Visual Kei in other media

Japanese professional wrestler UNAGI SAYAKA (ウナギ・サヤカ) dropped her debut single last month called ギャン音頭 (Gyan Ondo) feat. Hanamizakura Kouki (花見桜こうき) from D=OUT (ダウト)、 incorrectly posted here as being a KOUKI song. The song was composed by him, though.

He also recently participated in this year’s London Fashion week as a model



There are many other gorgeous pics of his photoshoots with this brand here, including some other VK artists

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small nitpick - dress en doris isn’t really a fashion brand, she’s a stage costume designer. She’s made lots of costumes for vkei bands.

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MIYAVI’s in a track called “The Beauty Of The Broken”, released on September 16, with Chinese pop/rap artist Lil Ghost.

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Cringelords Yoshiki & Elon Musk @ Global Citizen Awards 2024

Yikes

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wh-…? i honestly haven’t seen what yoshiki looks like in years but ogkfmgjfgsdf???

who is that, ivanka’s new drum tech? a TLRS roadie?

I am so surprised people were shocked by this. I mean, Yoshiki is just another consumerist, shallow, wealthy privileged man, who has nothing better to do than live in a fantasy world where he is an eternally youthful rockstar, so it totally makes sense why he’d surround himself with shallow, rich turds like Elmo Musky.

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I wish it was me…

After the Ivankagate, I can’t say this come as a surprise, but there is so many famous people in the world, it could be anyone else but the Baron Harkonnen from Pretoria

i’ve done a pretty job ignoring elon musk’s existence lol i was more shocked at yoshiki’s face nowadays my gawd

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pissed that he didn’t get him to do the x pose

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Vo. Yugiri (夕霧) from DaizyStripper has a habit of pranking Dr. Kazami (風弥) when it’s his birthday. This year he named a race horse after him, so that the broadcast commentators would have to say his name on air and wish him happy bd, and last year he got some hunky dudes in Africa to wish him happy birthday as well while dancing some traditional stuff and kissing “him”


The drummer also recently partnered with a beverage brand to produce his own sake called 『風の奏で』

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A Brazilian teacher used an excerpt of “Shiki”, from Kagrra, for this Japanese lesson

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Kaggra, took the inspiration from the biggest BR duo :rofl:

Shiki from 2009

Quatro estacoes from 1999

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Another beverage by HYDE

The ultra-premium organic vodka, PSYCHO LOVE, created under the guidance of HYDE, will be available for sale starting October 24. It is gluten-free and low in carbohydrates, making it light and low-calorie, with a reduced alcohol content of 33.3% (compared to other vodkas). It is made from organic wheat grown by farmers in Idaho, USA, and water sourced from an underground spring in the Snake River Plain, which is also the location of Yellowstone National Park, meeting the strict standards of the USDA and Oregon Tilth. It is certified organic according to the stringent requirements of both the USDA and Oregon Tilth.

Also, his aforementioned credit card has also been updated with a new design:



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Futarishizuka from Misanthrope/Crucifixion took part in some ninja competition (He is #34 and is referred as the visual kei ninja throughout the program) and first appears on the 47:35 mark.

In the 3 hr mark, he flopped (several times actually) during a sailing challenge, but he did receive a special ninja coke as a participation prize.


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Since I’ve been yapping away about Nightmare…

Nightmare’s bassist Ni~ya is also the PR ambassador for his hometown of Kakuda, a tiny city in Miyagi, Sendai, which has enjoyed some publicity in recent years as Ni~ya and a couple of notable acts have become ambassadors.

He usually returns home for their annual festival and other work to promote the city. If any of you somehow stop by, you might spot him being featured in different places, including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) research center.




Speaking of him, he is also featured occasionally in a fishing magazine, Hera Senka, and sometimes appears on their social media and magazines.


Photos from Kakuda City’s Facebook, gaburi_ttc (Kakuda city’s mascot) and herasenka’s Twitter.

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AND speaking of fishing, some of you may remember or recall The Black Triangle. Many years ago Hazuki, Asanao and Akinori of lynch. did this hilarious series on Nico Nico Douga, and it’s one of my treasured memories of the band despite not knowing them well back then. Plenty of references to their love for fishing, including what is arguably my favourite lynch. song of all time. Motherlake

And it’s back…in the spirit, as the three of them are now in this VOD series as a collab with fishing content site (?) 釣りビジョン -Fishing Vision Japan-

As VOD suggests, you gotta pay to watch it, but you can see this little preview thing they put on YouTube:

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back when i had twitter, the number of fishing date tweets i had to endure from asanao and nero was incredible lol

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