Ladybeard is an Australian, bearded, pro-wrestling heavy metal singer and ex-Hong Kong resident currently whipping up a storm in Japan.
Trailblazing the emerging genre of “kawaii metal”, Ladybeard’s band – Ladybaby – consists of himself and two girls – 17-year-old Rie Kaneko and 14-year-old Rei Kuromiya.
Ladybeard, who speaks basic Japanese and cosplays as a five-year-old, told Forbes that the girls do a good job of dealing with him. “There’s a generational gap, a cultural gap, and a language gap. Also, I must be quite scary to them — I’m this huge foreigner who screams, and they’re these young girls,” he said.
