Kazuo Teranishi

Rolly Teranishi (ローリー 寺西, Rōrī Teranishi?, more commonly known as ROLLY) is a Japanese musician and music producer.

Born Kazuo Teranishi (寺西 一雄, Teranishi Kazuo?, September 6, 1963) in Kyoto, Rolly grew up in Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. He is well recognized as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the Japanese rock band, Scanch (すかんち, Sukanchi?). Scanch continued until 1996. Once Scanch broke up, Rolly pursued his solo musical career and also acting.

Rolly is known by non-Japanese-speaking people by his role as Genesis in the Japanese thriller 自殺サークル (Suicide Circle/Suicide Club) released back in 2002. He is in the movies Iden & Tity, Swallowtail & Get It On?. He also made an appearance as "Yaha" in the PlayStation 2 game Drag-on Dragoon 2.

Rolly is a fan of Tim Burton and his works as a movie director; he owns a costume of his favorite Tim Burton character, Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Being a big fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, he has made several appearances in the stage performances in Japan as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Other stage performances include the role of Captain Hook in Peter Pan and the Fox and the Conceited Man in Le Petit Prince. His most recent stage role was in the first Japanese production of "Tommy", playing the parts of Cousin Kevin and the Pinball Wizard.

2006 was the 15th-year anniversary of Scanch. All the members of Scanch reunited for two concerts that occurred on March 10 and March 17. It was also released on CD (Scanch’n’Roll Show II).

Source: Wikipedia