UNiTE: Dr.Yukimi announced to depart from the band.

The drummer will leave already next week. The reason for his sudden departure is health issues.

 He's suffering from pain in his lower back since last year and it's getting worse whenever he is playing the drums. The doctor told him that when he will continue being active as member of UNiTE and give lives on such a regular basis it's possible that soon his back will be damaged completely so that he will never be able to play the drums again.

Yukimi stated that even if he rests now it's still possible that he won't recover in the near future - or at all. And for him it would be too painful to make people hope for his return when in the end he won't be able to return. He also doesn't want the band to slow down, so he decided that his departure is the only possible solution. Even though leaving the band is really hard for him there's one thing that's even harder as he stated in the official comment:

Just... not being able to play the drums.

This would be more painful than anything else.

But still, there's only one live left, my birthday live.

I will put everything into it and play the drums that day.

I haven't decided what I'm going to do afterwards but as for now I will concentrate on the treatment.

Yukimi will depart after UNiTE's live at Shibuya WWW on April 19th - on his own birthday. He is part of the band for three years now, since its formation in 2011 and already made music together with Haku and Mio in their former band Canzel.

credits: Jpop asia & official site