Kazuki Sato – Founder, Lead Guitarist

Born: March 7, 1989 — Osaka, Japan

Kazuki grew up in Osaka’s industrial outskirts, where dockyards, night markets, and the smell of saltwater shaped his imagination from childhood. His father worked maintenance on cargo ships, and young Kazuki spent many nights sitting on the pier, watching ships come and go — unknowingly absorbing the pirate imagery that would later define his band.

At age 10, his uncle gifted him an old cassette of Japanese heavy metal and Western power/thrash classics. Kazuki became obsessed with fast, expressive guitar playing and taught himself from tablature books he bought second-hand. By 14, he was sneaking into live houses to watch local metal and visual-kei bands perform.

Kazuki’s earliest influences include:

Herman Li (for speed and technique)

Crimson Glory’s lead work (for melody + dramatic flair)

Jeff Waters (precision rhythm)

Akira Takasaki (Japanese metal tone and vibrato)

He formed Oblivion Sacrifice in his early 20s as a one-off pirate-metal studio project, but the early demos unexpectedly gained traction online. Sato also a member of Trans-Siberian Symphony. By 2019, he had built it into a full live band.

Kazuki’s personality is stoic, calm, laser-focused — but on stage he becomes a whirlwind of energy, ripping through pirate-power riffs with expressive flair. He handles most of the melodic writing and constructs the band’s conceptual worldbuilding.