hear. Featuring Dir en Grey

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Did you Know...

Random facts that are anything but useful XD These facts are totally random but I personally love reading these random facts about JRockers, regardless if I even know who they are. Click on the name to anchor to that section of the page in order to read about them.

Gackt // L'Arc~en~Ciel // Masami Okui // Dué le quartz // Nami Tamaki // T.M.Revolution // X-Japan // Dir en Grey // Sowelu // Crystal Kay

Gackt

- Claims to be a 464 year-old vampire (refuses to reveal his actual birth date)

- He hates sweets (no wonder he’s so skinny!)

- It takes him 3 days to prepare a meal

- His parents were real strict, so when he was young he was not allowed to watch television and had to practice piano for 2 hours each day (in which he hated doing)

- Gackt has mastered piano, drums, violin, drums, guitar, and other instruments

- He often stays in his hotel completely naked (oh!)

- Gackt was in a movie called Moon Child with Hyde (L’Arc~en~Ciel), playing Kei's friend "Sho"

- "Since I first met him, I have this thought that it would be great if Hyde was a girl. But dammit, he's a man!" *laughs*

- When Kami died, Mana let Gackt find out in the news instead of telling Gackt himself...

- Gackt says he does a lot of karaoke of T.M.Revolution's *sugoi!* ...he also said that Nishikawa-san's voice is really high >.< (only because his is freaking deep!)

L'Arc~en~Ciel

- When Tetsu was in kindergarten, he thought a little boy sitting in front of him was cute and wanted to kiss him XD

- Hyde is colorblind :'( (when I first learned this I didn't want to believe it and almost started crying)

- When he was young, Hyde wanted to be a guitarist because he didn't think singing was as cool as playing the guitar (thank god he decided to become a singer!!)

- Hyde starred in a movie called "Moon Child" with Gackt, playing the vampire "Kei"

- Hyde was also in a movie called "Last Quarter"

- It is rumored that Ken made out with an elevator woman and later married her...and then they divorced.

- Tetsu is currently dating Kaori of Every Little Thing. *RUMOR*

- Hyde has a belly-button ring! (where- I want to see it!)

- Hyde is very poetic

- Hyde loves women! The types of women he likes are those who have a beautiful face or beautiful over-all

- Hyde prefers beautiful women over their smarts!

- Tetsu is obsessed with Asuka from Evangelion, which is what he would look for in women (beauty I guess)

Masami Okui

Dué le quartz

- Miyavi is a Virgo (August 23 - September 22, his birthday being September 14), but claims to be a Pegasus...

- The tattoo on Miyavi's right arm says: "tenjou tenka yuiga dokuson", which means "I'm the one and only. In heaven and earth."

- Miyavi was in a movie called "O-re-sama"

Nami Tamaki

- Nami played basketball for her school's team for 2 years

- She started taking dance lessons when she was in the 5th grade

- She started learning English in the 5th grade.

T.M.Revolution

- Takanori-san was married to Yumi Yoshimura ( PUFFY AmiYumi) until they divorced in 2002.

- Takanori released his first single (Dokusai -monopolize-) on May 1, 1996: the same day aas PUFFY AmiYumi!

- He was in his first band when he was 13 years old.

- Takanori was a former member of the band "Luis~Mary" as lead singer.

- He has started a band project called "Abington School boys". Some artists, including Tetsu (TETSU69, L'Arc~en~Ciel), Miyu Nagase (ZONE), and Chachamaru (GACKTJOB), have taken part in this project with the tribute album "LOVE for NANA ~Only 1 Tribute", in which NANA is a popular Japanese comic and a favorite of many.

X-Japan

- hide holds the world record for the farthest thrown television from a hotel (...wtf!? lol)

- the band was involved in blood drives and so donated blood often (how cool would that be to have their blood in you!?)

- hide saved a fan's life by undergoing an extremely painful procedure of donating bone marrow, and he often wrote to her afterwards :)

- Yoshiki is considered a God...deal with it! XD

- hide was good friends with Marilyn Manson.

- hide was influenced by the American band KISS, and wanted to become a musician afterwards

- hide starred in a movie called "Seth et Holth", playing as Seth.

- Heath currently owns his own record label called "M Records" with his brother

- hide designed some jewelry which can be found in a shop in L.A.

- Yoshiki owns a recording studio in L.A.!

- Yoshiki and Toshi first started the band "X" when they were 13 and made their debut when they were only 17!!

- "Taiji" was their first bassist before Heath.

Dir en Grey

- It took the members of the band 6 weeks to learn Shinya's phone number (I laughed so much at this when I first read this!)

- When the band first got together, Kaoru scared everyone (this I found hard to believe...he scared Kyo!?)

- When the band first started La:Sadies, Die had a crush on Shinya since he thought he was a girl! (LMFAO!! oh man, that was funny!) XD

- Kyo hates his real name (Niimura Tooru)

- Kyo hates being called "kawaii" Me: kawaii! Kyo: GHAA!! Me: XD

Sowelu

- Sowelu is 1/4 Irish (oh! hey, I'm 1/2 Irish & 1/2 Japanese) XD

- She speaks fluent Japanese and English

Crystal Kay

- Her father is Black and her mother is Korean

- She was born in Japan...that's why she speaks Japanese! XD

- She attended an international school in Japan with M-Flo

- She made her debut when she was only 13 *sugoi yo ne!*

- Her mother is a singer

- Her real name is Crystal Kay Williams