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Yoshiki, born 林 佳樹 in 1965 in Tateyama, Japan, is a male 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, and rock music, with visual kei also noted as a genre. He plays the piano, drum kit, guitar, and keyboard instrument.
He has received the Time 100 award and is represented by WME Group. His notable work includes the song Kurenai. Yoshiki has released music through record labels such as Extasy Records, Nippon Columbia, Avex Trax, and Warner Music Group. He speaks Japanese and English and uses the pseudonym YOSHIKI. His professional career began in 1982.
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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
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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
Discography
- Amethyst1993
- Eternal Melody1993
- Yoshiki Symphonic Concert 20022002
- ETERNAL MELODY Ⅱ2005
- Golden Globe Theme2013
- Yoshiki Classical2013
- Red Swan2018
Member of
- X JAPAN1982–1997
- Violet UKsince 2005
- S.K.I.N.since 2006
- S.K.I.N.since 2006
- X JAPANsince 2007
- X JAPANsince 2007
- THE LAST ROCKSTARSsince 2022
- THE LAST ROCKSTARSsince 2022
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 253,188
- Total plays
- 3,752,499
Tags
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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,538x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,894x
- Chemical Oscillations, Waves, and Turbulence
· 1984 · cited 4,353x
- Targeted Disruption of Results in a Complete Lack of Bone Formation owing to Maturational Arrest of Osteoblasts
· 1997 · cited 3,685x
- A stretchable carbon nanotube strain sensor for human-motion detection
· 2011 · cited 3,110x
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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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