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I got all this info from various places... mostly interviews, fansites, or just... other fans. Since Hyde is human, as the rest of us, his likes & dislikes are of course not permanent, so this information may be changing with time. If anything is wrong with it, you can email me and correct me, providing you have a reliable source.
Real Name: Hideto Takarai
AKA: Hyde, Haido, Doihachiro (Tetsu's nickname for him - the katakana for ha i do spelled backwards is do i ha, and doihachiro means "mischievous" or something in Japanese.)
Birthday: January 29, 1969
Height: 158cm (that's about 5'2), but Hyde often wears heeled shoes to boost his height
Weight: Some say 48kg (106 lbs), some say 58kg (128 lbs)
Zodiac: Aquarius (he rules your anus Uranus)
Birthplace: Wakayama, Osaka, Japan (Kansai dialect)
Childhood dreams: manga artist, Kamen Rider
Current Home: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan (rumored to own the entire 20th floor of a high-rise apartment building)
Family: Wife (Megumi Oishi, married Dec. 25, 2000), Child (male, born Nov. 11, 2003)
Hobbies: sketching, smoking, drinking, inline skating, collecting blue glass products, playing video games, pool/billiards, snowboarding, reading horror novels
Past Band: Kidies Bomb/Jerusalem's Rod (guitarist)
Current Band: L'Arc~en~Ciel (since 1991) (lead vocalist, primary lyricist)
Instruments: guitar, saxophone, drums, harmonica, tambourine (yes, it counts XD)
Tattoo: two angel wings on his back
Piercings: belly button, nipples, ears (back in indie days; by now his earring holes have closed up)
Scars: down his neck (from a biking accident)
Pets: crickets, possibly dog
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Food: hamburgers
Drink: VITA Vitamin In
Fruit: Watermelon
Cigarette Brand: Cherokee (no longer manufactured), Philip Morris Super Light
Colors: black, white, gray, the color of blood (red)
Subject in School: Art
Books: Stephen King novels, Harry Potter
Word: fuck
Music: GASTUNK, David Sylvian, Depeche Mode, A Perfect Circle, Marilyn Manson, Radiohead, The Cranberries, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Avril Lavigne
Composers: Ken, Jack Danger
Manga: Monster, Nekojiru, Doraemon, Death Note
Video Games: BioHazard (aka Resident Evil)
Song from Dune: As if in a dream
Song from Smile: Eien
Song from Faith: Jesus Christ, Season's Call