Visual kei bands makeupless and unmasked

Mar 17, 2008 at 8:27 PM
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Yeah I admit I am feeling posting-happy so look forward for me posting stupid but still entertaining posts X).

I simply love what interesting things you can find browsing around Livejournal and other forums/blogs/whatever where hordes of Visual kei fans get together and share interesting things. I am also continuing the series of before/after posts I have started and that Heroin(e) has continued with an excellent post about GazettE's Aoi and Kai's previous bands.

Today I will literally unmask the beautiful visage of famous Visual kei artists and show their normal, human side. No make up allowed. Are you ready?

Girugämesh

So yeah the first ones to uncover their make-up are Girugämesh!
So yeah, as much as I love Girugämesh I must admit that when I first saw them in their Visuals (not without the make up) that I said to myself Whoa! These guys are reaaaaaal ugly! Poor guys... If I am ever going to listen to them it definitely won't be because of the appearance. Yeah unfortunately Girugämesh is really one of the ugliest bands around (although charming in a way), but at least they look very much like themselves without the make-up even more than some other Visual kei artists.

Girugämesh without makeup

Although they are a bit aesthetically challenged I must admit that they really don't need the looks to compensate songwriting, because they songs rock hard and they could easily go on stage with messy hair and greasy faces and they still would rock hard!!! Don't be sad guys, I find your unique appearance really charming ^______^.

Next are D'espairsRay!
D'espairsRay always had this great Visuals and they always looked really good, starting from their extreme dark Visuals from the start of their career up to nowadays with a bit watered down, but still very stylish Visuals. The guys look mostly like they do in real life nowadays because they don't use a lot of make up and are going for a more natural style.
So first of all let's take a peek at singer Hizumi and bassist Zero.

Hizumi and Zero without makeup

This was from their interview from like about two years ago on the German (or wait is arte Austrian?) television report. Hizumi looks really dorky in a way, but quite natural and I love his fluffy hair. It's really hard to get some Zero pictures where he is not wearing shades but he looks a bit mysterious and a bit feminine (just look at those charming lips). They look quite boring and normal don't they?

Hizumi and Zero

With makeup they look quite cool but also very close to their natural look. As I said D'espairsRay is going for a more natural look nowadays. But the difference can be seen.

Karyu without makeup

But the guitarist's Karyu looks without the makeup really differs from his Visual look. He looks more tougher and older, and a lot different than with makeup.

Karyu rockstar

As you can see with makeup Karyu looks like some pretty boy rockstar even though he isn't sooo pretty in real. His visage is visibly different. But who says no make up automatically means ugly? Karyu without makeup looks also actually a bit cuter, just like on this picture don't you think?

Shy Karyu

No point in showing the drummer Tsukasa because he is beautiful with or without makeup. God loves him.

Next are the GazettE.
My jaw dropped when I saw Aoi's picture from the recent MacPeople magazine. He wasn't wearing any makeup and he really looked older than usual (which shouldn't surprise since he is 29 years old). In a way he reminded me from somebody from LUNA SEA (Sugizo or Inoran? Not sure) in a way because he looks really mature and like a real adult.

MacPeople Aoi

But I must admit that this look suits him more because he is more of a person who looks better mature and masculine than the recent quite unusual and very feminine look he had. And the hairstyle is more than better.

Guren style Aoi

I've somehow saved the ~~worst~~ best for the end. I've found the picture yesterday on LJ and well most of the people had the same reaction to it: OMFG!!!

Uruha without makeup (yes you've read good)

The prettier they are with visuals the uglier they are without them. The definitive winner of the most ugliest Visual kei rocker (praise the Lord Girugämesh) without the makeup is, ironically, Uruha (麗, his name means actually lovely, beauty). Seeing any Japanese guy with that kind of face would scare the hell of me, but knowing it is Uruha makes it all even more confusing and entertaining. He looks like some evil Japanese rocker ready to kick some photographs ass. I'd start running if I was the person who took this.
What is the most shocking about this picture is that it shows everything Visual Uruha isn't: a rough, not handsome Japanese MAN. He looks soo manly it's almost scary and impossible to believe. The Beast behind the Beauty.

Guren style Uruha

Uruha thank you for restoring my faith in the miraculous power of makeup *grabs her makeup box*. Looking at all these pictures reminded me of this sexist joke I once heard (Don't feel offended gals).

God was creating the world. God created the man and said rapturously: Oh you are so perfect!
Then god created the woman and said a bit less rapturously: Listen, you will have to put makeup.

The moral of the joke: We (women) have to achieve perfection with makeup. So hypothetically speaking what if men, who are already perfect by themselves, would use our means of achieving visual perfection (or makeup)? Does that make them more than perfect according to the joke? A little bit of truth is in that joke actually.

So with makeup or without, pretty or ugly, we all love our favorite Visual kei rockers. As long as they make good music that makes our days exciting the Visuals really don't matter. The true beauty comes from inside :).

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uruha without make up totally killed me.

haha this stuff is always so entertaining - and I always have trouble writing about this kind of content because I'm a boy, so I have to thank all those girls out there for this kind of.....stuff.

Man couldn't exist without women anyway~

I'm also getting a little jealous from all the comments and links you get....

(´┏＿┓｀)

@morbiusss
Me also +_____+ God damn scary.

@Sho
Well I would always like to hear a boy's opinion about Visual kei and it's more-less interesting aspects (^_~).

Women couldn't exist without men (^_^), at least I couldn't.
Oh don't be jealous. Some things really need time to get attention from readers. If you give your best at posting I am sure you'll get more visits, links and comments (^___^)

mhm, thanks for posting this . 8D

i guess uruha still looks kinda recognizable, though i guess it is a bit scary, seeing him so manly-looking . and he`s all tanned . 8D
i really wonder how he feels when he looks in the mirror when he`s wearing make up .

i love seeing pics of jrockers without their make up . especially Ruki . golly, i love him . 8D

Haha; I love you for this, and I'm glad you liked my post as well. XD

Girugamesh, I'm sort of still surprised by; some of them (ex: Satoshi) don't look that bad without it, but my god, I think what's-his-face (I honestly forget) on the left with the glasses made me giggle. However, their music still rocks.

D'espairs Ray really shocked me though, because they're so good-looking even without the make-up. They are really, really gifted, both musically and um. aesthetically.

I wasn't so surprised with Aoi though. I have this theory that the more normal-looking one appears even with make-up in a visual kei band (aka the GazettE besides Uruha), the better they are without it.

I saw the picture of Uruha on an lj group, and I couldn't speak for a couple of minutes, honestly. I think that the tragedy that is Uruha's face without make-up in this photo is mainly because of two reasons a) the unfortunate timing -his eyes were probably half-closed, etc. and b) he must have been jet-lagged.

I think he should just stick with the sunglasses. XD

The one with the glasses is Shuu-chan (the bassist). I don't know why but I really think that he is cute in a way and he is my favorite Giruga member XD. Maybe it's because he is so big and appears to be kind XD.

I didn't even bother putting Tsukasa from D'espa because he would shade off everybody with his beauty. But Karyu isn't really pretty, but he is cute in a way. I agree with the musical and um aesthetic gift. I can't wait for their new single BRILLIANT which will be brilliant XB.

I agree with your theory, it's almost the same as mine. But then again, a lot of makeup really helps in making an alter ego, saving one's own privacy ;).

I saw Uruha's photo also on LJ and I went WTF? But I like him that way, he reminds me of this one person I know so XD. I think he should throw away all his sun-glasses, makeup, powder, eyeshadow, hair gel or whatever and start walking around like that. He will scare all of the rabid fangirls away and GazettE will be freed! SAY YES TO MAKEUP-LESS GAZETTE! Muwahahaha

OH MY GOODNESS URUHA! O.O
i saw Reita's make-up-less picture and was kinda shock by it. but Uruha's one will haunt me forever. lol. x_x

other than that, the others are actually fine without them! yes, and Aoi too(although he's more glam in that Guren picture). :D

but still, we should love the jrockers for who they are+talents and not judge them by their looks. lol.

*blocks uruha's picture and runs away screaming in agony x_x*

I think that Zero is a real beauty without make-up. He reminds me of my OC , Denied... (although I love ZERO with make-up too)

Uraha is as grouse as always and Aoi's nose is GIANT without pounder ..

Girugamesh look ok. Which is an improvement bcs they are the ugliest Jrock bend I know *but very talented- that's all that meters..*

PS. Uruha izgleda ko Neven Ciganovic *bez sminke afkorz*

Meni izgleda kao neki sumo hrvač, no kako hoćeš. Tvoje mišljenje.

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