Members of L'Arc~en~Ciel

HYDE (Vocalist)

Real Name: Hideto Takarai 

AKA: Hyde, Haido, Doihachiro (Tetsu's nickname for him - the katakana for haido spelled backwards is doiha, and doihachiro means "mischievous" or something in Japanese.) 

Date of Birth: January 29, 1969 

Height: 158cm, but Hyde often wears heeled shoes to boost his height 

Weight: Some say 48kg (106 lbs), some say 58kg (128 lbs)I think 48kg is correct. 

Zodiac: Aquarius 

Birthplace: Wakayama, Osaka, Japan (Kansai dialect) 

Childhood dreams: manga artist, Kamen Rider 

Current Home: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan (rumored to own the entire 20th floor of a high-rise apartment building) 

Family: Wife (Megumi Oishi, married Dec. 25, 2000), Child (boy, born Nov. 11, 2003) 

Hobbies: sketching, smoking, drinking, inline skating, collecting blue glass products, playing video games, pool/billiards, snowboarding, reading horror novels 

Past Band: Kidies Bomb/Jerusalem's Rod (guitarist) 

Current Band: L'Arc~en~Ciel (since 1991) (lead vocalist, primary lyricist) 

Instruments: guitar, saxophone, drums, harmonica, tambourine  

Tattoo: two angel wings on his back 

Piercings: belly button, nipples, ears (back in indie days; by now his earring holes have closed up) 

Scars: down his neck (from a biking accident) 

Pets: crickets, possibly dog 

Food: hamburgers 

Drink: VITA Vitamin In 

Fruit: Watermelon 

Cigarette Brand: Cherokee, Philip Morris Super Light 

Colors: black, white, gray, the color of blood (red) 

Subject in School: Art 

Books: Stephen King novels, Harry Potter 

Word: fuck and batsuni

Music: GASTUNK, David Sylvian, Depeche Mode, A Perfect Circle, Marilyn Manson, Radiohead, The Cranberries, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Avril Lavigne 

Composers: Ken, Jack Danger 

Manga: Monster, Nekojiru, Doraemon, Death Note 

Video Games: BioHazard (aka Resident Evil) 

Song from Dune: As if in a dream 

Song from Smile: Eien 

Song from Faith: Jesus Christ, Season's Call 

TETSU (Bassist)

Real name: Ogawa Tetsuya

Nickname: tet-chan

Date of birth : October 3, 1969

Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan

Position: bass and group leader (L'Arc~en~Ciel), vocalist (P'UNK~EN~CIEL)

Solo: tetsu, ex TETSU69 - vocalist, bass, guitar, bass (Creature Creature) 

Blood Type: A

Height: 168 cm

Weight: (?)

Family: mother, father and two younger sisters

Marital status : Married with Ayana Sakai on November 2007

Hobby : Cars,plastic models, Anime (Gundam, Evangelion…he likes Asuka from EVA) and shopping

Tetsu, is the leader and bassist of the Japanese rock band L’Arc~en~Ciel.

He also does backup vocals and has composed many of the band’s songs, including ‘Link’, ‘READY STEADY GO’, ‘finale’, ‘Driver’s High’, “Stay Away,” and ‘Pieces’.

Since 2001, he had solo work under the name ‘TETSU69’ (Number 69 is his birth year). As of 26 November 2006 he changed his solo name to tetsu. 

On December 1, 2009, he changed his stage name to Tetsuya.


KEN (Guitarist)

Real name : Kitamura Ken

Nickname : ken-chan

Date of birth : November 28, 1968

Place of birth : Osaka, Japan

Horoscope : Sagittarius

Height : 178 cm

Weight : 56 kg

Marital status : Married

Hobbies : Shopping, diving

In 1992, L'Arc~en~Ciel's tetsu, who he had been friends with in High School, asked him to join the band on short notice after their former guitarist Hiro left. He quit college where he had been studying archictecture to move back to Osaka and join.

During L'Arc's break periods, he participates in a no-frills rock band named SONS OF ALL PUSSYS (S.O.A.P.) under Danger Crue Records. Also, along with the bands he is participating in, it was announced that he would create a solo single and if that went over well, a future album full of his own compositions and works. This is to provide a creative outlet for him as an artist while maintaining his band commitments.


YUKIHIRO (Drummer)

Real name : Awaji Yukihiro

Nickname : Yukkie

Date of birth : November 24, 1968

Place of birth : Chiba, Japan

Horoscope : Sagittarius

Height : 165 cm

Weight : 48 kg

Blood Type : A

Marital status : Single

yukihiro was born on November 24, 1968 in Ichikawa, near Tokyo. His father is a company worker, and his mother is a kimono-wearing instructor. He has a younger sister.

yukihiro has stated that he had as ordinary a childhood as any other kid, never questioning his destined path of going to school, graduating to a university, and ultimately becoming a white-collar salaryman. But he loved music, both Japanese and American, from heavy metal to pop. He was also a good short-track athlete in junior high school. However, he was kicked out from his athletics club for his sabotaging of the daily training.

When he entered high school, he started to play the drums and immediately decided to be a professional rock musician. Once he made the decision, he told his parents that he was leaving school because it was of no use to him. His parents forbade this, thus he continued his education while devoting himself mostly to rock music.

During his university days (he left The Chiba University of Commerce), he joined Zi : Kill, one of the rising visual kei rock groups of the time.

Former Members

sakura – drums (1993–1997)

PERO – drums (1991–1992)

HIRO – guitar (1991–1992)