Kyo has been the vocalist in a Japanese rock band called Dir en grey since 1997. In their live preformances Kyo is violent and odd..(as in scratching himself with the microphone,hitting/slapping himself,putting a bucket on his head,knocking into things sometimes,cutting his wrists,and of course putting his hand down his pants while singing…) but he doesn’t believe violence is necessary. His real name is Nishimura Tooru,but he got the nickname Kyo because he hate his real name. The meaning of his nickname is the first hieroglyph of Kyoto city,Japan, were Kyo was born.