wyse was founded in April 1999 with the lineup of Tsukimori (ex. Loop), MORI (ex. Loop), HIRO (ex. Le view), TAKUMA (ex. Le view) and NATSU (ex. yumemabo). The band released a demo tape called wade, which was limited to just 1000 copies and available through mail order, in May. The band's first actual demo, Lazy mind, was released on August 2nd, when they also performed at Osaka Nishikujo Brand New. In December NATSU quit and KENJI joined as a session drummer. Later on, NATSU was seen in different kinds of bands, like CRUNCH and LIQUID.
Early in 2000, KENJI was appointed the official drummer at the band's Shinsaibashi Club Quattro performance on February 9th and their second demo tape, Lime, was released February on 26th. wyse's first tour, Onsoku no kikoushi Mihae Ruirui ga iku! Nihon GP go-ban shoubu!!!, started on May 4th and included five concerts. The last concert was a one-man at Shinsaibashi muse hall in Osaka on May 28th.
In September, they released their first mini-album, With..., followed by their second, DEAD LEAVES SHOWER, on December 1st. With a pressing of 10,000 copies, the band was doing great and ended the year with their third tour, wxyxsxe. It was wyse's first one-man tour.
In July of 2001, wyse release their first single, It's not like me It's not like you, and the band started their 5th tour, eight summer days.
On September 14th, wyse started their 6th tour, chain. On the first day of October, they started a fan club under the same name. It wasn't long until wyse announced that they were going major, signed to East West Japan (Warner Music). Their first major release was an album, the Answer in the Answers, which came out December on 12th. To conclude the year, they toured again.
The band's first major single, Perfume, was released in March 13th and, on the 30th, they began launched a tour to promote the release. Like Perfume, wyse's next single, Bring you my heart, release on May 29th, showed off the band's more peaceful side.
2003 started out especially fast for wyse, with videos being released on January 1st. 199904 came out on VHS only and included the band's indie PVs. 200112 was available on DVD and VHS and included new PVs. The excitement continued on March 21st as their 10th tour's final was released on DVD and VHS under the name The Roots of 'Dauntless Rider'. On the same day, they started yet another tour, wyse tour 2003 'Dauntless Rider'. This tour was their biggest yet, consisting of nineteen dates. On August 27th, wyse played their first fan club gig, Angel Beat, at BIG CAT in Osaka. September 10th saw the release of another single, Air.
Unfortunately, wyse lost another drummer, as KENJI left the band on November 11th. Later on, he started the band CODE, where he acted as a vocalist. Even though KENJI had left, all five members appeared on the cover of their new album, WxYxSxE, released on November 21st.
wyse thought things over and decided to remain a four-piece band from then on. They also changed their logo and started to use their real names. The name of the band was also changed, and was written with a capital 'w' - Wyse. December 1st marked the date of the Act Against AIDS 2003 LIVE IN NAGOYA event. There, the band had Sammy aka Kenzy Horikawa behind the drums. The long-time roadie of the band became Wyse's support drummer for the rest of their career. That evening, Wyse shared the stage with ZIGGY, ACID, DAIGO☆STARDUST and Waive.
Wyse started 2004 with a tour, Wyse To-mei-han tour 2004 "garakuta-tachi no yume, which consisted of just three dates. The single Prism was distributed free during these concerts. Every day of the tour featured a different jacket for the CD. On May 29th, Wyse had something interesting to offer for their newer fans: the mini-albums 7-marine disc and 7-wine disc, both including seven songs, 6 of which were familiar indie songs. In addition, each CD came with a different DVD. July 14th brought the single Distance, and on the 18th, the band started their 13th tour, Wyse TOUR 2004 'CRAZY TORNADO'. At their concert at LIQUIDROOM ebisu, Wyse announced the bad news that they were going to disband.
The year 2005 saw the release of a new album called Colors; a new fan club gig, to all the Dreamers, on January 15th; and a last tour, good bye friend - good bye tears, which started on January 28th. Wyse disbanded after their concert on February 13, 2005 at Shibuya Kokaido.
Their best-of album, 19990214-20050213, appeared in shops on March 24th. The final of their last tour was released on a DVD titled 20050213 "good bye friend - good bye tears" on April 27th. Loyal fan club members were offered the chance to buy a special 2-disc version of it, the extra disc containing extras like the new PVs Air, Distance and Colors, material from the fan club concerts and other footage. Wyse's official site closed on April 30, 2005.
Takuma Makita began his solo career by opening his official site on May 1, 2005. That same year, Masayuki Moriyama joined Mark Muffin. Both Kenzy Horikawa and Yoshihiro Yamamura have musical plans for the future - and we can only hope to hear from Kenichi Tsukimori soon as well.
