Ken Hirai

Hirai kinda scares me a bit due to the fact that he looks exactly like my oldest brother.
 
He looks mixed though. Thats kinda scary too

And yea damn I cant find any songs i wanted on the net -.-
 
-Yu- said:
I think he is a pure Japanese, who was born in Osaka and got brought up by normal Japanese.
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I have been told by my Japanese friends that he is 100% Japanese...... :? Although he looks mixed I agree.
 
Eve said:
He looks mixed though. Thats kinda scary too
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Its scary that he looks mixed? I look mixed too. I am mixed. Is that something to be afraid of?
 
QUOTE KEN HIRAI :
"I really wanted to change my face. I wanted a flat, very typical Japanese or Asian face," he recently told Time. Although he is pure Japanese, his decidedly Caucasian profile and curly hair set him apart and suit his choice of music style.
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UNBELIEVABLE...maybe something genetic, he so looks NON 100% Japanese ☝
 
Winter said:
Its scary that he looks mixed? I look mixed too. I am mixed. Is that something to be afraid of?
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i didnt mean scary like SCARY. I meant scary as in weird
 
the Stevie Wonder tribute album is called "Conception An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs"

in order to get the song "You're the sunshine of my life" by Ken Hirai,
you'll have to get the Japanese version of the album,
which means you probably have to buy it on the internet.
 
Actually, there are people who have got a craggy face even though they are pure Japanese. I know 2 guys who look mixed but they actually are not ( none of them are my friend but they happen to go to same communities as I go to.

Quote--"I really wanted to change my face. I wanted a flat, very typical Japanese or Asian face," he recently told Time. Although he is pure Japanese, his decidedly Caucasian profile and curly hair set him apart and suit his choice of music style.

It's kind of funny, whereas most Japanese want a crabby face, he, who's got it just wanted to look a very typical Japanese.
Anyway, he looks cool. 👍
 
video + lyrics
http://blog.makotow.com/p/music-hitomiwotojite.php
wait for the video to load

its the theme song of the new movie 'Crying Out For Love At The Center Of The World'
and I quite like the lyrics

http://www.awh.org/songs/hitomi_wo_tojite.html

Every time I open my eyes in the morning, the body that's beside me is just your shell,
and your back, where I always felt warmth, is now cold.
I stop my bitter smiling and throw open the heavy curtain
to the over-brilliant morning sun that chases me down each day.

The tear-stained face that you showed me that day, shining in the sunset,
and the warmth of your shoulder --
whenever I wish for these memories to disappear,
my heart and body suddenly remember you.
Your love forever

Closing my eyes and seeing you; that alone is enough
even if the seasons leave my heart deserted.

I suppose that sometime in the future, I may feel nothing for you.
It's better to go to sleep embracing my current pain, isn't it?


Even though the light that we wished on and searched for
as we looked at the starry sky that night has been extinguished,
my heart and body still sparkle because of you.
I wish forever

Closing my eyes and seeing you; I can't do any more that that
even if the world passes me by and leaves me.

Your love forever
Closing my eyes and seeing you; that alone is enough
even if the seasons pass me by and all the colours change.
I shall search for you in my memory; that alone is sufficient
because you gave me strength that overcomes what I lost.
Because you gave me that.
 
hounto desu ka?!!! he's really gay??!! did he admit this publicly?!!! but what puzzles me is his Caucasian feature.. he can't be pure japanese!!! though he might be at least 98%, he can't be pure with that... I've known a neighbor who thinks she's actually pure Filipino but looks like pure Spanish,.. In reality, her parents were like 1% spanish and the recessive traits just went on to her.
 
i've seen many japan artists that don't look like a japanese though they're 100% japanese just like this Ken hirai, and hyde..

ano..i hope i'm not OOT, does anybody know which Ken hirai's PV that won the music award for best vid clip??
 
but hyde STILL looks somewhat Japanese... whereas Hirai Ken already had such strong Caucasian features....
 
It's very funny to me that he looks like mixed but when he talks, he speaks with real Kansai accent! xD
(No wonder, he's born in Osaka and grew up in Mie)

Wikipedia has a funny episode, too: He once was told "You speak Japanese very well".

@mico
He won the "BEST POP VIDEO" for SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards, according to wikipedia. ^^;

Cue
 
i see...
hehe... when the first time i saw him, i though, wow there is west pple who makes a career to be Japanese singer^^;

you're right yoshiro-. buth when hyde already wearing the make up, sometimes, he just look like american..
 
how can people make a lot of jokes about Kansai when a lot of talented artists are from the Kansai region >< I love how Hirai Ken can be so good with the Kansai accent :p
 
i wanna move to Kansai. No. they all moved to tokyo. then i'll live in tokyo.
 
at the First time i saw hirai ken, in animax about a year ago, i thought he's western (i mean 100% non japanese) after i heard his voice, "waaah... very nice voice...but he's japanese???"<<my first thought bout him.... 😊
Some how, i tought he's mixed japanese, but he said he's 100% japanese...:eek: maybe a lot of japanese have unique face (like hyde n hirai ken) they're both look like mixed, in fact.. they 100% pure japanese, i adore them, they're both great!!! :-) *even i love hyde more... i mean most 👍
 

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