melody, while the bottom amp is used to correct the bass. Pata uses minimal effects pedals. As of 2022, he had an MXR Phase 100 phaser, an MK.4.23 booster, a Free the Tone delay, and a Vox wah pedal. Toru Saito has been his guitar tech since X Japan's 1991 Violence in Jealousy Tour. Discography Pata (November 4, 1993), Oricon Peak Position: #11 Pata's Bootleg (1994, VHS) "Fly Away" (September 21, 1994) #35 "Shine on Me" (January 21, 1995) #94 Raised on Rock (July 5, 1995) #33 Improvisation Guitar Style (August 20, 2007, DVD) With P.A.F. "Love & Fake" (February 21, 1998) Patent Applied For (March 25, 1998) "Slapstick Life" (October 21, 1998) "The Big Time" (January 21, 1999) Pat.#0002 (February 24, 1999) Live (July 23, 1999) With Dope HEADz "Glow" (February 21, 2001) #35 "True Lies" (April 25, 2001) #35 Primitive Impulse (June 6, 2001) #20 Planet of the Dope (July 24, 2002) #59 With Rain Ra:IN discography With X Japan Other work Sound Locomotive (Motoaki Furukawa, June 24, 1992, guitar solo (left) on "Fantastic Offroader") Overdoing (Tokyo Yankees, October 20, 1992, guest guitar on "Drugstore Cowboy") Ja, Zoo (hide with Spread Beaver, November 21, 1998, guitar on "Fish Scratch Fever" and "Hurry Go Round") Tribute Spirits (Various artists, May 1, 1999, "Celebration") R.U.O.K.?!, (Nanase Aikawa, November 19, 2005, guitar on "Foolish 555", "Rock Star's Steady" and "Everybody Goes") "In Motion" (hide, July 10, 2002, guitar) Psyence a Go Go (hide, March 19, 2008, guitar) Hide Our Psychommunity (hide, April 23, 2008, guitar) Attitude (film, July 19, 2009, cameo appearance) Samurai Japan (Toshi, February 24, 2010) Tribute VII -Rock Spirits (Various artists, December 18, 2013, "Pink Spider") Junk Story (hide documentary film, May 23, 2015, as himself) Music Not Fade Away (Seizi Kimura, 2018, guitar) "Red Swan" (Yoshiki feat. Hyde, October 3, 2018, guest guitar) References External links Official website Official MySpace X Japan members Rhythm guitarists 1965 births Living people Visual kei musicians People from Chiba (city) Musicians from Chiba Prefecture 20th-century Japanese guitarists 21st-century Japanese guitarists Japanese heavy metal guitarists Japanese rock guitarists