Stage Names: Hime (姫)(1999-2002), Kaya (カヤ/迦夜)
Real Name: Kasei Tatsuya (unconfirmed)
Birth Date: 17th July 1980
Birth Place: Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type: A
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Instruments: Piano, Keyboard
Hobbies: Singing, going to clubs, going to the theatre, beauty and aesthetics, etc.
Past Activity: Meties, ISOLA, Rudolf Steiner → Schwarz Stein, Node of Scherzo, Femme Fatale
Kaya, who was then known as Hime, began his musik career in 1999 when he joined the Shikoku based and unsigned Japanese rock band Meties as the vocalist.
After Meties disbanded in 1999 Hime joined another rock group, the visual-kei band ISOLA, in 2000 as the vocalist.
In 2001, after both ISOLA disbanded and Hora left VELVET EDEN on February 21st, Hime and Hora formed the gothic and visual-kei unit Rudolf Steiner.
In April of 2002 Mana of Moi dix Mois (ex-MALICE MIZER) signed Rudolf Steiner to his then newly created independent label Midi:Nette, changing the unit's name to Schwarz Stein and Hime's name to Kaya in the process.
In February of 2004 it was announced that Schwarz Stein would disband.
In 2006 Kaya's solo website officially opened and he performed his first solo concert.
In 2007 Kaya appeared with Juka and members of Versailles for the project Node of Scherzo.
In 2014 Kaya reformed Schwarz Stein and started the band Femme Fatale.
Femme Fatale disbanded in 2016. Kaya continues solo activities in 2016.
In 2017 Kaya perfoms in a Malice Mizer tribute session band named Motoharu Mizer.
Real Name: Kasei Tatsuya (unconfirmed)
Birth Date: 17th July 1980
Birth Place: Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type: A
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Instruments: Piano, Keyboard
Hobbies: Singing, going to clubs, going to the theatre, beauty and aesthetics, etc.
Past Activity: Meties, ISOLA, Rudolf Steiner → Schwarz Stein, Node of Scherzo, Femme Fatale
Kaya, who was then known as Hime, began his musik career in 1999 when he joined the Shikoku based and unsigned Japanese rock band Meties as the vocalist.
After Meties disbanded in 1999 Hime joined another rock group, the visual-kei band ISOLA, in 2000 as the vocalist.
In 2001, after both ISOLA disbanded and Hora left VELVET EDEN on February 21st, Hime and Hora formed the gothic and visual-kei unit Rudolf Steiner.
In April of 2002 Mana of Moi dix Mois (ex-MALICE MIZER) signed Rudolf Steiner to his then newly created independent label Midi:Nette, changing the unit's name to Schwarz Stein and Hime's name to Kaya in the process.
In February of 2004 it was announced that Schwarz Stein would disband.
In 2006 Kaya's solo website officially opened and he performed his first solo concert.
In 2007 Kaya appeared with Juka and members of Versailles for the project Node of Scherzo.
In 2014 Kaya reformed Schwarz Stein and started the band Femme Fatale.
Femme Fatale disbanded in 2016. Kaya continues solo activities in 2016.
In 2017 Kaya perfoms in a Malice Mizer tribute session band named Motoharu Mizer.