  , known exclusively by his stage name hyde, is a japanese musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. he is best known as vocalist for the rock band l'arc-en-ciel, as well as for vamps. while in l'arc-en-ciel his name is stylized as hyde, whereas in his solo work and vamps it is stylized as hyde. he joined l'arc-en-ciel in 1991 after leaving the band jerusalem's rod for which he was the guitarist. in addition to being the lead singer and main lyricist of l'arc-en-ciel, hyde has released 4 solo albums and 8 singles. in 2008 he formed vamps with k.a.z, and started his own independent record label called vamprose. ==career== ===2000â2003: solo=== after l'arc-en-ciel released the single, "spirit dreams inside -another dream-" 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 film moon child. in a duet as part of the projec
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