Rock in Japan Festival
The following year proved to be a busy one for Rize. In April, JESSE and Nobuaki became radio personalities for the program "All Night Nippon" until September. They also performed again at the "Kitazawa Music Festival" in July, as well as the "Rock in Japan Festival", "Arabaki Rock Fest" and Summer Sonic Festival '01 in August. The band's collaboration with Zeebra, "I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY RADIO", became the theme song for "FM Festival". They followed it up with a tour in December called "4City" (there were four performances).