X Japan

  • EntertainmentYahoo Music

    Yoshiki, glam-rocker responsible for 'changing Japan's culture,' eyes U.S. stardom with supergroup the Last Rockstars: 'It's kind of cool to break some kind of boundary again'

    "The wall between East to West … I think the walls are getting lower and thinner," states the most successful rock artist in Japanese history, who hasn’t given up on his dream of "going global."

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  • NewsConsequence of Sound

    Marilyn Manson joins X Japan for “Sweet Dreams” at Coachella: Watch

    Shock rocker joins the legendary Japanese outfit for a stripped-down rendition of the Eurythmics classic.

  • NewsYahoo Music

    Song Premiere: X Japan Debuts ‘Without You’ From Documentary Soundtrack

    In late 2016, We Are X, a compelling documentary chronicling the band’s history — centered from the viewpoint of creative leader Yoshiki — was released to theaters across America after winning multiple awards at the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals. The soundtrack to the film contains X Japan’s first new song in years, “Without You.” Yahoo Music is excited to debut this track for fans to enjoy. The official soundtrack to We Are X will drop March 3.

  • NewsYahoo Music

    Big in Japan: Visual-Kei All-Stars Rock the Visual Japan Summit

    Yoshiki, Japan's top rock star and the founder of the most successful rock band in Japanese history, the 30-million-selling X Japan, is sitting in a lounge at the Shibuya Hikarie skyscraper on the opening day of Tokyo Fashion Week. In three days prior, X Japan curated and headlined the first annual Visual Japan Summit, a festival of more than 50 "visual-kei" bands drawing nearly 100,000 fans (and surprise guest Gene Simmons) to Makuhari Messe, Japan's largest convention center.

  • NewsLyndsey Parker

    X Japan and Visual-Kei All-Stars Rock ‘n’ Roll All Nite With Surprise Guest Gene Simmons

    On Friday, the first annual Visual Japan Summit kicked off at Makuhari Messe convention center outside of Tokyo, celebrating new and veteran bands of “visual-kei”– a thriving Japanese musical subculture with its own fashionable, flamboyant take on the Western glam rock genre. Headlining the event were recently reunited, widely recognized pioneers of the movement, symphonic prog legends X Japan — whose founder, Yoshiki, has frequently credited KISS for changing his life and turning him on to rock

  • NewsLyndsey Parker

    Yoshiki, Gene Simmons Unite Via Shared Love of Rock, ‘We Are X’ Film, Hello Kitty Dolls

    Sitting side by side at X Japan founder Yoshiki Hayashi’s Los Angeles recording studio to discuss the new X Japan rockumentary We Are X, Yoshiki and KISS bassist/mouthpiece Gene Simmons don’t seem to have much in common. Gene is loud, brash, and 6’2” even sans his signature platform-footed dragon boots. Miracles can happen,” grins Yoshiki, seated beside Simmons and a cluster of Hello Kitty figurines at one of his deluxe studio’s many grand pianos.