X Japan Archives

Yoshiki resurrects explosive drumming for 10th Anniversary of X JAPAN’s reunion

Apr 14, 2018

Marking 10 years since X Japan last held a solo event in a Tokyo live house, few lucky fans experienced the YOSHIKI Night of Resurrection, held on April 10 and 11 at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo. The full name of th...

Winners of SPACE SHOWER Music Awards 2018

edoh+

Mar 4, 2018

Entertainment, Videos

Held in Yokohama on March 1, this year's SPACE SHOWER Music Awards was once again the platform for both new and established Japanese and international artists to battle it out. We'll be summing up the winners o...

SUGIZO feats Kiyoharu in “VOICE” music video for epic album “ONENESS M”

edoh+

Dec 3, 2017

Music Video, Releases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGSAJJaBfPkSUGIZO's latest music video VOICE features one of Jrock world's most famous talents, Kiyoharu (清春). Blending his soulful guitar with the passionate melancholic vocal...

Interview: How rock saved Yoshiki’s life but destroyed his body

NBT

Oct 24, 2017

Featured, Interview

On a dark and cold evening of October 19 in the capital of Sweden; our mission today was to meet arguably the biggest rock star in Japan's history, the one and only, Yoshiki of X Japan! He was here today to pro...

Yoshiki to tour Europe for theatrical release promotions of “WE ARE X” this October

Nexus

Sep 14, 2017

Tour and event

The critically acclaimed documentary "WE ARE X", about the Japanese rock phenomenon X Japan, is hitting its theatrical release across Europe this October! Not only that, Yoshiki, the drummer, and leader of X Ja...

X Japan’s Pata’s health improves, comments on next year’s Wembley live

Zansouki

Mar 6, 2016

Band status

It's been a little more than a month now since X Japan's guitarist Pata was admitted to the hospital for diverticulitis and portal vein thrombosis, and fortunately his health seems to be getting better day by d...

X Japan’s New Album Finally has a Release Date

Zansouki

Jul 5, 2015

Releases

God knows how many times X Japan has announced their long-awaited new album, which never came, ever since the comeback in 2007. Well, this time it seems it is finally going to happen, as X Japan has announced a...