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Hyde

1969 - Today

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Hideto Takarai (寶井 秀人, Takarai Hideto, born January 29, 1969, in Wakayama, Japan), known by his stage name Hyde (stylized in upper or lowercase), is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel since 1991, he is also the lead vocalist of Vamps and has a solo career. Hyde rose to fame in the 1990s as part of L'Arc-en-Ciel, who have sold over 40 million records and were the first Japanese act to perform a solo show at Madison Square Garden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hyde has received more than 153,213 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Hyde is the 1,417th most popular musician (down from 1,369th in 2019), the 1,201st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,120th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Musician.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hyde ranks 1,417 out of 2,662Before him are Eddie Gómez, Ismaël Lô, Quorthon, Gordon Haskell, Bob Daisley, and Robben Ford. After him are Paul Kossoff, Jonny Greenwood, Joan Armatrading, Igor Cavalera, Mick Avory, and Gary Barlow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Hyde ranks 218Before him are Uhm Jung-hwa, Vlad Filat, Jeremy Davies, José Chamot, Bismarck Barreto Faria, and Wagner Lopes. After him are Patton Oswalt, Louis Aliot, Wyclef Jean, Vincenzo Natali, Pierfrancesco Favino, and Andrea Elson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hyde ranks 1,201 out of 6,048Before him are Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949), Keiji Fujiwara (1964), Shoko Hamada (1950), Namie Amuro (1977), Sanae Mishima (1957), and Mikio Aoki (1934). After him are Chiaki Yamada (1966), Hironobu Kageyama (1961), Satoshi Yamaguchi (1959), Chushiro Hayashi (1920), Iccho Itoh (1945), and Marie Kondo (1984).

Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Hyde ranks 16Before him are Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), Gackt (1973), LiSA (1987), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), and Miyavi (1981). After him are Nujabes (1974), Nigo (1970), Masaharu Fukuyama (1969), Mana (1969), Yoko Shimomura (1967), and Tomoyasu Hotei (1962).

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