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Shin'ya Yamada (山田 真矢, Yamada Shin'ya, born January 13, 1970, in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan), referred to as simply Shinya (真矢), is a Japanese musician. He is best known as drummer of the rock band Luna Sea. Before joining Luna Sea on January 16,1989, high school friends Shinya and Sugizo were in the bands Pinoccio and Kashmir. Shinya played drums for the track "Back Line Best" on his fellow Luna Sea bandmate J's 1997 debut solo album, Pyromania. Also in 1997, Shinya started a solo career where he was vocalist and drummer, his first release was the single "Rakkasuru Taiyou"... MORE

Shin'ya Yamada (山田 真矢, Yamada Shin'ya, born January 13, 1970, in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan), referred to as simply Shinya (真矢), is a Japanese musician. He is best known as drummer of the rock band Luna Sea. Before joining Luna Sea on January 16,1989, high school friends Shinya and Sugizo were in the bands Pinoccio and Kashmir. Shinya played drums for the track "Back Line Best" on his fellow Luna Sea bandmate J's 1997 debut solo album, Pyromania. Also in 1997, Shinya started a solo career where he was vocalist and drummer, his first release was the single "Rakkasuru Taiyou" released on September 26. Since the release of his first album No Sticks in December 1997, there hasn't been any material released by his solo career. After Luna Sea disbanded in 2000, Shinya worked as support drummer for musicians such as Miyavi, Nanase Aikawa and numerous others. Around 2005 he started the band Potbelly, with a young singer named Milky. They released their first single on August 22, 2005. In 2006 he collaborated with Fake? (fellow Luna Sea member Inoran's band) for songs on their album Songs From Beelzebub. Also in 2006, he was live support drummer for Dead End front-man Morrie's project, LESS