Introduction to the Rainbow Band

L'Arc~en~Ciel (Rainbow) is composed of vocalist hyde, leader and bassist tetsu, guitarist ken, and drummer yukihiro. It has broken numerous records in the Japanese music scene. The reason why they can create such amazing achievements is all due to the unique music creation skills of each of the four people: tetsu's music style is very open and large-scale, and ken's music is mysterious and alternative, with a detective spy feel. The situation and yukihiro's music structure are tight, leading people into the microscopic secret realm like the microscopic world, while hyde is like the deep and changeable core of the universe, taking people into the metaphysical spiritual world. Such a diverse combination of people and things will create the rich and varied musicality of the rainbow.

Rainbow, which was formed in 1991, was a well-known underground band in Osaka before its debut. It was later discovered that it joined the Sony Music record company. Among the band members, except for the lead singer Hyde and the bassist Tetsu, they are the same old band. After the previous guitarist quit the group in 1991 for unknown reasons, current guitarist Ken joined in June of the same year and became a regular member of the band. Originally, the outside world had always thought that with the addition of guitarist Ken, the group of Rainbow members would no longer change. Unexpectedly, in April 1997, former drummer Sakura was arrested and imprisoned by the Japanese police for carrying a large amount of marijuana, thus bidding farewell to the group after seven years together. After a long band career, it was not until the current drummer Yukihiro officially reported to Rainbow in 1998 that the band regained its former glory and set off again.

Rainbow, which has always had a strong band color, has been considered a visual kei band since its debut due to the makeup on stage. However, Rainbow, which insists on its own music style, has repeatedly denied that it is a visual kei band, and has repeatedly Emphasizing that they are a powerful rock band, they emphasize strong British rock rather than blindly copying the styles of other bands. The four members of the band come from different backgrounds. Each one has his or her own persistence and perseverance in music. Lead singer Hyde prefers dark side music, guitarist Ken emphasizes guitar playing skills, and bassist Tetsu focuses on Japanese ballads. The strong contrast between the wind and the dance-style music of drummer Yukihiro showed the musical incoherence of the members of the "Rainbow Band". However, after the band members came back for the second time in 1996, they skillfully combined each Different fields of music merge into one. After the Rainbow Band came back for the second time, it was obvious that the members had grown a lot. After years of hard work, they had become more mature and more devoted to their acting careers. In addition to investing in the production of albums, they also changed from the past. He turned from passive to active and devoted himself to writing advertising scripts and album planning. In addition, from January 28 to October 14, 1998, Rainbow released "winter fall", "DIVETO BLUE", "HONEY", "Dip Food~lose control~", "Flower Burial", " With 7 singles including "Snow Drop" and "Forbidden Lover", coupled with the album "HEART" released at the beginning of the year, Rainbow set a new record in the Japanese music scene with great momentum. In the top 30 list, the above-mentioned 7 singles have completely entered the list, accounting for a quarter of the seats on the list. The twin albums "ark" and "ray" released the following year had orders of 4.4 million copies before they were released in Japan, breaking the 3 million records of Namie Amuro, B'z, Speed ??and others, and topped the Japanese record charts. A new record champion in history.

In the fiercely competitive Japanese music market, Rainbow is still able to gain a foothold in the Japanese music scene. It is undeniable that their persistence has made Rainbow what it is today, because they insist on presenting their fans with the unique style of Rainbow. Only interpretations of music styles that are not copied by a swarm of swarms can stand firm as a Japanese band.

After rock bands rushed to release their greatest hits albums, Rainbow also released a greatest hits album "Clicked Singles Best 13" in the early spring of the 21st century, which included songs from Japan, Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. In eight Asian countries, a total of 1.5 billion people use Yahoo! Voting on the website and Rainbow's special webpage, select your favorite songs from 21 singles from Blurry Eyes to STAYAWAY, plus the newly created single Anemone, allowing fans to experience Rainbow's rawness and maturity at once . After the concert tour in 2000, the band members launched solo activities that would last forever. Their legend is not over yet. So far, except for Ken, the other three members have released their own albums. All solo albums were on the Japanese Oricon charts. Hyde, the lead singer, and Tetsu, the bass player and leader of the group (tetsu69) are more prominent.

In 2003, the Rainbow Band came back again! !

Rainbow---the never-ending myth

Hyde’s real name: Takarai Hideto

Height: 158cm (concentrated essence``- -|||)

Weight: 48 kg

Birthplace: Osaka

Birthday: 1969.1.29

Marriage: Oishi Megumi (Wife)

Treasure: Photos of childhood

Stunt skills: Shaolin boxing (2 stages)

Childhood dream: painter, Masked Superman.

Hobbies: Camping, painting, reading horror novels, collecting blue glass jewelry,

Doing housework (curry rice is a specialty).

Favorite wine: Orange Wine

Favorite color: silver, solid color

Favorite drink: VITA Vitamin In

Favorite food: Japanese food, smooth food

Disliked food: wagashi

Favorite clothing brand: monochrome

Favorite cigarettes: CHEROKEE (no longer available)

Favorite artist : Takeda Tetsuya Otsuka Nene Oishi Megumi

Preferred gift: Girls (just kidding!)

Hated gift: Boys

Perfume used: BLUE JEANS by Versace

Tetsu’s real name: Ogawa Tetsuya

Stage name: Tetsu/TETSU69

Nickname: tet-chan< /p>

Birthday: October 3, 1969

Constellation: Libra

Blood type: A

Birthplace: Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture

Band position: Bass & Chorus (leader)

Height/weight: Claims to be short and light

Favorite type of woman: Asuka type

Childhood dream: racing driver

Rumor girlfriend: Kaori Mochida (vocalist of E.L.T.)

Like things: silver things

Like to collect Things: Models

Favorite cartoons: EVA, GUNDAM

Favorite animals: turtles, dogs

Favorite wine: All except Japanese sake

Favorite food: Tennessee onions, cream soup, Japanese food

Favorite fruit: bananas, cantaloupe

Treasure: Makeup box

In Music that is often listened to at home: music by Enya and Ryuichi Sakamoto

KEN Real name: Ken Kitamura

Position: Guitarist, part-time composer. (Many good songs in Rainbow are Made by KEN, such as Flower Burial)

Age: 31 (November 28)

Height: 178 >*

Birthplace: OSAKA

Marital status; many people say that KEN is married to an elevator lady, but more rumors are that he and his wife broke up at the end of last year .

Hobbies: shopping, driving

Favorite colors: silver, black

Favorite animals: cats~~It is said that KEN has one at home

Favorite food: Japanese food, fast food

Favorite cigarette: Marlboro Light Menthol~KEN is a famous smoker

Favorite clothing brand: Jun, Y's, Domon , Crazy Under Wear, 5351

Childhood dream: to become a rock guitarist~the person who truly realizes his wish~

Name: Yukihiro Real name: Yukihiro Awaji

Nickname: Yukkie

Position: drummer, mixer

Height: 165~~the second tallest in the group

Birthplace: OSAKA< /p>

Hobbies: Mixing, EVA~~It is said that Yukkie is Lingbo’s FANS

Favorite cigarettes: Seven Stars

Favorite colors: black, red~

~However, Yukkie often wears black tops and red leather pants

Favorite food; chocolate, cola, Japanese food~~Yukkie is famous for his love for the first two

Favorite clothes: Hysteric Glamor