Kaya Q&A

Kaya replied to the most commonly asked questions on Twitter a month ago on his blog. So I decided to do a translation of it!
Here's the result, some things was kind of hard to translate, might  even be visible what those were :P (his famous friends for one....x_X)

Anyway, hope you enjoy~
Original source: http://ameblo.jp/kaya-rose/entry-12029100283.html

Name

Kaya.

With kanji I write it as 迦夜. But I rarely use kanji. When I do chansons or acoustic lives I write it in hiragana as かや.

Age

The eternal 20-year old ♥ (laugh)

Well, it's not like I want to hide my age. Aging is amazing. But my age, sexual orientation are personal information and I don't see that as a necessary part of my music. With my music I want to express unreality and in that real emotions.

So I'll continue this year as 20. (laugh)

Who's your type?

Gentle and kind people.

Regardless of gender, I like beautiful people.

Favorite japanese band/musician

If I limit it to bands I'd say BUCK-TICK and ROUAGE.

Also all the 90's visual kei bands I look up to. (laugh)

But I also like female popmusicans.

Especially Nakamori Akina. And then I also like Yamaguchi Momoe.

(From the beginning I was a Yamaguchi fan but then I heard Nakamori)

As a vocalist I've always adored Nakajima Miyuki.

A singer with a signature is Chiaki Naomi.

Anyhow, I like sad, low voices.

(on the contrary I'm poor at high pitched vocals... A vocalist who's really good at it is aki from Laputa. I love aki's vocals!

Favorite foreign band/musician

When it comes to foreign bands I rarely listen to them. I don't even know about the famous ones ～(；・∀・)

I know a bit about Evanescence and Marilyn Manson though(；´∀｀)

But on the other hand I love Madonna. I really respect her. I wonder if she'll come here on her tour...

And then I really like Kylie Minogue! ～ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ

I think Michael Jackson's a genius (I really love They don't care about us!).

And also DEAD OR ALIVE. They're awesome!

Recently (I mentioned it a few days ago on my blog) I've been into the German act Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows.

Sexuality/Gender/Identity/

I’m being asked about this a lot.

My gender and gender identity is male.(laugh)

I don't want to become a woman.

I perform as a visual kei onnagata*. It's a form of expression.

The people I have a loveinterest for is "beautiful people". I don't care for gender, age or looks.

The body is just the container of a persons soul, so it doesn't matter what it looks like☆
*(onnagata is a person acting as a woman, term is used in classical theater kabuki)

Favorite clothing brand

For accessories I like Vivienne Westwood and for fragrences I prefer Jean-Paul GAULTIER.

Recently I don't have any special style I like in clothing. Recently I have a lot of mens clothing in thin fabric. This is a photo from the other day during rehearsal.

My jacket and shorter pants are from THE TWELVE , and the tank top with the virgin Maria on I bought in Las Vegas ☆

Favorite motto

"There is no pointless life experience"

This saying is sticking on to me and has helped me.

The importance is to change the way of thinking~.

Favorite food

Japanese sweets ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ

When do you feel most happy

When I'm touching my soft cats Goma and Uni (black cats) (ΦωΦ)

And then also when I'm performing.

When I'm under the spotlight and hear everyones loving voices.

What was your childhood dream

Since I was 3 my dream has been to be a singer.

What’s the thing you have to do every day

Pet Goma and Uni (ΦωΦ)

What’s your favorite novel

I wonder…

Perhaps Mishima Yukio’s “Bitokuno yorumeki”..?

Favorite movie

“Kamome shokudou”

Then I also like Visconti’s “Death in Venice”.

I also like the worlds in Jan Švankmajer’s movie ”Alice” and ”The Wizard of Oz”

(The second movie “Return to Oz” is also nice. I like the scenery in “Dorothy ran away!”.)

“Sleepy Hollow” I also like.

Height and shoesize

I’m 165cm tall and my shoesize is 26cm☆

What do you do when you feel sad

I pet Goma and Uni (ΦωΦ)

Eat delicious food and drink delicious liquor, talk with friends.

But the best thing is to sing.

What’s your favorite book/author

Hagio Moto.

Name a masculine part of yourself

I'm a romantic.

Compared to women I’m kind of weak…

I can’t compare to women’s strength. (laugh)

Do you have any surprising acquaintances among other musicians

 I didn’t really consider it surprising but Aoi Shota has been a friend of mine for a long time, and he comes to my live gigs. Recently I’ve been asked why we’re friends a lot, Shota’s been doing really good! It’s wonderful! ヽ(=´▽`=)I’ll also do my best☆

Then I’m also friends with Kishida Kensaku and Sakamoto, and also in these cases people wonder how come I know these people. (laugh)

Then I’m also friends with Wahaha Honpo’s Umegaki Yoshiaki who’s part of my New Years Chanson together with Kumiko, ROLLY and Ootsuki Ken, Charan Po Tantan etc. I hear a lot of questions about why we’re friends too (；´∀｀)

(In the New Years Chanson performance a lot of interesting people appeared~! I’ve performed long ago with Takarano Arika♪)

My cat Uni is a foster child from Hagio Moto (Acctually it was Hagio’s neighbor, then it came to her and then finally me).

The day I received Uni I got to meet her and at that time I felt like I was meeting someone noble…
I feel nervous just thinking about it..!

Recently I’ve also met with Suzuki Yuki whom I really like, that’s also a bit of a surprise since the genres of our music is a bit different..

And the Kabuki actor Bandou Kamesaburou, and the actor Sonha…when we’re talking about unexpected friendships..

*Note) My relationship to the above mentioned people is mainly workrelated but I feel that we have a good relationship! It’s a varied mix of people but they’re all wonderful!  So please check them out!

Do you like Shuuman’s piano piece “Träumerei”?

Yes I do.

The name of my office is taken from that.

What’s your favorite color, country, flower and season?

Color… black, red, off white

Country… I like all the countries I’ve been to for performances! The US, South America and Europe, I only have good memories. When it comes to climate I might say I like Finland most.

Flower… Roses. Sakura.

Season… I love winter. I also like autumn and spring. I don’t like summer.

The end!! ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ

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