Skip to content
Yoshiki

Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB

EntityQ311193· pop 35· linked from 332 articles

Also known as Yoshiki Hayashi

Japanese musician

Person · Open Library

Works
100

Top works

  • Skip·Beat!, Vol. 51
  • Skip·Beat!, Vol. 50
  • Skip·Beat!, , Vol. 16
  • Skip Beat!, Volume 1
  • Skip Beat!, Volume 2

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · 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

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Japan
Active from
1965
rockvisual kei

Member of

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
253,188
Total plays
3,752,499

Tags

ClassicaljapaneseinstrumentalJ-rockvisual kei

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

via Last.fm · YOSHIKI

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official website
www.yoshiki.net
Image
Yoshiki Hayashi.jpg
Show 8 more facts
Commons category
Yoshiki (musician)
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
Sources (7)

via Wikidata · CC0

~40 min read

Article

YouTube information Channel Yoshiki

Subscribers1.2 million Views454 million Last updated: June 9, 2026

Gallery (2)

Connections

Categories