Kyo (Singer)

Kyo (Japanese: 京 Hepburn: Kyō, born February 16,[1] 1976 in Kyoto) is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist and poet. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the metal band Dir en grey. He was formerly in a string of visual kei rock bands, with the most notable being La:Sadie’s from 1995 to 1997. He then started Dir en grey in February 1997, following La:Sadie’s disbandment with three of its members, and formed the experimental rock band Sukekiyo in 2013. Kyo was inspired to become a musician when he saw a picture of Buck-Tick vocalist Atsushi Sakurai on the desk of a junior high school classmate.[2] When he then discovered X Japan he was particularly fond of hide and had his parents buy him the guitarist's black signature model guitar.[2] However, after realizing how difficult it was to play guitar and then bass, he then switched to vocals.[2]