L'arc~en~cieL lagy neh...??

HYDE

Nama Asli :Hideto Takarai
Panggilan :Haido, Doihachirou (panggilan usil karya Tetsu)
Tanggal Lahir : 29 Januari 19?? (antara 67/68/69)
Tempat Lahir :Wakayama, Osaka, Jepang
Tinggi :Sekitar 157-160 cm
Berat : Cari ndiri yuph,coz lum d'timbang
Posisi :Vokal
Istri :Oishi Megumi
Hobby :Segala sesuatu yang berbau horror, menggambar (he's a talented sketcher), mengoleksi apapun benda-benda yang terbuat dari kaca asalkan berwarna biru, main video games, memasak, menulis puisi atau sajak (so pasti jago).
Warna Favorit :Hitam dan Putih

FAKTA SEPUTAR HYDE
Hyde merupakan vokalis dari L'Arc-en-Ciel dan menulis hampir seluruh lirik lagu mereka. Terkadang ia memainkan gitar, harmonika (dalam lagu Flower), dan juga saxophone (yang saya tahu dia main saxo di lagu Loreley).
Hyde dilahirkan di Wakayama, sebuah daerah di Osaka, Jepang. Merupakan anak tunggal di keluarganya. Pada waktu itu sang ibu sebetulnya menginginkan seorang anak perempuan ketimbang anak lelaki, maka sedari kecil Hyde diperlakukan layaknya seorang anak perempuan oleh ibunya (padahal kan bisa bikin lagi yah? hehehe...) Makanya nggak heran kalau orang-orang mengira Hyde itu cewek. Ketika awal-awal masuk sekolah, kegiatan Hyde adalah menangis dan menangis seharian karenanya dia malas pergi sekolah (hahaha...)
Setiap hari setelah sekolah bubaran, ia selalu lebih lambat pulang dibandingkan teman-temannya yang lain, sebab orang tuanya sibuk mengelola sebuah pub yang bernama Apple. Bersama beberapa anak-anak lainnya yang masih tersisa di sekolah, ia biasanya bermain pesawat terbang kertas, sambil menunggu orang tua mereka menjemput.
Sewaktu kecil Hyde terkenal sangat cengeng (dampak logis dari perlakuan sang ibu terhadapnya yang memperlakukannya seperti seorang anak perempuan), menyadari hal tersebut sang ayah memasukannya ke sebuah perguruan kungfu (waktu itu umurnya sekitar 8 tahunan), supaya lebih kuat dan berani. Maka, hilanglah kesan kecewek-cewekan yang selama ini melekat pada diri Hyde. Malahan kemudian ia dinobatkan sebagai "Mr. Smile no.1" oleh kawan-kawannya sewaktu kelas 6 SD, karena kekocakannya.
Memasuki bangku SLTP, ia pernah bergabung dengan klub sepakbola di sekolahnya, akan tetapi hanya bertahan selama 3 hari saja.
Selain jago membuat lirik, Hyde juga jago menggambar, bahkan seandainya ia tidak menderita penyakit buta warna, ia bakalan menjadi jago lukis juga. Akan tetapi seandainya hal itu terjadi, mungkin Hyde tidak menjadi vokal L'Arc-en-Ciel saat ini.
Hyde pernah menjadi pengajar musik, kabarnya ia adalah guru yang sangat galak ^^! , ia akan marah jika ada muridnya yang tidak serius.
Awalnya sangat sulit bagi Tetsu untuk meyakinkan Hyde agar mau menjadi vokalis bandnya, sebab Hyde berpendapat bahwa menjadi vokalis itu tidak mengasyikkan. Sebenarnya ia menginginkan posisi gitaris.
Sakura merupakan teman paling dekat Hyde di L'Arc-en-Ciel, bahkan saking akrabnya mereka pernah diisukan memiliki "hubungan khusus".
Setiap kali ditanya siapakah tipe wanita favoritnya, ia selalu menjawab Oishi Megumi. Oleh karenanya pada suatu kesempatan ia dipertemukan dengan wanita idolanya tersebut dalam acara Utaban Show oleh pihak penyelenggara acara itu. Itulah kali pertama ia bertemu dengan Oishi Megumi. Setelah itu mereka memutuskan untuk menjalin hubungan hingga akhirnya pada tanggal 25 Desember 2000, Hyde dan Oishi Megumi resmi menjadi suami istri.

L'aRc~en~cieL lyrics

Lyrics to Seventh Heaven :

Ware ni tsuzuke saa ikou karadajuu no kara o yaburi
sarakedasu ai o tsunagou dakishimeai tashikameai
yurameku rakuen made shissoku shinai macchakurenai
tsukami totte yaru sa tabun stairs to seventh.
Running up to heaven, Yeah!

kirameita ruri iro ga mune ni sasari omoishirasareru
egaiteita mirai zu ni kimi ga ukabu
[We can't let it end.]
eien ga musubareru My baby, don't think it's hard.

kimi ni saishuuteki na question. doko ni sonzai suru ka heaven?
HINTO wa nai The answer in a minute thirty one.

kono shunkan ni mo shinkou mawarimawari iro wa kawari
yuuwaku ni oboreshizumi doudou meguri chiri mo tsumori
dare mo kare mo saa ki na itsumo oru yo kangei shiyou
sono te de omou zonbun Stairs to the seventh.
Running up to heaven, Yeah!

kirameita ruri iro ga mune ni sasari omoishirasareru
egaiteita mirai zu ni kimi ga ukabu
[We can't let it end.]
eien ga musubareru My baby, don't think it's hard.

kimi ni saishuuteki na question. doko ni sonzai suru ka heaven?
mayoi wa nai The answer's waiting under your feet.

[Under your feet. Under your feet. Under your feet.]

afuredashi nomitsukusu kairaku to taihi suru shoujou
tenkan shi, kono daichi e to kizuki yukou

ware ni tsuzuke saa ikou karadajuu no kara o yaburi
sarakedasu ai o tsunagou dakishimeai tashikameai
yurameku rakuen made shissoku shinai macchakurenai
tsukami totte yarusa tabun stairs to the seventh.
Running up to heaven, Yeah!





Lyrics to Pretty Girl :

Yume o miteta yo koi koi suru yume
nani demo agatteku yeah!
ashi o hirogete nozoku keshiki wa
mabayui bakari daze

sou ima wa hikari o nigitteru

Please! Don’t be shy!

Pretty girl pretty girl! Yeah!
soko kara saki o kasane take it! Take it!
doa o tataki yabure
suki ni shite! saa you gatta feeling feeling

kedo itsumo soko made

doko made iku ka kimezu ni hajime
ima wa dono atari? Yeah!
yurayura sasou chouchou to tawamure
HAGU shite KISU shiyou!

asahi o miru made! sono mama de!

Please! Don’t be shy!

Pretty girl pretty girl! Yeah!
kirameku ima o kasane take it! Take it!
shisen o awaseta mama
suki ni shite! saa you gatta feeling feeling

kedo itsumo soko made
sou itsumo koko made

mou hitotsu dake
mou hitotsu dake

nai mono nedari ja kiri ga nai
aru mono bakari ja tsumaranai
So you are mine!

Pretty girl pretty girl! Yeah!
kirameku ima o kasane take it! Take it!
hitomi aketa mama
karadajuu de you gatta feeling feeling

kedo itsumo soko made
sou itsumo koko made
me ga samete GEEMU OOBAA (game over)





Lyrics to My Heart Draws A Dream :

Hora kaze ga ugoki dashita
mada akirametari ha shinai
Taiyou wo kumo no saki ni kanjiru
kyakufuu de arou to

Kono mune ha yume wo egaiteku yo
dokomademo takaku Jiyuu ni mau no sa
My Heart draws a dream
Oh oritatsu kanata de me wo aketara
Egao no mama no kimi ni aeru ki ga shite
Aeru to ii na rarara

Nee iki wo awaseta nara
motto takaku toberu hazusa
Soko kara ha mirai ga mieru kana
TSUGIHAGI de arouto

Kono mune ha yume wo egaiteku yo
harukanaru toki wo tobi koeteku no sa
my Heart draws a dream
oH itsu no hi ka kitto kanau to ii na
egao no mama no kimi de irareru you ni

saa te wo nobashi
ima, tokihanatou
kokoro ha dare mo shibarare ha shinai
shisen ha hizashi wo toraeteru
Donna sameta sekai de mo

Dare mo minna
yume wo egaku yo
yume wo egaku yo
yume wo egaku yo
Our hearts draw a dream
yume wo egaku yo
yume wo egaku yo
yume wo egaku yo ...hora

oritatta kanata de me wo aketara
egao no mama no kimi ni aeru to ii na





Lyrics to Sunadokei :


Kono mama nani mo kawarazu ni toki ga sugireba ii ne
kizukitakunai nani mo kamo tamesareteru jiyuu mo

subete no mono ni reigai naku otozureru darou
meiro ni mi o yudanete ite mo
yagate kieyuku keshiki ga sou oshiete kurete ita
tonariawase da ne
make or break make amends
and then it’s all gone

sora kara futte kita kotae wa sunadokei
kiseki wa okinai kedo

zankoku sugiru ketsumatsu ni me o sorashite iru dake
shiawase o nozomu koto ga sono higeki o yonde iru
kanashimi to hikikaeta egao
ubaitotta yasuragi wa mou itsuwari no rakuen
gizensha mitai ni
hold your breath hold your peace
it’s time to make or break

taisetsu na hito o mamoru tame ni chigau dareka o kizutsuketeru
okashita ayamachi kizukanu hitobito wa subete o yurusareru no?

kami no sabaki made kotae wa tenohira ni nagareru sunadokei sa saisho kara wakatte ita tsukinai yokubou o subete te ni ireta nara
owaru koto no nai kanashimi kurikaeshi subete o ushinau no sa





Lyrics to Spiral :


Kurikaesu rasen aoku yurameku azayakani
Itazurani mawaru aoku karamaru kirameku shouen
Kairakuni fureru yubi wa kiokuni tadori tsuku
Te wo hiroge tsukamu toberu shunkan nozonda kyouzou
Tomarazuni odore

Subete meri tsubushi sora wa haochiteku amai shizuku wo shitatarase
Ima wo furi harai douse chirunara hibikaseyou
Saigono utageni sora wa ochiteku amai shizuku wo shitatarase
Ima wa mada tsudzuki douse chirunara midarani mae

IF YOU WANT TO DANCE THIS WAY
I'LL SHOW YOU THE DOOR TO A WHOLE WORLD
YOU'VE NEVER KNOWN

Kuri kaesu rasen aoku yurameku azayakani
Kizamidasu RISUMU naratu aizuni shitagau shoudou

Osaezuni hanate

Subete meri tsubushi sora wa haochiteku amai shizuku wo shitatarase
Ima wo furi harai douse chirunara hibikaseyou
Saigono utageni sora wa ochiteku amai shizuku wo shitatarase
Ima wa mada tsudzuki douse chirunara midarani mae

Hazumu karada tsutsumu koeni kanjiru mama fukaku tokete



Lyrics to Alone En La Vida :


Faded yumemaboroshi kizamu ashiato kasumiyuku
tooku haruka na tabi soremo ichijin no toorikaze

sono setsuna, kyoushuu mune o kogasu
mou yuku koto mo nai ano fuukei

michisaki ni asu ga dorekurai matsu darou ka?
kono inochi wa mada tabi no tojuu… and so I go

Fadeless setsunai hibi, yorokobi no hi to koi no kioku
soshite shirieta mono kanashimi no ai o kutsugaesu ai

fui ni mita joukei airashii hodo
minareta hazu no machinami

anata to deaete yokatta sore de juubun
kono inochi wa mada tabi no tojuu… and so I go

Alone en la vida

michisaki ni asu ga dorekurai matsudarou ka?
dareka no tame ni kokoro o tomosu darou ka?

hanayaka na toki ga sabishisa magiraseru yo
anata e no ai ga watashi no akashi
ashiato hitotsu nokosenakute mo
kono inochi wa mada tabi no tojuu… and so I go

A life of no regrets



Lyrics to Daybreak's Bell :



Nee konna katachi no deai shika nakattano? Kanashii ne
Anata ni shindemo ayumete hoshikumonai onegai
Unmei sae nomikomare shizumisouna umi e to

Negai yo kaze ni notte yoake no kane wo naraseyo
Tori no youni My wishes over their airspace
Musuu no nami wo koe asu ni tachimukau anata wo mamoritamae
my life a trading for your pain
Arasoi yo tomare

Nee hito wa doushite kurikaesu ayamachi wo kasaneteku?
Shinka shinai darenimo nagareru kono chi ga dai kirai
Honnou de sabakiau dare no demo nai daichi de

Sumiwataru mirai ga kita Nara kusabana mo heiki ni yadoru darou
my wishes over their airspace
Dareka yuri okoshite warui yume kara samashite yo
Kanau no nara my life a trading for your pain
Doredake inoreba Ten ni todoku

Ima asayake ga unabara to watashi wo utsusu

Negai yo kaze ni notte yoake no kane wo narase yo
Tori no youni My wishes over their airspace
Musuu no nami wo koe asu e tachimukau anata wo mamoritamae
my life a trading for your pain
Furimukazu habatake kono omoi wo hakonde ano sora wo tondeku
Mirai wa dare nimo uchi otosenai




Lyrics to Umibe :



Yawaraka na sono hoho e to furete
yasashii jikan ni hitasarete itai
mou ichido ano umibe ni modori
tada nanigoto mo nakatta ka no you ni

kimi no koe ni kidzuki mo sezu kisetsu wa sugisari
kataku omoi maku wa orita yo sayonara mo nakute

yokisenu hodo ni kage o otoshita
irodzuku mae ni tsumi torareta kajitsu
fui ni kokoro o someagete yuku
maru de jikan ga modotta ka no you ni

kimi wa ureshisou ni hashagi umibe ni tokeai
mabushisugita hizashi no naka o oyoide itta
ikura saigetsu ga sugite mo kioku wa kizamare
kesshite kiezu ni boku o nayamasu

yurusareru no nara hohoemi kakete yo yurusareru no nara
ano natsu made aruite namiutsu sunahama e to kaerou

kimi wa ureshisou ni hashagi umibe ni tokeai
mabushisugita hizashi no naka o oyoide itta
kono michi o tooru tabi ni kimi ga tsukisasaru yo
maru de mune kara nagareru you ni afuredasu



Lyrics to The Black Rose :


Renzoku suru jiken ni kanrenshi nokosarete ita SAIN
shin'i wa?

It is the black rose azawarau
Scattered roses abakidaze

Chase faster. shinayaka ni tesuri nukete me o kuremasu
End that bastard. bara o maita no wa dare?
There’s no time, but who’s the next target?

kanjiru hou e shinkei o togarase konzen to shita jouhou no mouten e

Smell of the black rose sasoidashi
Scattered roses oitsumeru

Chase faster. shinayaka ni tesuri nukete me o kuremasu
End that bastard. bara o maita no wa dare?
There’s no time, but who’s the next target?

It is the black rose sakihokoru
Scattered roses azawarau

Chase faster. abakidashita shunkan ni me o fusagare
End that bastard. yami ni hisomu no wa dare?
ashimoto ni chirabaru the black roses,
But who’s the next target?





Lyrics to Link (Kiss Mix) :


Oboeteirukai?
osanaikorokara tsumasakidachide
todokanai tobiraga attayone
jikano wasurete samayoi tsukushita
meirono michiwa itsumo sokoni ikiataru

muishikini kimino egao sagasunowa
tomerarenai
nanihitotsu kawarazuni imamo bokuwa kaketeiku

tatoe haruka tooku hanarebanareni nattemo
tsunagariau omoi
itazurana unmeiga furikakaroutomo
kowareyashinai

nozomareru asuga sono sakini aruto
atemano akude daremoga dakizuiteiru hazusa
harewataru kimini arasoino douguga
kiesarutokio itsuka kimini misetaina
kizutsukeaunowa yamenai?

ochiteiku sekaidakedo
kimini deaetakoto dakedemo
nanimo kowakuwa nai

tatoe konokaradaga ikura moetsukitemo
iisa kimini sasagunara
oozorae to bokuwa masshironi maiagari
mamotteageru

tatoe haruka tooku hanarebanareni nattemo
tsunagariau omoi
itazurana unmeiga furikakaroutomo
kowareyashinai

tatoe kono karadaga ikura moetsukitemo
iisa kimini sasagunara
itsuka umarekawaru sekaiga
sonomeni todokuto iina






Lyrics to Yuki No Ashiato :



Toiki ga sutto nobotte fuyumeku sora tokedashita
sunda kuuki ni kokoro ha arawarete sakanoboru

tachidomattari mawari michi mo shita kedo
hitotsu hitotsu ga taisetsu na kioku
kyou no you ni itsu no hi mo kimi to tomo ni...

furidashita yuki ga atari wo somete
bokura wo sotto tsutsumikonde yuku yo yasashiku

kimi ga ita kara ima demo mae wo muite susumerunda
irodoru fuyu wo aruite kokoro kara sou omou

hodoo zoi ni ha kozue ni saku yuki no hana
shiroi KYANBASU rakugaki no romen
tsumetai te kasaneai atatameau

furikaeri mireba narabu ashiato
koronda nochi wo nagame bishoumiau fuyu no hi

itsumo te ni te wo toru you ni
koushite shikkari fumishime yukou

furitsumoru yuki to shiroi ashiato
futari de egaku you ni aruiteku itsumademo

sotto yorisou mitai ni
mousukoshi yukkuri issho ni kaerou





Lyrics to Hurry Xmas :


Kikazatta machi ha mou gensou sa
nenjuu demo waruku ha nai ne
kimi ga hoshigatteta PUREZENTO shinobase
takanaru mune

Aa hayaku nee hayaku
seiya ni naranai kana?

Hurry Xmas! yozora wo ubatte KYANDORU ni honou wo toushi
itoshii hitomi ni hoshi wo ukabete

amaku hajikeru GURASU he to sosoidara so sweet
saa PA-TI- no hajimari sa come on music!

yuki ga furitsumoreba ii noni
kotoshi mo furisou ni nai ne
IKA shita DORESU kita kimi sae ita nara
nani mo iranai sa
aa nante kirameku machijuu ni juuman shita yume

sekaijuu wo nuritsubushite

Hurry Xmas! yozora wo ubatte KYANDORU ni honou wo toushi
itoshii hitomi ni hoshi wo ukabete

amaku hajikeru GURASU he to sosoidara so sweet
saa PA-TI- no hajimari sa

yozora wo ubatte KYANDORU ni honou wo toushi
PURESENTO ha mada kakushite oite

hiiragi no RI-SU to candy cake kazaritateta tree
ano ko yorokonde kureru kana

Xmas time has come to town
Xmas time for you and me
Xmas time has come to town

seinaru yoru ni kuchizuke wo! Thank you Jesus...




lyrics pieces:

nakanaide nakanaide taisetu na hitomiyo
kanashi sa ni tsumatsu itemo shinnjitu wo mite itene
sono mama no anata de ite

daisukina sono egao kumorasete gomennne
inottemo toki no nagare hayasugite
tooku made nagasareta kara modorenakute

aa odayakana kagayaki ni irodorare
saigetu ha yoru wo yume ni kaerumitai dakara
me wo korashite saa!

anata no sugu soba ni mata atarashii hana ga uamrete
komorebi no naka de azayaka ni yureteru
itsumademo mimamotte agetaikedo
mou daijyoubu yasashii sono te wo matteru hito ga irukara
kao wo agete

ne toii hi ni koi wo shita ano hito mo
urarakana kono kisetu wo aisuru hito to ima
kannjiteru kana?

aa watashi no kakera yo
chikaraduyoku habataite yuke
furikaeranaide hiroi umi wo koete
takusann no hikari ga ituno hi nimo arimasuyouni
anata ga irukara kono inochi ha eienn ni tuduite yuku

aa ryoute ni afuresouna
omoidetachi karenai you ni
yukkuri ashita wo atumete yuku kara
watashi no kakera yo
chikaraduyoku habataite yuke
furikaeranide hiroi umi wo koete!


Don’t cry, please don’t cry with those worthy eyes of yours
Though how much sadness you would have to face, do accept the truth
As I would always be with you like this
I’m sorry for letting the fog of sadness blind your happy face
But no matter how much you have prayed, time would still ghastly and fourthly
pass by and never come back again
Ah…the light, which quietly beams, is colored
The past is just like dreaming at night, it changes all the time and tightly
fixed in your eyes
I’ll be with you as you wish until the new blossoms would bloom again
until you would see the light shining through leaves above
upon those trees
You can look up to see it as long as you like
Because no matter when, there would be someone holding your hand gently and
being with you by your side always
Just look up to the sky
See?…no matter how long a day and night would pass by, he would be with you
Having him near you by your side like this in such warm and lovely season,
how would the feeling be?
Ah…those pieces of my body, they have enough strength to fly
across the great ocean, too great that they could no longer look back to see
what are left behind
Making a pray for the light would keep on shining all day and all night
Because of you, that’s why I could still live my live eternally
Ah…don’t let those memories which are overwhelming in
both hands dry away
Because both of us would slowly keep on searching for tomorrow
Those pieces of my body, they have enough strength to fly
across the great ocean, too great that they could no longer look back to see
what are left behind







TERJEMAHAN:

Jangan menangis, kumohon jangan menangis
dengan mata yang berharga milikmu itu

Meskipun begitu banyak kesedihan yang ada di
wajahmu, terimalah kenyataan itu

Seperti ketika aku selalu ada bersamamu



Aku menyesal membiarkan kabut kesedihan
membutakan wajah bahagiamu

Tetapi tak peduli seberapa banyak engkau
sudah berdoa,

waktu akan tetap mengerikan dan berlalu
lewat begitu saja dan tidak pernah kembali lagi



Ah…Cahaya, yang tenang telah diwarnai

Masa lalu seperti halnya bermimpi pada malam
hari, merubah semua waktu dan dengan kuat terbayang dimatamu



Aku akan bersamamu seperti yang kau ingin,
sampai bunga itu mekar lagi

sampai kamu akan melihat cahaya kilauan di
atas pohon itu

Kamu dapat melihatnya sepanjang kau mau
melihatnya



Sebab entah kapan, akan ada seseorang
memegang tanganmu dengan lemah-lembut

dan selalu ada di sisimu hanya untuk melihat
langit



tahukah kau?…tidak peduli berapa lama siang
malam akan dilewatinya denganmu

Setelah dia ada di dekatmu saat musim
hangat dan penuh cinta bagaimana perasaanmu saat itu?



Ah…Potongan dari tubuhku mempunyai cukup
kekuatan untuk terbang

ke seberang samudra yang luas, yang terlalu
luas sehingga mereka bisa tidak lagi melihat apa yang mereka tinggalkan
dibelakang



Berdoalah untuk cahaya, akan membuat waktumu
tetap bersinar saat siang dan malam

karena kamu, aku masih bisa hidup selamanya



Ah…jangan biarkan kenangan yang berlimpahan
di

kedua tanganmu mengering

Sebab kita akan tetap mencari kenangan lama itu besok




L’arc~en~Ciel - Pieces

Intro : A G# F# D E G#

(1)

A G#sus G F#m Bm

nakanaide nakanaide taisetsuna hitomiyo

Bb A G# G F# D
kanashisani tsumazuitemo shinjitsu wo mitaitene

Fm C# Bm E A
sonomamano anatadeite

A G#sus G F#m Bm
daisukina sonoegao kumorasete gomenne

Bb A G# G F# D
inottemo tokinonagare hayasugite tookumade

Fm C# Bm E
nagasaretakara motorenakute

(Reff)

D C#m Bm A
ah odayakana kagayakini irodorare

D C#m Bm E
saigetsu wa yoru wo yumeni kaerumitaidakara meokorashite sa

F G Em Am F
anatano sugu sobabi mataatarashii hanagamarete

G Bb A F
komorebino nakade asayakani yureteru

G Em Am F
itsumademo mimamotte agetaikedo moudaichoubu

G Bb A Dm Em F G
yasashii sonote wo matteruhito gairukara kaowoagete

Interlude : A G# G F# Bm Bb A G# F# G#

A G# G F# Bm Bb A G# C#m E

D C#m Bm A
nee tooihini koiwoshiita anohitomo

D C#m Bm
urarakana konokisetsu aisuruhito to ima

E
kanjiterukana

F G Em Am F
ah watashino kakerayo chikaratsuyoku habataite yuke

G Bb A F
furikaeranaide hiroiumiwokoete

G Em Am F
takusanno hikariga itsunohinimo arimasuyouni

G Bb A Dm Em F G
anataga irukara konoinochiwa eienni tsuzuiteyuku

F G Em Am F
ah ryouteni afuresouna omoidetachi karenaiyouni

G Bb A F
yukkuri ashita wo tazunete yukukara

G Em Am F
watashino kakerayo chikaratsuyoku habataite yuke

G Bb A F
furikaeranaide hiroiumi wo koete

Coda : G Em Am F G Bb A F (2x)






NEXUS 4

Ate naku tadayou TRAFFIC JAM
Machi wa muchitsujo sosogu ame wa ACID RAIN.
Asu he no kuuseki mo naku
mayoeru bokura wa yumemiteru ELECTRIC SHIP.

Iku kuru ka shire nai akogare no toki
kusuburu kanjou wa, tada damatte matterare nai.

Miageta nara yozora o kiri saite
kake noboru JET bokura o michibiku
sabi tsuita hane wa mada kuchi hatecha inai
yatsu yori atsui hoeageru tamashii
saa mezamero NEXT AGE.

Mussu ni zoushoku suru TRAP
hitotsu misureba warai toba sare DELETE.
Mirai wa kasouteki kuukan e
kekkyoku tashika na mono wa kono omoi dake sa.

Nagameru bakari no moe iku honoo wo
bou ni furu chansu o tada damatte matterare nai.

Miageta nara yozora o kiri saite
kake noboru JET bokura o michibiku
shinjiru mama hashire kitto mada maniau
hane agaru SPEED kesshite nogasa nai
saa tobi nore NEXT AGE.

Tsukaisuterare tatte mikaeshite yaru sa
ZERO kara no jiyuu wo torikonda saikyou no MONSTER.

Maki agatta gouon ni mamirete byouyomi no START
kodou ni awasete SAY THREE TWO ONE GO!
Kimi ga miageta nara takaku kake noboru JET
bokura ga tabidatsu
saa tobinore SPACE AGE

YOU VIRTUAL GENERATION!

L'aRc~en~cieL

L'Arc~en~Ciel's Biography

There's uncountable band that was formed up in Japanese Music History, they all have to be patient and try their best getting through those days to be in the point called "famous" by the way, just only a few of them that can be really famous and stay in that point for a long term and it's not that easy to come up to this point but these four men can do it!!! They started from no name indies band that has only 2 - 300 audiences in the small Live House to be this REAL successful band, L'Arc~en~Ciel which name is in French language means Rainbow Their Live was broadcast to all around Asia and have million of people as their audiences, this is such a great success of them!!!

L'Arc~en~Ciel was formed up in February 1991.... it's 10 years already since tetsu, the leader of the band formed them up, start from unknown indies band to the successful band in just their hometown Osaka until now, it's the most famous band in Japan, including lto of other Asian countries!!! Although everything isn't that smooth, they had to get through lot of problem but finally, they can prove their ability that noone can deny their real talent and professinal in musical career. The vocalist, hyde; bassist, tetsu; guitarist, ken and drummer, yukihiro: they are the real musician.

Osaka is the original place of L'Arc~en~Ciel, at that time there's only tetsu and the guitarist whose name is hiro who wanna form the band up, hyde is still the guitarist of his ex-band, Kidies Bombs. It's said that there's something going on in his band so he had to change his possition to vocal even though he didn't like it at all ( I think it's the good change though ^^ ) they changed the name of the band to Jerusarem's Rod. tetsu said when he first watched this band's performance, what he think is... " it's gotta be this guy who gonna be my vocalist " so he kept following to every performances of Jerusarem's Rod as if one of their fan ^^ and then finally he decided to call hyde, " this is tetsu, I really like your voice and music! no matter what, I really wanna have you as the vocalist of my band so please think about it... " and then he invited hyde and pero to try session together with him and hiro, hyde made a disicion right after this session that he's gonna join this band, move to Tokyo and tryign to get more succesful in music career so he told tetsu, " OK, let's try together then! I'll go back and talk with my friend in Jerusarem's Rod "

The beginning of 1991, tetsu start to think about the band's name, he saw the word L'Arc~en~Ciel from the movie he watched before and he really like it so he went to the book store, buy French Dictionary just to find the meaning of this word and then he really like it!! hyde even said, " I'm sure it's gonna be the very good name, I feel so great with this name!!! " since there's no objection so L'Arc~en~Ciel is the name for their band, the member at that time is vocalist, hyde; bassist, tetsu; guitarist, hiro and drummer, pero. Their first live was on May, 30th 1991even the owner of the live house really like them, he said, " hyde's voice is so powerful and attract everyone so much, and that bass, guitar, drum they all are so great, I still remember that live untill now, I thought they gotta be really famous and then they do!! "

June 1992... the guitarist hiro wanna quit just right before their main recording for their first debut, since they already made a reservation for the studio and prepare everything already so they couldn't postpone it, tetsu decided to call his friend, ken. " ken, can you please come to be the guitarist for my band? just only you who can do it ne~ " ken deicided to help his friend so he came, he had only 5 days to remember all the songs but he can do it, thew finished recording in just 3 days but here come the problem! they suppose to have live but since ken was the student so it's impossible for his to do both, study and have practise and live performance as a band so he decide to quit from the university ( at that time, ken was the last year student in the university, he would graduated in just half a year but becoz of that call from tetsu, he didn't graduate eventually ) Of course! his parent gettign mad, don't even allow him to get in the house or even talk with his but he didn't care anythign anymore, nothign can stop him if he believe he didn't do anything wrong. Their 1st singles, Flood of tear ( c/w yasouka ) was released on 25th November 1992 they have more performance and got a lot more fan, " I was really impressed when I first heard their song, it's so great!! the sound of every instrument and the vocal is just perfect! Their song has both rock and pop style and it's so great, that's why I really can't forget it! " said one fan. One owner of the live house said he couldn't believe that hyde is a man when he first saw him coz he dressed up with his long gown, put on the red lipstick, his face, his reaction.. there's no wonder if anyone gonna misunderstand him to be girl, he has a very good looking and his voice is so powerful, this voice that can capture lot of people heart.

pero quit the band at the end of 1992 tetsu start to looking for the new drummer with the thinkign that he's not gonna looking for Osaka people anymorw coz they were moving to Tokyo anyway so it might be a better idea to get Tokyo people as one of their member. sakura is the onw tetsu interested coz he used to heard sakura's drum before, he think sakura is already the great drummer, just didn't stay with any band yet, kinda like he play drum for any band that want him so tetsu decided to ask sakura to join the band. Of course! telephone again ( haha he cn't think of anythign else or may be it's better to talk on the phone coz he didn't need to meet anyone face to face, I heard that te-chan is very shy ne~ ^^ ) sakura went to Osaka to see their real performance after listened from the demo tape tetsu sent to him, and after they tried to session together, he said, " it had been a long time since I last felt so happy while drumming, just only this band that I can drum as I want, let's count me in then!! So L'Arc~en~Ciel became the perfect band with the members - hyde, tetsu, ken and sakura on 16th January 1993

tetsu said " As the leader of the band, the successful is what we waiting for so if there's any chance, I'll go for it " They came to Tokyo and signed to be the artist of DANGER CLUE with the thinking If only our first album can success in Tokyo, everything gonna getting easier and easier. They all lives at sakura's house at that time, this is sakura's idea, he said it's a good chance to get to know and understand each other more that we used to coz we gonna stay together as a bandmate & friend for a long time from now on.

Their first album as an indies band, DUNE was released on April, 10th 1993 and it's very success, this album was the no. 1 on Oricom chart and this album was sold 20,000 CDs for just 3 months. They had a chance to join the big concert that has lot of indies band at Shibuya Koukaidou and this is a good chance coz there's many people ( 2,000 ) so not only they get to have live in the bigger place but they got a lot more fan from this live too. " kakkoiiii~ !!! The vocalist is so cute!! " the fan just keep praising them all the time " This is so great!!! if only they get to be in the bigger company with more promotion, I bet they gonna be really really famous " or " This is the really great show, you gotta have live here again ne~ " by the way, they still keep saying they aren't not that good yet but they will try themself so please support them ( hehe cute? ^^ ) So now, they get to have a lot of fan in both Osaka and Tokyo.

Since lot of people get to know them already so their first live tour was arranged up, CLOSE BY DUNE started from June 14th, they had to performed 10 lives in just 2 weeks ( that's a lot ne~ ^^ ) and that made the selling rank of their album go up and up, that mean there's a high opotunity for them to be the major band in the great company, there's lot of company that want them at that time but tetsu thought what they got is too fast, it's actually not the right time for them coz if you wanna be accepted in Tokyo for a long term, you gotta be better than this... Their first video, TOUCH OF DUNE was released on October 21st 1993 and just a little bit before summer, the live tour, FEEL OF DUNE was started, there's lot of fan went to their live so it's just about the right tiem to be major now...

tetsu used to say that if talk about being major, I think Sony is the best choice to go with so their next step is at Ki/oon Sony Record. Their last tour as an indies band is Nostalgia no Yokan, all the concert ticket was sold out in just a short time. hyde said, " We will never forge that live, we were so happy and thought that we will try our best to make our dream come true but when the live is oner... don't know where is the tear come from but we all cried a lot, it's overwhelming. But nobody see us ne~ we cried when we got in the dressing room ne~ " ( wa~iiii wanna see >.< )

July 1994...L'Arc~en~Ciel became the major band, before this they were still called minor that have to work part time job and play music int he same time but now they can do anythign they want and use all their time for the music. ken said he really had a hard time before this coz he quit from the university to play music, he really have no idea how can he explain with his parent but up to this point, his band is known all around country, he believe his mom and dad will can accept him now. ( I bet not just accept but they are so pround of you ne, ken-chan ^o^ )

The video single, Nemuri ni Yosete was released on July 1st 1994 and then the 2nd album, Tierra was followed up on July 14th, this is their first album as the major band. " Confidence? Of course, we have! If we release album, that mean every songs is good enough to be single coz we try our best and make it as good as we can for every single song. " tetsu said in one interview. And in the same day, their Sense of Time Tour started. L'Arc~en~Ciel went to Morocko for filming their new vdo Siesta ~film of dream~ on September 9th, this is their first time working outside Japan so they all were so excited, this vdo was released at the end of this year.

Blurry Eyes, the first single with Sony company was released on October 21th, this song is the theme song for cartoon animation, D.N.A 2 too. December 1st..... the official fanclub, Ciel was opened officially, they have the first special live tour for fanclub member at he begining of 1995, it's called Ciel/winter'95 ( the member of Ciel is around 50,000 in 1998 but it's up to 100,000 at he middle of 1999, it's not that easy to be member too coz they wont' ship international so you gotta be in Japan or at least have address in Japan and even if you have, you gotta wait in the waitign list for all processong to be done........ by the way, as for the latest news from LE-CIEL, the new name of Ciel, they said they are considerign about get the application from oversea fan too so let's hope and pray ne~ ^^ )

May 21st is the date release of the single video, and She Said and the first day for IN CLUB '95 Tour ( this tour was placed in 19 different places ) The 2nd single, Vivid Colors was released on July 6th... tetsu said about their work that they would let just the song that they really think it's cool to come out for the fan, they didn't really think too much about what should it be, it depends on their imagination of them at that time so they would never know when is the time for our next song or how is it gonna be. Vivid Colors became the ending theme of Guru Guru 99 and the c/w from this single, Brilliat Years was used as the ending theme for Shin dora too.

August 1995 is the time for Campaign in all around Japan, Randez-Vous Summer 1995 and then follow up with the 3rd album, Heavenly ( released on September 1st ) that can go up to no. 3 in Oricon Chart. It's obvious that their music style was changed a lot, tetsu said, " We'd love to try something new and when we first listen to our new songs, we have the feeling wanna listen to it again so if there's anyone feel the same with us, even just 2-3 people, we will be really happy. " Tour Heavenly '95 was stared on September 9th, the concert ticket for all 9 days was sold out!! September 22th is the first appearance of L'Arc~en~Ciel in the number one hit music show that everyone dream for, Music Station. The 3rd singles Natsu no Yuutsu [time to say goodbye] was released on October 21st and then tour the other side of heavenly '95 started at the middle of December.

Having LIVE at Nippon Budoukan is the dream of musician and they can do it!! " From the thinking " Nomatter what, we gotta try our best to have a chance to be on Nippon Budoukan " After 2 years of attemtation as the major band, L'Arc~en~Ciel had a LIVE at Nippon Budoukan on December 27th 1995. Up to this point. L'Arc~en~Ciel became the band that noone can look across anymore, every single and album from them was sold more than 100,000 items. Their lyrics can attracted lot of people coz there is very beautiful, plenty of hope and dream, offer the good point of view for everyone and so do their rythm and music that is just perfect.

The beginning of 1996, they released their 1st live vdo heavenly ~films~ and 2 photobook, Heavenly photobook that contain lot of footage from Heavenly tour and Heavenly X'mas photobook that contain lot of beautiful picture of them. April 1996... Tour Kidd Me Deadly '96 was started, both hyde and tetsu said they were so glad that they have lot of girl fan but as for this tiur, they notice that they have more boy fan, that means their music can attract more fan, regardless of sex. That give them a lot more confidence for their work.

The 4th single, Kaze ni Kienaide was released on July 8th.. not only it can go up to no.4 in Oricon Chart, this song was chose to be the theme song for Moueru Asia Taiyo on Fuji TV and Music Park from Nippon TV too. Summer Tour BIG CITY NIGHTS AROUND '96 started at the end of the same month, L'Arc~en~Ciel get to be in Budoukan stage again in this live too. August 1996... the official document book, Artist Fact [IS] which is provide lot of personal information about L'Arc~en~Ciel was released ( this book is the must have item for L'Arc~en~Ciel fans ) The 5th single, flower was released on October, this song can go uo to no.5 on Oricon Chart and was took as the theme for Pro Yakyu News too. Next single, Lies and Truth was released on November 21st, this song was the no. 6 in Oricon Chart and theme song for Towe Count Down... L'Arc~en~Ciel released lot of work in 1996 but that's not all, they even come up with their 4th album, True at the end of this year too. This album is the most successful album of them in these 5 years coz just the first week, it can go up to no.2 in the Chart and go up to no. 1 in the 6th week, this album can stay in the Chart for 9 weeks, this is the first album of them that can make it up to 1,000,000 sell ranking. At the end of this year, they start L'Arc~en~Ciel CONCERT TOUR '96 - '97 "Carnival of True" and this is one of those success live of L'Arc~en~Ciel

The brilliant future in music career of them didn't seem to be as everyone thought due to the drummer, sakura was arrested coz drugs procession, every activities of L'Arc~en~Ciel had been canceled started from february 24th, even the Single, the Fourth Avenue cafe that was planed to release on March 21st. This is the most stressful time and nightmare of L'Arc~en~Ciel. " I'm so sorry, I did the very stupid thing that shouldn't be forgiven. I'm not deserve to be in the band anymore, it's all my false. I've just wish for L'Arc~en~Ciel the best, I hope they will keep on trying and be the very successful band later on " this is the words from sakura when he quit the band, hyde seemed to be effected the most coz he was very close friend with sakura, he said " I'm trying to put all my concentrate to the model so I don't have to think about any other thing else, there's the night that I hardly put myself to sleep but then I dreamt about him and cried.. it's the very hard time " L'Arc~en~Ciel had only 3 official members left in April 1997.

tetsu said they try their best to keep on going after that event. After sakura decided to quit, what I have to do is trying to find the new drummer who will be part of the band and walk together with us. He didn't have too much tiem to lookign for the new drummer, not only the qualify drummer, they need to have the drummer that can get along with L'Arc~en~Ciel, either their music or themselves. tetsu heard about yukihiro, the ex-drummer of Zi:kill and DIE IN CRIES for quite a while and after he get to hear his drum, he was very sure that this is the drummer they want. tetsu thought, " His drumming has the style that noone can be the same, it's very unique and I'm sure it will get along with ours perfectly " and due to they didn't have any official drummer to go to London with htem yet so he decided to give it a chance, he contacted yukihiro to be their support drummer durign that time and yukihiro agree with the reason that he didn't do drum with any band yet so it's worth to try. All of them went to London for their new video clip and song on Man 1997.

Finally, new single niji was released on October 17th 1997 this song has the same meaning of L'Arc~en~Ciel that is rainbow, this sogn can go uo to no.3 in Oricon Chart just for the first week. In Music Station, hyde said " There's lot of thing that we had to get through, that thing make everyone worry but then we come back, as if the beautiful rainbow that appear in the sky after the darkness rain " the ex-drummer quited the band officially on November 4th...

L'Arc~en~Ciel came back officially on December 13th with L'Arc~en~Ciel 1997 REINCARNATION LIVE at TOKYO DOME, this live has 56,000 people as an audiences and witness for their enomous return. The concert ticket sold out in just 4 minutes, it's the biggest record in Japanese music history, this is prove that after all those things, all the fan didn't love them less than they used to. L'Arc~en~Ciel reincarnated again with more powerful, professional, preparation, etc... They said it's not that easy to come back to this point again after all those days but the live at Tokyo Dome can tell them that everyoen still welcoming them very well, they were so happy, don't need to worry about them anymore, they will try their best and stay with us.

yukihiro officially became member of L'Arc~en~Ciel on January 1st 1998 and at the end of this month, the 8th single winter fall was released, this is the first single from L'Arc~en~Ciel that can go up to no.1 in Oricon Chart, this song was chose to be theme song for Japanese drama, Chicaco Hope 2 too. HEART, the 5th album from L'Arc~en~Ciel was released on February 25th, not only no. 1 on Oricon Chart for this album, the sell ranking of this album is 1,000,000 in just first week. Since then, noone can stop their famous anymore, L'Arc~en~Ciel became the most popular band - there's the topic about them in every entertainment source either newspaper, magazine, TV show, variety, etc.. L'Arc~en~Ciel seemed to be the most busiest band at that time but they still keep on releasign their work frequency. They released the new single DIVE TO BLUE on March 25th and as usual, this song was the no.1 in Oricon Chart but that's nto enough, it was chose to be theme for the comercial vdo of NTT ( popular band of mobile phone ) and L'Arc~en~Ciel themselves was the presentor for this commercial vdo too ( the fans tried to hunt those poster and advertisement to be one of their treasure too ^^ ) The live footage & pv collection A PIECE OF REINCARNATION released on April 22nd, this vdo can be no.1 in Oricon Video Chart for 2 weeks.

L'Arc~en~Ciel tour '98 HEART ni hi wo tsukero started from May 1st, this tour was seperate to 2 part ( May 1st - July 21st & September 3rd - October 6th ) this is the longest tour of L'Arc~en~Ciel with 56 live performances in 43 different city ( they had live even in the small cities, cool ? ^^ ) May 13th... L'Arc~en~Ciel get to have a very honour chance to write the 12th track for the soundtrack album of Godzilla ( American movie ) this song is Shinshoku ~lose control~ And then L'Arc~en~Ciel shocked Japanese music again by releasing 3 singles in the same time and all of them can be in the Chart for a long time too, all of them have more than 1,000,000 sell ranking in just a short time! They are HONEY, lose control and Kasou, HONEY is the hotest song in Japan 1998 ( hyde isn't only write both lyrics and song, he even play guitar for this song too ) After the tour was over, they release their new 2 singles snow drop and forbidden lover ( so diligent, I bet they was very tired >.< ) and as usual, both of them was on the no.1 in Oricon Chart and have the high ranking. Live Video HEART ni h wo tsukeroi released on december 23rd... It's said that this year is the golden year of L'Arc~en~Ciel, every single song from them is the hot hit in Japan, they was invited to lot of show, they had a chance to work for Godzilla, got lot of award and so on...

The beginning of 1999, even all member said they wanna have the vacation, they still come up with releasing photobook LIVE at the end of January and just 1 month after that, LIFE was released ( since last year, there's a hundred item of L'Arc goods released ) April 21st, they released new single, HEAVEN'S DRIVE ( this song was composed by hyde both word and song, he even play the guitar too --> same as HONEY ^^ ) don't need to talk about how success this song is. The next single is pieces, love ballad song that has such a beautiful lyrics and music, no wonder if they gonna get more fan from this song, this song can attractted lot of people's heart either old or new fan... L'Arc~en~Ciel shocked everyone again by releasing 2 album in the same time and in 7 different Asian countries with ark and ray ( these 2 word is the concept of the most popular topic at that time, the world in the new millenium ) These 2 album contain all their single in 1998 - 1999 in the total of 9 songs and add more 13 new songs, every member take a part in all the songs. Driver's High was released on August 11th, this song is the theme song for the famous animation GTO too! CHRONICLE, the pv collection was released in the same day too.

GRAND CROSS TOUR 1999 started from July 17th, thsi tour considered as the biggest tour of L'Arc~en~Ciel, it took place in 6 big cities in Japan, they had 12 live performances with 650,000 audiences. The most important one is the last live on August 8th that broadcast in 7 countries in Asia!! L'Arc~en~Ciel isn't famous in just Japan anymore, they got lot of oversea fan now!!

September 1999... fan in Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan was so excited with the Asia promotion trip of hyde and tetsu ( ken and yuki went to Thailand for B PASS photo shoot too ^-^x ) This is the officially first step to the oversea market of L'Arc~en~Ciel and of course, there's lot of fan in those countried wait for their visiting and welcome them, hyde and tetsu said they didn't expect that they gonna have this much of oversea fan and this make them so happy. They still keep on working so just a little bit after their Asian trip, the next single LOVE FLIES was released ( October 27th ) this song has more English lyrics coz they said they wanna make it more easier for oversea fan to understand their song. At the beginnign of December, they released GRAND CROSS CONCLUSION, the live vdo of Grand Cross Tour ( the last one on August 8th, including short footage clip from other stage in snow drop ) and the last hit for 1999 is RESET>>>LIVE 000 the special thing for this live is it was in 2 different year & milennium!! this live was in December 31th 1999 - January 1st 2000 everyone countdown to year 2000 together ( isn't it cool? ^^ )

Year 2000... L'Arc~en~Ciel still keep on releasing quality work for the fan, such as Double maxi single NEO UNIVERSE / finale, STAY AWAY and at the middle of the year, their new album REAL was released, this album include 4 above single, get out from the shell ( theme song for TOYOTA CM that was on air in lot of Asian Countries at the beginning of this year ) and other new song that make them the REAL... The new tour concert was started again at the end of the year, the first one is REALIVE CLUB CIRCUIT 2000 ( 8 - 27 October ) this tour was arranged to be in the small place like club that can contain only up to 3,000 audiences because they wanna getting close with their fan more that they used to. The 2nd tour is REALIVE DOME TOUR 2000 that started from November 4th, thsi live was in the big cities such as Fukuoka, Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. The December 5th live was broadcast on net for people all around the world to watch for free at their special site L'Arc Yahoo and the December 6th live was broadcast on Sky PerfecTV Japan and was seperated to 5 special channel ( 4 for each member and one for L'Arc~en~Ciel ) but for this one, you gotta pay ¥ 2000 to Sky PerfecTV for the service.

L'Arc~en~Ciel open the new milennium 2001 by let all fan in 8 Asian countries to vote for the new song that will be in their new single collection album through net at their special website, after collecting every sound for 3 months, L'Arc~en~Cile Clicked Singles Best 13 that contain their great 13 songs from all their single was released on March 14th in 8 countries and it's really successed. Noone can tell if this is the highest of them yet but since they didn't stop keep on going and now, L'Arc~en~Ciel Clicked Singles best 13 was going to release in U.S.A. on May 22nd, everyone was so excited to know how is it gonna be, are they gonna success in U.S.A. like they did in Japan and other Asian Countries?

Four personalities combine to form one entity that is L'Arc~en~Ciel strong yet subtle with an avant streak down the middle. But, their world is a profoundly gentle one. To be toushed by one of their sweet phrases, lingering like a fragance around you, you become a part of their world forever...