[6] When his parents bought him a bass guitar in his first year of high school, that is when Kisaki started to practice seriously and quickly formed his first band.
[6] Inspired by the appearances of X Japan members Yoshiki and Hide, he grew his hair out and began wearing makeup as a visual kei artist.
Before his band Levia (formed in 1993), even had their first performance, comments from this manager resulted in them writing their own original material that was distributed as a demo.
[6][7] The band then played at the venue about once a month, and, after being covered on the local news, ended up opening for Pink Sapphire in front of 1,000 people.
However, his bandmates were, and the group disbanded on the day of their high school graduation as Kisaki wanted to expand into Osaka.
[6][7] Promising his parents that he would find a normal job if he did not have success by the age of 25, Kisaki moved to Osaka alone and joined and left various bands.
Kisaki later opined that he had failed to take care of them, "I thought doing lots of good live shows would please the members, but I was wrong.
[6] Although Mirage received an offer to sign to Warner Music Japan, Kisaki felt it was too soon and also wanted to follow in the footsteps of Yoshiki by creating his own record label in 1997, Matina.
[8] With Matina becoming successful, Kisaki explained that the increased workload is what led to all his bands being short-lived, "There was a growing gap between me and the members.
"[6] The bassist later explained that he was disheartened by his inability to maintain long-lasting bands and questioned his aptitude as a leader, so he decided to start from scratch.
[6] He was also hospitalized at this point, but the members of Vidoll expressed a strong desire to work with Kisaki, which led to him forming the label Under Code Production.
The band was initially put together to contribute to an omnibus album in 2002, but there were many requests for them to perform so they began irregular activities the following year.
We paid great attention to the music videos too, as we didn't want to just perform live but also create something that would endure over time.
[1][6] The plans for Under Code Production bands Vidoll, Phantasmagoria, and 12012 to sign to major record labels were scrapped as a result.
[6] After receiving a suspended sentence and consulting a lawyer, Kisaki decided to stop performing and focus on running the label.
He also wrote songs for pop idols, including Hikari Shiina, and realized he enjoys occasionally being in the spotlight while providing music for others.
Featuring 50 different bands from the era, all proceeds from the 4-disc album went to the music venue at a time when concerts were prohibited during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
[16][17] While working with Akira on a separate project, Kisaki and the vocalist realized that Mirage's 25th anniversary was coming up in 2022, and decided to create the band's first full-length album for the occasion.
[6] After reuniting with Yayoi, they recruited Jils guitarist Shun and Zo:diaek drummer Yomi as official members of the third generation of Mirage halfway through recording it.
[16] In 2023, Kisaki decided to release 30 songs, on three albums, over the span of three months (April, May, and June) to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his career in music.
[18] On October 8, Kisaki Project had their first performance with Jui in 16 years at Umeda Trad as part of The Grand Paradox event.
[20] He personally answered phone calls, told customers the live schedules, and handled the mail-order sales of demo tapes.
[6] Michiru, musician and founder of the Tokyo-based Loop Ash Records, later said he and Kisaki wanted to do for visual kei what Extasy and Free-Will had done for the previous generation of the movement.
Kisaki said Matina became exactly what he envisioned it would, holding events gathering all the labelmates on significant occasions such as Christmas and New Year's Eve, just like the Extasy Summits.
Just as Under Code Production bands Vidoll, Phantasmagoria, and 12012 were to scheduled to sign to major record labels, Kisaki's 2006 arrest resulted in these plans being scrapped.