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Yoshiki HayashiYoshiki Hayashi is a Japanese musician. He was a member of the former band X-Japan. Life Yoshiki Hayashi started playing the piano at the age of 4. His mother was a piano teacher and taught him herself. When Yoshiki was 9 years old his father committed suicide in his parents bedroom; he found him hanging by a rope. Yoshiki was so heart-broken that he literally shut down. He mourned his fathers death for respectable two weeks and grew very close to his friend Toshi. When he went back to school he stared to become a troublemaker. Music career When he was in high school (around 1982) he decided to grow out his hair and make a rock band. The band was called Noise and consisted of only himself and Toshi. It wasn't until 1985 when they made the band ‘X’, that they started to make music. The only problem was that nobody would give them a record deal. In 1986, his mother sold the family business and gave the money to Yoshiki. Yoshiki then started up Extasy Records to produce his band's music. By 1987 the band was taking off and becoming popular. On September 1, 1989 the bands song Kurenai placed 5th in its first week on the Oricon Charts. They were the first indies band to place on the chart. In 1993, the band changed its name from X to X-Japan. The reason was so that people wouldn't get them confused with bands named X in Australia and Los Angeles, USA. The band was at its last line-up of members, which were the most well known members. Yoshiki also cut his long hair. In 1997, Toshi decided to leave the band. In September 1997 the band announced their dissolution and had their last concert at the Tokyo Dome in December of that year. After the band broke up Yoshiki and Toshi went their separate ways, and Yoshiki continued to run his company. After Hide's death Yoshiki moved to Los Angeles and stayed out of the public for 2 years. In 2000, he opened up Extasy Records International and Extasy Records North (a recording studio) up in Hollywood, California. There he started giving his project Violet UK 100% of his attention. He has been working on the project in his spear time for almost 10 years. On February 18, 2002 Yoshiki appeared on stage for the first time in four years during his Symphony Concert.
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