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Akira (Guitarist)  Akira (Guitarist) Rumoured real name: Saionji Akira (坪野 彰) Who is he? Lead Guitarist from the group UVERworld duh. ~The Past~ He was invited to join the late Sangoku Road by Takuya. Information states that there were once when they went to the same live and chatted a little. Of course, Takuya, being Akira's neighbour further results in Takuya inviting Akira to join them as a guitarist. Akira & UVERworld  What's In interview clip Among all the UVERmembers, Akira might be the closest to Takuya because both of them are very passionate about music. Takuya described Akira as someone he can rely on as well as his ‘assistant' when it comes to composing music. As Takuya is rightfully Akira's senpai (senior), Akira addresses Takuya as Takuya-kun (a more polite term than just addressing Takuya by his name). Just like BuKu (Nobuto x Takuya), there are fangirls (yes, fangirls) who support KiKu (we do have one among our staff members :D), meaning Akira x Takuya. This is due to the Takuya hugging Akira relatively a number of times in front of the media. The spark started due to the What's In BUGRIGHT period when UVERworld revealed the answer to the member who drinks [beer] the most. Takuya was imitating Nobuto when he is drunk, so he stared at Akira who sat beside him and lunged towards him, attempting to hug him, slurring "Ganbare naaaa~" Akira was the one who got Shintarou to join the late Sangoku Road (UVERworld's previous band). Akira and Shintarou are of the same level during their school days. One of Akira's biggest interaction with Nobuto is when he drew a cartoon Nobuto during UVERtv #3, in which Nobuto was frantic to hide it from the audience (presumably because of the big nose). Akira is probably grateful for Katsuya as he is a good cook. It is possible that Katsuya cooks his favourite curry often. As they are both guitarists, they often record on the same day and they would take turns to buy food. Akira described Katsuya as very sweet, and would sometimes go to him for advice. Akira & music Akira - Timeless era
   PV screencaps Akira - BUGRIGHT era    PV screencaps In this era, Akira is noted to have helped Takuya written many songs, even though it is understated. One example is the song Live everyday as though it were the last day. Takuya initially written a melody that is different from what we are hearing currently. Akira was actually the one who didn't particularly like the former melody line and ended up rewriting the melody line that was written by Takuya. Akira's biggest contribution is with no doubt, 'Zero no Kotae', one of UVERworld's most well received song till date. Akira - PROGLUTION era  Akira's pink hair The biggest change that is notable to Akira in this era is during pre-Ukiyo CROSSING when Akira dyed his hair orange (which looks pink at the end of the PV itself due to the effects added during PV editing) which caught many people's attention. Many Akira fans were surprised at the change but they claimed that they love his new hair. Akira is also said to be wearing more fashionable clothes recently. Akira still refuses to speak much in this period. Even in Ontama, Akira was the only one who didn't do any talking. In this period, Akira continues to help Takuya with melody line writing. Ukiyo CROSSING is one of those songs whose melody is written by Akira and I suppose, endscape too. Roots music is originally written by Akira which Takuya then adds his melody and lyrics. Roots, due to be released in UVERworld's 3rd album, has leaked way before the album release date as a radio rip is very well received by the fans, especially Japanese fans. In fact, UVERworld's 3 rd album has been charting in Amazon best selling music for a week and mostly rated 5 stars for the song Roots. Akira: his personality
Though he secretly wants to be popular and attracting attention, he actually prefers to be alone, but his favourite place is Huckleberry, a live house, which means there will be many people there. Akira can be very straightforward (as said by Nobuto) but that is a double-edged sword. Being straightforward means that he is honest, but this can give him the image of being disrespectful (as said by Katsuya). Akira seems to dislike sports, and have a weird eating habit (oh my, now that there is no more Katsuya-mama to take care of this ‘child' of hers his, I wonder what will happen to Akira D:). Akira seems to fall sick easily as stated by Katsuya, Akira is relatively unfit. Once, Akira stated that his worry is falling sick. Speaking about eating habit, Eve thinks that Akira is indeed a weird or unique person. Surprisingly, Akira seems to have a high self-confidence as well, as he mentions that he doesn't think there are any bad points about him. Rather than saying he is proud, it is probably more appropriate to say that he has very optimistic. Akira is a happy-go-lucky person who wrote stress as his worst fear.
Akira: his drawings Akira said that previously, his dream is to become a manga artist (before he fell in love with music). If he were forced to quit music, he will pick up drawing instead. However, his goal is to continue music forever, so it might seem impossible for us to be reading Akira's manga. Little Facts His crazy fandom says:
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Way back in Shiga, Akira and Takuya are neighbours and Katsuya said that you can walk from Akira's house to Takuya's house with your eyes closed...And you all know that Takuya, Akira, and Katsuya went to the same childcare when they were younger. 
Akira is very secretive and doesnt seem to express too much emotions infront of the camera or reveal much in interviews. This might also be caused by his lack of communication. He admitted that he cannot speak well with others in several magazines. You can totaly tell that he doesn't know what to say from time to time. Although this is true, in some places, you can tell Akira likes to joke around...Unless he is not realy telling the truth? For instance when they ask "What would you do if you had a week off?" Akira answered, "I would like to go to Disneyland, for the whole week!" There are other places where I think he just BS's the thing...Other than that, his blogs are pretty entertaining. (he does prefer talking through mail and blogs than orally) And these days it's rare to see him smiling...just my (sotong) opinion though.
Continuing from sotong's opinion, Akira's lack of communication (+ scary look which makes him stand out?) makes him look less sociable than the other UVERworld members. However, Akira seems to have really close friends in Shiga. Akira is probably the type who treasures his friends. Then again, Akira actually secretly wants to be popular. Due to his bad communication skills, he seem to have his own ways of gaining attention. For example, clapping weirdly during interviews (or doesn't clap at all but just stare blankly into the screen) and dyeing his hair orange in Ukiyo CROSSING period. I must say he is pretty successful with that, if not he would not have had a relatively big fanbase.
Akira seems to be a kid at heart. Akira likes toys, or rather, anything playable. He has an NDS, a Playstation 3 (given by Sony to UVERworld), and a PSP. He said that he bought his NDS on impulse through the Internet. His PSP almost spoilt before, but one of the techinicians fixed it for him. Secondly, Akira seems to like eating sweets, when he is in the backstage, he would eat sweets. Thirdly, when fans gave UVERworld gifts (usually before lives), Akira actually picked up these balls out of the many other gifts given by the fans. Fourthly, in his response to the question ‘What will you do if you were to see a drunken man bullying a weak person‘, he gave a very imaginative answer, saying ‘I would imagine that the weak person is actually strong. Go, you can do it!'. 
One thing that Akira is enthusiastic about is his drawings. If you watch UVERtvs, you would have noticed that Akira, though still seldom talk likes to show off his drawings (which is really good) which adds humour into the shows. He sounded really enthusiastic whenever he describes his drawing. As these illustrations (mostly of UVERmembers) are very popular among the viewers of UVERtv, they are often given away as presents. In PatiPati special column, Akira is also invited to show off his drawing in every issue. Akira will give a short description and also his rating on the drawings. 