# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kyo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:24.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kyo"
name: "Kyo"
slug: "kyo"
description: "Kyo  is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist and poet. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the heavy metal band Dir En Grey. He was formerly in a string of visual kei rock bands, with the most notable being La:Sadie's from 1996 to 1997. When they disbanded, he formed Dir En Grey in February 1997 with three of the other four members. Kyo formed the experimental rock band Sukekiyo in 2013, and the supergroup Petit Brabancon in 2021."
tagline: "Japanese musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dir_En_Grey_%40_Maquin%C3%A1ria_Festival_04.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: "1976-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.31549866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kyo_official"
    handle:    "kyo_official"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kyo_official/"
    handle:    "kyo_official"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://kyo-official.jp/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/241814c1-20c5-40b3-9c9d-b133dfd2c00b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89)"
    title: "كيو (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Kyo (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo_(musician)"
    title: "Kyo (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8D_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Kyō (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8D"
    title: "Kyō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo_(chanteur_de_Dir_En_Grey)"
    title: "Kyo (chanteur de Dir En Grey)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kj%C3%B3"
    title: "Kjó"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo_(musicista)"
    title: "Kyo (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%AC_(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "京 (ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo_(zanger)"
    title: "Kyo (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo"
    title: "Kyo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo_(muzyk)"
    title: "Kyo (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Kyo (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D1%91"
    title: "Нисимура, Кё"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo_(artist)"
    title: "Kyo (artist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8C%D0%BE_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Кьо (музикант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%AC_(%E9%9F%B3%E6%A8%82%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "京 (音樂家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2290046"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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