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Yoshiki, born 林 佳樹 in 1965, is a Japanese drummer, pianist, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is a member of the bands X Japan, Globe, and The Last Rockstars. His musical output spans genres including hard rock, heavy metal, classical music, rock music, and visual kei. He plays the piano, drum kit, guitar, and keyboard instrument.
He began his work period in 1982 and is represented by WME Group. His notable work includes the song Kurenai. He has released music through record labels such as Extasy Records, Nippon Columbia, Avex Trax, and Warner Music Group. Yoshiki speaks and writes in Japanese and English. He was recognized in the Time 100 collection.
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Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
known by the mononym Yoshiki, is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is best known as a co-founder of the visual kei rock band X Japan, for which he is the drummer, pianist and main songwriter. Yoshiki's solo career includes two classical studio albums—Eternal Melody (1993), produced by George Martin, and Eternal Melody II (2005)—and the classical compilation Yoshiki…
Known for
- Yoshiki: Under the Sky — Self2023
- Disney My Music Story: YOSHIKI — Self2021
- Sarah Brightman: HYMN In Concert — Self2018
- HURRY GO ROUND — Self2018
- X JAPAN WORLD TOUR 2017 WE ARE X Acoustic Special Miracle2017
- X Japan Live 2017 At The Wembley Arena2017
- We Are X — Self2016
- Junk Story — himself2015
- SWITCH Interview Masters2013
- X JAPAN RETURNS 1993.12.30 Tokyo Dome 2 Days Live2008
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- Listeners
- 253,188
- Total plays
- 3,752,499
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Leader of the Japanese Heavy metal/Speed metal/visual-kei group X Japan (Before 1992 known as X), Yoshiki also uses his remarkable talents as a composer and pianist to produce contemporary classical. At Otakon 2006, Yoshiki announced that he would be founding a new 'super-band' named S.K.I.N. with the solo singer Gackt, Ex-LUNA SEA member Sugizo, and 雅-miyavi-. The collective performed for the first time on June 27, 2007 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Los Angeles, California during Anim
Key facts
- Born
- Yoshiki Hayashi , ( 1965-11-20 ) November 20, 1965 (age 60) , Tateyama, Chiba , Japan
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter composer record producer entrepreneur fashion designer film director
- Years active
- 1982–present
- Agent
- WME Group
- Awards
- Time 100 Most Influential People Variety International Achievement in Music MAMA Awards Favorite International Artist Forbes Asia 30 Heroes of Philanthropy Entertainment Community Fund Medal of Honor Japan Government Medal of Honor (Dark Blue Ribbon) Asian Hall of Fame
- Genres
- Classical rock pop heavy metal
- Instruments
- Drums piano
- Labels
- Extasy Columbia Avex Warner EMI Sony Universal
- Member of
- X Japan The Last Rockstars
- Formerly of
- S.K.I.N. Globe
- Kanji
- 林 佳樹
- Hiragana
- はやし よしき
- Romanization
- Hayashi Yoshiki
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Tateyama
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Japanese
- Award
- Time 100
- Notable work
- Kurenai
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Universal Records
- Official website
- www.yoshiki.net
- Image
- Yoshiki Hayashi.jpg
- Represented by
- WME Group
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- Commons category
- Yoshiki (musician)
- member of
- The Last Rockstars
- date of birth
- 1965-11-20
- birth name
- 林 佳樹
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- pseudonym
- YOSHIKI
- name in native language
- 林 佳樹
- social media followers
- 1000000
- number of viewers/listeners
- 368988797
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