Kyo's health problems
It's nice to see his new look, however the rest of the post will be not so nice, as Kyo is being currently hospitalized with tonsillitis and very high fever.
The original news can be find here: holiday blog
Vocalist of popular band Dir en grey, Kyo (age unknown) was complaining about bad condition of his throat on the 16th, second day of two days performance in Shinkiba Studio Coast; after the performance he was urgently taken to hospital. He was diagnosed with "tonsillitis" and his over 40oC fever is not going down, thus the intensive care treatment goes on. There is also a performance on 24th in Tokyo, Shinuya Koukaido ahead.
Together with the release of album "THE UNRAVELING", they had a domestic tour consisting of 11 shows in 6 cities, which started in Tokyo Dome City Hall on 5th April. The performance on 15th and 16th were last. Saying that, according to someone connected to the band, Kyo collapsed on Monday 13th with fever of 40oC and was taken to hospital, where he was diagnosed with "tonsillitis". Although he got told that he absolutely needs to rest with "doctor's stop", Kyo said "this performance cannot get cancelled"; getting intravenous drip as first-aid/temporary treatment he challenged the performance. While on the last day on 16th his 40oC fever was not going down, he got intravenous drip and forced the performance. According to venue personnel, during the live [Kyo] felt faint and fell down many times, so [personnel] was "considering stopping the show", but Kyo with his willpower went on till the end. However, because as soon as he got backstage he lost consciousness, and was taken urgently to hospital.
Kyo had to postpone performances in April 2009 due to "chorditis" and "laryngeal edema". After that last year after the performance in January in Osaka Hall, he paused music activities and cancelled North American Tour scheduled for March-April. Although he resumed activities since last Autumn, Management Office said "His condition is improving, but he might not be completely cured".
As for his state after admission to hospital, although his fever is not going down, he is conscious; medical staff declared that "he has to have absolute rest for next few days". However there is scheduled special live for people who purchased latest album. Office personnel said "postponing is unavoidable", however it is said that Kyo himself is showing a will/ambition "it is a performance that fans are looking forward to. There are many fans that made special plans for that day, I cannot betray them."
The 5 people band was formed in 1997 with concept "to show to the world the pain born of human ego and contradictions of whole world". Since indie era their work with lives as core continues, they boast the overwhelming popularity as guys from Visual kei rock. Since their debut, all of their singles and albums reached top of Oricon chart. Latest album "THE UNRAVELING" also ranked as no3 (4.15).
(rest is about their popularity abroad and tour plans)