MUSICIAN

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 163,276 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Hyde is the 1,453rd most popular musician (down from 1,412th in 2019), the 1,310th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,198th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hyde ranks 1,453 out of 3,175. Before him are Nuno Bettencourt, Larry Graham, Issay Dobrowen, Paul Kossoff, Buddy DeFranco, and Mr Lordi. After him are Roland Grapow, Joseph Williams, Alexander Brailowsky, Yuri Bashmet, David Tudor, and Clifford Curzon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Hyde ranks 234. Before him are Louis Aliot, Alexandra Hedison, Mr. Lawrence, Hernán Gaviria, Jay Kay, and Barney Greenway. After him are Ben Chaplin, Shea Whigham, Christy Turlington, Masrour Barzani, Jan Axel Blomberg, and Lotay Tshering.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hyde ranks 1,310 out of 6,245. Before him are Toshiyuki Morikawa (1967), Shu Kamo (1939), Haruhiro Yamashita (1938), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Ukyo Katayama (1963), and Sakai Toshihiko (1871). After him are Shinobu Ikeda (1962), Tsutomu Seki (1930), Peter Takeo Okada (1941), Ken Akamatsu (1968), Ken Uehara (1909), and Kazushi Kimura (1958).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Hyde ranks 15. Before him are Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Mitski (1990), Yuki Kajiura (1965), LiSA (1987), and Gackt (1973). After him are Mana (1969), Masaharu Fukuyama (1969), Nujabes (1974), Miyavi (1981), Nobuko Imai (1943), and Ryo Kawasaki (1947).

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