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Name: Toshiya
Full Name: Hara Toshimara
Position: Bassist
Age: 28
Birthdate: March 31, 1977
Hometown: Nagano
Blood type: B
Height: 178 cm (5”10’)

Toshiya is the energetic and beautiful bassist of Dir en Grey. He's an excellent writer at music, having written songs like Egnirys Cimredopyh +) an injection, and Raison Detre with Shinya. These two songs are both unique in their own way, and always fun to listen to. He not only succeeds at music writing, but at bass playing as well. Always try and listen for the bass in Dir en Grey's music: I assure you that it'll be just as entertaining as the rest of it. And if you really want to hear Toshiya play, listen for his bass solo in Cage, it's definitely worth listening to the song, even if just to hear that. His bass is continuous, and the melody flows perfectly.

Toshiya is very slim, and though he often appeared feminine in the past, he's alway's been pretty well built. Usually a bit softer to look at hair and make-up wise, because he keeps his hair cut fairly short, with varieties of darker colors such as brown, blue and black. He's a very good looking guy, and hardly needs any makeup, but definitely cakes it on when he feels like it! His outfits are always very intricate, and Toshiya always looks great in all of them.

Though Toshiya is the bassist of the band and is usually in the back next to the drummer Shinya, he manages to make sure that he's no ghost on stage. Just like Kaoru and Die, he likes to walk around and pump up the crowd, or play next to one of his fellow string players in the band. And just like any other member of Dir en grey, he has a tendency to flip off the crowd.

Toshiya is open with himself and his emotions, not afraid to bare a smile or drop a tear. He loves to have fun, I recall watching a video clip of him and Die playing ping pong. He accidently smacked the ping-pong racket against the table so hard that it broke it in two! He's *constantly* laughing and messing around, which is what makes Toshiya such a joy to watch. Toshiya is a big fan of anime and manga, often basing his clothes off of their outfits. He also seems to have a fairly big fanbase, the japanese fangirls giving him the nickname of "Totchi".

Although I think Toshiya comes off as a very mature person, he's so innocent and sweet that his personality almost clashes with his appearance. Toshiya is a clown backstage, and yet on stage he's very serious. He's gorgeous in every which way, from his looks to his music. I love the music he writes and the way he plays his bass, always keeping a steady beat like he should. He's also good at getting the crowd into things and likes pumping up the intensity of lives, which makes them all the better!