background birth_date genre origin associated_acts notable_instruments instrument image name occupation caption years_active alias birth_place url label landscape article_title birth_name
solo_singer 29 january 1969 alternative rock hard rock pop rock osaka , japan l'arc-en-ciel vamps jerusalem 's rod fender mustang , gibson style-o vocals guitar keyboards saxophone harmonica hyde in new york city , 2010.jpg hyde musician singer-songwriter record producer actor hyde with vamps in new york city , 2010 1990 -- present hyde , hyde , hide p ` unk , hyde , hyde dark wakayama , japan -lsb- http://www.hyde.com/ hyde.com -rsb- ki/oon/haunted gan-shin -lrb- eu -rrb- tofu -lrb- us -rrb- yes hyde -lrb- musician -rrb-
 hideto takarai 寶井 秀人
hyde -lrb- musician -rrb-

, 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 .
