Kaya (born July 17th in Tokushima) is a visual kei vocalist and solo artist. After his first band experience with Meties in the Ehime area, he moved to Tokyo and joined ISOLA. He became well-known in the visual kei scene after founding the electronic music duo Schwarz Stein in 2001. After Schwarz Stein disbanded in early 2004, Kaya eventually pursued a solo career releasing music through his own record label Traumerei. He recently signed a contract with Polystar achieving major status.