The Sixth Lie

The Sixth Lie
The Sixth Lie
The Sixth Lie
Background information
OriginTokyo
Genres
Years active2015–present
Labelsaudio Avant-Garde (2016–present)
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan (2018–present)
euclid agency (Management)
MembersArata（vocals）
Reiji（guitar, programmer, keyboards）
Ray（drums, sampler）
Past membersRyusei (3rd bassist）
Hiroto（2nd bassist）
Tatsutaage "Tatsuo" (1st bassist)
Websitethesixthlie.jp

The Sixth Lie (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese electronic band formed in May 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Their music is known for its hybrid style inspired by the latest western music, and their overall science fiction-inspired theme connected to near future and outer space.[1]

They held their first world tour from June 2017, which gathered 2,500 visitors and resulted in sold out CD's at venues.

Members

  • Arata (Vocals)
    Likes both Japanese and western EDM and rock, and is familiar with music of many different genres. He is known for clear vocals with a vocal range of 3 octaves. He was responsible for composing the band's initial songs. He was focused in football during elementary school and junior high school, and was an athlete aiming for Hakone Ekiden with long-distance running. At times he plays the keyboard during their shows.
    When he joined the band, Reiji and Ray invited him to a café, but he wanted them to listen to his singing, so he told them to meet him in a karaoke room. He says he doesn't remember this incident himself.[2]
  • Reiji (Guitar, programming, keyboards)
    He is in charge of composing and arranging all of their songs, with a hybrid sound that has been inspired by the latest western music as his weapon. One of the original members of the band from back when they were formed. He is known for his clean guitars with a lot of arpeggio, but also plays heavy riffs depending on songs. During junior high school he played at Junior Olympics as the representative of Gunma Prefecture in volleyball. During high school he played at Inter-High School Championships as the representative of Gunma Prefecture. He also aimed for All-Japan Volleyball High School Tournament, but unfortunately lost in the finals. He used to be Japan's number one for smartphone game "Avabel Online". He won the Crash Royale section during “eSports Star League Battle Championship #1”, an eSports tournament for celebrities held on January 8, 2018.[3]
  • Ray (Drums, sampler)
    He is in charge of the lyrics for all songs and the direction and editing of all of their music videos and live videos. He also makes videos for other artists. The CD covers are also designed by Ray. He is currently second year student at a master's course in University of Tokyo, and he is studying drones and artificial intelligence. Together with Reiji, he is one of the original members of the band. He likes progressive rock from the 70's, and you can see his interest in this genre from his drum phrases with a lot of action. During some songs he also plays synth drum pads, and with that makes a flower bloom to their electronic band sound.

History

2015
  • Goes through a few member changes from the previous band, and gets their current formation.[1]
  • In November, they release the music video for "Wake Up Your Fire", and their futuristic sound and the music video directed and edited by Ray gains high praising from the music industry.[1]
2016
2017
  • They released their second album "Differential" on 25 January.[5] The album gets highly praised due to the overall theme and artwork that are opposing the previous release. They gathered a lot of attention by taking over both sides of Tower Records Shibuya Store escalators.
  • They held a headlining show "Live Differential ver.1.0" on 4 February.[8]
  • Released digital limited single "Go On" on 6 June. Their cover version of "Oh No" by Bring Me the Horizon was included as a coupling song.[5]
  • From their headlining show "Live Triangle ver.1.0" on 10 June, they started their world tour "Live Triangle", and toured Japan, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Canada.[9][10] Despite it being their first overseas tour, there were a total of 2,500 visitors in the tour, and they sold out CD's at the venues.
  • The Sixth Lie's bassist Hiroto to depart from band in December.[11]
2018
  • They performed at ”Japan Expo Thailand" in Bangkok, Thailand on 27 and 28 January.
  • Their third album "SINGularity" was released on 7 March.
  • They performed the ending theme for the anime adaptation of Golden Kamuy, which will air in April 2018.[12][13]
  • Will be performing at Japan Expo in Paris, France in July.[14]

2025

  • The Sixth Lie's bassist Ryusei to depart from the band in late February.[15]

Etymology

The name of the band is a reference to the French composer Claude Debussy, who said: "Art is the most beautiful of all lies." The band's name is an indication of band's aim, "to create a lie so beautiful that it cannot be full experienced by the five senses".[1]

Discography

Mini-Albums

  Release date Title Format Product number Track list Details
1st 30 May 2015 The Sixth Lie 12cmCD – 全6曲
  1. Kotaenaki Kono Sekai De (答えなきこの世界で)
  2. Into the Darkest Blue
  3. The Calling (feat. Matthias Freissler)
  4. Kotaenaki Kono Sekai De (答えなきこの世界で)(Instrumental)
  5. Into the Darkest Blue(Instrumental)
  6. The Calling (feat. Matthias Freissler)(Instrumental)
 Limited to 300 copies

(Sold online and at live shows)

Album

  Release date Title Format Product number Track list Details
1st 7 September 2016 Intgral 12cmCD EMAG-0001

EMAG-0002

全6曲
  1. Wake Up Your Fire
  2. In This Mirror
  3. Get Higher
  4. Never Hurry Me
  5. Stay Back
  6. I Will Find You
 Regular Edition

First Press Limited Special Package Edition

2nd 25 January 2017 Differential 12cmCD EMAG-0003

EMAG-0004

全6曲
  1. Another Dimension
  2. Endless Night
  3. Next Trier
  4. A Planet in Your Eyes
  5. The Walls
  6. Hologram
 Regular Edition

First Press Limited Special Package Edition

3rd 25 February 2018 SINGularity 12cmCD EMAG-0005

EMAG-0006

全6曲
  1. One More Spark
  2. When You Forget
  3. Go On
  4. SINGularity
  5. Fall in the Sky
  6. Come Back to My Dreams
  7. Heavy
 Regular Edition

First Press Limited Special Package Edition

4th 27 November 2019 Perfect Lies 12cmCD GNCA-1563

GNCA-1562

全12曲
  1. Sun & Moon
  2. Burn to Fly
  3. Shadow is the Light
  4. Phone Call
  5. Scissors
  6. Massive Attack
  7. Secret Town
  8. Hibana
  9. In the Rain
  10. Action Phase
  11. Cassette Tape
  12. Everything Lost
 Regular Edition

First Press Limited Special Package Edition

Single

  Release date Title Format Product number 収録曲 備考
Digital 6 June 2017 Go On Digital – 全3曲
  1. Go On
  2. Oh No（Bring Me The Horizon Cover）
  3. A Planet In Your Eyes – Piano Ver. -（iTunes Store, Apple Music Limited）
 Digital Single
1st 6 June 2018 Hibana 12cmCD GNCA-0532 全4曲
  1. Hibana
  2. Flash of a Spear
  3. Hibana＜Instrumental＞
  4. Flash of a Spear＜Instrumental＞
 Ending theme for

TV Anime "Golden Kamuy"

Digital 6 December 2018 Setsuna Digital – 全1曲
  1. Setsuna -（iTunes Store, Apple Music Limited）
 Digital Single
2nd 21 August 2019 Shadow is the Light 12cmCD GNCA-0596 全4曲
  1. Shadow is the Light
  2. P A R A D O X
  3. Shadow is the Light＜Instrumental＞
  4. P A R A D O X＜Instrumental＞
 Opening theme for

TV Anime "Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator"

3rd 2 December 2020 Yuusetsu 12cmCD GNCA-0631 全4曲
  1. Yuusetsu
  2. Last Page
  3. Yuusetsu＜Instrumental＞
  4. Last Page＜Instrumental＞
 Ending theme for

TV Anime "Golden Kamuy" Season 3

Collaborations

Year Songs Peak Oricon
chart positions 		Album
1st 2022 Level (with Nagi Yanagi) 44 N/a

Main shows

Headlining Shows

  • 2016/10/16 – Headlining Show "Live Integral ver.1.0" Shibuya Cyclone
  • 2017/02/04 – Headlining Show "Live Differential ver.1.0" Shibuya Cyclone
  • 2017/06/10 – Headlining Show "Live Triangle ver.1.0" Shibuya Cyclone
  • 2018/02/03 – Headlining Show "Live SINGularity ver.1.0" Shibuya Rex

Main Events

  • 2016/11/05 – Knotfest Japan 2016 Opening Act
  • 2017/07/14 – Hyper Japan, London, United Kingdom
  • 2017/07/15 – Hyper Japan, London, United Kingdom
  • 2017/08/11 – Animethon, Edmonton, Canada
  • 2017/08/12 – Animethon, Edmonton, Canada
  • 2017/08/13 – Animethon, Edmonton, Canada
  • 2018/01/27 – Japan Expo Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2018/01/28 – Japan Expo Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2018/06/05 - Japan Expo France, Paris, France
  • 2019/06/04 - Japan Expo France, Paris, France
  • 2019/06/05 - Japan Expo France, Paris, France

Trivia

  • THE SIXTH LIE was originally formed by the members Reiji and Ray; the two had met online prior to the formation of the band.[16]
  • According to Reiji, Hiroto had to wear a mask because he has a youthful baby face.[17]
  • Ray likes to go to art exhibitions to get inspiration for the lyrics.[17]
  • Hiroto was a professional gamer.[17]
  • Hiroto started playing bass because of Red Hot Chili Peppers, an American rock band.[17]
  • Arata gained his interest in rock music after listening to 'Ready Steady Go', a single by L'Arc～en～Ciel from their album Smile.
  • Reiji and Hiroto like to play games in their spare time.[17]
  • Arata's hobbies are running and playing football. He also likes to go for a walk in Shibuya or Harajuku in his spare time.[17]
  • Ray likes to either play a game or study in his spare time.[17]
  • Arata likes spicy food.
  • Arata collaborated with NistA and NistY of PRINCESS KILL (a Thai singer-songwriter, rapper, model, and actress duo) to dance together in a challenge for T6L's single 'Wonderland (Thai Version).'[18][19]
  • Arata and Ryusei are friends with NistA and NistY from PRINCESS KILL.[20][21]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Sixth Lie official website". The Sixth Lie official website (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. ^ 「空想と現実の融合」を鳴らすバンド The Sixth Lie とは何者だ!?. rockin'on.com (in Japanese). rockin'on.com. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ^ 芸能界「eスポーツ」初代王者はゴールデンボンバー・歌広場淳率いる「Scuderia Euclid」に決定 グラドル軍団「グラチアeスポーツ部」の健闘及ばず. Yahoo! (in Japanese). Yahoo!. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Artists" ユークリッドグループ. ユークリッドグループ (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "The Sixth Lie official website". The Sixth Lie official website (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  6. ^ 【The Sixth Lie ワンマンライブ"Live Integral ver.1.0"チケット販売について】. The Sixth Lie official website (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  7. ^ Knotfest Japan 2016 -ノットフェス・ジャパン-. knotfestjapan.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  8. ^ 重大告知！！. The Sixth Lie official website (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  9. ^ "SHIN (ex.ViViD) and The Sixth Lie to take on Europe with a special two-man tour! – musicJAPANplus -Pick up+-". musicJAPANplus. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  10. ^ "The Sixth Lie to perform at Animethon in Canada – musicJAPANplus -Pick up+-". musicJAPANplus. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  11. ^ "The Sixth Lie's bassist Hiroto to depart from band". JROCK NEWS. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Man With A Mission, The Sixth Lie Perform Themes for Golden Kamuy Anime". Anime News Network. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Find Your Treasure at the TV Anime Golden Kamuy Fair and Only Shop - Manga Planet". Manga Planet. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  14. ^ "The Sixth Lie". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  15. ^ "【大切なお知らせ】THE SIXTH LIEを応援して下さっている皆様へ". THE SIXTH LIE official website. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  16. ^ "THE SIXTH LIE". Genius. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g Ziggy (23 July 2017). "Interview: THE SIXTH LIE take on the possibility of a successful future internationally – HYPER JAPAN Summer 2017". JROCK NEWS. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  18. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  19. ^ "Experience Wonderland with Arata from The Sixth Lie". TikTok.
  20. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  21. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Lie