TETSUYA - Do a miracle by yourself

An "Extra Heartening" event: His first release in three years and two months, Roulette, has finally arrived! This piece of work, already known as the opening theme to HEROMAN, is on-air everywhere TV TOKYO and affiliates broadcast. This top-class pop tune reaches out to the listeners and opens up a world of sparkle and light that colours the entire world.

Who'd have thought it would take this long? That financial crisis sure had a big impact (laughs).

- So this is your first solo release in three years and two months. How do you feel now that you're finally restarting your solo activities?

TETSUYA
Roulette
Breaking three years of silence - his solo project returns!
The leader and bassist of L'Arc~en~Ciel, TESTUYA (1) is now finally stepping in with a full-scale project!! Given his unmatched, unparalleled pop sense, his works create a dazzling, sparkling world!

KIRAKIRA Maware! Roulette Unmei no Shunkan wo
Just now My way Hajimeyou ze

Sparkle and spin! Roulette The moment of truth
Just now My way Time to get going

Michi ni Mayotta Toki ni wa Hitomi wo Tojite Kaze ni Kikou
Ashita wa kitto Kagayaku Yozora wo Oyogu Yume ni Nemuru Masshiro na Yami no Naka

Whenever I lose my way I just close my eyes and listen to the wind
Tomorrow I'm sure to sleep and dream of swimming through the twinkling sky in pure white darkness

Here are romanized and translated lyrics of everything tetsuya has released as part of his solo work.

Please support tetsuya and buy a copy of his albums and singles!

As of December 1, 2009, the subject of this site is known as tetsuya (for L'Arc~en~Ciel work) or TETSUYA (for his solo work).

This site will reflect his wishes.

The translator's policy is to preserve his name as it was at the time of an item's publication. Consequently, new translations of previously published material will still have him listed as tetsu/TETSU69.

Thank you for reading.

These blog messages are written by tetsuya and posted by him on his mobile site, tetsu-tetsu.com. As this content is only accessible on a mobile phone in Japan, this site is the only place where the messages are available in English!

New entries posted as soon as tetsuya makes them!

Original content : TETSUYA
Translation by Natalie Arnold

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2010.05.26 - Today

(Picture of a red guitar)

The star of the day!
I went and bought another one!

These articles and interviews originally appeared in PATi PATi, WHAT's IN?, GB, and uv magazines between 1996 and 2005. They have been collected and reprinted for the CHRONICLE of TEXT Box Set of The 15th anniversary in formation, which is the version used for these translations.

The translation of these articles is dedicated posthumously to Mike Daly, aka Goryu.

Here, you will find other tetsuya-related translations that Nanani has done. Some are L'Arc~en~Ciel pieces, others are solely tetsuya, tetsu, or TETSU69, but all fall within this scope. Most have been posted elsewhere, usually because they were requested there, but the version on this site will always be the most complete and least likely to have mistakes and typos.

1)I am not translating this work in a professional capacity. It is always possible for mistakes to sneak in, but these will be minimal.

2)NO STEALING! Everything that appears here took a lot of time and effort, so do NOT steal my work!

3)Do not repost these translations anywhere. Ever. Link to this page if you want to, giving out credit when you do so.

4)The translations may not be used for fansubs (in the case of video clips) or scanlations (if I ever do anything scanlateable) without getting my permission first.