Hyde

Hyde is vocalist of "L'Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS.".born in wakayama ,japan, January 29,1969
He joined L'Arc~en~Ciel in 1991 recruited by Tetsuya after leaving the band Jerusalem's Rod where he was the guitarist. In addition to being the lead singer and main lyricist of L'Arc~en~Ciel. Hyde keeps much of his personal life secret. On December 25, 2000 Hyde married singer/model/actress/news reporter Megumi Oishi. Oishi gave birth to their first child, a son, on November 11, 2003.

After L'Arc~en~Ciel released the single, "Spirit dreams inside" in 2000, the band went on an unofficial hiatus as each of the members began work on solo careers. This was Hyde's debut as a solo artist. In October 2001, Hyde released his first solo single, "Evergreen." After two more singles, "Angel's Tale" and "Shallow Sleep," Hyde released his first solo album, Roentgen, on March 27, 2002. An overseas edition featuring English lyrics was released in July the same year. Hyde's next two singles, "Hello" and "Horizon," were released June and November 2003 respectively, and second solo album, 666, was released on December 3, 2003. "Horizon" was used as the ending theme in Ryuhei Kitamura's film, Sky High.

In 2003, Hyde starred alongside Gackt in the Japanese film Moon Child. In a duet as part of the project, Hyde and Gackt sang "Orenji no taiyou", and when sang live, Hyde could not be there because he was on a music tour. The song was also released on Gackt's fourth full-length album, Crescent. In December 2003, Hyde's song "Shining Over You" from his 666 album was used as the commercial song for Namco's Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean.

In 2004, Hyde took on the role of the guitarist Adam in the movie Kagen no tsuki(Last Quarter), a movie based on the manga by Ai Yazawa. The movie's theme song, "The Cape of Storms", came from Roentgen.

In the spring of 2008, Hyde rejoined with guitarist K.A.Z (Oblivion Dust), who had previously worked with him on his Faith album, to form the rock unit VAMPS on Hyde's own record label VAMPROSE. Donning red contact lenses and fake vampire teeth, the two released "Love Addict," their first single under their new moniker, and began a 46-date tour, playing mostly music from Hyde's previous albums.

Following two more single releases, VAMPS' self-titled debut album dropped in May 2009. The album covers a range of rock territory, from metal to grunge to punk to pop.

The band launched a ten-date tour in the United States, performing in New York, Hartford, Columbia, MD, Baltimore, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Their appearances in Hartford and Columbia were part of the Vans Warped Tour, making them the only Japanese act on the lineup. Their final performance in the States, taking place at the historic Wiltern Theatre in L.A., was recorded and is set for a DVD release.

The band now has planned a Japanese arena tour, which will be their first. They are then set to perform on the USS Missouri in Hawaii in early September as a conclusion to the VAMPS LIVE 2009 Tour.

After the band's successful live tour in the U.S.A. they have now been awarded in the category "Billboard Japan Ranking International 2009" in recognition of their success overseas and in appreciation for their efforts to go on a world tour in 2010. The award had been handed over on January 31 at the first "Billboard Japan Music Award"