own off-and-on band D.T.R., and experienced a major Creator Breakdown due to a variety of issues he'd struggled with throughout his life. He slowly returned from his Creator Breakdown to play with the soon-to-be-disbanded D.T.R., Otokaze, Kings, and with The Killing Red Addiction and TAIJI WITH HEAVEN'S.

Taiji was (and is) considered in some circles to be among the world's top rock bass players. Especially skilled at slapping and tapping, he was credited with teaching the late X Japan and solo guitarist hide his own guitar tapping technique back when they played together.

In 2009, he dissolved D.T.R., firing all but one of his bandmates claiming a copyright issue, and claiming that he was going to reform D.T.R. as Death To Rive. He played with The Killing Red Addiction (members Dynamite Tommy [v], Kenzi [d], Taiji [b], Tatsu [g]), played with his solo act "TAIJI WITH HEAVEN'S," which became Taiji Sawada Project, then Taiji and Shu Project (TSP) (members Taiji [b], Shu [g], Takanari [d]) and as a session musician with other bands including a return to Loudness for the Munetaka Higuchi memorial shows in 2009 and 2010.

In July 2010, Taiji rejoined X Japan as a bassist, playing on stage at the Yokohama Nissan Stadium reunion live, though he did not join X Japan for the North American tour. He had also been a model and jewelry designer for Arizona Freedom, a Japanese rock couture house, and also played with Loudness at the 2009 and 2010 memorial concerts for Munetaka Higuchi. He had planned for a return to the rock scene with Taiji and Shu Project...

Unfortunately, he allegedly became belligerent while being imprisoned after an incident a flight to Saipan, and allegedly committed suicide July 17, 2011. He is the second member of the original X Japan and the third formation of Loudness each to die.

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