Cleaned HD scans from Phy vol. 3 (2014), which I don't think ever made it to internet.
The third and fourth pictures especially are reconstructed double-spread pages. Do not repost those images without first crediting this post.
Here are my notes about one of sukekiyo's very first interviews, conduted first with Kyo, then with all the other members of the band together:
With sukekiyo, Kyo was aiming to create a completely different kind of connection with the audience than what usually happens in a show, where the band and the audience come together for an experience. After their first tour in 2014, Kyo was glad that, compared with Dir en grey's fans, he didn't have to ask them give more, and that he could instead focus on his live performance.
Kyo rejoiced in the fact that people might have found it weird that the other members of sukekiyo were standing still in the back in their first tour. Originally, he had told them to do whatever they wanted, but he got another idea before they walked on stage for real.
He believes that the only reason why sukekiyo works is because of the trust that the other members have in him and his ideas. For example, they think it's okay to have a weird band like that out there.
Kyo never talks about Dir en grey with the members of sukekiyo. Sometimes, Yuchi goes to Dir en grey's concerts without telling him and he's surprised when he learns that he was in the audience. He doesn't even know what the other members think of Dir en grey.
In any case, he confirmed that sukekiyo has a friendly atmosphere and that that's completely different from the kind of band Dir en grey is.
Kyo, at least in 2014, couldn't see going solo as cool, so he insisted on relying on bands for the sound he was seeking.
He relaxes when the things that he wants to do unravel without blockers.
Sukekiyo's four other members say that being in the back actually relieved the pressure since the attention was not on them. At the same time, Takumi felt like doing anything less than giving his all would have been unacceptable when working with Kyo.
Apparently, because UtA was told that he could write whatever he wanted and show his true self in sukekiyo as opposed to his previous bands, that's why he has been writing only perverted songs?
Kyo was the one judging the tracks that the members were composing while Takumi was tasked with the arrangements, but he found that Kyo was approving things way too quickly and couldn't work on the arrangements to match his pace. All the members were very quick to compose and send their recordings, so things evolved really quickly, there were songs that changed even overnight.
They all feel that they could never have agreed to be in a band like this if they were ten years younger, at least in terms of managing their egos.
UtA's wish to Kyo is that Dir en grey never separates. The rupture of his band was still fresh in his mind, and it hurt because a band is like a family. He then goes on and starts attributing a family role to all the members: Kyo is the father Takumi is the mother, Mika is the eldest son, he's in the middle, and Yuchi is the youngest son.
