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X Japan (Japanese: エックス・ジャパン, Hepburn: Ekkusu Japan) is a Japanese rock band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi. Starting as a predominantly power/speed metal band with heavy symphonic elements, they later gravitated towards a progressive sound with an emphasis on ballads.
A March 1989 show at Shibuya Kōkaidō (pictured in 2011) was released as the Blue Blood Tour Bakuhatsu Sunzen Gig concert video Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall (pictured in 2019) X Japan have performed at the Tokyo Dome 18 times NHK Hall (pictured in 2015) hosted 1991's X with Orchestra concert, where the band was backed by an orchestra In 2009, Hong Kong's Asia World Expo (pictured in 2010) was ...
Japan is scheduled to compete in the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14. [1] [2] The Japanese team consisted of 151 athletes competing in all 11 sports. [3] During the opening ceremony, curler Haruki Watanabe and speed skater Yuka Takahashi were the country's flagbearers. [4]
Hiroshi Morie (Japanese: 森江 博, Hepburn: Morie Hiroshi, January 22, 1968 – October 29, 2023), known exclusively by his stage name Heath, was a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He was best known as bass guitarist of the rock band X Japan from 1992 to 1997, and again from 2007 until his death in 2023.
Japan [a] is an island country in East Asia.Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south.
Yoshiki Hayashi (Japanese: 林 佳樹, Hepburn: Hayashi Yoshiki, born November 20, 1965), known as Yoshiki [6], is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer, record ...
Besides being one of the first Japanese acts to achieve mainstream success while on an independent label, [1] the band is widely credited as one of the pioneers of visual kei, [2] [3] a movement among Japanese musicians comparable to Western glam. X Japan have sold millions of records in Japan, claiming un-certified sales of over 30 million. [4 ...
We Are X is a 2016 documentary film about the Japanese rock band X Japan and its co-founder, drummer, pianist and leader Yoshiki. Directed by Stephen Kijak, it premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 23. The film covers the history of the band, their influence on Japanese music and society, the band's break up in 1997 and ...