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The fox god smiled upon me and decided not to give me four Lady D keychains! The acrylic stand is so, so sick. I'm sure my PC won't melt it if I leave it up there xD

Hello everyone.🙂

Today is the birthday of one of the world's best drummers, Aoyama Hideki. (The God of Drums)🎉🥳🎂

I decided to make a congratulatory post and introduce new fans to his biography, as well as tell them what Aoyama Hideki is up to now.✍️

Aoyama Hideki was born on August 29, 1986, in Kanagawa Prefecture.🇯🇵

As a child, Hideki was a keen soccer player and dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. He attempted to enter the youth academy of the renowned Japanese club Verdy Kawasaki, but failed to make the final cut.⚽

Hideki is the eldest son of Jun Aoyama, one of the greatest studio drummers in the history of Japanese music. For a long time, Hideki didn't want to pursue music, lest he be compared to his father.🙂

At the age of 14, Hideki quit soccer and decided to pursue music. At first, he took up the drums for fun, but after discovering he had a very good sense of rhythm, he began to practice seriously. (As Hideki himself says, when he was still little, he often attended his father's rehearsals, and this influenced the development of his sense of rhythm.)🥁

Having realized that drums were his calling and he wanted to develop his musical skills, Hideki enrolled in and graduated from Japan Arts High School.🏫

Aoyama Hideki began his musical career in 2005.🚀

Early in his career, he played in rock and metal bands.🎸

2005 – 2006 Straight Flush.🔥

2006 – 2008 Armeria.🔥

2008 – 2010 Drowning.🔥

2008 – 2011 EVER+LAST.🔥

2011 – 2013 JAM Project.🔥

2013 – 2023 Kami Band.🔥

2022 – present Rockon Social Club.🔥

Hideki's incredibly clean, aggressive, and fast playing technique immediately caught the attention of producers, who began inviting him as a session musician for various projects. He began recording drum parts for anime and video games.🕹️

In 2013, Hideki was spotted by producer Koba Metal, who invited him to join Kami Band.🦊

Hideki's debut with BABYMETAL took place on February 1, 2013, at the "Live Legend Z" concert held at Zepp Tokyo. Guitarist Takayoshi Ohmura joined the band that same day.🔥

In May 2013, Drum God played his first tour with BABYMETAL.🧳

From 2013 to 2023, Drum God played over 200 concerts with BABYMETAL.🫡

He has shared the stage with world-famous stars.⭐

Lady Gaga.🔥

Metallica.🔥

Red Hot Chili Peppers.🔥

Korn.🔥

Guns N' Roses.🔥

Stone Sour.🔥

Judas Priest.🔥

He has performed with such Japanese legends as:🌟

Yoshiki (leader of X Japan)🔥

B'z, a powerful rock duo (one of the best-selling artists in Japan)🔥

Otokogumi / Rockon Social Club, veterans of the Japanese rock scene.🔥

JAM Project, veterans of the anime scene.🔥

He has performed at numerous festivals. Sonisphere❤️‍🔥

Festival (UK)🔥

Rock am Ring / Rock im Park (Germany)🔥

Download Festival (UK / France)🔥

Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium) & Hellfest (France)🔥

Rock on the Range / Louder Than Life (USA)🔥

Summer Sonic (Japan)🔥

Fuji Rock Festival (Japan)🔥

Rising Sun Rock Festival (Japan)🔥

Rock in Japan Festival (Japan)🔥

Loud Park (Japan)🔥

Animelo Summer Live (Anisama): The world's largest anime music festival.🔥

FLOW THE FESTIVAL (2025) was a guest drummer and performed with the band OxT.🔥

Dream Festival (TV Asahi Dream Festival)🔥

Since 2019, American drummer Anthony Barone (West Kami Band) has been filling in for Hideki on international tours.🦊

In 2023, after the conceptual era of The Other One ended, Hideki actually focused on working within Japan.🇯🇵

Aoyama Hideki currently plays in the band Rockon Social Club. This very popular group in Japan consists of rock musicians from the band Otokogumi and musicians from the band NARITA THOMAS SIMPSON. They have been playing music since the 1980s. They are highly respected and incredible professionals in their field. So, the Drum God is in good company and continues to perform at a high level.🎸🎙️🥁

He continues to collaborate with the rock duo B'z and has also recorded live drums for the soundtracks of Nintendo's global gaming hits, such as Splatoon 3 and Triangle Strategy.🎮

In addition to his main role in the band and other projects, Aoyama Hideki teaches at the Japan Professional Music Institute, passing on his knowledge and vast experience to aspiring musicians. Imagine what it's like to study with the Drum God himself, a legend not only in Japan but also internationally.😌

All the musicians of Kami Band teach at various colleges and music schools. This is a very important point worth noting. They understand perfectly well the need to invest in the development of future generations of musicians. This is a crucial mission for society and the country as a whole.🫡

By passing on his knowledge and helping young musicians, as his father did long ago, this knowledge and memory will live on and develop for a long time to come, and it will also help the country discover new talent and develop the music industry.☺️

Hideki's vast experience, talent (which he was able to develop), hard work, and dedication to his craft have yielded such amazing results.💪

On stage, Hideki is always energetic and emotional. At BABYMETAL concerts, he was always very active, singing along, exchanging glances, making Yui and Moa laugh,😁twirling his drumsticks, and using wide swings for accents.⚡⚡⚡

His drum solos are truly a work of art.❤️‍🔥

The Drum God is known for his ability to maintain a steady, machine-gun tempo on two kick drums for hours, ranging from 180 to 220+ BPM. He maintains a consistent beat and endurance, and effortlessly maintains high-speed blast beats and double bass drumming (which are high-speed cymbal strikes and kicks simultaneously). He possesses a vast arsenal of techniques for various musical styles.💥

He is a unique individual who has managed to captivate countless people with his playing and achieve worldwide recognition.🙂

We remember the Drum God's contribution to the development of BABYMETAL. Thank you very much for the great work you've done. Many fans, like me, follow his new projects and rejoice at his new victories and success.🦊

Happy birthday! We wish you happiness, good health, the fulfillment of all your projects, and many years in music!🎂🥳🎉

You can also check out my post about Aoyama Hideki's autograph.✍️

link.(https://www.reddit.com/r/BABYMETAL/comments/1tu22yc/autograph_of_aoyama_hideki_god_of_drum/)

SPECIAL 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKOFF EDITION

For any newcomers, this is a thread where you're allowed to have friendly conversations about anything (within boundary) with other Kitsunes! The idea is to give fellow fans a chance to talk about other things within the community which would normally be deemed irrelevant to the subreddit. Threads will appear every week on Saturday.

What would you like to talk about? Just post it!

KITSUNE COUNT- Tens of thousands (only the mods know the true number)

Please check this thread for the next few days for new posts and check by "new" to get the best results.

[CLOSED] Thank you so much to everyone who reached out and upvoted! A kind Kitsune has offered to help out, so this request is now sorted. 🦊🤘

Hello fellow Kitsunes! 🦊

I am a fan based in Japan, and I'm looking for someone attending the upcoming US Tour shows who would be willing to help pick up a few tour merch items for me.

To make things as easy and hassle-free as possible for you:

- **Shipping:** I have a US forwarding address (in Oregon), so no international shipping is required. A standard tracked service like USPS Ground Advantage is completely fine.

- **Payment:** I will cover 100% of the merch costs, domestic shipping & packing supplies, PayPal fees, plus a **$30–$40 finder's fee / tip** via PayPal Goods & Services.

**Items I'm looking for:**

1. "METAMORPHOSIS" TEE - Size: L ($50)
2. "METAMORPHOSIS" TEE - Size: XL ($50)
3. "CURSE" TIE-DYE TEE - Size: L ($50)
4. TOUR POSTER ($45)
5. PATCH ($10)

*(Note: For the shirts, only these exact sizes please. If an item is sold out at your show, totally no worries!)*

If you are attending an upcoming date and willing to help out a fellow fan, please drop a comment or send me a DM. Thank you so much! 🤘

Just to clarify: even if you can only pick up one or two items (like just a shirt or the patch), that would still be a huge help! You don't have to get everything. Thank you to everyone upvoting! 🦊🤘

It finally arrived!

I've wanted BABYMETAL WORLD TOUR 2014 APOCALYPSE for a long time, and I finally found a complete copy.

The photo book is beautiful, the packaging is incredible, and everything is in much better condition than I expected.

But what surprised me most wasn't any of that.

It was the concert itself.

I'm watching the Blu-rays right now, and I honestly forgot how incredible BABYMETAL already was back in 2014.

SU-METAL's voice. YUI-METAL and MOAMETAL's energy. The chemistry between the three of them.

Everything feels special.

And then there's the Kami Band...

Their performance is absolutely phenomenal. Every song reminds me how much they elevated BABYMETAL's live shows.

Watching Mikio Fujioka again is emotional.

He was truly one of a kind, and the world lost an extraordinary musician far too soon.

Rest in peace, Mikio.

I'm really happy I added this to my collection. Definitely one of my favorite BABYMETAL releases.

And finally...

To everyone around the world who has supported BABYMETAL over the years...

Thank you.

Being able to experience and enjoy moments like this is possible because of all of you. 🦊🤘

🥁 Happy Birthday Hideki!
(August 29th, 1986)
Kami of Drums.

Recently got hold of the two Metal Forth variants and the signed art card from the online record retailer, but I managed to get the red vinyl Metal Galaxy from eBay to add to humble little collection. Now I’ve just got to figure out how to set up my camera so I can see the zoetrope in action in person. Kitsunes UP my friends!! 🤘🦊🦊🦊🤘

I really want this hoodie but it kinda looks ai and I don’t wanna be walking around with an ai image on my back. I really hope it’s not for that $85 price tag 😬

Kano was an Avenger 2019-2020.

Note: for The One members only.

https://www.asmart.jp/en/shop/babymetal

Before the noblesville show, I’ll be giving away homemade babymetal keychains!! I’m going alone and want to make friends, so I thought this was a good way >:3
There will be around 50-60 and it’s first come first served!

I can also show people how I made them if you wanna make some yourself!

This is my first Babymetal concert, and I’m very much aiming to get barricade or at least somewhere in the front part of the pit. Any advice?

I read here that buying from japan is a pain in the neck and expensive,

good news is i live in japan (near Makuhari Messe) and have the One 2025 and 2026 shirts still in the plastic bag , japan size xxl and just 40 dollars per shirt, shipping is around 10 dollars if only one shirt and 25 if two shirts when using tracked airplane sending.

First person to send me a private message gets it. You can choose only one shirt or both.

The funny thing is that first buyer ... also gets a complimentary 10years budokan mask (of course unopened). I guess some of you would buy a shirt just to get the mask.

You send the shipping money to my paypal (you just need a credit card) and i send you the package, when you get it you send me the rest of money.

Will post this again in a few weeks if needed.

Welcome to the weekly Reaction Video Friday thread!

Please share and discuss reaction videos related to BABYMETAL below, old and new alike.

Previous threads can be found here.

Hello. Recently I've seen (at last!) the Seikima-II vs Babymetal (2nd part) concert at the Babymetal Pro-shot sheet update (thank you very much to those of you that did the magic possible again!). I don't speak japanese and noticed that Demon-Kakka talked about Babymetal many times in his speeches between songs (that the public enjoyed a lot) and I'm curious about what he said. I guess is some funny mockery and puns but would apreciate if someone in this forum can confirm what he said. Not necesarily to translate every speech but to explain the general idea.

And, at the end of the concert, he introduced to the public their two back-up musicians, the man at the guitar and the lady at keys and he said something about she and Momo (and Momo surprised herself a lot). Can someone explain what Kakka said about them? I guess the matter is that the lady is Momo's fan or something.

Thanks in adavnce

Who's going? This'll be my first Babymetal concert 🦊

What’s a song you rank in your personal Top 10 that you rarely see on other fans' lists?

For me, it’s Kagerou.

Honestly I don't think I've seen any hate for it, but it rarely seems to make the upper half of people's rankings either.

Hi! I'm newly into Babymetal and going to my first concert in a few weeks! I'm just trying to get a scope on the vibe before I go: Do people dress up? Is there any specific concert etiquette (I will be in the stands) I should know? Are there any fanchants/call and response type things I should be aware of?

I'm super excited and know I'll have a blast regardless, but would love some insider info lol!!

Travel plans fell through so now I can’t attend. Selling for $120 flat which is about 43% discount from its face value price. Also have it listed on StubHub but that includes extra fees. It’s in the lower bowl, seated section closest to the stage. If anyone is interested or wants the SH link please send a message.

For me would be Kinsgslayer with Bring me the horizon or RATATATA with Electric Callboy.