Nightmare---[Japan Visual-kei Band]

Nightmare or Naitomea (ナイトメア) is a Visual Rock band that was formed in 2000. The original members were Sakito and Hitsugi on guitar, YOMI on vocals, Ni~ya on bass and Zannin on drums, who was the last to join. In the same year, Zannin decided to leave the band, and RUKA from Luinspear replaced him as a temporary drummer. In November 2000 RUKA became an official member. In 2001 they formed their side project band Sendai Kamotsu, which is somewhat of an alter-ego.
In October 2006, they released a double a-side single, the World / Alumina which both are theme songs to the anime version of Death Note.
Following the string of successful singles released in 2007, Nightmare will be releasing a singles collection in January 2008.

Nightmare began in January 2000 by Sakito and Hitsugi while most of the members were still in high school. Soon, Yomi was invited by Sakito, Ni~ya by Hitsugi, and Zannin joined after they heard their classmates were forming a band. They were all influenced by either X/X Japan or LUNA SEA in some form.

Just as the band began getting much recognition at live houses and small concerts in the Sendai region, Zannin left the band for unknown reasons. Eventually, Ruka (formerly Luinspear) joined the band as a support member at first, but became the permanent drummer after a short time. Their line-up hasn't changed since.

Aside from appearing on TV shows, magazine covers, and concerts, they also have a radio program with NACK 5 called "Jack in the Box!". Yomi and Hitsugi usually host the show. However, Sakito, Ni~ya, and Ruka do pop in from time to time with the two.
Recently, RUKA has got his own radio show on TOKYO FM. The show is titled "MUSIC ARK." (Source: Arena 37C: January 2008.)
Along with that, all the members except for Yomi have a monthly column in different music magazines.

++Hitsugi has his in SHOXX magazine titled 猫ふんじゃった (A Cat's Minute). It used to be called "ZOZZY," an inside joke with the members when they were first interviewed in SHOXX back in 2004. Yomi had made a comment saying they should do a whole SHOXX magazine dedicated to Nightmare only. Hitsugi said if they were to do that, they should change the magazine name to "ZOZZY" instead and turn it into a comic magazine.
++Sakito's is in B-PASS magazine titled 鈍行いくの？ ("Local train goes?") and has a free paper column called ディスクガレージ発行フリーペーパー「DI:GA」 ヴィジュアル系だって人間だもの (DISC GARAGE Issue Free Paper "DI:GA" Those Who Are Human in Visual Kei)
++Ni~ya's is in Zy magazine titled "JUST FREAK OUT LET IT GO"
++Ruka's is featured in duet magazine titled 出てる！出てる！ (Coming out! Coming out!).

Members

YOMI-------Vocals
Hitsugi (柩)----- Guitar
Sakito (咲人)----- Guitar
Ni~ya -----Bass
RUKA ---Drums
ex-Members
Zannin -----Drums

Official Website>>>>http://www.nightmare-web.com/