# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/syu
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:01.012Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/syu"
name: "Syu"
slug: "syu"
description: "Syu  is a Japanese musician, best known as the leader and guitarist of the power metal band Galneryus. He also performs guitar and lead vocals in Spinalcord and was formerly a member of Animetal. Under his own name, Syu has released one studio album, one cover album and one instrumental album, each featuring collaborations with many guest musicians. He was voted the Best Guitarist in online music magazine Beeast's music awards four years in a row, from 2015 to 2018. In 2018, readers and professional musicians voted Syu the fourth best guitarist in the history of hard rock and heavy metal in We Rock magazine's \"Metal General Election\". His work on Galneryus' song \"Emotions\" was named the 73rd best guitar instrumental by Young Guitar Magazine in 2019."
tagline: "Japanese musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Galneryus_Syu.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: "1980-09-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.20529733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 2480
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Galsyumcr"
    handle:    "Galsyumcr"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/syu_galneryus/"
    handle:    "syu_galneryus"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/gal.syu"
    handle:    "gal.syu"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0p3Lag8DvFhd2VQLAI7oLh"
    handle:    "0p3Lag8DvFhd2VQLAI7oLh"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.spinalcord-rock.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaLS0OHrjZrysq2Vz1ZM8IA"
    handle:    "@syugalneryus1102"
    followers: 2480
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2114916"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "سيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syu"
    title: "Syu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syu"
    title: "Syu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syu_(chitarrista)"
    title: "Syu (chitarrista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syu_(%E3%82%AE%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88)"
    title: "Syu (ギタリスト)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%88_(%EA%B8%B0%ED%83%80%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8)"
    title: "슈 (기타리스트)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syu"
    title: "Syu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8E_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Сю (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syu"
    title: "Syu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syu"
    title: "Syu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syu"
    title: "Syu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/67a89dd9-38ea-41cc-a315-b5db28d899cd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3979220"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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