And then there were two . . . Dreams Come True keyboard player Takahiro Nishikawa's announcement on March 24 that he had left the pop trio wasn't all that surprising. For a long time Nishikawa had been very much the odd man out in the DCT lineup, especially after his involvement in a car accident a few years back made his continued presence in the group rather uncertain.
Dreams Come True will carry on as a two-person unit comprising bassist Masato Nakamura and vocalist Miwa Yoshida, using hired musicians (which they've already been doing) to round out their sound on stage and in the studio. DCT's "Monkey Girl Odyssey Arena-Mix" nationwide tour will kick off as scheduled at Nagoya Rainbow Hall on July 4.
Nishikawa, who was been with DCT since their debut in 1989, was quoted as saying he wants to pursue his own music and his own way of life. Maybe the last straw was having to pose with a fake monkey tail pasted to his posterior on the cover of the group's latest album.