1969 - Today
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 154,018 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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Among musicians, Hyde ranks 1,417 out of 2,662. Before 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.
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 1,411
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 1,412
1966 - 2004
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 1,413
1946 - 2020
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 1,414
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 1,415
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 1,416
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,417
1950 - 1976
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,418
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 1,419
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 1,420
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 1,421
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 1,422
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 1,423
Among people born in 1969, Hyde ranks 218. Before 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.
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 212
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 213
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 214
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 215
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 216
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 217
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 218
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 219
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 220
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 221
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 222
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 223
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 224
Among people born in Japan, Hyde ranks 1,201 out of 6,048. Before 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).
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 1,195
1964 - 2020
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 1,196
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 1,197
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 1,198
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 1,199
1934 - 2023
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 1,200
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,201
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,202
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 1,203
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 1,204
1920 - 2010
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 1,205
1945 - 2007
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 1,206
1984 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 1,207
Among musicians born in Japan, Hyde ranks 16. Before 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).
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 10
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 12
1987 - Present
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 13
1947 - 2020
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 14
1981 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 15
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 16
1974 - 2010
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 17
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 18
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 19
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 20
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 21
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 22