The coverage of visual kei festival “MASKED 2026” continues with a live report for DAY2!

This is vkgy's history of visual kei, covering its 1970s roots, its 1980s precursors, its start in 1990, and its evolution through 2025.

Every day, there are more and more visual kei bands on Spotify. Although it's great to have access to vkei on streaming services, it's increasingly difficult to keep track of what is available where. We hope that this page can help you find vkei music more easily.

The quick definition of menhera kei

The quick definition of Showa kayou Kei

GA TO CHOU (蛾と蝶) (lit: Moth and Butterfly) was unveiled October 1st. The band is a powerhouse of members popular in the visual indies scene, and will hold their first oneman performance, entitled Uka (羽化), on December 24th, at Shibuya WWW X. This oneman will mark the official start of their activities, so maybe we can expect to hear more exciting news after the show.

KiD is ex- R-Shitei (R指定) guitarist Kaede (楓) solo project and he will release his first new mini-album.

This week vkgy interviews visual kei band DIVEL

R-Shitei (R指定) will go on hiatus after their tour final on December 29th.

R-Shitei (R指定) will release a new maxi-single.