Daita, who was born in Tokyo in 1971, grew up with best friends Hideki (who was known as Chack at the time) and Natin. Together, after recruiting some other members, they would eventually create the band Siam Shade.
Daita began to study music in his childhood as he played piano for many years. He decided that piano wasn't the instrument he desired to play for the rest of his life so he quit to concentrate on sports, something he was very gifted at. At age 16, he started playing guitar and hoped to one day become a pro. Shortly after, he, Hideki and Natin began college, they started a band named POWER. Daita and Hideki were roommates and after an argument, POWER disbanded and Daita set out on his own. He played in small bands and worked many odd jobs to try to get by, but it wasn't until summer of 1993 that he met back up with his old friends. Together, they formed Siam Shade and in 1994, they were joined by Junji on drums who replaced former member AA. After lots of hard work and releases, Siam Shade became major in 1995.
Siam Shade won the hearts of fans everywhere with their cheerful melodies and deep lyrics as well as their good charity works. (They started a foundation in Romania for sick children among other causes.) Daita was really able to shine and show off his skills, both technical and composing-wise, which grew better and better with each song. In 2002, however, the band mutually decided to disband and embark on solo careers.
Daita then went on to work with several well-known artists. He was invited by ex Bow Wow member Yamamoto Kyoji to take part in a special event called ULTIMATE GUITAR FIGHT 3 alongside many other professional guitarists. He continued on appearing at special events here and there and even took part in the writing of a movie soundtrack.
On June 19, 2003 Daita's official website opened and his first announcement was the fact that he would be performing with Kyosuke Himuro (ex BOOWY) at Himuro's anniversary concert. Not much later, he yet again performed with Himuro and became his lead guitarist for his fall tour.
Finally, September saw the release of his first solo release: DIRECT CHORD. It was only available online and featured seven songs. Inside the mini album, you could find a mix of electro and hard rock sounds layered over the top of Daita's amazing guitar mastery. The song Handroid was featured and he had first played it during one of Siam Shade's old lives. Many of the tracks also featured fast tapping, a difficult guitar technique that is hard to fully master and execute successfully.
In November, he released his first album. Instead of the electronic sounds that DIRECT CHORD featured, it consisted of heavier guitar riffs and Daita went back to his roots by incorporating the piano, as well as violins, into his compositions. Many fans and critics alike regard it as a masterpiece.
Daita left his label, Amuse, at the beginning of 2004 and opened a new official site called D-ISM. A short while later, Daita finally played his first solo live in Shibuya O-EAST on June 28th which later on became a highly sought-after live DVD.
Since then, he's toured with Himuro, and other famous artists, and performed many times as his lead guitarist. In 2005, Daita's amazing guitar skills were recognized as he was invited to tour with many world-renowned professional guitarists (for example Slash from Guns & Roses and Steve Vai), which is a high honor for any artist to receive. He was also the first Japanese musician to be invited.
With so much experience and skill behind him, Daita likes to keep his solo releases and appearances down to a minimum. However, he's always ready to work with any artist that asks him, and is a very down-to-earth musician. There are no talks of a new solo release yet, but maybe '07 will see a new release from him.
