HIMURO
WHO IS HE ???
Date of Birth: October 7, 1960
Place of Birth: Gunma
Official Web Site: www.himuro.com
Facts: Reported by: Sakamoto Koichi Data verified by: Horie Yumi Date of Report On : October 1998
Himuro Kyosuke made his debut as BOOWY's singer in 1982. In 1987, he announced that he would dissolve BOOWY. Then he held the farewell concert at Tokyo dome. Many fans of BOOWY wanted tickets, so telephones were very busy. 95,000 tickets were sold out in only 10 minutes. They held two days of concerts, then they broke up in 1988.
Himuro started to sing by himself. He got a best-album award with his song "Flowers for Algernon". He has released nine albums, sixteen singles and seven videos. He's recorded huge sales, so he became the number one vocalist in Japan.
In 1995, he changed to the record company, "Poridol". And he established "Beat Nix". He released high quality videos to accompany his singles.
From 1997, Himuro has been working with the Grammy award-winning guitarist, Steve Stevens. Steve worked with Michael Jackson and Billy Idol. Himuro has been yearning after him for long time. It has been a successful collaboration. They produced a single, "Heat", and an album, "Idea".
The 10th year anniversary of his solo activity is in 1998. He released a best album "Collective Souls". Himuro didn't like to perform on TV, but he sang and talked on TV after eight years. Many fans had been waiting for it. From July to September, he started a concert tour "One Night Stand", after three and a half years. The stage was designed by Mark Fisher, a world famous architect.
Himuro lives in Los Angeles now. He has made friends with Richard who is designer of Chrome Hearts.
Releases: "Nice Feedback E.P." (Worm Interface) "Nichiyobi" (Worm Interface)
Appearances:
* Personal history
Information provided by :
Universal Music
1981 year BOOWY formation.
At March " MORAL " of 1982 you debut.
December of 1987 it announces the dispersion of the BOOWY at the Shibuya public
hall.
April of 1988 BOOWY " LAST GIG " 2days at Tokyo dome
July of 1988 first * solo * single " ANGEL " announcement.
January of 1989 Tokyo dome LIVE (as many as 90 years and 94 years of later do
the dome LIVE)
March of 1995 it transfers to the poly- doll from the Toshiba EMI.
After the October of 1995 transferring first single " to hold soul ",
sale.
December of 1995 video & LD " LIVE AT TOKYO DOME " sale.
June of 1996 transfer 2nd feature single " STAY " sale.
September of 1996 album " MISSING PIECE " sale
December of 1997 album " I * DE * A " sale
June of 1998 solo 10th the best album " COLLECTIVE SOULS " sale of
year
July of 1998 3 year with nationwide tour " One Night Stand " the way
of half 21 ten thousand people mobilization
The album " TOUR COLLECTIVE SOULS " which December of 1998 " One
Night Stand " recorded tour limitation sale
October of 1999 18th single " diamond * dust " sale
December of 1999 video clip collection ｢ 100152 ｣ sale (even with
DVD sale)
January of 2000 single ｢ eternity - Eternity - ｣ sale.
February of 2000 album ｢ cMellow ｣ sale.
October of 2000 album " beat haze odysseey " sale
January of 2001 single " Girls Be Glamorous " sale
Management
BeatNix
TEL 03-5778-2285 / FAX 03-5778-2286
