Vkgy
Native name | ブイケージ |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Buikēji |
Type of site | Music database |
| Available in | 10 languages |
| Owner | John Simpson |
| Created by | John Simpson |
| URL | vk |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | January 1, 2018 |
| Current status | Active |
Vkgy (Japanese: ブイケージ, Hepburn: Buikēji; stylized as vkgy) is an online encyclopedia and a news website dedicated to musical artists associated with the visual kei movement.[1] The contents are user-generated.
As of June 2026, there were more than 16,000 bands in the Vkgy catalogue.[2] Users of the site maintain the artists' profiles and discographies. The website also provides information on specific subgenres of visual kei, with a possibility of sorting bands by subgenre and other tags.[3]
History
Vkgy was launched in 2018 by John Simpson from the United States. It succeeded a fan community dedicated to the Under Code Production record label that had existed since 2004.[3]
Legacy
For its functionality, Vkgy has been compared to Encyclopaedia Metallum.[3] In 2025, Simpson, the owner of Vkgy, was featured as a guest vocalist in the song "VIRTUAL IZ DEAD" by a visual kei VTuber Shisen.[4] In 2026, Vkgy's history and functions as a visual kei reference site were outlined in The World Visual Kei Guidebook, a book showcasing visual kei artists outside Japan.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Ando, Risa (2021). "名古屋におけるヴィジュアル系文化の衰退と今後の展望" [The Decline of Visual -Kei Culture in Nagoya and Prospects for the Future] (PDF). 名古屋大学人文学フォーラム. 4: 232.
- ↑ "Advanced search for artists". vk.gy (ブイケージ). Retrieved June 29, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 水科, 哲哉 (2026). 世界ヴィジュアル系ガイドブック: 日本発・視覚系ロックのグローバル文化史. パブリブ. ISBN 9784908468957.
- ↑ "【詩泉】ヴィジュアル系VTuber始動！デビューMV3本を解禁。詩泉本人からメッセージも到着。". VISUNAVI Japan (in Japanese). August 17, 2025. Retrieved June 29, 2026.