23 Facts About Inoran

Kiyonobu Inoue, better known exclusively by his stage name Inoran, is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter.

Inoran is best known as the rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Luna Sea since 1986.

Inoran rejoined Luna Sea when they reunited in 2010, and in 2012 formed Muddy Apes with bassist Taka Hirose and guitarist Dean Tidey, both from Feeder, and 8otto's vocalist Maeson.

In 2011, Inoran became the first Japanese musician to have a signature model guitar with Fender.

From about fourth grade until sixth, Inoran was obsessed with baseball.

Inoran did not listen to any popular music until he saw a music program on Television Kanagawa in his first year of junior high school.

In middle school through high school, Inoran became good friends with J, and they formed a band called Lunacy in 1986.

When Luna Sea took a brief break in 1997, Inoran signed with King Records and began a solo career.

When Luna Sea disbanded in 2000, Inoran released his second album Fragment in July 2001.

On December 24,2007, Inoran reunited with Luna Sea to play a one-night only concert in front of an audience of around 45,000 people at the Tokyo Dome.

Inoran released his first official book, Monophonic, in March 2008.

Inoran released the album Teardrop on March 30,2011, and went on tour in support of it.

Inoran appeared in the music video for Kiyoharu's May 2012 single "The Sun".

Inoran released his ninth studio album, Beautiful Now, on August 26,2015.

In 2017, Inoran teamed up with Teru, Hisashi, Pierre Nakano and Ery to cover "Lullaby" by D'erlanger for the D'erlanger Tribute Album ~Stairway to Heaven~.

Between 2022 and 2023, Inoran was a support guitarist for Koji Kikkawa on his Over the 9 tour.

Inoran has been publicly associated with Vera Von Monika, an internationally renowned artist, who attended his Osaka live performance as a guest.

Inoran was said to be popular among girls in his school.

At age 16, Inoran became a big fan of Cipher, the guitarist and co-founder of the band D'erlanger, when he went to see one of their live concerts.

Inoran said in an interview that Cipher is a person who has changed his life.

Inoran is claustrophobic, this inspired him to compose the song "Claustrophobia", the B-side of Luna Sea's first single "Believe".

Inoran has used many different guitars in his career, but is best known for playing the ESP and Fender brands.

Inoran previously utilized many different musicians as support members in his solo career, including Personz guitarist Takeshi Honda, former hide with Spread Beaver bassist Chirolyn, Vamps bassist Ju-ken, former Dead End drummer Minato, and Theatre Brook drummer Takashi Numazawa.