Mi amor platónico más Grande

Hyde...
es aquella persona a la cual idolatro, por muchas razones, que tal vez para muchos resulten incomprensibles, pero a mi me llena de satisfacción. Es un cantante japonés, el que descubrí hace varios años ya. Recuerdo la primera canción que oí de su grupo... y me enamoré de su voz. Tan ronca, y dulce al mismo tiempo, que me invadía la duda. Quería verlo, para saber más de él, y de su banda en esos entonces (L'Arc~En~Ciel), la cual es mi grupo favorito. Cuando lo ví... ah...
amor platónico a primera vista. Estaba en la foto de una revista, dentro de una imagen de otra revista a la cual se le estaba haciendo propaganda; era una Ongaku (música en Japonés, para quienes no sepan)... La quería, pero aquí no la vendían... Pasó el tiempo, y me empecé a informar más respecto a este señor. Aquí les dejo un recopilatorio de todo lo que encontré respecto a él.

nombre verdadero: Hideto Takarai

apodo: Doi Hachiro (dado por Tetsu), Doiha Chan,Akuma (por su familia), Hide (en los inicios de L'arc)

fecha de nacimiento: 29 de enero de 1968

signo zodiacal: acuario

estatura: 1.58 m

lugar de nacimiento: Wakayama, Osaka (Kansai)

familia: padres, Es hijo único.Está casado, y en el año 2.003 nació su primer hijo, aunque esto no es seguro, ya que no hay registros de que Hyde realmente tenga un hijo.

estado civil: casado con Megumi Oiishi (periodista o modelo... relativo a su trabajo nadie se pone de acuerdo ^^).Se conocieron durante un programa... Ella fue a verlo a "LIGHT MY FIRE" y desde ese momento comenzaron a salir juntos.Contrajeron nupcias el 25 de diciembre del año 2.000

Residencia actual: Shibuya ku, en todo un 20º piso..., Tokio

Hobby: coleccionar objetos de cristal azul, rajicon (autos a control remoto), juegos de video (Bio Hazzard es su favorito), dibujar, cocinar,escribir, patinar, las películas de terror... entre muchos otros vicios...

Comida favorita: arroz con curry, ramen, y de frutas... sandía... en los camarines siempre hay...

bebida favorita: VITA vitamin in.

anime favorito: nekojirou, monster

artista favorito: Marilyn Manson, Billy Joel, Radiohead, BAKI ( gas tank), Cranberries, David Sylvian...

Mascota: Un gato, pero lamentablemente es alérgico a ellos.

color favorito: monocromo,plateado, blanco.

posición: vocalista de L'Arc~en~Ciel, como solista, se desmpeña como guitarrista y compositor, además del canto.

trabajos en solitario: Roentgen, 666, y prontamente Faith, del cual ya ha estrenado dos singles.

Películas en las que ha participado: Moonchild (2.003) y Kagen no Tsuki (2.004)

anécdotas: cuando era pequeño, a Hyde le gustaba andar en bicicleta, y un desafortunado día tuvo un accidente, lo que le dejó una cicatriz en el cuello, y una mano un poco paralizada.

tatuaje: dos alas de ángel en su espalda.

Una entrevista:

Nombre verdadero: Muchos diferentes...
Cumpleaños: por favor imagínenlo ustedes...
Lugar de nacimiento: por favor imagínenlo ustedes...( no parece estar muy colaborador en la entrevista)
Estatura y peso: no lo sé
Experiencia (trabajo de medio tiempo, etc): No he hecho nada
Deporte/ habilidad especial : Cuando estoy inactivo ( haciendo nada)
Enfermedades: muchas...
Mascota: quiero un gato, pero soy alérgico...no puedo.
Hobby/ colección: nada ( y los objetos de cristal azul no cuentan acaso?)
Artista/ banda favorito/ a: BAKI (miembro de una banda indie llamada Gas Tank)
Comida favorita: Muchas, con tal que sepa bien...
Comida que menos te gusta: Snacks (bocadillos) Si tengo hambre, tengo que comer la comida adecuada(mucha comida).
Cigarro favorito: CHEROKEE 20 al día (aunque ahora ya dejaron de producirlos ahora fuma Philip morris super light o seven stars)
Marca favorita de ropa/ diseñador: Jean-paul Gaultier
Club al que te uniste en la escuela: Club de fútbol (lo abandonó al tercer día...)
Curso favorito: arte
Curso odiado: Cualquiera que no sea arte, porque es difícil (=_= en otras palabras...)
Notas en el colegio: nada buenas T_T
Revista favorita: Revistas que tengan a L'arc~en~ciel en ellas
Sueño de la niñez: ser Artista
~* también dijo una vez que quería ser un Kamen raider, que es un personaje de una serie Sentai para niños-de su época *~
Tipo favorito de chica: una chica linda y buena (no es muy específico en sus respuestas)
Tipo de chica que no te gusta: ninguno en especial
Recorrido favorito para una cita: Alrededor de mi casa (^^'')
Que haces en los días libres?: nada
Que es lo que mas deseas en este momento?: a mi prometida
A quién te gustaría conocer mas que a ningún otro?: A Jesucristo (un tanto imposible)
Cuál es el regalo de navidad que más te ha gustado?: unas pijamas que Kiyoharu-kun me dió (Kiyoharu fue miembro de un grupo de jrock llamado Kuroyume y ahora esta en un grupo bastante famoso llamado SADS...fue amigo de Hyde)
Regalo preferido de las fans: cupones de CDs
Si puedes llevar solo una cosa a una isla desierta, que llevarías?: A mi esposa
Si tuvieras 1 millón, como lo usarías?: Yo compraría muebles…ropa...relojes... de todo!!
Si hay fuego en tu casa que tomarías de ella y escaparías?: Mi tetera.
Si estas con el corazón roto, que haces?: Inmediatamente me fumo un Cherokee
Si puedes regresar al pasado, a que época irías?: A la niñez de mis padres, me gustaría ver como eran.
Cuándo quisiste volverte músico?: Ayer
Gente que más te influencia: Amigos
Personas que más cuidan de ti: Mis padres
Algo que te haya sorprendido hace poco: Había algo, pero ya lo olvidé.
Crees en poderes psíquicos?: No
Puedes cocinar?: Si, soy bueno haciendo comida china
Que haces cuando estas ebrio?: Hago mis hobbies
Programa de Tv favorito?: Ver algo de ficción en la calle (?)
Ídolo(cantante, etc)?: Reorganizando ahora.
Película/video favorito?: "saigo no yuuwaku" [la ultima seducción] -es la misma que dijo sakura o_o-
Expresión que siempre dices?: "Hu-n"
Frase favorita: betsuni [Nada, o simplemente no tiene frase favorita...]
Que es lo que mas cuidas?: Mis aretes.
Ahora. Cuando te sientes mas feliz?: Cuando duermo.
Cuándo te excitas?: Cuando beso
Que serías si no fueras músico?: Artista...( ser músico es ser artista...)
Músico que más te ha influenciado: BAKI
Concierto más memorable(al que haya asistido): ver a Gas Tank en Eggplant
Que haces para darte energías para la banda? Duermo bien.
Compositor favorito: Ken, Jack Danger, Ueda Kenichirou
Primer instrumento musical: Guitarra
Si no fueras el vocalista que serías?: Guitarrista porque es kakkoii
Cómo practicas diariamente?: No practico
Cómo escribes canciones?: Escribo las cosas que veo en mis sueños...( Se inspira en sus sueños?)
Que canciones te gusta cantar? Las que sean fáciles
Que canciones no te gusta cantar? Las que sean difíciles
Persona a quien consideras como rival musicalmente hablando? Michael Jackson

más sobre Hyde

Como hijo único de una feliz familia japonesa, siempre deseó tener alguien con quien jugar. Su madre siempre lo trataba como una hija, más que un hijo, porque su sueño era tener una linda niña,por ejemplo, lo obligaba a usar mochila roja (considerando que en Japón las mochilas para los niños de primaria son azules para los varones y rojas para las niñas), además le mantenía el cabello largo. Él quería ser como su súper héroe favorito: "Kamen Rider" razón por la cual, el pequeño Hyde siempre llevaba las rodillas heridas o alguna otra parte del cuerpo.

Su influencia musical fue marcada por sus propios padres, y desde pequeño fue un "enamorado del arte", ya que se graduó de una escuela artística; aún así, obtenía bajas calificaciones porque tenía un serio problema de daltonismo que le impedía poder trabajar bien, en su caso, no podía distinguir colores brillantes.

Con el tiempo, sus necesidades de independencia y dinero lo llevaron a trabajar en distintos lugares: como "Mister Donuts", mientras era guitarrista de un grupo llamado Jersarems Rod. Un chico llamado Tetsuya Ogawa ("Tetsu", actual líder y bajista de L'Arc-en-ciel), estaba formando un nuevo grupo, y le ofreció a Hyde un lugar como vocalista. En un principio, Hyde rechazó el puesto, porque pensaba que ser vocalista era la peor parte de un grupo musical y sostenía que era muy aburrido. Luego de intentar persuadirlo por mucho tiempo, Tetsu logró que Hyde aceptara (pensaba que Hyde tenía una voz privilegiada que no podía desperdiciarse).

El Grupo fue un acierto, llegando a estar siempre en los primeros lugares de los rankings musicales y éste éxito llevó a Hyde y a la banda a la cima de la fama, lo que hizo que Hyde cambiara de opinión con respecto a su posición en el grupo.

Durante su larga trayectoria como vocalista del grupo (L'Arc-en-ciel), se ha pensado muchas veces que es homosexual. La gente suponía que era la pareja del ex baterista del grupo (Sakura), pero se supo que no era verdad, ahora, mucha gente lo empareja con "Gackt" (conocido solista japonés, ex vocalista de Malice Mizer) con quien trabajó en la película "Moonchild" el año 2002 (aunque Hyde esté casado con Megumi Ooishi).

Hyde comenzó su proyecto solista paralelo a L'Arc-en-ciel en el año 2001, con "Evergreen", su primer single; el cual obtuvo mucho éxito entre sus fans. Por esto, se pensó muchas veces que L'Arc-en-ciel se había disuelto, ya que no solo Hyde tenía proyectos por su lado, sino que todos y cada uno de sus integrantes habían comenzado a sacar sencillos, hasta que éste rumor fue desmentido por él y los demás integrantes.
Hoy, Hyde mantiene su proyecto solista como "HYDE", sigue como vocalista de L'Arc-en-ciel y terminó de filmar una nueva película, llamada "Kagen no Tsuki"; la cual está basada en el Manga "Last Quarter" de Ai Yazawa, que se estrenó en los cines japoneses a finales del año 2004 y el día 26 de febrero 2005 sale a la venta en DVD en el país nipón.

más aun sobre Hyde...

Hyde solía pensar que lo peor era ser vocalista, porque le gusta tocar la guitarra (él fue el guitarrista de Jersarems Rod) pero ahora piensa que no es tan malo después de todo, le tomó el gusto a cantar. Además mucha gente dice que Hyde no toca muy bien la guitarra.

El tenía un muy pronunciado "Osaka-ben" (Acento de osaka-kansai) y veces cometía errores al tratar de hablar como la gente de Tokio ... pero ahora eso ya no se percibe.

Su verdadero nombre Takarai Hideto, él nunca lo ha dicho, pero las fans piensan que es verdad(si te das cuenta en todas las pags. lo dicen). Dicen que Hyde mantenía en secreto su nombre porque BAKI (miembro de Gas tank, un grupo que a Hyde le encantaba),también mantenía su nombre en secreto. Cuando la gente le pregunta su verdadero nombre, Tetsu dice que su nombre es "Doi hachiro", que se supone debe ser chistoso, porque suena bastante tonto. Tetsu dice que Hyde se llama Doi hachirou porque si volteas HAIDO(la pronunciación en japonés) resulta DOIHA...

Es el único hijo de su familia y cuando era niño su mamá lo trataba como a una niña porque ella realmente quería una, entonces hacía que Hyde usara cabello largo y mochila roja para el colegio (se supone que en Japón los niños de primaria llevan mochila azul y las niñas roja)

Su papá no quería que Hyde entrara en el negocio de la música porque pensaba que era peligroso...entonces Hyde le dijo que les compraría a sus padres una linda casa con una piscina, ya que en Japón las viviendas son muy caras, más asi si tienen piscina.( vaya método de convicción)

Hyde lloraba todo el tiempo cuando era niño, entonces su papá lo hizo practicar kung fu shaolin, para volverlo más fuerte.

Él estuvo es una escuela de arte antes de unirse a laruku por tiempo completo.De hecho, cuando estudiaba,el ramo favorito de Hyde era Arte, pero no tenía buenas notas,debido a su daltonismo, que hace que no distinga los colores brillantes.

El trabajó en Mister Donuts, algo así como los Dunkin' Donuts de acá.

En una entrevista el dijo que le gustaban las chicas que sean bonitas, pero un poco estúpidas (esa descripción le queda perfecta a Megumi).

En Newsmaker, Hyde tenía su propia página llamada "Self Portrait"[autorretrato]. En cada una había una foto algo...extraña de Hyde y un poema hecho por él.

La época favorita del año para Hyde es el período entre el otoño y el invierno.

Hyde se puso un piercing en el ombligo el verano del ´99 (pero decidió quitarselo)

La casa de hyde….la decoró el mismo, con un estilo europeo antiguo, su favorito.

La vida amorosa de Hyde.... La gente dice que el salía con Yoshikawa Hinano, pero Hinano dijo que la diferencia en sus edades era muy grande entonces que era imposible una relación entre los dos.
Hyde había dicho que admiraba a Megumi Ooishi algunas veces y después en Utaban los pusieron juntos para causar gracia...pero ahora están casados.
Hyde ha dicho que nunca estuvo involucrado en una relación seria (aunque el vivió con su novia durante 4 años)
MUCHA gente piensa que Hyde era gay con Sakura...pero creo que son solo buenos amigos.Después de Moonchild, se le vinculó sentimentalmente con Gackt, ex vocalista de Malize.

Hyde dijo que nunca le ha dicho "te amo" a nadie.

El hobby de Hyde…una fan le regaló un producto de cristal azul, y comenzó a coleccionar muchos de ellos, porque le encantaron.

Le gusta leer novelas de terror en la noche para asustarse.

Hyde se graduó de la escuela de arte,es muy bueno dibujando. Pero no puede pintar porque es daltónico (no puede ver los colores claros o suaves, como el azul pastel)

Hyde fue profesor de batería y sus alumnos dicen que era muy estricto, se molestaba si ellos no tomaban en serio la música...

Uno de los animales favoritos de Hyde son los gatos y las ballenas, pero no puede tenerlos, a los gatos por su alergia, y a la ballena por asuntos de espacio... ( @_@ ¿dónde diablos pondría una ballena?)

más sobre Hyde (en inglés, pero se entiende...ok?)

name: Hyde, or if you're refering to his as a solo artist, it's HYDE. Either way it's pronounced high-doh in Japanese (spelled ハイド (Haido)).

position in L'Aarc~en~Ciel: vocalist/lyricist, although he occasionally plays back-up guitar

real name: Takarai Hideto

nicknames: "doihachiro" and "doiha-chan" by Tetsu. Hyde doesn't like it when Tetsu calls him doihachiro. it's the syllables in his stage name backwards (ha-i-do=do-i-ha) plus "chiro" which means "mischief" or something like that. He said that Tetsu used to call him that so often the fans started to wonder if that was Hyde's real name. XD

birthday: according to this article his birthday is January 29, 1969

place of birth: Wakayama, Osaka (Kansai region)

astrological sign: Aquarius

family: mother and father (no siblings), wife - Oishi Megumi (married December 25, 2000), and one child (born November 11, 2003). Unfortunately Hyde hasn't let it slip what gender the baby is or what its name is. Yet. ^^

height: ~157-8 cm (~ 5'2")

weight:??

eye color: brown

fave. foods: curry rice, although... that might have changed. He likes ramen and takoyaki a lot, too. Also, mushrooms and this dried red seaweed called mozuku.

least fave. food: um... I'm not sure about this one. When asked what his least favorite food was, Hyde said it was a fruit that you squeeze lemon juice onto, but he couldn't think of the name. I'm pretty sure he meant persimmons, but he ended up saying mango... @_@

fave. drink: VITA Vitamin In

fave. cigarette brand: Cherokee

fave. subject in school: art

least fave.: anything other than art.

fave. colors: silver and white

- before Tetsu recruited him into L'Arc~en~Ciel, Hyde was the guitarist of a band called Kidies (or Kiddies?) Bomb. Then they changed their name to Jeruselam's Rod and Hyde started doing vocals. At the time, I think he was going by "Hide". Hiro, Laruku's original guitarist, also left Jeruselam's Rod for Laruku. Unfortunately, thats all I've been able to find out on that.

- Hyde did not want to be a vocalist when he first came onto the music scene. He really likes hard rock and he always thought that vocalists for those kinds of bands were really uncool. He wanted to be a guitarist and just kind of be in the background, looking cool, but after a while he realized that he wasn't very good, so he tried doing vocals and found that it fit him perfectly. Now, though, he's realized that there are a lot of people who look cool when the play the guitar and sing at the same time. That's why there are hardly any instances back in the indies days of Laruku where you see him play guitar, but later on, around '98, you start to see him pull out his guitar every once in a while and rock out as best he can.

- he's said that his guitar skills are rather intermediate.

- he used to have his ears pierced, one hole per ear, but around '95 he let them close up.

- the first song he ever played on guitar was by Motley Crue (probably Shout at the Devil XD)

- he's color blind.

- he's a very accomplished artist. he mostly does sketches in black and white, and if not for his color blindness he probably would have persued a career in art.

- Hyde had a tamagotchi back in '96. It started beeping during a tv interview once. It was red or pink, I can't tell because the quality of the video is so bad, but it had some pattern on it. Way cooler than the ones that were released in America. It was really funny, becuase the host of the show was like, "We'll wait if you need to take care of it" so Hyde pulled it out... it was hungry. XD

- Hyde likes the Harry Potter books and movies. He said he cried during one of the movies. I'm assuming it was the first...

- one if his eyelids (the left one) doesn't open all the way. It's usually not very noticable, unless you're watching the Evergreen PV.

- he's right handed.

- he's said he likes to hear himself singing in English.

- his belly button is pierced. not sure how long he's had the piercing, though. At least since '99.

- he has a rather large pair of angel wings tattooed on his back.

- he didn't play any instruments on Roentgen.

- he did play lead guitar on all the songs on 666, though.

- "Roentgen" is the German word for X-ray.

- he wrote the music and lyrics for every song on both his solo albums, and he's written the lyrics to almost every L'Arc~en~Ciel song.

- he designed all the clothes on Hydeist. He says the main reason he designs the clothes is for himself, not for the fans.

- one of his favorite movies is called "Kita no Kuni Kara" which means "From the Northern Country". He also likes this movie... I think it's called "Emmaryo".

- his prefered method of transportation is a bicycle. While he was in London filming Niji, he got around the city on a bike, and while he was filming Moon Child in Taiwan, he was often seen riding around on his motor bike.

- his favorite sport is snowboarding.

- around late '97/early '98, he went mountain-climbing up Mt. Fuji with one of his friends.

- the first time "Anemone" was heard by the public was during the final concert of the REAL tour. Before he started singing, he said, "To my love.. Anemone". Most people (including myself) say he wrote it for his wife. Here's a translation of the song.

- the first time Hyde met Megumi was on an episode of Utaban that aired on April 14, 1998. The hosts had a little chart with the guys' names on it and the name of the girls they liked, and Hyde said he'd liked Megumi for a long time and that she was really cute, but he hadn't met her before and that he wanted to. So they brought her out, and she gave him her photobook. The others all left the table and went off to the side to let Hyde "work his magic", only he was too embarassed and shy, so Tetsu and one of the hosts was saying from the side lines, "Tabacco!". Not sure WHY... I guess it was just one of those things where you accidentally say the wrong word. Tetsu corrected himself saying "denwa bango (phone number)", but Hyde was just too shy, so they all came back. Hyde got smacked in the back of the head. After she'd left, he said he was glad she's come. And then the host smacked him again. XD

- the next time he saw Megumi was at a party after a Light My Fire live later in '98.

- Hyde wrote "Evergreen" in the point of view of a friend (the bassist of a band Hyde used to be in), who had passed away in early 2001, to his friend's wife.

- He has at least four versions of his pentagram ring, one red, one a darker red, one orange, and one yellow.

- his pentagram ring is the ring the demon wore in the movie "Angel Heart". He said he likes what it represents.

- before he got into the music business, Hyde used to work at shop called "Mister Donuts"

- his hobbies include collecting blue glass products (I think that craze was started when a fan sent him some blue glass vases.), playing video games (his favorite is Biohazard), sketching, reading scary books, playing with his yo-yo, and writing poems.

- he loves kids, but would rather play with other people's children than his own. Doesn't want to deal with the responsibility.... or the noise.

- he gets sick very easily. He used to have a strong immune system, but after a few years of close contact with Ken (who used to get sick very easily and was sick throughtout most of his childhood) his immune system was weakened significantly.

- he likes Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Gastunk, Depesche Mode, and within the last year he said he's been listening to a lot of American bands like Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit. I think he also likes Avril Lavigne.

- he smokes a carton of cigarettes a day, but he smokes most often when he's writing lyrics/music and when he's watching movies.

- his dream when he was little was to become a "Kamen Rider", which means masked rider. Kamen Rider was one of the first tokusatsu (live action shows) to air in Japan in the early-to-mid-70's. A remake of it aired in the US in the mid-90's.

- in April of 2002, Hyde was on Music Station, and he brought out his pets. Crickets. There were two in the little case, but I think he said he'd had eight and that six of them had died. He also said they were really loud and annoying.

- he has this scar on his neck. I'm not sure what it's from. I've heard car accident and bike accident, although the bike seems more probable.

- Hyde recorded Roentgen in London, England, at Air Studios.

- he doesn't buy things that he doesn't need or that aren't important to him, and one of his favorite things in his house is an antique table that he bought a long time ago. You can take the top off of it and it becomes a pool table (he likes to play pool). The table doesn't have any chairs because he said he could never find any he liked... so it's just a table, sitting in his livingroom. During the interview (which was in 2003) he said it had been a few years since the last time he'd used it.

- he said that while he was in London there was this store, a food shop of some kind (can't remember if it was a bakery or what) that he went to all the time and the clerk there called him something really funny, like Golden Boy... he said he couldn't remember exactly what the clerk had called him. He also said that a lot of people there thought he was way younger than he really was.

- he can cook but he'd really rather not. He prefers getting instant stuff at the store like bentou (boxed lunches).

- he doesn't believe in any god. He says that if a god existed, there wouldn't be war.

- he loves ghosts and demons. He thinks they're cool.

- this is a picture of Hyde's various pieces of jewelry he wore back in '99. He still wears the ring, of course, and the dragon bracelet with the black leather stap.

- in 2000, Hyde broke his ribs in a cart race. In 2001 they were on Music Station he said that his chest would hurt pretty bad after lives and it took a while to heal.

- when asked to decribe himself, he said he's a braggart.

- the first concert he attended was a Wada Akiko concert.

- he likes to watch tv or drive on his days off.

- back in '98, Laruku was on Music Station and he said he'd like to have a small car and in '99 he had one of those mini coopers. Although now he drives some type of SUV. I have no idea what it is, but it's silver and still pretty small for an SUV. I think it might be a Lexus.

- Hyde has his own record label, Haunted Records.

- the Hydeist and Haunted Records websites opened on October 17, 2001. (and yes, that is Hyde saying "Welcome to Hydeist" during the flash opening ^^;;)

- his favorite flower is sakura (cherry blossoms).
- in 2003, he co-stared in his first major film, Moon Child. He played an angsty vampire named Kei.
- in 2004 he appeared in the movie Kagen no Tsuki~Last Quarter~ with Kuriyama Chiaki. It's based on the manga by Ai Yazawa. Hyde played Adam.

- he doesn't understand the concept of soaking in a bathtub for hours on end. He said having to do that every day makes him wonder what life is really about. For him, it has to be a quick shower.
- he says he finds that it's much easier to express color with music than with paints.

- he has really crooked bottom teeth.

- he used to be a drum teacher and his students said that he was very strict and he would scold them when they got something wrong.

- he really likes to stick out his tongue in this very suggestive manner and generally drive the fangirls wild during lives.

- he rambles a lot during his MCs and they usually don't have much of a point, like he's just talking off the top of his head, and often loses his train of thought. He also swears in English(he says "fuck" pretty often) and talks dirty.

- he often forgets the lyrics during lives and says things like, "I promise you guys I'll remember them for tomorrow's show!", only to forget them again the next day.

- Hyde is very shy and very quiet around people he doesn't know, and especially around girls.

- he loves to eat. While he was in Taiwan promoting Roentgen, he was asked several times by different talk show hosts if he liked the country and stuff like that, and his answers always involved food. ^^;; he often talks about the food of foreign countries rather than the people or the architecture.
- he's one of those poeple who is only comfortable in ~70 degree F weather. He doesn't like the heat during summer at all, nor does he like cold.

- in 2001 he started wearing his pentagram ring on his left hand ring finger instead of his right. It's probably like a substitute for his real wedding ring which he never wears in public. He's wearing it here, though.
- his mom really wanted a girl, so wheh he ws born she treated him like a girl, making him carry a pink backpack to elementary school and wear dresses to sleep in. Because of the pink backpack, a lot of kids at school teased him and he cried a lot, so his dad signed him up for Shaolin Kung Fu.



These are things that I've heard of but am not sure if they're true or not...
- he graduted from an art college.

- he used to own (or still does) the entire 20th floor of an apartment building in Shibuya, Tokyo.

- he's not a morning person. He likes to sleep in until about 12 in the afternoon. (um... this might be true... He doesn't seem like a morning person. Or a day person, for that matter.)

- he started smoking when he was 15

- He likes European style furniture and has decorated his house with it.

- he's allergic to cats

- he knows how to break dance


NEW - according to a recent post hyde made on HYDEIST, his pet crickets have passed away.


Hyde_Sama

†i died then my instinct was born†