Dir En Grey are a well known band from Japan. They been to North American many times in there years and to Europe. They seem to be looked at by some as bad or evil. But this is far from the truth there just a little rough. They do and say what they want. But often do it with meaning or passion behind it to. Many just see them go on stage then off. But what happens off stage? They go home and often do what everyone else does. Talk to friends and go out to see movies and etc. Lately they been getting anonymous messages from people. Threatening them and even wanting to take there spot light. But these haven't been really bugging them. Cause they happen to a lot of people and are ignored. Something is lurking in the shadows even if they don't notice. Anyone involved with the band or friends could get caught in the middle of it to.
Full name: ?? ?? (Andou Daisuke)
Nicknames: Die, Dai, Dai-suki
part: guitarist
Date of birth: 12.20,birth place Mie
Age:37
Astrological sign: Sagittarius
Zodiac sign: Tiger
Blood type: B
Height: 178cm / 5'10"
Weight: 61 kg
Clothes' size: L
Shoe size: 41 (8)
Favourite cigarette brand: Salm Light
Favourite sport: soccer, baseball
Favourite music: Sakai Noriko, Hide
His former bands: ka?za?ri ? La:Sadie's
Personality: sincere and honest ... and impudent, because he likes to tease people.He sees himself as a hard-working, sincere, honest person
Likes: cheese, sake, tease Shinya,
Dislikes: raw things, rainAccording to him, the most important thing is life,Tora (Alice Nine)
Favourite food: tofu, potatoes, bacon, cheese omlett, milk, cheese, spaghetti, roasted meat, okonomiyaki, curry, pizza, hamburger, ramen, pastries etc...Food that he detests: seafood, thorny animals, raw foods
He likes to get: cigarettes
He likes not to get: raw things, candy
Fun facts: His breast is especially ticklish. He is near-sighted, he wears contactlenses. He is the most serene and easy-going member.Die was disgusted of some Chinese food served on their tour once, he was not impressed with the chicken-head soup. He was not able to look at it! Kyo and Toshiya on the other hand, thought it cool and Toshiya was playing with a head!There was a fire in Die's apartment once. He tried to smother it with a fire extinguisher, but he just succeeded spraying the foam all around his feet and then he ran outside. He said: "That was so uncool!". *** Although Die is the second guitarist in the group, he is no less talented than our leader-sama, Kaoru. By the way, he is pretty amazing guitarist, the way he and Kaoru play together makes really gorgeous music.
For some of their songs - especially in older ones like "Ash" and "Zan" - Die even sings backup vocals; he has a lovely, definite but soft voice. During concerts, Die is just like any other guitarist: he struts across the stage to pump the crowd up, or just stands beside Kyo while he is singing. His idol is Takigawa Ichiro, the guitarist of Craze. He is the most talkative member of the band, also extremely playful, and quite a joker, too: he likes to tease the others especially Shinya, together with Kaoru. On the video taken in Osaka-Jou Hall, Toshiya pushed Shinya to the ground, and pounced on top of him, while Die covered them with feathers. So, he can make the others laugh almost any time. Die's real name is Daisuke, and the nickname for it is Dai. Some say that he changed the spelling of it to that of the English word "die", aiming to a more serious aspect. So Die is to be pronounced as "dai", not "di-eh". He is very proud of his mane which he had grown since high-school. It is almost dyed in red, often use to defy the laws of gravity - sticking upwards in all directions - making for a punkish hairstyle. But nowadays he wears his hair short and dark chestnut-coloured, also he uses less hair-styler. Die confesses: if someone state that he looks awful, he takes it as a compliment ^_^. After some of his fans complained that he was too fat - Die supposedly had eating and weight problems, because he took their ramblings to his heart, and became heavily under weighted. When Dir en grey was still dressing up in Visual Kei style, Die was quite extreme when it came to his looks and fashion; though his makeup was not always as daub-like as Kyo's. He was almost always leather-clad with lots of silver accessories - he always looked like a tough J-Rocker. Even though his music and scary outfits give off a hardcore attitude, Die is an extremely sweet and caring person. He has a kid hidden in himself, the way he seems to always be up to something. One world: kawaii. "Don't run away from things, make your own decisions for your own self...."
Die Facts * When asked to list his 3 most precious things, Die responded with: 1. Dir en Grey; 2. fans; 3. staff * When asked to say something to each of his band mates, Die responded with: Kyo, please don't pierce any more holes! Kaoru, get a haircut! Toshiya, please fix your room. Shinya, for how long do you intend to hide yourself?" * Die describes his most blissful moment of the day as right before he goes to sleep. He frequently has nightmares, so before he goes to sleep, he tells himself "I am going to sleep now; whatever happens after, however terrifying, will only be nightmares." * Die's nightmares are usually about running for life with friends. His friends "run speedily" while he runs slow like he has "eaten some lard." * Favorite time of year is the Christmas season. * Die loves drinking with his younger brother, quite often to the point where he babbles incoherently and is too drunk to leave the bar. * Die describes himself as "baka." * Audrey is his signature song. * At the Tokyo NKH Hall concert there was a large pink rat head sitting just in front of Shinya`s drums. Die kept looking at it near the end of the show, debating popping it on his head, but it wasn`t built as a mask, so he had to forget that idea. * Die likes getting things from the fans that he can use. Like underwear. Apparently a fan once sent him some. * Die is very straightforward and talkative, yet he is the "joker"; he can make any of the other members laugh at any time. He teases Shinya mercilessly. * Die does not like sashimi or seafood; he likes Western food, especially Italian. * Die likes cute girls with big eyes. When he was younger he was very nervous and shy, especially when he had to talk to girls. * He has a black belt in Kendo. He took it from elementary to high school, then stopped when he learned to play guitar because there was not enough time for both. * Of all the band members, Die is the one most likely to count calories.
Other random facts:His type of girl is Nori-P who was the popular Japanese pop idol in the 80s. When he performed Zan in Music Station, his grandmother was watching the program but because she had not seen Die for a long time, she could not recognize who was her grandson. He likes winter. ?Winter has a lot of fantasy?? says Die. He was so upset with fans pulling his hair at the gig in small live house. ?My hair gets damaged,? says Die. He agrees that he looks like a Siberian Husky (I think he does too, but I always saw more of a hyena because of the black eye make up). He is a mood maker in the band. Kaoru is his pub mate. On stage, he disappears from people?s view quite often. He doesn?t go anywhere, he just falls. His guitar strap becomes undone sometimes because of his intensive performance. He walks around until his roadie fixes it for him. He falls onto stage and falls from the stage. When he comes back to the stage, Kaoru makes fun of him. He breaks guitar strings easily. Kaoru cut Die?s yange ( hair that Die kept long for nine years) ?I loved doing it,? says Kaoru. He jokes. Mr. Inoue (manager) tells him off when he overdoes it. He speaks a lot. Drinks a lot. Once he was drinking until 11:00am (tour finished previous day) then he to a photo shoot (he was still drunk) and worked until the morning. He can?t eat a lot of things. His worst experience ever was when he was forced to eat Sashimi (he lost a bet). He hates raw fish more than anything else. He has a very lovely character and is a very kind person but once he abandoned stage because some fans left their seats and thronged to the stage (that time thronging and diving were about to be banned). Diru had to stop the gig in the middle and never come back. He couldn?t play acoustic guitar. Engineers told him that it would take another five years to master it, but he practiced hard and played in the gig without any major mistakes. He has guts. He can throw an empty water bottle to the third floor. He spends 30 minutes in the bathroom.
His dialect is from Kansai.
Kaoru
is the leader of Dir en grey and writes most of their music.
His full name is Niikura Kaoru and he was born on Feb 17, in Hyougo.
His blood type is A and he stands at 5'7".
Age:38
Contrary to popular belief, Kaoru can indeed play acoustic guitar in addition to his electric. His hair has been black, blue, bleached white, neon pink (my personal favorite), purple, and currently, blonde.
His trademark was the three braids he would whip around while headbanging.
Kaoru's nicknames include the God of Death, God of Guitars, and Japanese Zombie Hero.As the oldest, he is seen as the "responsible" one; he constantly pushes the rest of the band to do their best.
Kaoru Facts
* Kaoru likes anime and manga, especially Gundam.
* When asked to list his 3 most precious things, Kaoru responded with: 1. Dir en Grey; 2. my hair; 3. hide-sama's signature
* When asked to say something to each of his bandmates, Kaoru responded with: " I got so much to say! Kyo, you have lent so many things to me, such as games. I will return them to you next time. I don't think you even know about me borrowing some of them! Die, you also cut your hair. Now it's only me left. I must persist! Toshiya, I will return the LD animes you lent me very soon. Shinya, you sure are manly!"
* When asked to describe a recent lucky thing, Kaoru replied with: "My home is surprisingly warm. When I turn on all the electrical appliances at home, I feel truly warm. But I think I need to restrict myself a bit. *laughs*"
* Kaoru can be extremely random. One moment he is quiet, the next he comes out with some ridiculous outburst.
* Kaoru was asked to name a thing that makes him suffer. He replied that answering this question made him suffer, because he does not know how.
* Kaoru describes an unlucky recent event with:"I tried to tidy up my home recently. I want to have it spotless. However there turned out to be a hole in the garbage bag, and the oil inside practically got all over the floor of my home. I've already finished cleaning, but I ended up in a mess."
* Kaoru is confidant with his "super coaxing skills." He often uses these skills on their manager when he wants them to do something Kaoru does not want to.
* Kaoru clames he gets lazy when there is no goal to work towards, and that he did have used to be a loafer.
* "Audrey" was titled as such because Kaoru has always liked that girl's name.
* In school, Kaoru was good at sports and art but hated studying, so when he went home every day he would just play videogames, read manga, and make models.
* Kaoru's first love was his kindergarten teacher, who he said was a kind and gentle woman.
* Kaoru has stated that he does not wanted to get married yet, saying that marriage was something adults did and that he does not think there is anyone he could marry now, since Dir en grey is currently his main focus in life.
* In school, Kaoru considered joining the art club 3 times, but never actually made it to the interview. He got bored waiting, so he caught some grasshoppers and let them fight each other.
* He did join the soccer team, though. He liked the hat. He never went to practices, but played in the games. He says proudly that this shows he has a talent for soccer.
Toshiya
The bassist for Dir en grey. His real name is Hara Toshimara.
Nicknamed "Totchi" by the fans, he was born on March 31, , in Nagano.
Age:35
His blood type is B and he stands at 5'10". Upon meeting Kaoru for the first time, Toshiya was impressed with his blue hair. Thus, Toshiya's hair has been blue ever since, though it may currently be black. Toshiya is the happy-go-lucky one, never afraid to show his emotions, and enjoys anime and manga. Many of his costumes are anime-inspired. According to the fans, his best solo is in "Cage."
Toshiya Facts
* When asked to list his 3 most precious things, Toshiya responded with: 1. My past; 2. everyone I've met; 3. this very moment.
* At one of Dir en grey's first concerts, Toshiya cried all the way through GARDEN because his father had come to see him perform and stood during the whole concert.
* When asked to say something to each of his bandmates, Toshiya replied with: "Kyo, you have to be the poisonous person forever. Kaoru, play faster! *laughs* Die, why don't you go play a Light Band. *laughs* Shinya, please count "one, two, three" louder before you start drumming away!"
* When asked to describe a recent unlucky thing, Toshiya replied with: "I live on the first floor. That day somehow water seeped up from the floor. I rose to find my carpet totally wet. At first, I thought I spilled some juice on the carpet on the previous night, but no matter how hard I mopped it up, the water keep coming through. Then I realize it is something more serious than that, and I called up my landlord to handle it. Now all my wooden furniture is going all rotten and moldy, it's terrible even thinking of it. Oh I wanted to move out ASAP..."
* At the Grand Cube Osaka concert, as Shinya walked off the stage, Toshiya followed behind him and gave Shinya a jumping kick in the butt just before he could get back stage. As he ran off the stage himself, he did a very exaggerated run with his knees drawn all the way up to his chest.
* Toshiya is definately the dorkiest member of the band. He once stated that he thinks Japan is shaped like a banana, and he likes living in Japan because it is the only country shaped like a banana.
* There were no other boys in the area Toshiya lived in as a child, so he grew up playing with the girls. As a result, when he started school he was bullied for being a crybaby. He never liked the outdoors much.
* Spring makes Toshiya think of getting new sunglasses.
* In school, Toshiya was in the kendo club. He was afraid of his senior, who liked to eat protein supplements.
* Toshiya hates seaweed.
Shinya is Dir en grey's drummer.
His full name is Terachi Shinya.
Shinya was born in Osaka on Feb. 24,
His blood type is B and he stands at 5'7".
Age:34
Nickname:Shin,
He has big eyes and full lips for an Asian man, and he could not look like a man if he tried to. Shinya's hair has been both curly and straight, and varying shades of brown and red. Currently it is blonde. He is the youngest member of the band, loves his chichuahua more than anyone else, and hardly ever talks. He is the only one that does not smoke and he tries to eat healthy, though he has a soft spot for ice cream. He gets teased the most, by his bandmates and interviewers alike.
Shinya Facts
* Shinya loves riddles and reading books that can "train his brain."
* Shinya is very quiet. It took the rest of the band 6 months to figure out he had finally bought a telephone. It was another 6 months to a year before he gave them his number.
* When asked to list his 3 most precious things, Shinya replied: 1. My dog; 2. my parents' dog; 3. Dir en Grey.
* Out of all of his bandmates, Shinya is closest to Kyo.
* When asked to say something to each of his bandmates, Shinya replied with: "Kyo, don't catch a cold. Die, don't let others beat you up. Kaoru, please be gentler. Toshiya, don't be nosy."
* Shinya describes his most blissful moment of the day as: "When I return home. Yumi barks welcome happily, and I will say to him, "I'm back!" The best is sleeping in bed with him. "
* When asked what the moon makes him think of, Shinya replied simply with "rabbit."
* Shinya needs an average of 10 hours of sleep each night, and during holidays he is known to nap with his dog for up to 12 hours.
* When asked what he is confidant about, Shinya replied solving riddles.
* Shinya does not believe he will truly be grown up until he becomes a dad.
* During one of Kyo's speeches at an Osaka concert (involving many "anou's and eto's") he suddenly decided that Shinya would give a short speech. Shinya immediately clapped his hand over his mouth and tried to become invisible. He did eventually speak, but gave the microphone back quickly.
* At the Tokyo NKH Hall Concert, as Dir en grey came out for the second part of the concert, each member sgot on top of the box at center stage. Kaoru grabbed Shinya, picked him up horizontally and set him down on his side in front of the drums.
* A fan once sent Shinya a vacuum cleaner.
* He is also getting involved in things apart from the band. He models jewelry for a company called Wild Strawberry.
* Shinya "blew trumpet" in his high school brass band. Because of this, the rest of the band has teased him about his lips.
* Kyo says that Shinya looks like a space robot and talks like a nutty professor ("Such as, we made nice tea, we would say ?nice tea?, wouldn?t we ? But Shinya would say ?this tea is quiet nice tea. What do you put in this tea !?")
* Despite his shy appearance, the rest of the band claims Shinya is rather self-confident.
Kyo is the singer for Dir en grey. His real name is Nimura Tooru, he was born in Kyoto on Feb. 16
Age:37
His blood type is B, and he stands at 5'3". His unique voice is clearly the most valuable asset to the band. He does singing, falsettos, screaming, moaning, roaring, crying, dying, choking, rapping, you name it, he can do it. Kyo makes short people everywhere proud with his powerful presence. Indeed, one has not lived until he has been glared at by Kyo. His hair has been pink, red, black, and blonde, the latter of which it currently is right now. Kyo enjoys being the "scary one," and though he may be likened to an evil china doll, he has a very kind face without the makeup.
* Kyo enjoys lying during interviews. One cannot trust what he says.
* Kyo looks up to the vocalist Kiyoharu in the band Kuroyume.
* When asked to list his 3 most precious things, Kyo responded with: 1. Dir en Grey; 2. my voice; 3. my 800-1000 CDs at home.
* When asked to say something to all of his bandmates, he simply replied with "Minna-san work hard."
* Kyo must like classical music (Ma! Not what one would expect from a rocker!) He listens to Brahms- Dir en grey borrowed a tune from that composer for Deity.
* At one point at a concert in Osaka, Toshiya gave his bass to Kyo. The look on his face is assumed to be the same face he would make if someone handed him a large, dead, smelly fish.
* Kyo likes girls in kimonos. Perhaps this is why he so often wears a furisode.
* His likes and dislikes could be summed up with one word: women. "They can bring such wonderful happiness, yet are utterly terrifying." He prefers strong women to passive women.
* Kyo wears glasses. Okay, so that's not really a strange thing, but kinda nice for all the fans out there looking at the world through two windows.
* Kyo once stated that it is okay for people to wear normal clothes at weddings, but the bride should wear a blue fish. Any reference to Mr. Newsman? He has stated he would like to get married and settle down someday.
* Kyo once stated in an interview that, for some reason, people keep calling him Miyabi. Ever since then, Die keeps calling him "Miya-chan."
* Kyo likes to be called "Kyo" and "Kyo-san." He hates being called "Kyo-chan."
* He also does not like getting things like candy from fans because it melts in the mail and makes a mess. He would prefer cigarettes.
* Kyo is getting into other medians of entertainment than visual kei. He has auditioned for some movies. Us overseas have yet to find out if he made it.
* Kyo has been quoted to say he will never write a happy song.
* Kyo likes collecting little figurines and action figures.
* He also likes to play videogames and watch anime.
* He also likes plums.
* It has been stated that Kyo can fall asleep anywhere at any time.
* Kyo once ruptured his tympanum (something in his ear.) The cause is theorized to be a live version of Rasetsu Koku. While he was in the hospital, Kyo was not worried about delaying the tour or if these complications would cause problems with the band. He was just worried that he was going to get fat from the medicine. He also complained that the nurse giving him saline injections took the needle out of his arm very slowly, and he wanted her to do it fast.
* When Kyo left the hospital, his bandmates threw him a party with champagne.
* Kyo is allergic to flower pollen.
*Mouthy and likes things his way(swares,cusses)
* In his school days, Kyo claims he was in the Shogi (Japanese chess) club and also claims he never actually joined.
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