L'Arc~en~Ciel vocalist

Name: Takarai Hideto (unofficial)
Stage name: hyde (Japanese pronunciation: "hai-do")
Birthdate: January 29, 1969
Height: 157cm
Birthplace: Wakayama,Japan
Status: Married (! T.T)


Solo work: HYDE

Released albums:
*Roentgen
*666
*FAITH

Movies:
*Kagen no Tsuki
*Moonchild


Notes:

>hyde spells his name with lower case letters when he is referred with L'Arc~en~Ciel, and spells it on upper case (HYDE) when referred to his solo work.

>his wife is Oishi Megumi and they have a son together. T.T

>he composes almost all of the songs that are done by Laruku. And yes, he sings crappy english at times. >.<

>he also can't dance (well, not professionally anyways)!

>he was requested to do a break dance when they were doing their Link song on their 15th L'Anniversary at the Tokyo Dome last 2006 and he did a lousy robot dance. the fans bought it though. XD

>he has the cutest smile when he does.

>it's a rarity to find him grinning when the band does photo shoots.