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All About Hyde
By: Fellow Hydiest everywhere

Name: Hideto Takarai
Nick-names: Hyde, Haido, Haito , Hide , Doi Hachirou
Date of Birth: January 29th, 1969 (Turning 37 this month)
Place of Birth: Wakayama, Osaka (Kansai)
Place He's Living: The whole 20th Floor in a apartment in Shibuya-ku , Tokyo (rumored)
Astrological Sign: Aquarius
Height: 159cm ~ 163cm (Somewhere in there)
Weight: 48kg (A little over 100 lbs, lol)
Family: Father & Mother, Hyde was born an only Child
Marital Status: Married (Hyde & Oishi Megumi on 25th December, 2000, and has a 2 year old son.) (Rumor is they are getting a divorce, also rumored to be a joke)
Position: Vocalist & Lyricist of L'Arc~En~Ciel, Also has a Solo Career
Hobby: Collecting blue glass products, Video games(Biohazard), Sketching, Writing poems, Cooking, Yoyo, Reading scary novels, Rajicon
Favorite Artist or Bands: Marilyn Manson, Billy Joel, Radiohead, BAKI Cranberries, David Sylvian
Favorite Composer: Ken , Jack Danger, Ueda Kenichirou
Favorite Instrustment: Guitar
Favorite Song: Lost Heaven
Favorite Movie or Video: Saigo No Yuuwaku
Favorite Anime or Manga: Kamen Rider, Nekojiro
Favourite Fashion Company: Monochrome
Favorite Brand or Designer: Jean-paul Gaultier
Favourite Cigarette: Cherokee (ToT)
Favorite Food: Hamburger
Favorite Drink: VITA Vitamin In
Favorite Subject: Art
Least Favorite Subject: Anything other than art
Favorite Color: Silver & White
Favorite Present From Fans: CD Coupons
Favorite Type of Girl: Beautiful nice girls
Least Favorite Type of Girl: None in specific
Special Knowledge: Shaolin Kung Fu
Sickness: Color Blind to red and green. (This is why he couldn�t pursue his career as an artisit)
Tattoo: Angel wings (on his back)
Piercings: He has his belly button pierced.
Instruments Played: Saxaphone, Guitar, and he is currently learning to play the piano.
Pets: I believe he has a small dog. He also had a box of crickets for pets that he brought onto Music Station, once.

Extra Information: (Thanks to HeartDrifterMercenary)
- he has a scar that runs from behind his right ear down to his mid-thigh on his right side
- nearly killed himself when he was either 9 or 14 riding a bike up mountain and fell in a ditch (thus why he has that scar)
- his favourite song isn't As If In a Dream... on all night nippon with L'arc En Ciel he said his favourite song was Lost Heaven (unless I miss heard but I have to translate it since I don't speak fluent Jap)
- He owns 5 tamogotchis (I can't spell but its those little hand-held pet thingys)
- He owns a pair of red eye contacts (or at least he used to)
- Was taught the Tokyo dilect of Japanese from Sakura (same as Ken and Tetsu)

Thanks to wiki.theppn.org
~Played guitarist Adam in Kagen no Tsuki
~During the summer of 2005, while L'Arc~en~Ciel was still working, hyde composed the music for the song GLAMOROUS SKY for the movie NANA, yet another movie based on a manga by Yazawa Ai. The song was sung by the J-Pop vocalist Nakashima Mika with lyrics written by Yazawa Ai herself. In August, HYDE (and his solo band) performed the song on Music Station with Nakashima Mika. Hyde played the guitar for this performance.
~For Halloween that month (the release of Countdown), hyde hosted HALLOWEEN OF THE LIVING DEAD, a three night event held at CLUB CITTA on October 29th, 30th, and 31st. Each night featured performances by HYDE himself, a guest artist/band and JACK-O-LANTERN. Artists/bands who took part in the Halloween performances are MONORAL, UVERworld, OLIVIA, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, and Nakashima Mika. The group JACK-O-LANTERN consisted of HYDE and the group MONORAL and played many Halloween favorites such as the theme from the movie Ghostbusters. All of the artists involved, except OLIVIA, performed in full costume.

~Hyde released his 7th single, SEASON'S CALL on February 22nd. It was used as the opening theme to the anime Blood+ It is composed by KAZ, guitarist of hyde's solo band, making it the first song of hyde's solo career not composed by himself. On April 26th hyde will release his third original album FAITH, which will be released in the US by Tofu Records as well. As an extension of his lengthy FAITH Tour, which has stops in Europe as well as Japan, he will also be performing in San Francisco on July 5th. This will be his second US live.

~hyde keeps much of his personal information secret, including his real name and birth date.
~He was in the band Jerusalem's Rod before joining L'Arc as vocalist.
~He married Oishi Megumi on December 25, 2000. He had stated that he had always admired Oishi and that she has a beautiful face. hyde was introduced to Oishi on Utaban after a performance of DIVE TO BLUE. They have one child, who was recently revealed by Oishi to be a boy. His name has not been released.
~He has a big appetite and always tries the local cuisine of the countries he travels to.