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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 performed with artists such as Bono, will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, St. Vincent, Stan Lee, Roger Taylor, Gene Simmons and KISS, Nicole Scherzinger, and Sarah Brightman.
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20 November 1965 (age 59) Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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