Kyo

Japanese musician

Person Human Q2290046

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17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: February 16, 1976
Place of birth: Kyoto
Country of citizenship: Japan^[7]
Occupation: singer-songwriter, singer, lyricist, poet
Genre: death metal^[10]
Official website: kyo-official.jp^[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese^[15]
Instrument: voice^[14]
Member of: Dir En Grey^[8]
Name in kana: きょう^[17]
Name in native language: 京^[16]
Record label: Free-Will^[11]
Social media followers: 67,026 (2021), 75,212 (2023)^[19]^[20]
Start of work period: 1993^[18]
Voice type: tenor^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

en Kyo en Kyō es Kyo es Kyou fi Kyo fi Kyou fr Kyo fr Kyô he קיו (מוזיקאי) hu Kjó hu Kyo hu Kyō ja きょう ja 京 ja 京 (ミュージシャン) pt Kyo (músico) ru Нисимура, Тору ru Тору Нисимура sv Kyo (artist) uk Кьо (музикант)

🔖 Identifiers · 9

VIAF cluster ID: 255927244
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Dir En Grey @ Maquinária Festival 04.jpg ↗
Europeana entity: agent/base/70090
Freebase ID: /m/01vvhcp
Instagram username: kyo_official
MusicBrainz artist ID: 241814c1-20c5-40b3-9c9d-b133dfd2c00b
NDL Authority ID: 00884530
Threads username: kyo_official
X (Twitter) username: kyo_official (2013–present)

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Rinkaku, Rinkaku, Dozing Green, Dozing Green, Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami, Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami

Occupation 4

poet, singer, lyricist, singer-songwriter

Mb:member of band 3

Dir En Grey, Sukekiyo, La Sadies

Belongs to 1

Sukekiyo

Country of citizenship 1

Japan

Genre 1

death metal

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

voice

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Japanese

Member of 1

Dir En Grey

Place of birth 1

Kyoto

Record label 1

Free-Will

Sex or gender 1

male

Voice type 1

tenor

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Summary

Born in Kyoto^[1], he… he was born on February 16, 1976^[2]. He worked as a singer-songwriter^[3], singer^[4], lyricist^[5], and poet^[6].

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Type: Person^[21]
Country: JP^[22]
Began / founded: 1976-02-16^[23]
MusicBrainz ID: 241814c1-20c5-40b3-9c9d-b133dfd2c00b^[24]

FAQs

Where was Kyo born?

Born in Kyoto^[1].

What did Kyo do for work?

Kyo worked as singer-songwriter^[3], singer^[4], lyricist^[5], and poet^[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Kyo — place of birth (P19): Kyoto. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Kyo — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Kyo — country of citizenship (P27): Japan. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Kyo — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Kyo — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Kyo — occupation (P106): lyricist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Kyo — occupation (P106): poet. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Kyo — genre (P136): death metal. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Kyo — record label (P264): Free-Will. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Kyo — voice type (P412): tenor. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Kyo — member of (P463): Dir En Grey. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Kyo — date of birth (P569): February 16, 1976. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Kyo — official website (P856): http://kyo-official.jp/. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Kyo — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Kyo — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Japanese. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Kyo — name in native language (P1559): 京. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Kyo — name in kana (P1814): きょう. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Kyo — start of work period (P2031): 1993. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Kyo — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+67026'}. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Kyo — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+75212'}. wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

[21] ↑ Kyo — Type: Person. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[22] ↑ Kyo — Country: JP. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[23] ↑ Kyo — Began / founded: 1976-02-16. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[24] ↑ Kyo — MusicBrainz ID: 241814c1-20c5-40b3-9c9d-b133dfd2c00b. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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