K.A.Z

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Kazuhito Iwaike (岩池一仁 Iwaike Kazuhito), a.k.a. K.A.Z (b. October 11, 1968) is a Japanese musician, guitarist and songwriter from Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.

He was guitarist of "Gemmy Rockets" and "The Lovers", later formed his band Oblivion Dust in ’96 until September of 2001, (when Oblivion Dust disbanded). In early 1998, he joined Hide with Spread Beaver as guitarrist (although still as Oblivion Dust member). In 2001, he started working with L'Arc~en~Ciel 's bassist Tetsu on his (Tetsu's) solo project TETSU69. In 2002, he formed the rock unit Spin Aqua with vocalist/model/actress Anna Tsuchiya. After producing three singles and one album, they dispersed in mid-2004. In 2003 (at the time with Spin Aqua), he started to co-write and co-produce songs with Hyde. For Hyde’s 3rd solo album Faith he wrote 5 songs including the single Season's Call and co-produced all songs. He also served as a touring guitarrist of various Hyde tours. In late 2004, he created the band "Sonic Storage" with I.N.A. of "Dope Headz." In June 28th 2007, he announced that he was joining again with Oblivion Dust and in early 2008 while still actively working with Oblivion Dust, K.A.Z and Hyde decided to start VAMPS.