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Hyde (singer)
Please note that the standard English style "Hyde" is used when referring to this artist for clarity"s sake.
Hyde (Pronounced in Japanese: Hai-do, or in English as "Hide", b. January 29 1969, in Wakayama, Japan) is the lead singer for the Japanese rock band L"Arc~en~Ciel. Since Hyde keeps his personal information secret, much about him is either unknown or unofficial (including his real name, which is rumored to be Hideto Takarai, and his birthdate). He joined L"Arc~en~Ciel in 1992 after leaving another band called Jerusalem"s Rod where he was the guitarist.
In addition to being the lead singer and main lyricist of L"Arc~en~Ciel, Hyde has solo projects, as well as his own record label under Sony Japan called Haunted Records.
In 2000, Hyde married model Megumi Oishi; they have one son together.
History
Solo history
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 of 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 of the same year.
After the expressive, artistic ballads of Roentgen, Hyde"s next two singles, "Hello" and "Horizon," released June and November of 2003 respectively, returned to his rock roots. Hyde"s second solo album, 666, was released on December 3, 2003. It provided a dramatic contrast to Roentgen and the two albums became viewed as counterparts.
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". The song was also released on Gackt"s fourth full-length album, Crescent. In December of 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.
Hyde; in the role of Adam (2004)In 2004, Hyde took on the role of the guitarist Adam in the movie Kagen no tsuki/下弦の月, a movie based on the popular manga by Ai Yazawa. The movie"s theme song, "The Cape of Storms", came from Roentgen.
L"Arc~en~Ciel revival
After a three-year hiatus, L"Arc~en~Ciel astonished their fans with a series of seven concerts titled "Shibuya Seven Days" in June and July 2003. At the conclusion, they announced a new album, Smile, which was released in March, 2004.
In the summer of 2004, L"Arc~en~Ciel had their North American debut (as part of their Smile tour) in Baltimore, Maryland, at Otakon. The concert was viewed as a triumphant success, with a crowd of 12,000 fans.
L"Arc~en~Ciel"s next album, Awake, was released in June of 2005. It was accompanied by a Japanese Awake tour in August of the same year. During this tour, Hyde created controversy with his costumes, which were obvious social commentaries. A second, larger tour titled Asia Live 2005 was held shortly thereafter. The single "Link" was released in July of 2005.
Return to solo work
In the summer of 2005, Hyde composed the music for the song "Glamorous Sky." The song was used in the movie Nana, another film based on a popular manga by Ai Yazawa. The song was sung by fellow Japanese artist Mika Nakashima and the lyrics were written by Ai Yazawa. In August, Hyde and his solo band performed the song on Music Station with Mika Nakashima, Hyde being on guitar.
The single "Countdown" was released on October 5th 2005, with a tracklisting including Japanese & English versions of the song "Countdown" made for the Japanese release of the movie Stealth and also a special rock version of "Evergreen" (originally from Roentgen).
Later that month, Hyde hosted Halloween of the Living Dead, a three-night event held at Club Citta on October 29th, 30th & 31st. Each night featured performances by Hyde himself, a guest artist/band and Jack-O-Latern. Artists/bands who took part in the Halloween performances are Monoral, UVERworld, Olivia Lufkin, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, Yasu (of Janne Da Arc), & Mika Nakashima. The group Jack-O-Latern consisted of Hyde and the group Monoral playing many Halloween favorites such as the Ghostbusters theme.
Starting in January 2006, Hyde"s single "Season"s Call" was used as the second opening theme to the anime show [[Blood+]]. This single was released on February 2, 2006. Hyde"s album, Faith, was released on April 26th, 2006.
International career
Faith was accompanied by a five-month tour with many locations in Japan, some exclusively open to members of his fanclub.
After signing on with Tofu Records as a solo artist, an US debut concert was scheduled as part of the Faith tour, which was held at Slim"s in San Francisco, California on July 5, 2006. Tickets for the event went on sale online at 1 p.m. EST on April 2, 2006 and sold out in an astonishing three minutes. The second round of sales was held April 9, also online, and also sold out quickly.
Soon afterward, rumors began circulating in the fan community of a second concert, to be held at House of Blues in Anaheim, California, on July 2. The rumors remained unconfirmed for a week before the event was announced officially. Like the San Francisco venue, the second concert also sold out, as did two more US concerts (the Fillmore, San Francisco and House of Blues, Hollywood).
The overseas version of Faith was released on June 27, 2006 and included a bonus DVD featuring music videos for both "Countdown" and "Season"s Call".
Hyde also made a brief appearance at the Tofu Records booth at Anime Expo 2006 in Anaheim, California on July 1 for a question and answer panel.
Following the completion of the FAITH tour, a DVD of the concerts was announced and was released November 8th, 2006.
HYDE is currently back with L"Arc~en~Ciel as they embark on a special tour across Japan for their 15th Anniversary.
Trivia
Hyde keeps much of his personal information secret, including his real name and birth date.
It is said that his real name is Hideto Takarai, but the name Doi Hachiro was given by tetsu because the name Hyde (pronounced Ha-i-do in Japanese), when reversed, becomes Do-i-ha.
Fans have a general belief that his birth date is January 29, 1969. It is still unknown if this is his official birthday.
Hyde is not mixed-race, he is pure Japanese.
He was the guitarist in the band Jelsarem"s Rod before being recruited as the vocalist of L"Arc~en~Ciel.
One of his trademark accessories is a barbed wire necklace. He often wore it during performances and photoshoots, though in recent years he seems to have abandoned it. Another is a yellow ring with a star on it, which is said to be similar to one owned by Marilyn Manson. (The rings were both made by Alex Streeter.)
When asked in an interview with Pop Japan TV if he cooks, he stated that he cooks curry once a year.
In addition to vocals, Hyde has also sung background vocals, played the guitar, drums, harmonica, and saxophone during concerts.
The first song he ever played on the guitar was a Motley Crue song.
Hyde is color-blind to a certain extent.
Hyde has angel wing tattoos on his back/shoulders
Hyde didn"t want to be a vocalist. When the band was just starting out, he said he wasn"t good at singing.
When he was a student, he almost had no friends. He was shy and quiet. He even hated going to school.
When he was young, his dream was to be an artist.
Hyde is very friendly with famous J-Rock soloist, Gackt.
His favourite foods are chocolate, curry, chinese food, ramen, and watermelon.
His favourite animals are cats and dolphins.
His favourite color is monochrome.
His favourite subject is Visual Arts.
He doesn"t like mathematics.
He likes winter and fall.
His nicknames were prince and doll.
He likes to read horror novels and enjoys watching horror movies. He also likes to play horror games, especially Bio Hazard.
He likes driving cars and snowboarding.
His favourite musical groups / musicians are Marilyn Manson, Billy Joel, Radiohead, BAKI Cranberries, David Sylvian.
Filmography
Kagen no tsuki as Adam (2004)
Moon Child as Kei (2003)
Kagen no Tsuki - Last Quarter as Adam (2004)
Discography
DVDs
Roentgen Stories (2004)
FAITH Live (2006)
Albums
Roentgen (2002)
Roentgen Overseas Version (2002)
666 (2003)
roentgen.ENGLISH (2004)
Faith (2006)
FAITH , U.S. Version (2006)
Singles
Evergreen (2001)#1 Japan
Angel"s Tale (2001)
Shallow Sleep (2002)
Hello (2003) #1 Japan
Horizon (2003)
Countdown (2005) #1 Japan
Season"s Call (2006) #1 Japan
External links
HYDEIST (official site)
HAUNTED RECORDS (record label)
HALLOWEEN OF THE LIVING DEAD (official site)
TOFU RECORDS (artist page)
WINTERFALL
UNEXPECTED
Hideto Takarai at the Internet Movie Database
Nichi Bei Times San Francisco concert review
SF concert review and coments
J!-ENT 2006 Interview (J!-ENT Interview)
J!-ENT 2006 Article (J!-ENT HYDE Hollywood and Anaheim Concert Coverage)
J-Music Italia: Jpop & Jrock (Italian)
Hyde (Physical) Fanlisting
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HYDE ( born on January 29, 1969, in Wakayama, Japan, real name rumored to be Hideto Takarai) is the lead singer for the Japanese rock band L"Arc~en~Ciel. Since hyde keeps his personal information secret, much about him is either unknown or unofficial. His height is said to be 5"2", or about 156cm. He joined L"Arc~en~Ciel in 1991 after having been a part of another band, Jerusalem"s Rod.
In addition to being lead singer and main lyricist of L"Arc~en~Ciel, HYDE has worked on a self-titled solo project as well, and has his own record label under Ki/oon of Sony Japan, Haunted Records.
On December 25th, 2000, he departed from Japan"s most eligible bachelors list and married Megumi Oishi. They have one child together, a boy, but because HYDE is a very private celebrity, speculations about his personal life and family are discouraged out of respect.
SOLO HISTORY
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 of 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 27th, 2002. An overseas edition featuring English lyrics was released in July of the same year as HYDE began reaching out to his international fans.
After the expressive, artistic ballads of Roentgen, HYDE"s next two singles, "HELLO" and "HORIZON", released June and November of 2003 respectively returned to his rock roots. Hyde"s second solo album, "666", was released on December 3rd, 2003. It provided a dramatic contrast to "Roentgen" and the two albums became viewed as counterparts.
In 2003, HYDE starred alongside Gackt (another popular figure in Japanese music), in the Japanese film Moon Child. In a duet as part of the project, HYDE and Gackt sang "オレンジの太阳" ("Orenji no Taiyou", or "Orange Sun"). The song was also released on Gackt"s fourth full-length album, Crescent. In December of 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/下弦の月, a movie based on the popular manga by Ai Yazawa. The movie"s theme song, THE CAPE OF STORMS, came from his first album Roentgen.
L`Arc~en~Ciel REVIVAL
In June and July 2003 after a three year hiatus, L"Arc~en~Ciel astonished their fans with a series of seven concerts titled, Shibuya Seven Days. At the conclusion, they announced a new album, "SMILE", scheduled to be released March of 2004. hyde returned to his position of vocalist as part of L"Arc~en~Ciel and the band released another two albums together, "Smile" in March of 2004, and "Awake" in June 2005.
In the summer of 2004, L"Arc~en~Ciel held their North American debut concert at Otakon anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland as part of their "SMILE" tour. The concert was viewed as a triumphant success, with a crowd of 12,000 fans.
L"Arc~en~Ciel"s "AWAKE" album was released in June of 2005. It was accompanied by a Japanese AWAKE tour in August of the same year during which hyde created controversy with his costumes, which were obvious social commentaries. A second, larger tour titled "ASIALIVE 2005" was held shortly thereafter and the band held groundbreaking concerts in Korea and China, reaching out to their fans outside of Japan.
The band"s newest single, "Link", was released in July of 2005.
RETURN TO SOLO WORK
In the summer of 2005, Hyde composed the music for the song GLAMOROUS SKY, used in the movie NANA, another film based on a popular manga by Ai Yazawa. The song was sung by fellow Japanese artist Mika Nakashima and the lyrics were written by Ai Yazawa. In August, Hyde (and his solo band) performed the song on Music Station with Mika Nakashima, Hyde being on guitar.
The continued work with L"Arc~en~Ciel prompted doubts as to whether Hyde would be continuing as a solo artist. hyde responded to these doubts with a vigorous return to his solo career. The single COUNTDOW
云游索拉里 -
Hyde (Pronounced in Japanese: Hai-do, or in English as "Hide", b. January 29, 1969, in Wakayama, Japan) is the lead singer for the Japanese rock band band L"Arc~en~Ciel. Since Hyde keeps his personal information secret, much about him is either unknown or unofficial (including his real name, which is rumored to be Hideto Takarai, and his birthdate). He joined L"Arc~en~Ciel in 1992 after leaving another band called Jerusalem"s Rod where he was the guitarist.
In addition to being the lead singer and main lyricist of L"Arc~en~Ciel, Hyde has solo projects, as well as his own record label under Sony Japan called Haunted Records.
In 2000, Hyde married model Megumi Oishi; they have one son together.
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History
Solo history
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 of 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 of the same year.
After the expressive, artistic ballads of Roentgen, Hyde"s next two singles, "Hello" and "Horizon," released June and November of 2003 respectively, returned to his rock roots. Hyde"s second solo album, 666, was released on December 3, 2003. It provided a dramatic contrast to Roentgen and the two albums became viewed as counterparts.
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". The song was also released on Gackt"s fourth full-length album, Crescent. In December of 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.
Hyde; in the role of Adam (2004)In 2004, Hyde took on the role of the guitarist Adam in the movie Kagen no tsuki/下弦の月, a movie based on the popular manga by Ai Yazawa. The movie"s theme song, "The Cape of Storms", came from Roentgen.
L"Arc~en~Ciel revival
After a three-year hiatus, L"Arc~en~Ciel astonished their fans with a series of seven concerts titled "Shibuya Seven Days" in June and July 2003. At the conclusion, they announced a new album, Smile, which was released in March, 2004.
In the summer of 2004, L"Arc~en~Ciel had their North American debut (as part of their Smile tour) in Baltimore, Maryland, at Otakon. The concert was viewed as a triumphant success, with a crowd of 12,000 fans.
L"Arc~en~Ciel"s next album, Awake, was released in June of 2005. It was accompanied by a Japanese Awake tour in August of the same year. During this tour, Hyde created controversy with his costumes, which were obvious social commentaries. A second, larger tour titled Asia Live 2005 was held shortly thereafter. The single "Link" was released in July of 2005.
Return to solo work
In the summer of 2005, Hyde composed the music for the song "Glamorous Sky." The song was used in the movie Nana, another film based on a popular manga by Ai Yazawa. The song was sung by fellow Japanese artist Mika Nakashima and the lyrics were written by Ai Yazawa. In August, Hyde and his solo band performed the song on Music Station with Mika Nakashima, Hyde being on guitar.
The single "Countdown" was released on October 5th 2005, with a track list including Japanese & English versions of the song "Countdown" made for the Japanese release of the movie Stealth and also a special rock version of "Evergreen" (originally from Roentgen).
Later that month, Hyde hosted Halloween of the Living Dead, a three-night event held at Club Citta on October 29th, 30th & 31st. Each night featured performances by Hyde himself, a guest artist/band and Jack-O-Latern. Artists/bands who took part in the Halloween performances are Monoral, UVERworld, Olivia Lufkin, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, Yasu (of Janne Da Arc), & Mika Nakashima. The group Jack-O-Latern consisted of Hyde and the group Monoral playing many Halloween favorites such as the Ghostbusters theme.
Starting in January 2006, Hyde"s single "Season"s Call" was used as the second opening theme to the anime show Blood+. This single was released on February 2, 2006. Hyde"s album, Faith, was released on April 26th, 2006.
International career
Faith was accompanied by a five-month tour with many locations in Japan, some exclusively open to members of his fanclub.
After signing on with Tofu Records as a solo artist, an US debut concert was scheduled as part of the Faith tour, which was held at Slim"s in San Francisco, California on July 5, 2006. Tickets for the event went on sale online at 1 p.m. EST on April 2, 2006 and sold out in an astonishing three minutes. The second round of sales was held April 9, also online, and also sold out quickly.
Soon afterward, rumors began circulating in the fan community of a second concert, to be held at House of Blues in Anaheim, California, on July 2. The rumors remained unconfirmed for a week before the event was announced officially. Like the San Francisco venue, the second concert also sold out, as did two more US concerts (the Fillmore, San Francisco and House of Blues, Hollywood).
The overseas version of Faith was released on June 27, 2006 and included a bonus DVD featuring music videos for both "Countdown" and "Season"s Call".
Hyde also made a brief appearance at the Tofu Records booth at Anime Expo 2006 in Anaheim, California on July 1 for a question and answer panel.
Following the completion of the FAITH tour, a DVD of the concerts was announced and was released November 8th, 2006.
HYDE is currently back with L"Arc~en~Ciel as they embark on a special tour across Japan for their 15th Anniversary and L`Arc~en~Ciel plans to release a single spring 2007.
苏萦 -
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”is a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is the story of a man who tries to separate2 the two sides of his nature (天性). The good side is Dr. Jekyll. The dark side is Mr. Hyde.
At first, the people who know Jekyll and Hyde do not understand that they are the same3 person. All they know is that Dr. Jekyll does good things, and Mr. Hyde does terrible things. For example,4 Hyde hurts a young girl in the street, but Jekyll gives money to her family.
我的正面是善良 另一面是邪恶
《化身博士》也可译作《变身怪医》，这个故事的主角哲基尔医生，由于内心长期的压抑及郁闷(long term repression and boredom)，而发明了一种神奇的化学药物(magic potion)。他把自己当作这种药物的实验对象，于是他摇身一变，变成了邪恶卑鄙的海德先生。哲基尔医生本来是企图通过这样的变化来解放自己，没想到后来却一发不可收拾。这种变身是善恶交战的一种体现，也是真实生活中人性的缩影。
《化身博士》是罗伯特-路易斯-史蒂文森所写的一部小说。这个故事讲述了一个试图将人性善恶分隔成两面的人。善良的一面是哲基尔医生，而邪恶的一面则是海德先生。
起初，认识哲基尔和海德的人并不了解他们其实就是同一个人。他们只知道哲基尔医生做了很多好事，而海德先生做了很多坏事。比如说，海德伤害了街上的一个年轻女孩；而哲基尔却拿钱帮助了这个女孩的家人。