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Visual kei

Visual kei (Japanese: ヴィジュアル系 or ビジュアル系, Hepburn: Vijuaru kei .mw-parser-output .noitalic{font-style:normal}or Bijuaru kei; lit. "Visual Style"), abbreviated v-kei (V系, bui kei), is a subculture and category of Japanese musicians that have a strong focus on extravagant stage costumes that originated in Japan during the early 1980s. Koji Dejima of Bounce…

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Cultural origins
Early 1980s, Japan
Stylistic origins
Glam rock · shock rock · heavy metal · punk rock · gothic rock

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Visual kei

Nodes179
Edges178
Triples314
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011173
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Visual kei

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related to Popularity · 41
Visual kei → American, Arena, Brazil, Canary Complex, Chile, Cinema Bizarre, Cure, Despite, European, Examples, Finland, Fool's Mate Express, France, From, Gan-Shin, German, Germany, Japan, Japanese, Koneko
related to Criticism · 37
Visual kei → Although, Angelo, Anti Feminism, As, At, But, Color, Dead End, Dir En Grey, Free-Will, He, Hyde, In, It, Japan, Kamaitachi, Kenzi, Kirito, Kiyoharu, Kuroyume
related to 1980–1992: Origins and success · 36
Visual kei → American, Basilisk, Buck-Tick, Color, D'erlanger, D'erlanger's, Dead End, Dead Line, Ghost, Hanoi Rocks, In, In The George Mason, Japan, Japanese, Kiss, Megan Pfeifle, Metal Blade Records, MTV, Music, Mötley Crüe
related to 1993–2000: Expansion and decline · 33
Visual kei → According, Angura, Around, At, Cali Gari, Dir En Grey's, During, Eroguro, Fake Star, Fanatic Crisis, Feminism, Glay, In, Japanese, Kodona, Kuroyume, Kuroyume's, L'Arc-en-Ciel, La'cryma Christi, Laputa
related to 2001–2009: International expansion and neo-visual kei · 33
Visual kei → Alice Nine, Although, An Cafe, Angelo, Baroque, Charlotte, D'espairsRay, Dir En Grey, Free-Will, From, Gackt, Gazette, Girugamesh, In, Japan, Japanese, Kra, Luna Sea, Malice Mizer's Mana, Maverick DC Group
related to English · 26
Visual kei → Authenticity, Carolyn, Christian, Contemporary Identities, Culture, East Asia, Exposing, Francis, Frederick, ISBN, Japanese Popular Music, Lau, Megan, Pfeifle, Power, Routledge, Stevens, Taylor, The George Mason Review, The Japanese Subculture
related to Characteristics · 21
Visual kei → BDSM, Bounce, Dejima, Different, Eroguro, Gackt, Instead, It, Japanese, Koji Dejima, Lolita, Los Angeles, Malice Mizer, Mana, Many, New Romantic, PVC, Sources, Such, This
related to 2009–present: Reunions and further expansion · 20
Visual kei → Aion, As, Buck-Tick, D'erlanger, Dead End, Dir En Grey, Glay, Held, Japan, June, Kiyoharu, Kuroyume, La'cryma Christi, Luna Sea, Lunatic Fest, Makuhari Messe, Mucc, Sads, Siam Shade, Tokyo Yankees
related to Etymology · 20
Visual kei → Because, Blue Blood, Even, Hide, Hoshiko, However, Japan, Japan's, JRock News, Makeup Style, Okeshou, Okeshou Kei, Okeshō Kei, Psychedelic Violence Crime, Seiichi Hoshiko, Shoxx, The, They, This, Visual Shock
Stylistic origins · 10
Visual kei → alternative rock, electronic, Glam rock, gothic rock, heavy metal, new wave, pop, progressive rock, punk rock, shock rock

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kei visual bands japanese music japan acts first like success metal rock scene luna sea end band style dead new

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Visual keiCultural originsEarly 1980s, Japan1.00infobox
Visual keiStylistic originsGlam rock1.00infobox
Visual keiStylistic originsshock rock1.00infobox
Visual keiStylistic originsheavy metal1.00infobox
Visual keiStylistic originspunk rock1.00infobox
Visual keiStylistic originsgothic rock1.00infobox
Visual keiStylistic originsnew wave1.00infobox
Visual keiStylistic originsprogressive rock1.00infobox
Visual keiStylistic originsalternative rock1.00infobox
Visual keiStylistic originselectronic1.00infobox
Visual keiStylistic originspop1.00infobox
X Japaninstance ofpunk rock and gothic rock.Visual kei was pioneered by groups0.80text

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