2015, and a second studio album, Adoratio, in 2017. Kyo provided vocals for the song "Zessai" on Sugizo's 2017 album Oneness M. Kyo formed another supergroup, Petit Brabancon, in 2021. It also includes Yukihiro, Miya, antz (Tokyo Shoegazer), and Hirofumi Takamatsu (The Novembers). Health Throughout his career, Kyo has sustained damage to his hearing and vocal chords multiple times. On September 9, 2000, he experienced sudden sensorineural hearing loss during the first show of a tour, causing its postponement to early 2001. In December 2000, acute acoustic trauma to his left ear resulted in another two postponed shows; Kyo has remained partially deaf in that ear ever since. In June 2002 and July 2006, a number of shows had to be postponed due to Kyo developing acute tonsillitis, and in April 2009 due to inflamed vocal cords and abnormal accumulation of fluid in his larynx. In February 2012, Kyo was diagnosed with vocal nodule dysphonia, forcing Dir En Grey to pull out of the "Still Reckless" tour which was set to begin in March 2012. Right after a May 2013 show at Shinkiba Studio Coast, he was again hospitalized with tonsillitis. In September 2021, two shows of the "Desperate" tour had to be postponed due to Kyo being diagnosed with an acute bronchitis. Bibliography Kyo has released two volumes of poetry, published through Media Factory. Both books are accompanied by short bonus CDs. In 2013, Kyo launched a new website and released two collections of photography, "Shikkaku", which features Kyo as the subject and "For the Human Race", which features photography by Kyo himself. In July 2015, Kyo announced a new poetry collection book titled Gasou no Shi, which would be released on August as the first volume in a series. References External links Official website (In Japanese and English) Living people Japanese male rock singers Japanese male singer-songwriters Japanese heavy metal singers Musicians from Kyoto Visual kei musicians Dir En Grey members 20th-century Japanese male singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese singers Nu metal singers Singers with a five-octave vocal range 1976 births Japanese poets Japanese tenors