heart failure on June 3, 2016. Maki Fujii Maki Fujii continued to be sporadic in his output. He spent the first years following the end of Soft Ballet working on the solo projects of Atsushi Sakurai and Kirito, while simultaneously working on his new band, Suilen. Fujii worked with Kirito for years, but when Kirito joined a new band in 2007 and therefore ended his solo project, Fujii took this as the time to put focus on his own band. Suilen released their first mini-album 音ヲ孕ム in 2007 and released three more mini-albums between then and 2009. Suilen also contributed music to the Hellsing OVA series in 2009. In 2008, Suilen played a triple bill show with acid android and Hisashi Imai's band Lucy. As a special encore, Fujii and Imai reunited as Schaft with Yukihiro on drums for a performance of Schaft's song "The HEROINside". In 2010, Suilen embarked on their last tour to-date, and Fujii contributed to two acid android albums. Fujii then dropped out of the public eye completely, releasing no music and abandoning all social media outlets. It wasn't until 2014 when Ken Morioka announced that he and Fujii would be forming a new group called minus (-), that any news about Fujii's status was given. Discography Studio albums Earth Born (1989) Document (1990) 3 [drai] (Mini LP) (1990) 愛と平和 (1991) (pronounced "Ai to Heiwa", meaning "Love and Peace") Million Mirrors (1992) Incubate (1993) Form (1995) Symbiont (2002) Menopause (2003) Singles "Tokio Bang!" (1987) "Body to Body"† (1989) "Body to Body"† (1989) "Twist of Love" (1990) "Escape -Rebuild" (1990) "Ego Dance" (1991) "Final" (1991) "Threshold" (1993) "Engaging Universe" (1993) "White Shaman" (1993) "You" (1995) "Merchendiver" (2002) "Bright My Way" (2003) "Smashing the Sun" (2003) †Note these two singles are not the same. The first was released on an independent label at the start of 1989. When the band was picked up by a major label, they re-wrote and re-recorded "Body To Body" and released it again later the same year. Live album Reiz [raits] (1992) Compilations Single Collection '89–'91 (1993) Soft Ballet (1995) Super Best Of Soft Ballet (1996) Soft Ballet 1989–1991 the Best (2003) Soft Ballet 1992–1995 the Best + 8 Other Mixes (2003) Index–Soft Ballet 1989–1995 (2009) Remix albums Alter Ego (1992) Twist and Turn (1993) Forms (1995) External links ENDS Official Site minus(-) official website KEN.MORIOKA OFFICIAL SITE References Japanese new wave musical