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| Name | Yoshiki |
| First Name | Yoshiki |
| Last Name | Yoshiki |
| Occupation | Songwriter |
| Birthday | November 20 |
| Birth Year | 1965 |
| Place of Birth | Tateyama |
| Home Town | Chiba Prefecture |
| Birth Country | Japan |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Kôki Hayashi |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Yoshiki Biography
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Yoshiki Hayashi (Japanese: 林 佳樹 , Hepburn: Hayashi Yoshiki, born November 20, 1965) , known by the mononym Yoshiki, is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is best known as the leader and 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 Classical (2013). Described by Billboard as a “musical innovator” and named “one of the most influential composers in Japanese history” by Consequence of Sound, Yoshiki has also collaborated and played with artists such as Bono, will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Stan Lee, Roger Taylor, Gene Simmons and KISS, and Sarah Brightman.
When asked what the albums were the most influential for him, Yoshiki named Alive! by Kiss, Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin, and Killers by Iron Maiden. Yoshiki stated he loved “the punkish elements” of the albums by Iron Maiden and that their work got him into punk rock. He was into punk rock bands from the United Kingdom and Japan such as The Exploited, Chaos UK, Discharge, GISM, and Gauze around 1984. He also cited the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and G.B.H. as his favorite bands.
Two younger brothers are his. His father was a jazz pianist.
He composed the original music theme for the 69th Golden Globe Awards.
Yoshiki was born on November 20, 1965 in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, as the elder of two brothers in a musically oriented family. His father was a tap dancer and jazz pianist, his mother played the shamisen, while his aunt played the koto. He began taking piano lessons and music theory at age four. He then became interested in classical works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. In elementary school, he played the trumpet in the brass band, and around age ten started composing songs for piano. This period was a decisive point in his life. He was 10 years old when his father committed suicide; he found relief in rock music. 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. Soon with his childhood friend Toshi formed a band called Dynamite in 1977. Dynamite changed its name to Noise a year later.
Yoshiki Net Worth
Yoshiki is one of the richest Songwriter from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yoshiki's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
At the age of four, he began piano lessons and started writing songs for the piano at the age of ten.
| Net Worth | $50 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Songwriter |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
He owned Extasy Recording Studios, a recording studio complex in North Hollywood, Los Angeles formerly known as One On One Recording, which he bought from the previous owner Jim David in 1992 and renamed after his own record label in 1999. It was sold in 2012, and is now 17 Hertz Studio.
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. 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.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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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. 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. In 1990, the band received the “Grand Prix New Artist of the Year” award at the 4th Japan Gold Disc Awards. 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.
Who is Yoshiki Dating?
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Yoshiki. You may help us to build the dating records for Yoshiki!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 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. On December 12, Yoshiki released his first album, the classical compilation Yoshiki Selection, which includes classical works, and its sequel followed six years later.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Yoshiki founded Extasy Records in Japan in 1986, using money he received from his mother when she sold her business. The labels Extasy Japan and Extasy Records International were later established around 2000. Yoshiki founded the Japanese record label Platinum Records in April 1992, as an affiliate of PolyGram.
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. Besides including orchestral arrangements of X Japan songs, it contained two new songs as well. The album reached number 6 on the charts. 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. 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. In 1994, it was the 35th annual best-selling single and won the “Excellence award” at the 36th Japan Record Awards.
Facts & Trivia
Yoshiki Ranked on the list of most popular Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yoshiki celebrates birthday on November 20 of every year.
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, 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. 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.
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