Yoshiki (musician)

Yoshiki Hayashi (Japanese: 林 佳 樹 , Hepburn:

Hayashi Yoshiki, born November 20, 1965), known as Yoshiki
Yoshiki[6], is a Japanese musician, songwriter, 林 佳樹
composer, record producer, film director, and fashion
designer. He is best known as the leader of the visual
kei rock bands X Japan and the Last Rockstars, for
which he is the drummer, pianist, and main
songwriter.[7] He has been described by Billboard as a
"musical innovator"[8] and named "one of the most
influential composers in Japanese history" by
Consequence.[9] Yoshiki's solo career includes several
classical studio albums and collaborations with artists
such as George Martin, Bono, will.i.am, St. Vincent, Yoshiki at Hollywood TCL Theatre on January
the Chainsmokers, Skrillex, Ellie Goulding, Stan Lee, 9, 2024
Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, Gene Simmons Born Yoshiki Hayashi
and KISS, Nicole Scherzinger, and Sarah Brightman. November 20, 1965
Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
In 1999, at the request of the Japanese royal family, he
Occupations Musician · songwriter ·
composed and performed a classical song at a
composer · record producer ·
celebration in honor of the tenth anniversary of entrepreneur · fashion designer ·
Emperor Akihito's enthronement. Yoshiki also film director
composed the theme for the 69th Golden Globe
Years active 1982–present
Awards[10][11] as well as for several anime and film
soundtracks including Attack on Titan and Saw IV. In Agent William Morris Endeavor[1]
2023, he made his directorial debut with the feature Musical career
documentary film Yoshiki: Under the Sky. Genres Classical · rock · pop ·
heavy metal
In 2023, Yoshiki was selected as the first Japanese
artist to be honored with a hand and footprint Instruments Drums · piano
ceremony at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Labels Extasy · Columbia · Avex ·
Hollywood in nearly 100 years.[12] In 2024, Variety Warner · EMI · Sony ·
selected Yoshiki as the International Achievement in Universal[2][3]
Music honoree.[13] Member of X Japan · The Last Rockstars
Formerly of S.K.I.N. · Globe

Life and career Japanese name

Kanji 林 佳樹
Hiragana はやし よしき
1965–1982: early years and Transcriptions
Dynamite/Noise Romanization Hayashi Yoshiki
Yoshiki was born on November 20, 1965, in Tateyama, YouTube information
Chiba Prefecture, as the elder of two brothers in a Channel Yoshiki (https://www.youtube.co
musically oriented family. His father was a tap dancer m/user/Yoshiki)
and jazz pianist, his mother played the shamisen, while
Years active 2012–present
his aunt played the koto.[14] He began taking piano
Genres Music · fashion · film · charity ·
lessons and music theory at age four.[15] He then
entrepreneurship
became interested in classical works by Ludwig van
[4]
Beethoven and Franz Schubert.[15] In elementary Subscribers 863K
school, he played the trumpet in the brass band, and Total views 281million[4]
around age ten started composing songs for piano.[15]
This period was a decisive point in his life. He was 10 Last updated: December 17, 2024
years old when his father committed suicide; he found
Website yoshiki.net (http://yoshiki.net/)
relief in rock music.[16][17] After discovering the music
of American hard rock band Kiss, he started learning to
play drums and guitar. Yoshiki was also influenced by works from Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Sex
Pistols, David Bowie, Queen, the Beatles, Charged GBH and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.[18] Yoshiki
formed the band Dynamite with his childhood friend Toshi in 1977. Dynamite changed its name to Noise
a year later.

1982–1997: X Japan
When Noise disbanded in 1982, Yoshiki and Toshi formed a new band, which they named X while they
tried to think of another name, but the name stuck. In 1986, Yoshiki founded his own independent record
label, Extasy Records, in order to distribute the band's music.[19] On December 26, 1987, the band
participated in an audition held by CBS/Sony which led to a recording contract in August of the following
year. The band's breakthrough came in 1989 with the release of their second, and major debut, album
Blue Blood, which reached number six on the Oricon chart and charted for more than 100 weeks.[20][21]
In 1990, the band received the "Grand Prix New Artist of the Year" award at the 4th Japan Gold Disc
Awards.[22] In 1991 they released their hit million-selling album Jealousy, and were the first Japanese
metal band to perform in Japan's largest indoor concert venue, the Tokyo Dome. The following year they
announced the renaming of the band to X Japan in order to launch an international career with an
American album release, however, this ultimately did not happen.

1991–1999: solo work and Eternal Melody

That same year he began his first solo activities outside X. Collaborating with Tetsuya Komuro for the
rock unit V2, with a concert on December 5 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall[23][24] and the single "Haitoku no
Hitomi ~Eyes of Venus~/Virginity" ( 背 徳 の 瞳 〜 Eyes of Venus 〜 ) in January 1992, which reached
number two on the chart.[25] On December 12, Yoshiki released his first album, the classical compilation
Yoshiki Selection,[26] which includes classical works, and its sequel followed six years later.

In 1992, he bought a recording studio complex in North Hollywood, California, US. Extasy Recording
Studios would become where recordings for nearly all his projects take place, until he sold it in the
2010s.[27][28] In the early 1990s through his record label would debut million-selling bands Glay and
Luna Sea. He began learning about jazz improvisation and orchestration.[15]
On April 21, 1993, he released his first original solo album, the classical studio album Eternal Melody,
which was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and produced by the Beatles producer
George Martin.[29] Besides including orchestral arrangements of X Japan songs, it contained two new
songs as well. The album reached number 6 on the charts.[30] On November 3, the singles "Amethyst"
and "Ima wo Dakishimete" ( 今 を 抱 き し め て ) were released and reached number five and three
respectively on the charts.[31] The later single was a karaoke adaptation of the second orchestral song
from the first single, but name credit went to TBS as it was the theme song to one of their dramas,
recorded by the lead actors under the group name NOA.[32][33] In 1994, it was the 35th annual best-
selling single and won the "Excellence award" at the 36th Japan Record Awards.[34]

In 1994, Yoshiki worked with Queen drummer Roger Taylor on a song he composed, "Foreign Sand", for
which Roger wrote the lyrics. They performed the song at The Great Music Experience event in May,[35]
partly backed by Unesco, which featured many other Japanese and Western musicians. The single was
released in June, and reached the top fifteen in Japan, and 26th in the UK.[36] That same month, the Kiss
tribute album Kiss My Ass was released, for which Yoshiki contributed an orchestral arrangement of
"Black Diamond" played by the American Symphony Orchestra.[37][38]

With X Japan's popularity increasing, Yoshiki and the band collaborated with Mugen Motorsports and
sponsored racer Katsumi Yamamoto, who drove for team "X Japan Racing" in the 1995 season of
Formula Nippon.[39] In the 1996 season, they sponsored Ralf Schumacher with both him and the team
winning the championship.[40] In 1997, Toshi decided to leave the band, claiming the success-oriented
life of a rock star failed to satisfy him emotionally. The band's dissolution was officially announced in
September 1997.[41] X Japan performed their farewell show at the Tokyo Dome on December 31, 1997,
making it the last of five consecutive New Year's Eve shows in that stadium.[41] Soon afterwards, in May
1998, the band's lead guitarist Hide died, and Yoshiki withdrew from the public scene, as he was battling
suicidal thoughts and eventually sought the help of a psychiatrist.[42]

Yoshiki remained active as a producer for bands such as Dir En Grey,[28] and contributed a cover song for
the 1999 Hide tribute album, Tribute Spirits. On November 12, 1999, a celebration in honor of the tenth
anniversary of Emperor Akihito's enthronement was held at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, for which Yoshiki
composed and performed the song "Anniversary" at the request of the royal family.[43][44]

2000–2009: Eternal Melody II, Violet UK and S.K.I.N.

In the beginning of the 21st century, he expanded his record label with sub-divisions, Extasy Japan and
Extasy International in collaboration with Warner Music,[45] and produced several artists. In 2000, he
collaborated with 7-Eleven on a series of TV commercials, for which he provided the songs "Blind
Dance" and "The Other Side" by his solo musical project Violet UK.[46] Two years prior, he contributed
the song "Sane" for the 1998 film In God's Hands.[47][48] The project idea was born in 1991,[49] when
Yoshiki was recording in his studio, initially doing sessions with Mick Karn and Jane Child, but it was
postponed. The music involves a fusion of trip rock, breakbeat, and classical piano strings.

In September 2002, he joined the dance-oriented pop group led by Tetsuya Komuro, Globe.[50] Though
his only contribution was the single "Seize the Light" and, after recording an album, they went on hiatus
with Yoshiki not rejoining them afterwards. On December 3 and 4, he held symphonic concerts with the
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, at Tokyo International Forum.[51] Featuring female singers Daughter and
Nicole Scherzinger, they performed older orchestral arrangements and songs created for Violet UK, such
as "Unnamed Song", which was composed to mourn the victims of the September 11 attacks,[52] and "I'll
Be Your Love", which was released the following year as the debut single for American-Japanese singer
Dahlia and later used as the official theme song of the world's fair, Expo 2005.[53][54]

In 2003 and 2004, he provided the theme songs "Kimi Dake Dakara" and "Sekai no Owari no Yoru ni" for
NHK's 50th anniversary commemorative broadcast and the 90th anniversary of Takarazuka Revue.[55][56]
In 2004, he helped produce the South Korean rock band the TRAX,[57][58] and his composition "Tears"
was used as the theme song for the film Windstruck, becoming the first Japanese song to be featured in a
Korean film after World War II.[59][60] In 2005, a second classical solo album titled Eternal Melody II
was released on March 23.[61][62] The next day, Yoshiki conducted the Super World Orchestra in the
opening ceremony of the World's Fair in the performance of a classical version of "I'll Be Your Love."[63]
At the end of the same month, a DVD recording of his previous symphonic concert was released.[62] In
December, the Violet UK song "Sex and Religion" was released via the iTunes Store,[64] and soon
afterwards "Mary Mona Lisa" unofficially via Myspace.[65]

In 2006, Yoshiki appeared at the Otakon convention on August 6, where it was publicly announced that
he would be forming a band named S.K.I.N. with rock singer Gackt, soon afterwards they were joined by
Sugizo.[66] At the JRock Revolution Festival on May 25, 2007, which was organized by Yoshiki, it was
announced that Miyavi was joining.[67] There were high expectations for the band, like to be the first
Asian band to conquer the world charts, beginning with America,[68] and to lead a rock revolution and
starting a new era of rock and roll, by opening the market for Japanese in the Western music industry.[69]
But after their debut performance on June 29, 2007, at the Anime Expo in Long Beach, all activities were
stopped.[70][71][72]

That same year he co-produced the soundtrack for the 2007 film
Catacombs, which included the Violet UK song "Blue Butterfly"
and was released by his Extasy Records International.[73][74] On
October 22, 2007, X Japan's living members reunited and
appeared together for the first time in over 10 years at a public
filming of the promotion video for their new single "I.V.", which
was created for the American horror movie Saw IV and played
during the end credits but was not included on the soundtrack
Yoshiki at his drum kit during a 2011
album.[75][76][77] On September 20, 2007, at a Catacombs preview X Japan concert in São Paulo, after
in Japan, it was announced that Yoshiki would be producing the the band's reunion in 2007
2008 rock musical Repo! The Genetic Opera and its soundtrack,
along with composing one extra track for it.[78][79] In 2009, he
contributed the theme song "Blue Sky Heaven" for the 30th anniversary of a Nippon Television
program,[80] and for the Japanese historical fantasy film Goemon he wrote the Violet UK song "Rosa",
which was released on April 29 via iTunes.[81] That year he again collaborated with Mugen Motorsports
and racing car constructor Dome for the Super GT series championship.[82] In July 2009, he had to
undergo surgery for a slipped disc in his neck, and was told by doctors to refrain from heavy
drumming.[83] His neck is so severely damaged that Yoshiki's management has said that it, "would force a
professional rugby player to retire."[84]

2010–2017: solo career and Yoshiki Classical

In 2010, Yoshiki with Toshi appeared and performed at Japan
Expo in Paris on July 4.[85] In October, he fainted in his hotel
room on X Japan's tour, and was subsequently diagnosed with
hyperthyroidism.[86][87] He teamed up with Toshi again on
January 24–25, 2011, at the first expensive high-end dinner show
for their project ToshI feat Yoshiki, where an orchestra was
utilized and later a live album released of the show.[88][89] On
March 6, Yoshiki co-organized with fashion producer Jay FR
Yoshiki performing at Japan Expo in
(from the fashion festival "Tokyo Girls Collection") a fashion and 2010
music event "Asia Girls Explosion" at Yoyogi National
Stadium.[90][91] At the event many special guest models walked
the runway, Yoshiki's own kimono line that he designed, and both X Japan and Violet UK
performed.[92][93] On May 27, "Yoshiki Radio" was launched on Sirius XM's Boneyard station. The hour-
long program hosted by Yoshiki, aired the first Sunday of every month.[94] On July 21, at San Diego
Comic-Con, Yoshiki unveiled the comic book series Blood Red Dragon, which was created in
collaboration with American comic book legends Stan Lee and Todd McFarlane and stars a superhero
version of himself.[95]

In 2012, Yoshiki composed the theme song for the 69th Golden
Globe Awards,[63] and on January 15, 2013, the theme was
officially released through iTunes in 111 countries, with all
proceeds being donated to charities chosen by the Hollywood
Foreign Press Association.[96] A wax figure of Yoshiki was
unveiled at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong wax museum in May
2012. In 2013, Yoshiki's figure was moved to the Tokyo
location.[97][98][99] On August 27, 2013, the third classical studio
Yoshiki playing the piano at the album Yoshiki Classical was released.[100][101] It debuted at No. 1
Grammy Museum in 2013 on the iTunes Classical Musica Chart in 10 different countries.[102]
In celebration of its release, a special live performance was held at
the Grammy Museum.[103][104][105]

On March 14, 2014, at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, Yoshiki performed a duet piano
piece during his concert at the Qui Restaurant; one part played by him, and the other played by a
hologram of himself.[106] On April 25, Yoshiki started his first classical world tour in Costa Mesa,
California, and continued throughout the world, visiting San Francisco, Mexico City, Moscow, Berlin,
Paris, London, Shanghai, Beijing, Bangkok, Taipei, Tokyo and Osaka.[107][108][109] The tour setup
featured Yoshiki on piano, several strings as cellos and viola, and vocalist Katie Fitzgerald from Violet
UK.[110] Performances included classical versions of songs he composed, as well depending on the
venue, some famous composers like Tchaikovsky.[110] For an upcoming Japanese 3D CG animated film
Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary, Yoshiki contributed theme song "Hero" and it was unveiled on the
tour.[111] In October 2014, Yoshiki performed a concert at Madison Square Garden with X Japan. It was
the group's largest U.S. headlining performance.[112][113][114] In November 2014, Yoshiki debuted the
official Hello Kitty theme song, "Hello Hello", at the first Hello Kitty Con.[115] He was the guest of honor
at Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo.[116]
In April 2015, Yoshiki was a guest speaker and performer at the
New Economy Summit (NES).[117] In July, he performed at the
Hyper Japan Festival in London, together with Toshi.[118] Yoshiki
performed with a string quartet at the 2016 Sundance Film
Festival. The We Are X film, a documentary on X Japan and
Yoshiki, premiered at Sundance[119] and was selected for the
World Cinema Documentary Competition.[120] In November
Yoshiki performing in London at the
2016, he won the Asian Icon Award at the Classic Rock Roll of
Hyper Japan Festival, 2015
Honour Awards in Tokyo.[121][122] In 2016, he embarked on
another classical world tour, with performances in Tokyo and
Osaka,[123] and a Hong Kong show that had to be cancelled due to the promoter's mistake and
rescheduled as a free concert on December 30.[124]

Yoshiki's second solo classical tour commenced in Osaka Castle Hall on December 5, 2016, with three
days at the Tokyo International Forum on December 6, 7 and 8, a performance at Hong Kong's
AsiaWorld-Expo scheduled for December 29 and Carnegie Hall, New York on Jan 12 and 13. The
Carnegie Hall performances included the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. The Tokyo concerts in
December were an acclaimed success[125] but the Hong Kong Concert on December 29 had to be
canceled two hours before the show.[126] The cancellation was due to an oversight by the promoter in
applying for the entertainment license necessary to perform the show.[127] However the date was fulfilled
on the following day, December 30, by Yoshiki performing for free with ticket holders being refunded,
the first time for a major music artist to do such a thing in Hong Kong.[128] The concerts in Carnegie Hall
on January 12 and 13 were successful sellout shows. Yoshiki also included in the show a surprise
performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" after a heartfelt speech about his personal pursuit of the
American Dream.[129]

2017–2022: "Red Swan", "Miracle", and the Last Rockstars

In January 2017, Yoshiki performed two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York.[130] In March
2017, Yoshiki performed with a 4-piece string quartet at Hong Kong's Asia Film Awards. In April 2017,
Yoshiki debuted a special collaboration T-shirt with rock group Kiss titled "YoshiKiss".[131] During these
performances, he lost sensation in his left hand and was rediagnosed with cervical foraminal stenosis. In
May 2017, it was announced that Yoshiki would undergo emergency cervical artificial disc replacement
surgery in Los Angeles on May 16, resulting in the cancelling of his schedule for May, and future events
being possibly cancelled or rescheduled based on discussions after his surgery.[84][132][133] The surgery
was successful, with his surgical wound expected to take six weeks to heal, and for him to make a 90%
recovery in six months. However, the recovery period for the pain in his hand is unknown.[134]

In July 2017, Yoshiki performed six concerts with X Japan. He also performed a series of seven Evening
with Yoshiki dinner shows in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo.[135] In October 2017, Yoshiki completed a 10-
country tour of Europe promoting the X Japan documentary We Are X.[136]

On July 28, 2018, Yoshiki collaborated with Skrillex for performances of "Endless Rain" and "Scary
Monsters And Nice Sprites" at Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata, Japan.[137][138] On October 3, Yoshiki
released the song "Red Swan" featuring Hyde, as the opening theme of the third season of the Attack on
Titan anime, reaching #1 on the iTunes rock charts in 10 countries.[139][140][141] On November 16, Sarah
Brightman's version of Yoshiki's composition "Miracle"[142] hit the top 10 on classical charts in 15
countries, and Yoshiki was announced as a guest performer on Sarah Brightman's Hymn World Tour in
2019 in selected cities in the US and Japan.[143] On New Year's Eve in 2018, he performed in the long-
running TV show, Kouhaku Uta Gassen, where, for the first time in the show's history, he was a member
of both the Red and the White teams, teaming up with Hyde for a performance of "Red Swan" and then
joining Brightman for "Miracle".[144]

In January 2019, it was announced that Yoshiki would partner with the H Collective to compose the score
and theme song for the fourth installment of Vin Diesel's xXx film series and create the theme for the
animated feature film Spycies.[145][146] In March 2019, New York-area PBS station WNET Thirteen
premiered a one-hour version of his 2017 Carnegie Hall concert.[147][148] On May 3, 2109, Yoshiki
appeared as the featured pianist on Hyde's single "Zipang".[149][150] The Yoshiki: Live at Carnegie Hall
special began airing on PBS stations nationwide in November.[151]

In November 2019, YouTube Originals announced the documentary series Yoshiki - Life Of A Japanese
Rock Star would premiere on the streaming platform in March 2020.[152][153] In December 2019, Yoshiki
appeared on stage with Kiss during their End of the Road World Tour, playing piano for "Beth" and
drums for "Rock and Roll All Nite" at Tokyo Dome and Kyocera Dome Osaka.[154][155] They later
collaborated for a televised New Year's Eve performance of "Rock and Roll All Nite" under the name
"YoshiKiss" on NHK's 70th Kouhaku Uta Gassen.[156]

In January 2020, Yoshiki wrote and produced the debut song "Imitation Rain" for male vocal group
SixTones, which launched at number one on the Oricon chart and the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, and
sold 1.3 million physical copies in its first week.[157][158]

In March 2020, Yoshiki collaborated with Bono, Will.i.am, and Jennifer Hudson to create
"#SING4LIFE", a song written and compiled remotely by the four musicians to lift spirits during the
COVID-19 pandemic.[159] In August 2020, St. Vincent and Yoshiki teamed to create a classical
arrangement of her song "New York".[160] In September 2020, "Disney - My Music Story: Yoshiki"
premiered on the Disney+ service, featuring Yoshiki's new arrangements of themes from Disney films
The Lion King and Frozen.[161] In November 2020, Yoshiki's photobook XY with images by American
photographer Melanie Pullen, placed number one in the Oricon weekly book chart.[162][163]

Yoshiki's online concert presented by YouTube Originals titled Under the Sky, with Marilyn Manson, the
Chainsmokers, Nicole Scherzinger, Lindsey Stirling, the Scorpions, Hyde, Sugizo, Sarah Brightman,
SixTones, and St. Vincent was postponed from its December 2020 premiere due to post-production delays
caused by COVID-19.[164][165] On December 31, 2020, Yoshiki performed a virtual collaboration of X
Japan's song "Endless Rain" on Kouhaku Uta Gassen with Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, Sarah
Brightman, Babymetal, SixTones, Lisa, and Milet.[166][167] In October 2021, Yoshiki gave a virtual piano
performance of "Miracle" for BMW Japan's 40th anniversary event.[168]

In October 2022, Yoshiki and NTV premiered the talent competition show "Yoshiki Superstar Project X",
which ranked number 1 in Hulu Japan's domestic variety show category.[169] On November 11, a new
supergroup project called the Last Rockstars was announced, featuring Yoshiki, Hyde, Miyavi, and
Sugizo.[170] The group released their first single, "The Last Rockstars (Paris Mix)", in December of the
same year.[171] In January 2023, the group launched their first international tour with sold-out shows in
Tokyo, New York, and Los Angeles.[172]

2023–present: classical world tour and directorial debut

On February 23, 2023, Yoshiki gave the keynote address at Stanford University's conference on "The
Future of Social Tech".[173] On May 15, 2023, Yoshiki announced his classical world tour at the Grammy
Museum in Los Angeles, titled "Yoshiki Classical 10th Anniversary World Tour with Orchestra 2023
“Requiem".[174] The tour was held in October and included shows at Tokyo Garden Theater, Royal Albert
Hall, Dolby Theatre, and Carnegie Hall. Ellie Goulding and St. Vincent joined Yoshiki on stage at Royal
Albert Hall as guest vocalists, and the concert was broadcast worldwide by On Air and exclusively in
Japan by Wowow.[175] He also announced the release of two singles: "Requiem", a classical single
dedicated to his mother, and "Angel", X Japan's first single in eight years.[176]

On June 20, the debut single of boy band XY, produced by Yoshiki, was announced on Yoshiki Channel.
The song, titled "Crazy Love", written produced, and composed by Yoshiki, was released on June 30.[177]
On July 2, Yoshiki appeared at Anime Expo to reveal the cover art for "Requiem" with artist Yoshitaka
Amano.[178] On July 15, Yoshiki performed at Japan Expo, joined by XY and French opera singer
Séraphine Cotrez.[179]

In July 2023, following Elon Musk's move to rebrand Twitter as "X", it was reported that the Japanese
branch of the company, currently called "Twitter Japan", would be rebranded as "X Japan". This led to
Yoshiki commenting on Twitter that: "I think it's already trademarked." As a result of the band having the
trademark for "X Japan", it was reported that "Twitter Japan" would instead be rebranded "X Nippon"
instead.[180][181] Yoshiki said in an interview with Consequence that he respected Musk and he felt fans
should decide the name of the platform.[182] "Angel" was released on July 28.

On August 2, Yoshiki announced the premiere of the feature documentary concert film Yoshiki: Under the
Sky, which is the musician's debut as a film director.[183] Premieres in New York, London, and Los
Angeles were also announced.[184] The film received positive reviews for its performances, production
values, editing, and positive themes from Revolver, Spin, Total Film, and other publications.[185][186]

On August 4, the Last Rockstars released their second single, "Psycho Love" and announced a tour of the
U.S. and Japan for November.[187] On September 14, Yoshiki became the first Japanese artist to be
honored with a hand and footprint ceremony at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood since the tradition
began in 1927.[188][189] He dedicated it to his parents and former X Japan band members Hide and
Taiji.[190] On November 14, Yoshiki received the Icon Award at the Stars Asian International Film
Festival in Los Angeles.[191] On November 28, Yoshiki received the MAMA award for Favorite
International Artist and performed "Endless Rain" with K-Pop artists Tomorrow x Together's Taehyun and
Hueningkai, Boynextdoor's Jaehyun, Riize's Anton, and Zerobaseone's Han Yujin.[192][193]

On January 8. 2024, Sanrio announced that Yoshiki would compose the theme song for Hello Kitty's 50th
Anniversary.[194] On March 27, Variety selected Yoshiki as the 2024 International Achievement in Music
honoree.[13] On April 16, Yoshiki performed the U.S. National Anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los
Angeles.[195] On July 6, the girl group Bi-ray, produced with Yoshiki, made their debut live performance
on NTV's "The Music Day" with a preview performance of their first song "Butterfly".[196][197] On
August 1, Yoshiki announced that he would undergo his third neck surgery in October, and that all
scheduled musical activities after that would be either postponed or canceled.[198]

On September 17, Yoshiki was a featured presenter at Dreamforce 2024, where he discussed challenges
of combining AI, ethics, and creativity with Paula Goldman, EVP at Salesforce and Member of the U.S.
Department of Commerce National AI Advisory Committee (NAIAC).[199] In October 2024, Yoshiki and
designer/producer Hiroshi Fujiwara released an EP under the project name Bluebyrds.[200]

In October 2024, Yoshiki and NTV began the second season of "Yoshiki Superstar Project X", which
opened with controversy due to NTV's handling of the addition of Yuya Tegoshi to XY's lineup.[201]

Influences
When asked what the albums were the most influential for him, Yoshiki named Led Zeppelin IV by Led
Zeppelin, Alive! by Kiss and Killers by Iron Maiden.[202] Yoshiki stated he loved "the punkish elements"
of the albums by Iron Maiden[203] and that their work got him into punk rock.[204][205] He was into punk
rock bands from the United Kingdom and Japan such as the Exploited, Chaos UK, Discharge, GISM, and
Gauze around 1984.[204] He also cited the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and G.B.H. as his favorite bands.[203]

Yoshiki has also named Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony and Beethoven's 5th Symphony as
influences.[206] His favorite classical composers also include J. S. Bach, Schoenberg, Berg,[207]
Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Chopin.[206]

He named John Bonham as his biggest drumming inspiration and cited Cozy Powell as the reason he
started to play double bass drums.[208] He also likes Peter Criss,[209] Shuichi Murakami, Jun Aoyama
from T-Square,[210] and Minato Masafumi from Dead End.[211] He picked George Winston, Keith Jarrett,
Vladimir Horowitz, and Mishiba Satoshi from Kinniku Shōjo Tai as his favorite pianists.[15][212] The
Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett inspired him to learn jazz theory and improvisation.[15] He also studied
jazz piano under Dick Marx and Shelly Berg.[207]

Songwriting and composition

Yoshiki composes his songs by hand, writing the score on paper before sharing with band members or
collaborators.[213] In the 1990s, he experimented with various aliases on songwriting credits, including
fictitious names such as Hitomi Shiratori (X Japan's "Tears"), Rei Shiratori (L.O.X.'s "Shake Hand"), and
Tomomi Tachibana (Shizuka Kudō's "Shinku no Hana"), in order to separate his rock image from his
"softer" works.[214]

He has composed lyrics and music for numerous artists including Glay ("Rain"), Dir en grey, and Seiko
Matsuda.[215]

Philanthropy
Yoshiki started his charitable work as a result of
losing his father to suicide at a young age, saying he
wanted to support children who have had traumatic
experiences like he did.[216][217]

In 1995, in response to the Kobe earthquake, Yoshiki

held an X Japan's Christmas Eve charity concert in
Osaka, and presented the certifications of new
pianos to students whose schools were damaged
during the earthquake.[218]
Yoshiki cuts the ribbon outside the newly appointed
In 2009, he invited 200 young orphans to attend two
"Yoshiki Dean's Suite" at the Frost School of Music
X Japan's concerts in January in Hong Kong, and
at the University of Miami in June 2019
donated money to a charity organization for
orphans.[219] On March 29 and 31, he visited a town
in the province of Sichuan, China, which was devastated by the earthquake in 2008, and donated musical
instruments to the schools in the area.[220] He again invited children from the local orphanages in Taipei,
Taiwan, to be the special guests in the X Japan's concert on May 30.[221] In 2010, he founded Yoshiki
Foundation America, a California non-profit, public benefit corporation with tax-exempt status as a
section 501(c)3.[222] On July 1, the foundation hosted a free benefit fan event for charity at Club Nokia,
Los Angeles. Beneficiaries included the Grammy Foundation, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and St. Vincent
Meals on Wheels.[222] In 2011, to provide aid to the victims of March 11's Tōhoku earthquake and
tsunami, the Foundation in association with Yahoo! Japan organized the Japan Relief Fundraising
Auction, and all the benefits were sent to the Japanese Red Cross.[222][223] Yoshiki auctioned one of his
Kawai Crystal Grand CR-40 pianos, and with restructuring verification system by Yahoo! Auctions,
because offers reached high as $20 million,[224][225] it got sold for $134,931.[226]

In 2014, Yoshiki Foundation America partnered with the MusiCares Foundation in an auction for a
private dinner with Yoshiki. The auction awarded the two highest bidders each with a dinner and raised
$62,000 for the Grammy Foundation and MusiCares.[227][228] In 2017, Yoshiki Foundation America
donated $100,000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts through the MusiCares Foundation.[229] In 2018, the
YFA organization donated 10 million yen to assist victims of flooding in Japan,[230][231] and an additional
10 million yen to assist recovery from the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake.[232][233]

In April 2019, Yoshiki donated $87,900 to Korea for a forest fire accident in Gangwon-do, Korea.[234] In
June 2019, Yoshiki visited the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami where he made a
$150,000 donation and held a masterclass for students, where he advised the future musicians to "play
every concert as if it is your last."[235][236] Yoshiki's efforts were recognized by the renaming of the Frost
School of Music Dean's office as "Yoshiki Dean's Suite".[237] In August 2019, Yoshiki donated 10 million
yen to support victims of the Kyoto Animation arson attack,[238][239] and $100,000 to the Earth Alliance
Amazon Forest Fund to prevent destruction of the Amazon Rainforest.[240] In September 2019, Yoshiki
donated 10 million yen to support disaster relief in his hometown of Chiba after it was struck by Typhoon
Faxai,[241][242] and later volunteered for manual labor at the recovery site when he returned to
Japan.[243][244] In October 2019, Yoshiki donated an additional 10 million yen to assist recovery in Japan
from Typhoon Hagibis.[245] In December 2019, Yoshiki was named as one of Forbes Asia's 30 Heroes of
Philanthropy for his contributions to "disaster relief, orphanages and treatment for children with bone-
marrow disease."[246]
In January 2020, Yoshiki donated $50,000 to the Australian Red Cross to aid bushfire victims and
$50,000 to the Rainforest Trust's Conservation Action Fund.[247] In March 2020, in response to the
COVID-19 outbreak, he donated $100,000 to the Recording Academy's MusiCares Foundation COVID-
19 relief fund,[248] and $24,000 to several Meals on Wheels locations in Southern California.[249] That
same month, the musician also donated 10 million yen to the Japan Red Cross in commemoration of the
ninth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.[250] In April 2020, Yoshiki donated 10 million yen
to Japan's National Center for Global Health and Medicine.[251] In May 2020, Yoshiki explained his
charitable activities to The Japan Times: "If you have a certain influence with people, I think it’s better
for you to announce it. By doing so, you can provide awareness of the situation, as well as inform people
about charitable organizations supporting the cause, and people may get inspired by your actions as well,"
said Yoshiki. "The goal is to do as much good as we can for others."[216][217]

In March 2021, the Japanese government awarded Yoshiki the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon for his
charity work through Yoshiki Foundation America.[252] That same month, Yoshiki and MusiCares
announced the formation of a $100,000 annual grant to help music creators and industry professionals
with programs for depression, anxiety, suicide prevention and awareness, and other mental health
concerns.[253] In March 2022, Yoshiki helped raise over US$9 million for humanitarian relief efforts in
Ukraine after announcing his own donation to the fundraiser initiated by Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of
Rakuten.[254][255] The same year, Yoshiki continued his support for the people of Ukraine with two
donations totaling 20 million yen in November and December to the United Nations agency International
Organization for Migration (IOM) for its emergency relief operations in Ukraine and neighboring
countries.[256][257]

In January 2024, Yoshiki donated 10 million yen to the Japanese Red Cross to support areas affected by
the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.[258] At the unveiling ceremony for his handprints at the TCL Chinese
Theatre on January 9, Yoshiki announced that he would auction his custom Kawai crystal piano to raise
more funds for earthquake relief and reconstruction, raising an addition 40 million yen.[259][260] In April
2024, Yoshiki donated 10 million Yen to the Red Cross to support victims of the Hualien earthquake in
Taiwan.[261] In October 2024, Yoshiki donated $100,000 to aid victims of Hurricane Helene and
Hurricane Milton.[262]

Fashion

Yoshikimono
In 2011, Yoshiki debuted Yoshikimono, a line of rock-inspired kimono, at the Asia Girls Explosion
fashion event in collaboration with Tokyo Girls Collection.[263][264] Yoshiki created the fashion brand to
pay tribute to his parents who ran a kimono shop when he was growing up.[265] The collection debuted at
Tokyo Fashion Week with its first fashion show during the finale of the 2015 Mercedes-Benz Fashion
Week in Tokyo,[266] and was invited to open Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo 2017.[267][268] Yoshikimono
opened Tokyo Fashion Week 2020 S/S with the brand's third collection, which featured kimono designed
around characters from the anime series Attack on Titan and the comic book series Blood Red Dragon,
co-created by Stan Lee.[269][270]
In February 2020, Yoshikimono was announced as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum's "Kimono:
Kyoto to Catwalk" exhibition in London.[271] In June 2020, Yoshikimono was featured in the Tokyo
National Museum's "Kimono" historical retrospective.[272] In November 2022, Yoshikimono was featured
in the touring version of the V&A's exhibition presented at the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac in
Paris.[273]

Maison Yoshiki Paris

On July 4, 2023, Yoshiki announced the establishment of his high-fashion brand Maison Yoshiki
Paris.[274][275] The brand will also produce wine and champagne glasses in collaboration with
Baccarat.[276]

In February 2024, Maison Yoshiki Paris debuted at Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2024/25 at Bocconi
University as part of the official calendar.[277] The runway show featured an onstage musical performance
by Yoshiki (including new songs and a collaboration with Hiroshi Fujiwara)[278] and the production team
included fashion stylist Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, casting director Maida Gregori Boina, hair stylist
Odile Gilbert, and makeup artist Kabuki.[279]

In September 2024, he presented his second collection of Maison Yoshiki Paris at the Pallais de Chaillot
during Paris Fashion Week S/S 2025,[280] for which Paris Jackson joined the production as runway
model.[281]

Modeling
In August 2017, Yoshiki was chosen for the cover of Vogue Japan, as the first Japanese male to do so.[282]

In October 2018, Yoshiki was the featured model for the Yves Saint Laurent YSL Beauty Hotel opening
event in Tokyo, participating in a female makeup demonstration applied by Yves Saint Laurent's beauty
director Tom Pecheux.[283][284]

In September 2020, Yoshiki was featured on the cover of fashion magazine Numero Tokyo,[285] and in
October 2020, Kodansha announced Yoshiki's fashion photo book XY, shot at the Paramour Estate in Los
Angeles.[286]

Other brands
In October 2021, French fine crystal manufacturer Baccarat debuted a 180th anniversary version of its
Harcourt glass at Paris Fashion Week 2022 designed by Yoshiki.[287]

Business ventures
Yoshiki has launched several business ventures, including music recording, entertainment, wine, energy
drinks, fashion, finance, and lifestyle products.[288]

In 1986 Yoshiki founded Extasy Records in Japan with money he received from his mother when she sold
her business,[289] later established Extasy Japan and Extasy Records International, around 2000.[290] He
also founded Japanese record label Platinum Records in April 1992 as an affiliate of PolyGram.[27]
In 1992, Yoshiki purchased One On One Recording, a recording studio complex in North Hollywood
from Jim David, renaming it Extasy Recording Studios after his own record label in 1999.[27] He sold the
studio in 2012, and it later became 17 Hertz Studio.[291] In April 1998, he bought Brooklyn Recording
Studios, which housed the Los Angeles offices of Maverick Records, from owners Madonna and Freddy
DeMann. He renamed it One On One South[27] before using it as the headquarters of Extasy Records
International.[292] In 2013, Yoshiki bought The Pass, a Los Angeles recording studio previously known as
Larrabee East.[293][294]

On May 15, 2000, Yoshiki invented a method for reproducing mp3 music and holds a patent for
compressed music data playback technology.[295][296]

In 2009, with California winemaker Michael Mondavi, Yoshiki launched a wine brand titled "Y by
Yoshiki", which consists of a Chardonnay and a Cabernet Sauvignon from a 2008 vintage.[297][298]

In 2015, the Yoshiki Channel was launched on Niconico Video, a Japanese video platform. The channel
streams exclusive live shows and distributes links for movies and magazines.[299]

Yoshiki also has his own Hello Kitty product line, named Yoshikitty.[300][301]

Yoshiki has partnered with researchers to investigate music as therapy.[302] Yoshiki also has branded
MasterCard and Visa credit cards,[303][304] and is an investor in Green Lord Motors.[305][306]

In May 2022, Yoshiki formed a business partnership with Coca-Cola Japan to create the energy drinks
"Real Gold X" and "Real Gold Y", themed after Yoshiki's connection to rock music and classical music,
respectively.[307][308]

In August 2022, French Champagne house Pommery announced a collaboration with Yoshiki as the
brand's first co-release with a celebrity artist.[309][310] In July 2023, Pommery expanded the distribution
to Germany after the Champagne set sales records in Japan.[311]

Equipment
Yoshiki said he considers himself a groove drummer.[312] He normally wears a neck brace when playing
the drums; as a result of his years of "headbanging" while drumming, he injured his neck and had to
undergo surgery.[312][313] In 2015, Yoshiki stated he is more of a songwriter than a drummer.[208]

Tama Drums created a custom-made acrylic drum set for Yoshiki to use on stage, the ArtStar series.
Yoshiki admitted that the clear acrylic shells are great for appearances, allowing the stage lights to color
his drums with varying hues, but are not ideal sound-wise. He explained that the clear drums are difficult
to play because they do not have the usual responsiveness of wooden shells and are not very durable; as
they require much more physical pounding to deliver a good sound and that causes the heads to be
essentially ruined after only a single concert.[208] Yoshiki's live kit uses two 24-inch (610 mm) kick
drums, and centers the 14" snare drum directly in front of him. He usually works with five tom drums:
three rack toms with diameters of 12", 13", and 14", and two floor toms with diameters of 16" and
18".[314] However, in the studio he uses a limited made titanium kit from Kitano drum called Tama
Artstar II "Titan Body" with Evans coated heads.[208]
 Yoshiki usually performs on a Kawai
Crystal II Grand Piano CR-40A. Kawai
also makes a Yoshiki-model grand piano
of traditional wooden design.

He has a constant numbness of two

fingers on his left hand that he says
makes it difficult to play piano.[312] He
also suffers from chronic tendonitis on
his right hand, which may cause him to
be unable to play musical instruments in
the future.[315]
Kawai CR-40A
Yoshiki's drum kit up close
Discography

Solo studio albums

Eternal Melody (April 21, 1993)

Eternal Melody II (March 23, 2005)
Yoshiki Classical (August 27, 2013)

Tours and concerts

Kawai Yoshiki Custom
Solo
December 3–4, 2002: Symphonic Concert, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2014: Yoshiki Classical World Tour Part 1[109][316]
2016: Yoshiki Classical World Tour Part 2[123]
January 12–13, 2017: Yoshiki Classical Special with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra,
Carnegie Hall, New York[130]
August 26 and 29, 2017: Evening With Yoshiki, Nagoya, Osaka[317]
June 24, 2018: Lunatic Fest[318]
July 13–16, August 31, September 1, 2018: Breakfast with Yoshiki, Evening with Yoshiki,
Tokyo[319]
August 9–12, 23–25, 2019: Evening/Breakfast with Yoshiki 2019 in Tokyo[320]
August 11–15, 19–21, 26–28, 2022: Evening/Breakfast With Yoshiki 2022 In Tokyo[321]
August 5–6, 11–13, 19–20: Evening/Breakfast With Yoshiki 2023 In Tokyo
 2023: Yoshiki Classical 10th Anniversary World Tour with Orchestra 2023 "Requiem" (Tokyo
Garden Theater, Royal Albert Hall, Dolby Theatre, Carnegie Hall)

With X Japan

With Sarah Brightman

"Hymn: Sarah Brightman In Concert" - 2019 (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco,[322]
Tokyo (Yokohama),[323] and London[324])
"A Starlight Symphony: An Evening with Sarah Brightman" - 2022 (Las Vegas and
Mexico)[325]
"A Christmas Symphony" - 2022 (Japan)[326]

Awards

Year Award Category Nomination Result

NOA: Ima wo dakishimete (今

1994 36th Japan Record Awards Excellence award[34] Won
を抱きしめて)

Classic Artist of the

2013 Billboard Japan Music Awards Yoshiki Nominated
Year[327]
Classic Rock Roll of Honour
2016
Awards Asian Icon Award[122] Won

Medals of Honor Dark Blue

2021 Won
Ribbon Award[328]
Favorite International
2023 MAMA Awards[329] Artist
Yoshiki Won

Variety International
2024 Won
Achievement in Music[13]

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External links
Official website (http://www.yoshiki.net/)
Yoshiki (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370668/) at IMDb
 Yoshiki Foundation America website (https://www.yoshikifoundationamerica.org/)

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