He rejoined Luna Sea when they reunited in 2010, and in 2012 formed Muddy Apes with bassist Taka Hirose and guitarist Dean Tidey, both from Feeder, and 8otto's vocalist Maeson.

They went on to become very successful, having sold more than 10 million certified units in Japan, and are considered one of the most influential bands in the visual kei movement.

Co-produced by DJ Krush, Inoran does not sing on the record (except the title track), instead it features several different female vocalists, such as Anneli Drecker and Alison Evelyn.

However, he had already announced the formation of his next band in May; Tourbillon with Luna Sea vocalist Ryuichi Kawamura and D-Loop keyboardist Hiroaki Hayama.

On December 24, 2007, Inoran 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 tour for the album, entitled Butterfly Effect, incorporated an international extension to perform overseas again, this time in Hong Kong in November, before the tour finale back in Japan, he released his first instrumental album Shadow on December 24, 2008; it includes the title track for the movie A Symmetry.

[15] In May 2010, Inoran and Orange Range guitarist Naoto created and released the song "Love For..." for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

[16] In August, 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-.

[17] On September 19, Inoran joined British rock band Feeder on stage at the Tokyo Unit for a cover of the Nirvana track "Breed".

[19] The following month, he teamed up with Taka Hirose once again, as well as Feeder's support guitarist Dean Tidey and 8otto's vocalist Maeson, to form the band Muddy Apes.

[21] On August 31 in Stockholm, he kicked off his first European tour, Seven Samurais, which took him to Vienna, Cologne, Hamburg, Venice and Milan, and ended on September 16 in Paris.

[26] Tourbillon reunited for a 10th anniversary concert at the Tokyo International Forum on November 27, 2015, and a three-date tour at different Zepp venues throughout December.

[28] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, Inoran recorded his next three studio albums at home; September 2020's Libertine Dreams, February 2021's Between the World and Me, and October 2021's Any Day Now.

[31] Inoran has been publicly associated with Vera Von Monika, an internationally renowned artist, who attended his Osaka live performance as a guest.

The nickname Inoran came into existence when he was playing a baseball game; he hit the ball and a fan kept shouting "Ino!

His signature ESP models resembled Gibson Les Pauls, but had three single coil pickups; which Japanese music website Barks noted had never been done before.

[3] In 2004, ESP conducted a poll for their 30th anniversary on which of their out-of-production guitars were most popular; Inoran's ILP-II model, which also has a piezo pickup, was one of the top seven and was subsequently put back into temporary production.

[35] His first signature model with them, the black Inoran Jazzmaster #1 LTD, made its live debut at Luna Sea's December 4, 2010 concert in Los Angeles.

[3] The following year, it was released in a limited amount of 50, making Inoran the first Japanese musician to have a signature model with Fender.

[39] A special version of the Road Worn model was created in aged Lake Placid Blue to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Inoran's solo career.

[40] Inoran previously utilized many different musicians as support members in his solo career, including Personz guitarist Takeshi Honda, former hide with Spread Beaver bassist Chirolyn, Vamps bassist Ju-ken, former Dead End drummer Minato, and Theatre Brook drummer Takashi Numazawa.