Profile of Kyosuke Himuro on Famous Like Me

Kyosuke Himuro (氷室京介 Himuro Kyōsuke, born on October 7, 1960 in Takasaki, Gunma, real name Osamu Teranishi (寺西 修 Teranishi Osamu), is a Japanese singer. He was a member of the Japanese legendary rock group BOØWY from 1982 to 1988. Tomoyasu Hotei is the same band's member. Now, he lives in Los Angeles, California. He purchased a palatial residence in Beverly Hills in 2004 which Shaquille O'Neal, basket ball player, sold bacause of transference to another team. His nickname is "Himurock".

"Wild Romance" was used as an ending theme music of "Van Helsing" that was dubbed into Japanese language.

He has ever played the music with Steve Stevens. For example, Stevens participated in Himuro's album as a guitarist and his concert tour after his album "I・DE・A".

When he was 23 years old, he married his wife who is an acquaintance from high school days. He is the father of 2 sons and 1 daughter.

On August 22, 2004, he held a concert, which is title "21th Century Boowys VS HIMURO", in Tokyo Dome. He sang many BOØWY era's songs after sixteen years' silence in this concert.

Most recently, Himuro's song "CALLING", from his 1989 album "NEO FASCIO", was used as the Theme Song to the highly anticipated 2005 CG Film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. The film's director Tetsuya Nomura has noted that Himuro's music has been highly influential in his own work, and when asked about his contribution to the film, Himuro said that he was happy his work would be used in "the best CG movie ever made in Japan".

Discography

Albums

• FLOWERS for ALGERNON (September 1, 1988)
• NEO FASCIO (September 27, 1989)
• Higher Self (April 6, 1991)
• Memories Of Blue (January 7, 1993)
• SHAKE THE FAKE (September 26, 1994)
• MISSING PIECE (September 30, 1996)
• I・DE・A (December 10, 1997)
• MELLOW (February 23, 2000)
• beat haze odyssey (Mini album) (October 18, 2000)
• Follow the wind (August 20, 2003)

Singles

• ANGEL (July 21, 1988)
• DEAR ALGERNON (October 7, 1988)
• SUMMER GAME (July 26, 1989)
• MISTY (September 6, 1989)
• JEALOUSY (May 16, 1990)
• CRIME OF LOVE (February 27, 1991)
• Urban Dance (February 26, 1992)
• Good Luck My Love (November 7, 1992)
• KISS ME (December 7, 1992)
• VIRGIN BEAT (August 29, 1994)
• Tamashii wo Daitekure (魂を抱いてくれ) (Literal translation: "Hug the soul" ) (October 25, 1995)
• STAY (June 24, 1996)
• SQUALL (August 15, 1996)
• WALTZ (January 15, 1997)
• NATIVE STRANGER (June 4, 1997)
• HEAT (October 29, 1997)
• SLEEPLESS NIGHT (August 18, 1999)
• DIAMOND DUST (October 27, 1999)
• Eternity (February 23, 2000)
• Girls Be Glamorous (January 1, 2001)
• Claudia (July 20, 2003)
• Wild Romance (September 8, 2004)

Greatest hits albums

• SINGLES (July 19, 1995)
• Collective SOULS (June 24, 1998)
• Ballad~La Pluie (September 27, 2001)
• Case of HIMURO (March 19, 2003)

Others

• LOVER'S DAY double happiness (August 21, 1991)
• masterpiece #12 (April 25, 1992)
• "TOUR COLLECTIVE SOULS" 1999 (December 9, 1998)
• LOVER’S DAY II (January 27, 1999)
• FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN Original Soundtrack (September 28, 2005)

DVDs

• 100152 (February 23, 1999)
• Digital BeatNix Tower (October 18, 2000)
• Case of HIMURO 15th Anniversary Special LIVE (November 25, 2003)
• KYOSUKE HIMURO TOUR 2003 “HIGHER THAN HEAVEN” (August 18, 2004)
• 21st Century Boowys VS HIMURO (December 24, 2004)

Videos

• 88's-89'sTURNING PROCESS ~KING OF ROCK SHOW~ (June 28, 1989)
• NEO FASCIO TURNING POINT (July 25, 1990)
• Birth of Lovers (December 1990)
• OVER SOUL MATRIX (November 27, 1991)
• CAPTURED CLIPS (April 28, 1993)
• LIVE AT THE TOKYO DOME SHAKE THE FAKE TOUR (December 25, 1995)
• MISSING PIECE (May 14, 1997)
• The one night stands - tour "Collective Souls" 1998 (December 24, 1998)
• 100152 (December 24, 1999)
• Digital BeatNix Tower (October 18, 2000)

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