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京 (Kyo) (born February 16, 1976) is a Japanese musician, poet and singer-songwriter known as the vocalist of DIR EN GREY. He has been with the band since its inception in 1997 and was previously the frontman of La:Sadie's, 廃人黒薔薇族, Masquerade, Viṣṇu and 月蝕. He was also the roadie for 黒夢 and ALBATROSS. Kyo was inspired to become a musician when he saw a picture of BUCK-TICK vocalist 櫻井敦司 (Atsushi Sakurai) on the desk of a junior high school classmate. While he has only composed a handful of DIR EN GREY's songs (for example, The Domestic Fucker Family and HADES), Kyo is responsible for all the lyrics, which usually have negative implications and touch on a variety of dark, sometimes taboo, subjects, such as sexual obsessions (ZOMBOID), abuse (Berry), and mass media (Mr.NEWSMAN). Several songs deal with specifically Japanese issues, such as the country's casual attitude towards abortion (mazohyst of decadence and OBSCURE) and its conformity-oriented society (children). Others deal with more traditional subject matter such as personal feelings, emotions, and lost love (undecided, Taiyou no Ao, 蟲 -mushi-). The vocabulary used ranges from vulgar to exalted, with wordplay and double entendres occurring frequently. For example, the title of the song Mitsu to Tsuba, which is about rape, means Honey and Saliva, but is written with the kanji inverted, suggesting reading them with an inverted pronunciation - Tsumi to Batsu - which would translate to C...

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