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{{Short description|Japanese drummer (1958–2008)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Munetaka Higuchi'''|樋口 宗孝|Higuchi Munetaka}} (December 24, 1958
== Career ==
When he and
In 1997, as "Munetaka Higuchi & Dream Castle", he released the album ''Free World''. The band featured many famous musicians from the jazz and rock/metal spheres, like [[Steve Vai]], [[Stanley Clarke]], [[Billy Sheehan]], [[Ty Tabor]], [[Terry Bozzio]], [[T. M. Stevens]], [[Ronnie James Dio]], [[Richie Kotzen]], [[Paulinho Da Costa]] and others.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/p55EEhqWLqM/search/terry-bozzio-and-billy-sheehan | title = Munetaka Higuchi with Dream Castle – Bell video | access-date = June 2, 2012 | work = NME.com | publisher = [[New Musical Express]]}}</ref> The album was released on February 21, 1997, in Japan.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Munetaka_Higuchi/Free_World/107240 | title = Munetaka Higuchi – Free World | access-date = June 2, 2012 | encyclopedia = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref> In 1998, he produced ''[[Cozy Powell Forever
He returned to [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] in 2001, maintaining his high profile in the metal genre.▼
▲He returned to
Higuchi endorsed [[Pearl Drums]], [[Sabian (company)|Sabian]] Cymbals, [[Remo]] drumheads and [[Vic Firth]] drumsticks.▼
On April 14, 2008, just two months after Loudness released the album, ''[[Metal Mad]]'', it was announced that he was diagnosed with [[hepatocellular carcinoma]], a type of liver cancer.<ref>{{cite news
== Equipment ==
▲Higuchi endorsed [[Pearl Drums]], [[Sabian (company)|Sabian]] Cymbals, [[Remo]] drumheads and [[Vic Firth]] drumsticks.
== Discography ==
*''Destruction'' ~破壊凱旋録~
*''Munetaka Higuchi with Dream Castle
*''[[Cozy Powell Forever]]'' (
*''Super Rock Summit
*''Super Rock Summit
*''Super Rock Summit
*''Munetaka Higuchi Drum Collection''
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Loudness}}
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[[Category:Deaths from liver cancer]]▼
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[[Category:Japanese rock musicians]]▼
[[Category:People from Nara, Nara]]
[[Category:Japanese heavy metal
[[Category:Loudness (band) members]]
[[Category:20th-century drummers]]
[[Category:21st-century Japanese musicians]]
[[Category:21st-century drummers]]
[[Category:Lazy (band) members]]
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