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Kaoru (born in Hyogo, 1975) is a Japanese musician best known as the leader and one of the Extreme Metal band Dir En Grey's guitarists.

He has been with the company since its inception in 1997 and was also a member of La:Sadie's.

He has written the majority of Dir en grey's songs (at least up to the Vulgar album, where individual credit for the music was stripped).

His contributions include a good deal of variety, from slow ballads like "Zakuro" to upbeat numbers like "Jessica."

He appears in many solos for the band, which are both energetic and tempo, often similar to his compositions.

"I wish I hadn't known him, I wouldn't be who I am today" cites X Japan guitarist hides as his greatest influence and reason he plays guitar. He's one of the two Dir En Grey members with a real name, as well as Shinya. Since 2014, Kaoru has suffered from nerve paralysis, and has occasionally resorted to tapping his guitar plectrum to his hand.

"The Freedom Of Expression" was his radio show in 2015.

2005–2006: Early non-Asian touring

Dir En Grey appeared in Europe for the first time in 2005. Their concerts in Berlin and Paris (part of the It Withers and Withers tour) were sold out without notice, except for newsletters from import record stores and internet-based word of mouth.

The band has appeared at two major festivals, Rock am Ring and Rock in Park. Eths, a French band, opened for them at the Paris concert, and Dir en Grey invited American musician Jeff Berco and his band to appear in Japan on Wednesday 13 and 13. Dir En Grey appeared on the Japanese leg of the Taste of Chaos tour earlier this year.

Beginning with Withering to Death, the group made its first official European launches in 2005. The band's songs had only been available via importation and Internet file-sharing for European viewers. The album debuted in Dir En Grey's first non-Asian chart position, debuting at No. 1. The Finnish album charts position him at number 31. Later, the next single, "Clever Sleazoid," soared to No. 1 on the charts. In the same region, there are 15 spots on the singles charts. Several Dir En Grey songs were also included in the soundtrack to the 2005 film Death Trance.

Touring to the United States began in early 2006. The band appeared in Austin, Texas, at the South by Southwest festival, New York City, and Los Angeles, California, before the North American release of Withering to Death. All shows were sold out within days, and we'll be back next year. Kyo's vocal cords had been inflamed during more concerts and festival appearances in Germany over the summer. Although two concert dates in Japan had to be postponed, Dir En Grey was still able to attend Korn's Family Values Tour 2006. The band was back in Japan in October to appear at the Loudpark Festival, as well as bands such as Megadeth, Slayer, and Children of Bodom. During the Inward Scream tour's Japanese leg, the Inward Screams' 22nd single "Agitated Screams of Maggots" was released on November 15th. The No. 1 position was voted on December 30th on a music video for -Saku-. On the MTV2 show Headbangers Ball, there is 1 video of the year.

Dir En Grey went on its first North American headlining tour in February, touring sixteen cities in Japan and Europe in the ensuing months. The group opened in May on the United States tour and later completed another European tour, which included debut shows in Denmark, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, as well as many festival performances around the continent, including Ankkarock, M'era Luna Festival, and Wacken Open Air.

After their most recent single "Dozing Green" debuting in Japan and spreading throughout Europe, the group went on another international tour in September, including first performances in the Netherlands and Switzerland. Dir En Grey opened two shows for Linkin Park at Saitama Super Arena in late November and then performed another Japan tour in December with 10 years as a supporting act. On December 19, two most hits compilations, Decade 1998–2002 and Decade 2003–2007 respectively, commemorating Dir En Grey's tenth anniversary as a band.

Dir En Grey revealed plans to begin recording a new studio album at the start of 2008. Their first touring trip of the year came in May at Shinkiba Studio Coast, titled Death over Blindness. Dir En Grey appeared at one night of the two-night hide memorial summit on May 4, alongside X Japan, Luna Sea, and others, who were touring. On September 10, the Rose Trims Again tour in Japan began, the same day as the debut of their single "Glass Skin" earlier this year.

Dir En Grey announced the launch of their seventh studio album, Uroboros, on August 1, 2008, in the United States. In support of the album, the band toured the United States and Canada, with dates scheduled for November and December (overlapping with the debut of Uroboros) as well as the opening act The Human Abstract. Dir En Grey appeared at a series of four shows titled Bajra, two of which were fan club exclusive, and a single show under the moniker Uroboros -Breathing- at the legendary Osaka-jo Hall, where he had not appeared since December 18, 1999 (as seen on 1999.12.18 Osakajo Hall).

Dir En Grey took their first thorough tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland with Kerrang, beginning in 2009. "Relentless Tour '09" by Mindless Self Indulgence, Bring Me the Horizon, Black Tide, and In case of fire. The band announced the public launch of Tour 08 The Rose Trims Again, as well as the renaming of European record labels to the newly established Okami Records, a sister company of their former European representation, Gan-Shin.

The band began to promote Uroboros completely in the spring of 2009 with a series of national tours under the name Tour 09 Feast of V Senses. With an announcement on the band's official website that Kyo had been diagnosed with edema of the larynx, the tour was postponed for a short period of time in Sapporo and Sendai, and it would require the postponement of three shows, which had been postponed for early May.

Dir En Grey's Feast of V Senses tour in Europe continued, with a mix of festival appearances, headlining shows, and one co-headlining performance with Killswitch Engage. The festival featured their third appearances at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, as well as their first concerts at Download Festival, Nova Rock, and Metaltown. Dir En Grey was also performing debut concerts in Italy and Czech Republic among the headlining shows.

Diren Grey, the late-summer tour, has announced their next single "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Yami," as well as a North American and South American tour under the title All Visible Things. Their latest single was unveiled on December 2, 2009, and they climbed to second place on the Oricon Weekly Chart, the band's highest position to date. Dorje, a three-live tour that came to an end during the 2009 tour season. They ended their long-serving tour by appearing in two back-to-back performances at the Nippon Budokan, titled Uroboros: proof in the name of living..., where tickets sold out in 15 minutes.

On the list for the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth in August, it was announced on April 7, 2010, that the band would return to the United Kingdom in August. This was to be their first UK festival appearance of the year, according to the festival website. Kaoru (on the Sonisphere UK website) was quoted as saying: "I'd never have guessed that we'd have a festival of this caliber." To be part of such great bands at Sonisphere, it's like a dream come true. Despite the fact that we're not back in the United Kingdom for a tour, we wanted to give something back to the fans who were left out by our postponed final in London."

Dir En Grey will appear on August 3 in London's Koko venue as part of the Unwavering Fact of Tomorrow Tour 2010, which was announced on April 28, 2010. Dir En Grey revealed later that they would also perform in Russia by staging one show in Moscow on August 5 and one show in St Petersburg at Glav Club on August 6. Dir En Grey performed in North America on a co-headlining tour with Finnish band Apocalyptica, with a special guest of Kyo performing "Bring them to Light," one of the cello-metalers' new hit song.

In a Kerrang interview in September 2010, the band revealed themselves. According to the magazine, they were in the process of writing new content for the sequel to Uroboros. In addition to "Hageshisa" to Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shaku, Ayami" on the soundtrack of the American film Saw 3D, they covered "Warushawa no Gens" on December 1, 2010, the Stalin family's 60th birthday. Buck-Tick, Group Tamashii, Merry, Jun Togawa, and Wagdug Futuristic Unity were among the album's other artists on the compilation, as well as Wagdug Futuristic Unity.

On January 26, 2011, the single "Lotus" was announced as part of a new fan-club only tour titled The Decomposition of the Moon, which will run from May 14 to 26. On June 22, the band "Different Sense" was released. Following the 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami, Dir en Grey issued an open letter on Facebook accusing the Japanese government of lying to its citizens and masking the real danger of the radiation risks. In October, the band launched Scream for the Truth, which included a website and a billboard hanging in Times Square, New York City, in the hopes of preventing the alleged misinformation and getting correct numbers. On August 3, the company's eighth studio album, Dum Spiro Spero, was released. In November and December 2011, Age Quod Agis' South and North American tour was showcased on the band's South and North American tour.

Following a doctor's visit, vocalist Kyo was diagnosed with vocal nodule dysphonia, causing Dir En Grey to drop out of the North American The Still Reckless Tour, which features Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Motionless in White, and I See Stars. Despite the fact that Kyo had been hospitalized before in 2006 and 2009 for pulmonary disease, he did not need surgery until this time. Kyo later revealed that his illness was treated with medication.

Dir En Grey received the Extreme Metal Olympics hosted by Loudwire.com on August 11, 2012, defeating Death in the final. After a one-year and a half absence since the band's first single appearance since their previous single release, the band's "Rinkaku" was released on December 19. In addition, a tour named In Situ began in Tokyo on December 25.

They unveiled their third EP, The Unraveling, on April 3, 2013, with one new song and six re-recordings. The band announced that they would support Tabula Rasa for the new EP just a few days later on April 5. The band appeared on a short European tour in June 2013.

The band began Ghoul Tour in September 2013, which ran from September 18 to October 23 in Japan and then on November 3 in North America. "Dum Spiro Spero," the band's back-to-back show at the Nippon Budokan in March 2014, was also announced. "Sustain the Untrue" was also released in January 2014.

The band celebrated the 15th anniversary of their debut album, Gauze, in August of 2014. They embarked on a Japanese tour titled "Gauze"?, a title that was identically named after the tour they held back in 1999 in support of the album.

Dir En Grey's ninth album, Arche, would be released on August 5, 2014, according to the company. The album was accompanied by By the Grace of God's 2014-2015 tour. In April and May 2015, the tour was supplemented by The Unstoppable Life. Dir En Grey appeared at the Luna Sea's Lunatic Fest in Makuhari Messe on Friday, June 27th. Dir en Grey performed their album Arche at Nippon Budokan on Friday, February 6, 2016 for the first time in Blu-ray & DVD.

In July 2016, the band's song, "Utafumi," was released. Tour16-17, depression To _______ [mode of Vulgar] From June to November 2016, they embarked on various tours based on previous albums, Tour16-17 From depression to _______ [mode of Vulgar], and Tour16-17 From depression to _____ [mode of Vulgar] from June to November 2016 [mode of articulation].

The band also performed "Easy Make, Easy Mark" by D'erlanger for the D'erlanger Tribute album 'Stairway to Heaven' in 2017.

On January 2, 2018, they released Vestige of Scratches, their compilation album. Dir en Grey's twentieth single "Ningen wo Kaburu" was released on April 25, 2018. One of its B-sides is a remake of "Ash," a song that dates back to 1997.

Dir en Grey revealed on June 29, 2018, that their tenth studio album The Insulated World would be published on September 26, 2018. The band also confirmed a European tour would begin in October 2018 under the name "Wearing Human Skin." In December 2019, the tour was followed by a North American tour and another European tour in January and February 2020.

"The World of Mercy," their 30th album, was released on September 18, 2019. They also included a collage of "National Media Boys" on January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick commemoration album Parade III. Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick"

"Ochita Koto no Aru Sora," the group's 31st single, was released digitally on August 3rd 2020.

They released their 32nd single, "Oboro," on April 28th 2021.

Phalaris, the artists' 11th studio album, was released on June 15th 2022.

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1997–1999: Early career

Until disbanding, Dir En Grey was preceded by the independent rock band La:Sadie's, which featured four of Dir En Grey's members. They disbanded due to the fact that they were too late to start, but guitarist Kaoru said they were excited for it. Toshiya, a bassist, after parting with Kisaki, members of Kaoru, Kyo, Die, and Shinya, recruited Toshiya and reformed as a new band. They officially formed "Dir en grey" on February 2, 1997 after appearing at one show as a Kuroyume cover-band at the live house Nagano J on January 24, 1997.

The band's name is a combination of German "dir," French "en," and English "grey" and was believed to mean "Grey Silver Coin" (, Haiiro no Ginka); the Japanese translation was used as the name of their fanclub's journal. They wanted to create a black and white version of music, so they went for grey. In an early interview, vocalist Kyo said he knew the name before the band was formed. Kaoru explains that they took the name of another band that was already well-known at the time. This band, Lavigne, had released "Dir en gray" in 1995, and was released on a cassette. The line dir en gray' begins the song, with the Latin portion being a correct translation of the Japanese version. Both imply "to you in grey." Kaoru said in a subsequent interview that "at the time we selected the band name, it had some meaning, but right now, it doesn't mean anything particular." We chose the band name because it sounded right, and it also represented an image that sadly does not exist elsewhere."

Missa debuted a few months later and attracted mainstream attention in 1998 by landing on the Oricon music charts with the still independently produced songs "Jealous" and "Ill-." During the first half of 1999, five subsequent singles, arranged and produced by X Japan co-founder Yoshiki Hayashi, were released. Gauze was the band's first full-length album. One of the album's supporting shows (filmed at the Osaka-jo Hall) will be the first of many live concerts to be released on VHS and DVD later this year.

In 2000, vocalist Kyo was hospitalized with hearing loss and several dates of the tour in favor of Dir En Grey's then-upcoming album, Macabre, were postponed. Tour 00 >> 01 Macabre died early the following year, and Nippon Budokan announced it soon after the single "Ain't Afraid to Die" was released in April 2001.

Kisou, Dir En Grey performed in China, Taiwan, and South Korea in the first year, along with the release of their third full-length album. The last dates of Rettou Gekishin Angya tour in Japan were already in favour of the band's second EP, Six Ugly. They also released "Child Prey," the second opening theme of Baki the Grappler's anime series, and the first album called Vulgar in the same year. Dir En Grey appeared at Akasaka Blitz for five nights in a row, with each show (except the first) themed after a certain genre, with the first featuring songs from the then-unveiled Vulgar. Blitz 5 Days, a DVD set that was later released exclusively for members of the band's official fan club, titled "A Knot." Vulgar was first announced in September 2003 and tours to celebrate the occasion would last well into 2004.

Dir En Grey appeared in Europe for the first time in 2005. Their concerts in Berlin and Paris (as part of the It Withers and Withers tour) went out without advertisement except for newsletters by import record stores and internet-based word of mouth.

The band has appeared at two major festivals, Rock am Ring and Rock in Park. Being more involved with the international music scene, Eths, a French band, opened for them at the Paris festival, and Dir en Grey invited an American musician and his band to appear in Japan on Wednesday 13 and 13. Dir En Grey appeared on the Japanese leg of the Taste of Chaos tour earlier this year.

The group's first official European releases, which began with Withering to Death, was released in 2005. The band's songs had only been available to European customers by way of importation and internet file-sharing. The album reached No. 1 on Diren Grey's first non-Asian chart position, debuting at No. 1. In the Finnish album charts, it is ranked at number 31. Later, the single "Clever Sleazoid" would debut, gaining to No. 1. In the same region, the 15 best singles charts are ranked at 15. Several Dir En Grey songs were also included in the soundtrack to the 2005 film Death Trance.

Touring to the United States began in early 2006. At the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, the band appeared at the Avalon Club and Los Angeles, California, then followed by the North American debut of Withering to Death. All shows were sold out within days, so it was once more. singer Kyo was hospitalized in Germany after more concerts and festival appearances this summer due to inflamed vocal cords. Dir En Grey was still able to attend Korn's Family Values Tour 2006 even though two concert dates in Japan had to be postponed. The band returned to Japan in October for their show at the Loudpark Festival, along with bands such as Megadeth, Slayer, and Children of Bodom. On the Japanese leg of the Inward Scream tour, their 22nd single "Agitated Screams of Maggots" was released on November 15th. The music video for -Saku-, was voted No. 1 on December 30th. On the MTV2 show Headbangers Ball, year-old highlights from the year.

Dir En Grey embarked on its first North American headlining tour in February, touring sixteen cities as its sixth full-length album The Marrow of a Bone was released in Japan and Europe in the ensuing months on February 7. The group opened with the Deftones on their New States tour in May and July, followed by another European tour, including debut shows in Denmark, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, as well as many festival appearances around the continent, including Ankarock, M'era Luna Festival, and Wacken Open Air.

Following their most recent single "Dozing Green" debuting in Japan and spreading throughout Europe, the group began in Japan and ended in Europe in September, including their first appearance in the Netherlands and Switzerland. Dir En Grey opened two shows for Linkin Park at Saitama Super Arena in late November and December debuted another Japan tour as a support act. On December 19, a commemoration of Dir En Grey's tenth anniversary as a band, two greatest hits compilations titled Decade 1998–2002 and Decade 2003–2007 respectively were published.

Dir En Grey announced plans to record a new studio album at the start of 2008. This was their first tour of the year in May, with the conclusion of three shows at Shinkiba Studio Coast titled Death from Blindness. Dir En Grey appeared on the two-night hide memorial summit on May 4, alongside X Japan, Luna Sea, and others, who were touring. On September 10, the Rose Trimbles, a second Japanese tour, opened on the same day as the introduction of their single "Glass Skin."

Dir En Grey announced the release of their seventh studio album, Uroboros, on August 1, 2008 in the United States. The band also toured the United States and Canada in support of the album, with dates planned for November and December (overlapping the release of Uroboros) with the first act The Human Abstract. Dir En Grey had not appeared since December 18, 1999 (as seen on 1999.12.18 Osakajo Hall), and a string of four shows named Bajra, two being fan-club exclusives, and a single show under the moniker Uroboros -Breathing).

Dir En Grey and Kerrang also took their first comprehensive tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland beginning in 2009. The "Relentless Tour '09" includes Mindless Self Indulgence, Bring Me the Horizon, Black Tide, and In the case of fire. The band announced the public appearance of Tour 08 The Rose Trims Again, as well as the introduction of European record labels to the newly formed Okami Records, a sister brand of their former European representation, Gan-Shin.

With a series of national tours under the title Tour 09 Feast of V Senses, the band began to fully promote Uroboros in the spring of 2009. Kyo had been diagnosed with edema of the larynx, causing the postponement of three shows that had been postponed for early May, and the tour was postponed briefly in Sapporo and Sendai for a short period.

Dir En Grey's Feast of V Senses tour in Europe continued on with a mix of festival appearances, headlining shows, and one co-headlining show with Killswitch Engage. The festival's appearances included their third appearances at Rock am Ring and Rock in Park, as well as their debut concerts at the Download Festival, Nova Rock, and Metaltown. Dir En Grey was also playing debut concerts in Italy and Czech Republic during the headlining performances.

Dirt En Grey, a late-summer tour, showed their new single for December, "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Yami," as well as a North American and South American tour under the heading All Visible Things. The band's latest single was unveiled on December 2, 2009, and it climbed to second place on the Oricon Weekly Chart, the highest position for the band to date. Dorje, the 2009 tour of Canada, brought an end to a three-live tour. They ended their long-serving tour by staging two back-to-back performances at the Nippon Budokan, which was the proof of life..., where tickets sold out in 15 minutes.

On the day of April 7, 2010, the band would be back to the United Kingdom in August for the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, playing on a bill headlined by Iron Maiden and Rammstein. This was to be their first UK festival appearance of the year, according to the festival website. Kaoru (on the Sonisphere UK website) is quoted as saying: "I'd never have guessed that we'd be hosting a festival of this caliber." It's like a dream come true to be able to perform with such talented bands at Sonisphere. Despite the fact that we're not back in the United Kingdom for a tour, we wanted to give the fans who were dissatisfied last year from our postponed finale in London."

Dir En Grey will be seen on London's Koko venue on August 3 as part of The Unwavering Fact of Tomorrow Tour 2010. Dir En Grey revealed later on that they would also perform in Russia by staging one show in Moscow on August 5 and one show in St Petersburg at Glav Club on August 6. Dir En Grey has also toured North America on a co-headlining tour with the Finnish band Apocalyptica, with a special guest of Kyo interpreting the song "Bring Them to Light," one of the cello-metal bands new album.

In a Kerrang interview in September 2010, the band was revealed! According to the newspaper, they were writing fresh content for the sequel to Uroboros. In addition to "Hageshisa" on the soundtrack of American film Saw 3D, they also contributed to "Warmachine no Gens" on the 60th anniversary of the Stalin's frontman Michiro Endo's 60th birthday. The album also featured bands from Buck-Tick, Group Tamashii, Merry, Jun Togawa, and Wagdug Futuristic Unity.

On January 26, 2011, the single "Lotus" was announced, as well as The Decomposition of the Moon, a fan-club only tour, which will run from May 14 to June 26. On June 22, the band "Different Sense" was released. Dir en Grey wrote an open letter on August 1, 2011 accusing the Japanese government of lying to its citizens and concealing the real danger of the radiation levels after the 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami. In October, the band launched Scream for the Truth, which included a website and a billboard in the hopes of preventing the spread of inaccurate information and obtaining accurate numbers. On August 3, the band's eighth studio album, Dum Spiro Spero, was released. In November and December 2011, Age Quod Agis' South and North American tour included songs from this album.

Following a doctor's visit, singer Kyo was diagnosed with vocal nodule dysphonia, which led to Dir En Grey's departure from the North American The Still Reckless Tour, consisting of Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Motionless in White, and I See Stars, was released in February 2012. Despite the fact that Kyo was hospitalized before 2005 and 2009 for vocal inflammation, he did not need surgery at the time. Kyo later reported that his illness was treated with medications.

Dir En Grey of Loudwire.com won the Extreme Metal Olympics on August 11, 2012, defeating Death in the final. After a one-year and a half absence since their first single appearance on December 19, the band dropped "Rinkaku" on December 19. In addition, a tour called In Situ began in Tokyo on December 25.

They launched The Unraveling, a third EP, on April 3, 2013, with one new song and six re-recordings. The band's support tour Tabula Rasa debuted just a few days later on April 5th. The band appeared on a short European tour in June 2013.

The band began their Ghoul tour in September 2013 in Japan, which ran from September 18 to October 23 in Japan and then on November 3 in North America. "Dum Spiro Spero" and the band's latest single, "Sustain the Untruth," which was also released in January 2014.

Gauze, the band's 15th anniversary of their debut album, Gauze, was commemorated in August. They embarked on a Japanese tour titled "Gauze"?, a similar tour that was held in 1999 in favor of the album.

It was revealed on August 5, 2014, that Dir En Grey's ninth album, Arche, would be out on December 10, 2014. The album was launched by the Grace of God in 2014–2015. In April and May 2015, the tour was followed by The Unstoppable Life, which was a sequel to The Unstoppable Life. Dir En Grey appeared at Luna Sea's Lunatic Fest at Makuhari Messe on Friday, June 27th. Dir en Grey's album Arche debuted at Nippon Budokan on Friday, on February 5, 2016.

In July 2016, the band released "Utafumi," a single. They went on tour 16-17 from depression to _______ [mode of Vulgar], and Tour16-17 From Depression to _____ [mode of vulgar] from June to November 2016.

The band did additional tours in 2017 themed around previous albums. They also featured "Easy Make, Easy Mark" by D'erlanger for the D'erlanger Tribute Album "Stairway to Heaven."

On January 2, 2018, they released Vestige of Scratches, a collection album. "Ningen wo Kaburu," Dir en Grey's twentieth single "Ningen wo Kaburu," was released on April 25, 2018. One of its B-sides is a reimagination of "Ash," a song that has existed since 1997.

Dir en Grey revealed on June 29, 2018 that their tenth studio album The Insulated World would be released on September 26, 2018. In addition, the band revealed that a European tour would begin in October 2018 under the heading "Wearing Human Skin." In December 2019 and another European tour in January and February 2020, they followed this tour with a North American tour and another in February and February 2020.

On September 18, 2019, the World of Mercy, their 30th single, was released. They gave a preview of "National Media Boys" on January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick commemoration album Parade III Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick>

On August 3rd, 2020, the 31st single, "Ochita Koto no Aru Sora," was released digitally.

They released their 32nd single, "Oboro," on April 28th 2021.

Phalaris, the artist's 11th studio album, was released on June 15th 2022.

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