Band leader: Guitar
Original name: Hideto Matsumoto
Birthday: December 13, 1965 Blood type: AB
Birthplace : Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture
HIDE was the guitarist of "SAVER TIGER" before joining X, and was invited by YOSHIKI to join X. He has a unique influence in the band, and with his ever-changing image, he is the fastest growing member after the X-Japan activities ended. His affinity and creative performance constantly bring surprises to people, as well as his always avant-garde and alternative ideas, making him a very influential ARTIST in the hearts of fans and the music industry... He was drunk in the early morning of May 2, 1998. Returned and attempted suicide by hanging in his apartment in Minato Ward, Tokyo (police conclusion). His live-in girlfriend was already unconscious when he was found. She died after being rushed to the hospital by ambulance. There was no suicide note and the motive was unknown. All relevant people and fans are greatly affected! The wonderful music left behind and the mystery that can never be solved. Band leader: Guitar
Original name: Tomoaki Ishizuka
Birthday: November 4, 1965
Blood type: B
Birthplace : Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
He first fell in love with rock music after being exposed to the music of The Beatles. He bought his first guitar when he was in the second grade of junior high school and began to change his ambition to become a teacher. I took a break from high school and worked in a musical instrument store. I met many senior rock music veterans and learned how to score music. Named PATA after a certain comic character. Among X, the one that least resembles visual kei is PATA! During the concert, there was not much body language, and there were no gorgeous stage costumes. The appearance and style were similar to TAIJI, both of which were American rock styles. The appearance of early PATA followed the British punk route, with red punk hair and rough movements. It is a bit incompatible with the current PATA. Maybe the current PATA is the PATA we know~~ Band leader: Drum-Piano- Synthesizer
Former name: Lin Jiashu
Birthday: November 20, 1965
Blood type: B Birthplace: Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture
In Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture, YOSHIKI and TOSHI formed an alliance with their friends. Then they marched into Tokyo very quickly. It can be found that YOSHIKI can attract the souls of each BAND who were already famous at that time like a magnet.
This kind of skill and talent selection ability can be described as genius.
The activities of X, who identified the five of us, unfolded at a terrifying speed. Every time YOSHIKI comes up with an idea, it is exciting and gives us a pleasure that we have never tried before. But on the other hand, the rapid life can only be experienced by ourselves... In that high speed, you will also get lost and resist. Every day is tense and high-spirited.
There is so much to talk about YOSHIKI. I just follow the image of YOSHIKI in my mind and say whatever I think.
YOSHIKI is a willful and coquettish child, but he can also listen to other people's opinions humbly. You can also understand others when you are unhappy. A simple person who is ignorant of everything except music. SOFT, and the relationships are great. He is a man with strong self-esteem and will not admit defeat. Furthermore, he is very prescient in doing things and is an unexpected IDEAMAN.
To put it simply, he is a masochistic person who is a hard worker, a revolutionary, and a humane person.
Now that I think about it, maybe he is a fellow soldier very similar to us. A cute angelic face and a serious devilish face can easily coexist. YOSHIKI is such a person.
Band leader: VOCAL
Original name: Toshizo Deyama
Birthday: October 10, 1965
Blood type: A
Birthplace : Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture
"...With me, PATA and HEATH, without HIDE and TOSHI, it would not be X!" - YOSHIKI
TOSHI's magnetic voice is direct It has given X’s music a soul. On the other hand, the deep friendship established with YOSHIKI since kindergarten is also amazing. X is indeed inseparable from TOSHI. TOSHI's voice can be a hoarse cry, or it can turn into a poet's flowing and sad confession. As a VOCAL, his achievements are understandable. Because of TOSHI's irreplaceable status in
This TOSHI from cornrows to long-haired sunglasses to plain makeup, no matter whether he is singing about YOSHIKI’s injury and pain, no matter whether he should bear the responsibility for the band and members, we should also start from TOSHI tries to forgive him: "Hide your inferiority complex, move forward unbalanced, and work hard to be freed from pain. But no matter how much you get, your heart is still very empty... very painful."
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Blood type: A
Birthplace: Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture
X’s former bassist, born on January 7, 1992 TAIJI quit X after the Tokyo Dome concert. TAIJI's BASS playing skills are breathtaking, and his Acoustic Guitar playing skills are even more vividly displayed in "Voiceless Screaming". After TAIJI left TAIJI's early appearance was that of a very standard visual-kei musician, which was the case during the Vanishing Vision and Blue Blood periods. During the Jealousy period, TAIJI transformed into an American rock style.
TAIJI was born in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. He is the second among three brothers and sisters. He was the "king of children" from kindergarten to elementary school. When I was in the second year of elementary school, I skied for the first time because "I didn't like slipping," so I skied quickly and in a straight line. As a result, I hit a tree and was hospitalized. I learned Queen, Oliver Newton John, WINGS, and Beatles songs from my brother who was in the same ward of that hospital. It was rare for a primary school student to be able to sing "Killer Queen." It was also at this time that I played guitar for the first time. I once publicly said that the first record I bought was "Sweet Surrender" by John Denba. In fact, the correct record was "Withering Rose" by Hideki Saijo. I played football from elementary school to junior high school, but I didn’t like having a bald head, so I gave up halfway. During his junior high school days, he became a delinquent due to family and other matters. The third grade of junior high school was a period of complete rebelliousness. He "did motorcycles, women, drug abuse, fights, etc.," and his hair style was permed to attract attention. She had a punk hair style and the curly crew cut style that gangsters adopted. After entering Mammoth High School, she started playing guitar. Band leader: BASS
Original name: Hiroshi Morie
Birthday: January 22, 1968
Blood type: B Birthplace: Hyogo Amagasaki City
On August 24, 1992, X held a press conference for his world entry at the Rockefeller Center in New York, officially introducing the addition of new bass player HEATH.
HEATH has also played bass in famous bands in the underground music industry such as "Paraonia", "Majestic Isabell" and "Media Youth". In fact, HEATH appeared on stage as a member of the Invincible Band (a band built around X) at the 1991 extasy summit, so he had interactions with musicians from both It was reasonable to join, but X still conducted several careful auditions before selecting a new member of X - HEATH. He made his debut at "EXTASY SUMMIT 1992" held in Osaka in October of the same year; followed by X-Japan's year-end concert at Tokyo Dome on December 30 and 31, 1994, he released "SOLO DEBUT" and released two solo albums :[heath](1995),[Gang Age Cubist](1998-6-10).