Inoran (birth name Kiyonobu Inoue but sometimes also referred to as Shinobu Inoue, as both readings are possible) is a Japanese rock musician from Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was the rhythm guitarist and co-founding member with J for the band Luna Sea. After Luna Sea disbanded in 2000, he started Fake? in the late 2001 with former Oblivion Dust vocalist Ken Lloyd. Inoran also became a solo artist during his time in Luna Sea but put it on pause while in Fake? until he left the band in October...

Inoran (birth name Kiyonobu Inoue but sometimes also referred to as Shinobu Inoue, as both readings are possible) is a Japanese rock musician from Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was the rhythm guitarist and co-founding member with J for the band Luna Sea. After Luna Sea disbanded in 2000, he started Fake? in the late 2001 with former Oblivion Dust vocalist Ken Lloyd. Inoran also became a solo artist during his time in Luna Sea but put it on pause while in Fake? until he left the band in October 2005 ,citing musical differences with the vocalist Ken Lloyd. Then ,he founded Tourbillon with former Luna Sea vocalist Ryuichi Kawamura and Hiroaki Hayama. In the summer of 2006, he began his solo career again and released a new album Photograph. After releasing another new album Nirai Kanai in July 2007, he has performed many live concerts in Japan and released a new live concert Tour 2007 Determine DVD along with The Best album, which covers his favorite music selected by himself and his fanclub. The album also features a new song, "I swear". On December 24, 2007, Inoran reunited with Luna Sea to play a one-night concert in front of around 55,000 people at the Tokyo Dome. One more reunion would happen again at hide memorial summit. Inoran is currently in Tourbillon and also working as a solo artist. In March, Inoran released his first official book, Monophonic. Inoran performed overseas for the first time in July in Taiwan and South Korea (for the Formoz Festival 2008 and Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival 2008, respectively). His 5th original album , apocalypse, was released on September 24, 2008. His tour for the album, apocalypse, titled Butterly Effect, incorporated an international extension to perform overseas again, this time in Hong Kong in November, before the tour final back in Japan. In late October and early November, it was announced that he would be releasing his first instrumental album, Shadow (dubbed as a "voiceless work album"), due out on December 24. This album includes the title track for the movie, a symmetry, as well as other unpublished material.