Nightmare formed on January 1, 2000 by Sakito and Hitsugi while most

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Nightmare formed on January 1, 2000 by Sakito and Hitsugi while most of the members were still in high school. The band name was suggested by Hitsugi, saying he wanted a band name that would scare people to match their visual styles. Soon, Ni~ya was invited by Sakito, Yomi by Hitsugi, and Zannin joined after he heard his classmates were forming a band. They were all influenced by either X Japan or Luna Sea , therefore they started out as a cover band, before they began to write their own material.