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Hide 02.05.98 - Committed Suicide
"X JAPAN" guitarist HIDE suicide
Real name Hide Matsumoto persons a former guitar listing, HIDE of the rock group "X JAPAN" that dissolved at the end of last year in Tokyo Met. Minato-ku south hemp cloth 2-1-21, apartment houses "NOAR'S ARC south hemp cloth apartment house" 301number room, around 2 day 7:30 a.m. the woman in living together found that is hanging a neck . Matsumoto died soon, although it was carried in a hospital. According to the investigation of a hemp cloth office, Matsumoto went tobed, return homearound this day 6:30 a.m. It been condition which already consciousness is lost, as I carriedout it to the woman sees a situation and become around the same 7:30 it is said to have. The police is observing with suicide. "X JAPAN" dissolved, after it carried out the last concert h Tokyo dome on December 31, last year, with a popular lock group that represents 1990 period.
Hide started to release his album in 08/93, some of his songs such as Tell Me, Eyes Love You, Dice ... are well-known to us. He also the guitarist of X-Japan which disbanded in last year.
"X Japan" 's former guitarist Hide-san found in his home !
On the 2nd around
7:30 am, a former member of the popular rock group that broke up at the end
of last year, guitarist Hide-san (age 33), real name Matsumoto Hideto, was
discovered by the woman he lived with in his Tokyo Metropolitan area Koukunanasanuno
house hung. She called 119 [same as 911 in USA; emergency number]. He was
confirmed dead before 9 am while being transported to the hospital. There
was no posthumous writings (suicide note?); a police headquarter officer said
it looked like suicide. As to the
investigation, on the same day around 6 am, Matsumoto-san was sent home with
his younger brother (age 30). As they had been considerably drunk, the woman
he had lived with put him to bed on his 12 tatami mats in his room; at 7:30
am when she went to check on him, Matsumono had wreathed a towel on the side
of the door knob, it appeared like he was hung with shirimochi (?) and this
is how she found him hung. He was in his underwear. The towel was cut into
two, both ends being tied together into a cord.
Matsumoto-san came from Kanagawa Prefecture Oushu City. In 1987, he became guitarist of the former group "X JAPAN." After the separation December of last year, "X JAPAN" was organized into 2 bands, it had many fans. And they had also participated in the Marrow Bank Organization. Matsumoto released a solo single in January "ROCKET DIVE" that sold 600000 records; and in this month, he was to release 2 singles. The album recording was scheduled to begin in 3 days.
As Matsumoto-san was affiliated with the record company "Universal Victor", company employees would energetically come to work to assist him. One company employee bewilderingly said "I haven't heard anything of dying about breathing difficulties. He was doing okay, but it does seem to be suicide." The single will be released at planned. A company official of the music company "Head Wax Organization" stated "I don't know about the circumstances of his death. Nothing comes to my mind."
Funeral services of Matsumoto-san will be held on the 7th at 1 p.m., at the Chikuji Hongan Temple in Central Chikuji. The chief mourner is Mitsuru-kun.
In August of '96, Matsumoto-san registered for a bone marrow transplant donor from a sick fan girl who he slept with; the fan understood and gave him her cooperation.
Living in Wakayama Prefecture, he got to know this girl at the end of '95. The girl came to visit Matsumoto-san at a concert; what was known as "Peripheral Nerve Regenerative Disorder," there were only 20 people with a serious case of this disease in the world. After this, Matsumoto-san continued to phone and write her, he thought that a bone marrow transplant was close at hand, and he decided to register it.
When he registered for the donor at the Nichiseki Central Blood Center in the Tokyo Metropolitan area Juukokuku, authorized personal drew blood from him and examined it; a donor card on his left arm shyly read "Because words can't express it well, there are only actions" and "Good luck to all of the children with cancer" was also the message.(an article from Mainichi Shinbun,a popular newspaper in Japan about Hide's death)
Yoshiki said:
"I'm very shocked to hear about his death. I still can't believe what has happened.Right now, he's sleeping with a beautiful face. I tried to wake him up many times, but he's still sleeping. Between the five of us, Hide was the one who kept his calm and thought out things. Even though I was the leader, he was the calm one who gave me good advice when I was being short tempered and emotional. Of course with all of that pressure, he too almost lost his identity. But during those hard times, he'd always give me a call. We would talk about X, music, friends, life, fans, almost anything. He was like an older to me and sometimes like a younger brother too. We'd drink togethher and sometimes fight. But the next day, he'd come to me and say, "Yoshiki, did I do something last night? I'm sorry, I don't remember a thing.: But this time, he didn't say anything back to me, sleeping. To all fans and friends, you must all be confused. I too can not express this sadness in words But we must understand that this is a reality. Everyone please watch over his eternal sleep warmly.
X-Japan Leader Yoshiki
Yoshiki was wiping his tears with a white hankerchief, the paper he was reading was shaking, his words all muffled by his tears. This was read in front of the temple where Hide's funeral will be at on the seventh.
Honganji Temple
(05/02/98)
Hide's news was announced 12:00, at noon and after every news times no drug,
no case by the inquest, hide was backed home in Yokosuka soon.
(05/03/98)
01:15am NHK special program X-Japan discography this program was a rebroadcasting
scheduled over 1 month before.
Many fans gathered around hide's condo, Lemonade building someone gathered in front of hide's parent's home.
05:15pm Yoshiki returned alone! ( he used to go everywhere with many staffs ) from L.A. He went straight to Tsukiji Honganji Temple by his Rolls- Royce. Adding to say, Honganji Temple is the most celebrated Temple in Tokyo, only prestigious people's funeral can be performed there,
6:30pm Yoshiki made a statement in front of the Temple's gate. About 50 fans was able to hear him. You can read it on some web site. He stayed there with hide and hide's parents till after 11pm. ( It was said they sat calmly in sad, talk with little...Yoshiki promised hide's mother to do "Suteki na" funeral. X-J songs and hide's songs were heard as BGM ) Heath, Pata, Ryuichi visited there too.
(05/04/98)
There are a lot of fans gathered with flowers at Honganji. They surrounded
the temple, mostly crying with hugging each other... They say
"hide is still
alive in my heart......"
"He was the first man to stop another's death....."
"I love hide forever........"
"hide didn't suicide, it was an accident caused by hide like joke..."
(05/05/98)
The funeral held exclusively by the family and closed friends. 1:00 p.m. to
3:50 ( very longer than ordinary ) 300 people attended, X-J members were the
front row. Toshi appeared. Yoshiki came alone in the back of his RR.
hide's photo is 2.5x1.5 meters from "Psyence" and his 13 guitars is on the altar. Over 200 fans stayed up all night surrounding Honganji. Many fans went back home leaving flowers behind because schools start again on 5/06. The fans remaining ( do they skip classes? )gathered those flowers and soaked them in the buckets water for the next day's flower offering. They are very kind like hide! "-" hide's office decided accepting the flowers, they has been offered the altar! "-" The fans sometimes gather trash and sweep the street, they are staying neatly. The signature collecting campaign of the hide memorial hall has broke out among the fans.
(05/06/97)
The flower offering from 10:00am to 7:00pm. Over 10 girls fell down in a faint
soon after the offering and brought to a hospital. The inside of the Honganji
funeral hall is opened to the press at 4:00pm for the first time. The wake
will be held from 6:00pm this evening.....
20,000 fans offered flowers. TK appeared in the wake. Many young rock musicians gathered like as Extasy Summit. News said to hide fan girls are critical by attempted suicide. X-Japan members held a press conference to appeal to fans not do what makes hide sad, don't follow hide...
YOSHIKI said definitely that he believes hide's death was an accident because YOSHIKI and hide had planed the 2nd X-Japan by the year 2000..... but...but....it comes mirage.......Oh,no...... Only I can say is "Why hide.....?" Toshi couldn't express his feeling well in the words, Yoshiki patted on Toshi gently ("-")Y~~when he didn't know what to say and said "Toshi & I are good friends still now."
They seemed, for me..., a great father and a returned 'leave home' son. YOSHIKI has gotten dignity and nobility and Toshi looks become shabby.....
(05/07/98)
The flower offering scheduled from 10:00am today, but it was put forward from
8:30 by YOSHIKI's advice "-" The line of the fans reached 3 km... Yoshiki
is playing the black piano, Toshi is singing "Forever Love". Ex-prime minister's
wife gives a testimonial to hide. 50000 fans are surrounding the Honganji
Temple. Who have ever seen such a enthusiastic funeral.........
(07/08/98)
The memorial concert of Hide will be hold on 26 Sep. Luna
Sea, Glay, B'z, globe and the guitarist of American band Kiss and Guns N'Roses
was invited for the concert.
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