Kyoung-In Hong

(1976-)

Japanese musician

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Kyo (Japanese: 京 Hepburn: Kyō, born February 16, 1976 in Kyoto) is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist and poet. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the 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 1995 to 1997. He then started Dir en grey in February 1997, following La:Sadie’s disbandment with three of its members, and formed the experimental rock band Sukekiyo in 2013. Kyo was inspired to become a musician when he saw a picture of Buck-Tick vocalist Atsushi Sakurai on the desk of a junior high school classmate. When he then discovered X Japan he was particularly fond of hide and had his parents buy him the guitarist's black signature model guitar. But after realizing how difficult it was to play guitar and then bass, he switched to vocals.