La'cryma Christi (Latin for "The Tears of Christ") was a Japanese visual kei rock band originally active from 1991 to 2007.
At their peak, they were considered one of "the big four of visual kei" alongside Fanatic Crisis, Malice Mizer and Shazna.
The band was originally formed in 1991 under the name of Strippe-D Lady by vocalist and leader Taka with his college friend and neighbor, Hiro.
This Osaka based band played hard rock and heavy metal during this time period.
After this the band changed their name to La'cryma Christi before releasing their first single, "Siam's Eye", on a local indies label in 1994.
The band moved to Tokyo in 1996, releasing their first mini album, Warm Snow, which sold 15,000 copies.
He also contributes compositions to the band, including "Dream Caller", the lead track of their 2009 album Inferno.