# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hide
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:48:58.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hide"
name: "Hide"
slug: "hide"
description: "Hideto Matsumoto , known professionally as Hide, was a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band X Japan from 1987 to 1997 and rose to prominence in Asia as a solo artist from 1993 to 1998, until his death. He also formed the United States–based rock supergroup Zilch in 1996."
tagline: "Japanese musician (1964–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Xjapan_hongkong2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-12-13"
deathDate: "1998-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.51828533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/official_hide"
    handle:    "official_hide"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/hide_official_byheadwax/"
    handle:    "hide_official_byheadwax"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Official.hide"
    handle:    "Official.hide"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559512/"
    handle:    "nm0559512"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.hide-city.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "هيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "هیده (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideto_Matsumoto"
    title: "Hideto Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide_(musiker)"
    title: "Hide (musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideto_Matsumoto"
    title: "Hideto Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide_(musician)"
    title: "Hide (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هیده (موسیقیدان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideto_Matsumoto"
    title: "Hideto Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideto_Matsumoto"
    title: "Hideto Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide_(musicista)"
    title: "Hide (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9E%88%EB%8D%B0"
    title: "히데"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide"
    title: "Hide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide_(gitarist)"
    title: "Hide (gitarist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b4065fe7-a1b0-46d9-ae7f-ae0f80c7975a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44315"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1010100"
    title: "hide"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump