Masaya Nakahara

Masaya Nakahara
Native name	中原 昌也
Also known as	Violent Onsen Geisha Hair Stylistics
Born	June 4, 1970 Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Noise music
Occupation(s)	Musician, writer, actor
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Boid, Daisyworld
Associated acts	Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, Microstoria, Hanayo, Cornelius, Scha Dara Parr

Masaya Nakahara (中原 昌也 Nakahara Masaya, born June 4, 1970), also known by his stage names Violent Onsen Geisha and Hair Stylistics, is a Japanese musician, writer and actor. He was described by Allmusic as "one of those musical entities that defy categorization."^[1] He co-starred in Shinji Aoyama's 2005 film My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? with Tadanobu Asano.^[2]

Discography

Violent Onsen Geisha

• Excrete Music (1991)
• Otis (1993)
• Que Sera, Sera (1995)
• Black Lovers: Early Lost Tapes 1988 (1995)
• The Midnight Gambler (1996)
• Nation of Rhythm Slaves (1996)
• Teenage Pet Sounds (1996)

Hair Stylistics

• 1996–1999 (2001)
• Custom Cock Confused Death (2004)
• AM 5:00+ (2007)
• Expanded Pussies (2009)
• Live! (2009)
• Live: Album (2010)

Guest appearances

• Jim O'Rourke – "After the Fox" from All Kinds of People: Love Burt Bacharach (2010)

Remixes

• Cornelius – "Volunteer Ape Man (Disco)" from 96/69 (1996)
• Hanayo – "Makka na Shizuku" from Sayonalala (1996)
• Microstoria – "Endless Summer NAMM" from Reprovisers (1997)

Bibliography

• Mari & Fifi's Massacre Songbook (2001)
• Bouquets of Flowers Everywhere (2001)
• Naughty Manifesto of the Futurist Kids (2004)
• The Nameless Orphans' Grave (2006)
• KKK Bestseller (2006)
• Less than IQ84! (2010)

Filmography

• My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005)

References

1. Semprebon, Rolf. "Otis – Violent Onsen Geisha". Allmusic.
2. Mes, Tom (October 24, 2005). "Midnight Eye review: Eli Eli Lema Sabachtani?". Midnight Eye.

External links

• Masaya Nakahara discography at Discogs
• J'Lit | Authors : Masaya Nakahara | Books from Japan (English)