caption current_members associated_acts years_active alias label article_title past_members background genre image origin name
by-sexual den , sho , nao in 1990 clockwise from top : ryo , ryo den sakura zigzo , sons of all pussys , badub , test-no. , l'arc ~ en ~ ciel '' , 2011 '' ` by-sex : '' ' 1996 -- ` 1998 , 2011 -- present by-sexual : '' ' 1988 -- 1995 by-sex , alzheimer free-will by-sex -rrb- , pony canyon -lrb- by-sexual -rrb- noir -lrb- by-sexual
 sho nao group_or_band '' post-punk '' ` by-sex : '' ' alternative rock , ` pop punk by-sexual : '' ' punk rock , by-sexual cs.jpg osaka , japan by-sexual
by-sexual

by-sexual -lrb- stylized as by-sexual -rrb- was a japanese visual kei punk rock band from osaka .
they were active from 1988 to 1995 , when vocalist sho left the band and they went on hiatus .
in august 1996 , the remaining members restarted the group under the name by-sex -lrb- stylized as by-sex -rrb- with ryo changing to vocals and guitar .
in february 1998 , nao left and the group disbanded .
on september 3 , 2011 , by-sexual reunited for a show at shinagawa stellar for the victims of the 2011 tōhoku earthquake and tsunami .
around the same time , ryo and den teamed up with their former zigzo bandmate sakura to formally restart by-sex .
