Pata

I have a soft spot for Pata, because in a band as famously explosive and operatic as X Japan, he's the guy who just stands there, slightly slouched, calmly ripping out blues-soaked guitar like it's the most natural thing in the world. While everyone around him is screaming their souls out and the hair is defying physics, Pata's got this unbothered, beer-in-hand cool that grounds the whole spectacle. Born in Chiba in 1965, he's the kind of player who never chased the spotlight but absolutely holds the floor up underneath it. His tone has only gotten richer with age, and there's something deeply likable about that crooked little grin he flashes mid-solo. I just dig players who let the music do the showing off, and Pata is exactly that breed of quietly excellent.

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Pata is a Japanese guitarist and composer born on November 4, 1965, in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. He made his major debut as a guitarist of X in 1989, played in hide's solo projects and later in Dope HEADz and Ra:IN, rejoined X Japan on its 2007 reunion, and runs his own office, Ishizukaya. He maintains an official website and is active on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Name (English)

Pata

Name (Japanese)

PATA

Reading

ぱた

Born

November 4, 1965 (age 60)

Origin

Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Composer / Guitarist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Active years

1980 -

Works summary

Works

28 (1993–2013)

By year

1993: 1, 1994: 2, 1995: 2, 1997: 1, 1998: 3, 1999: 4, 2001: 3, 2002: 2, 2003: 2, 2006: 1, 2007: 2, 2008: 3, 2009: 1, 2013: 1

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.pata-official.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/pataofficial.ishizuka/
• Xhttps://x.com/PATA_Official_
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557207

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Composer
• Guitarist

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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