Ken

Musician

PersonAge 57humanQ1361450

Also known as Ken Kitamura

Born: November 28, 1968
Birthplace: Maihara
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Citizenship: Japan
Occupation: singer
, singer-songwriter
, composer
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Education: Nagoya Institute of Technology
Languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

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Ken is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the guitarist of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. After he joined them in 1992, they went on to sell over 40 million records, making them one of the best-selling music artists in Japan. He has written a breadth of L'Arc-en-Ciel's material, including "Vivid Colors", "The Fourth Avenue Cafe", "Niji", "Kasou", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "Daybreak's Bell" and "Chase". Ken was also the vocalist and guitarist of the rock trio Sons of All Pussys, and has released a solo album entitled In Physical.

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Sex or gender: male
Instrument: guitar
voice
Given name: Ken
Genre: rock music
Website: ken-curlyhair.com
Name in native language: ken
Label: Danger Crue Records
Kioon Music
Different from: Chen
Start of work period: 1992
Social media followers: 102,348(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 134041194
101,104(February 21, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 134041194
97,311(January 8, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 134041194
Member of: L'Arc-en-Ciel
Blood type: AB
Birth name: 北村健 name in kana: きたむらけん
Family name: Kitamura
Name in kana: ケン

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