Takeru Archives

Visual kei festival “MASKED 2026” transforms artists in unexpected looks

Mar 13, 2026

The visual kei project MASKED launches MASKED 2026, built around the idea of visual kei being "unbound, unlimited, and free”. The project focuses on celebrating the scene through a large-scale live music festiv...

TAKERU collaborates with SHIN on SuG cover “Sakura Ame”

Erica

Aug 28, 2022

Music Video, Tour and event

Celebrating TAKERU's 15th anniversary as a vocalist, TAKERU (ex-SuG, sleepyhead) released a self-cover of SuG's Sakura Ame (桜雨), and will also appear as a guest at San Japan in San Antonio, TX. A rare collabor...

sleepyhead to cease activities in early 2022

afaenia

Dec 9, 2021

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

Takeru (former vocalist of SuG) announced that his solo project "sleepyhead" will officially conclude activities following its fourth-anniversary tour next year.Following the release of the short novel Sent...

A sensual taste off Takeru’s sleepyhead album “DRIPPING”

NBT

Mar 21, 2018

Releases, Videos

Takeru—the former vocalist of SuG—continues his solo journey as "sleepyhead" with the upcoming release of the 13-track, full album, DRIPPING, out on June 20. So far, we've been presented with a short teaser to ...

Takeru returns as sleepyhead, picks up vocals and guitar in “Yamikumo” music video

NoMusicNoReason

Feb 18, 2018

Music Video, New Band, Releases

Takeru is back in action—after parting ways with SuG—with a solo project under the name sleepyhead. His upcoming debut single Yamikumo (闇雲) is now out in the form of a music video.Takeru previously teased u...