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| Birth name | Shin'ya Yamada (山田真矢) |
| Also known as | SHINYA |
| Born | January 13, 1970 Hadano |
| Origin | Kanagawa, Japan |
| Genres | Rock, pop rock |
| Occupations | Musician, singer, drummer, businessman, TV host, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, drums |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Universal |
| Associated acts | Luna Sea, Toshi, Yellow Fried Chickenz, Creature Creature, Potbelly, Pinoccio |
| Website | shinyashinya.com |
Shin'ya Yamada (山田 真矢 Yamada Shin'ya, born January 13, 1970, in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan), referred to as simply Shinya (真矢), is a Japanese musician. He is best known as drummer of the rock band Luna Sea.[1]
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Before joining Luna Sea in 1989, high school friends Shinya and Sugizo were in the band Pinoccio.
Shinya played drums for the track "Back Line Best" on his fellow Luna Sea bandmate J's 1997 debut solo album, Pyromania. Also in 1997, Shinya started a solo career where he was vocalist and drummer, his first release was the single "Rakkasuru Taiyou" released on September 26. Since the release of his first album No Sticks in December 1997, there hasn't been any material released by his solo career.
After Luna Sea disbanded in 2000, Shinya worked as support drummer for musicians such as Miyavi, Nanase Aikawa and numerous others.
Around 2005 he started the band Potbelly, with a young singer named Milky. They released their first single on August 22, 2005.
In 2006 he collaborated with Fake? (fellow Luna Sea member Inoran's band) for songs on their album Songs From Beelzebub. Also in 2006, he was live support drummer for Dead End front-man Morrie's project, Creature Creature.
On December 24, 2007, Shinya reunited with Luna Sea to play a one-night only concert in front of an audience of around 45,000 people at the Tokyo Dome. The band would reunite again at the "hide memorial summit" on May 4, 2008.
From 2008 to 2009, Shinya was support drummer for X Japan vocalist Toshi's project, Toshi with T-Earth.[2]
On August 31, 2010 he appeared with the other members of Luna Sea at a press conference in Hong Kong, where they officially announced their reunion and their "20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon-".[3]
In response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan on March 11, Shinya supported Toshi at eight concerts throughout western Japan. All of the shows were acoustic due to the electricity shortage and also featured X Japan's Heath and the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa. All proceeds were donated to the Japanese Red Cross to aid the victims.[4] In 2011 Shinya also joined Yellow Fried Chickenz, a band that also includes Gackt and Chachamaru.[5]
His wife is former Morning Musume member Aya Ishiguro. They married in May 2000, she gave birth to their first daughter, Rimu, in November of that year. They also have two other children.
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