Hideto Takarai

This celebrity goo was created by player Lori Lancaster.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, category, and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Lori, and wrote the explanation.

publication date: Friday, March 25, 2005 (part of Round XXV)

category: Music

clue: This angelic singer sees dreams with clear eyes.

explanation: Hideto, often called "Hyde," was a composer, actor, and lead singer of the group L'Arc-en-Ciel. The word "angelic" refers his his solo release "Angel's Tale." The word "dreams" refers to the song "Spirit Dreams Inside" that he wrote for the movie "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within." The phrase "clear eyes" is a play on L'Arc-en-Ciel's hit song "Blurry Eyes." more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Aaron Fischer, Chris McKinnon, Mihai Rusu, Michael Paul Cote, Jackie Mason, E. M., Christine Marie Doiron, Anna Gregoline, Kelly Stokes, Lori S., Marc Kelley, and Scott Smart

trivia: Halfway through this goo's week-long duration, an incident occurred on Tragic Comedy, a discussion forum on this site. Lori Lancaster, who had originally requested this goo, thought that it had already expired, and explained her reasoning for selecting it and phrasing the clue as she did. She realized her mistake almost immediately and deleted the comment, but it had already been seen by several users. Player Denise Sawicki guessed the goo correctly and offered proof that she knew the answer early in the week, while player Scott Horowitz said openly that he had gotten the answer from Lori's comment. Scott Hardie considered the situation and decided to re-publish Lori's comment, so that every player could have the benefit that Scott Horowitz had. Thus, what was intended to be a goo tough enough to break up the point leaders early in the round turned out to be a "gimme."