Yoshiki
Yoshiki Hayashi (林 佳樹, Hayashi Yoshiki, born November 20, 1965) is a Japanese musician. He is a co-founder of the Japanese band rock X Japan. He also founded an independent record label Extasy Records.[1] X Japan ended in 1997. They got back together in 2007 and are currently touring worldwide.
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 Yoshiki at Japan Expo in 2010. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yoshiki Hayashi |
| Also known as | Hitomi Shiratori, Rei Shiratori, Miyukihime Igarashi, Tomoya Tachibana |
| Born | November 20, 1965 Tateyama, Chiba, Japan |
| Genres | Rock, heavy metal, classical, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, businessman, entrepreneur, fashion designer, radio personality |
| Instruments | Drums, piano, percussions, guitar |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Labels | Extasy, Columbia, Avex Group |
| Website | yoshiki |
Yoshiki's solo career includes two classical studio albums: Eternal Melody (1993), and Eternal Melody II (2005).
References
- Yang, Jeff; Can, Dina; Hong, Terry (1997). Eastern Standard Time. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 264. ISBN 0-395-76341-X.
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