In May 2015, the band announced that longtime bassist Jun Suzuki had been fired from the band due to “bad conduct” that had been going on for some time. In this announcement, Yamanaka also discussed the possibility of continuing on without a “fixed” bass player. In place of Suzuki, who went on to form the band SABAH, the Pillows played with various different bassists for their remaining 2015 live shows. These included several appearances with original Pillows member Kenji Ueda and former “support member” Tatsuya Kashima, as well as Tomoyuki Miyakawa (of HiGE), and Yoshinori Arie (of Vola and the Oriental Machine ). By 2016, the band had named Arie as their official replacement for Suzuki.
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