Visual Kei Oyaji Archives

JROCK NEWS 5th anniversary: Special message from Vkei Oyaji, Seiichi Hoshiko

27 September 2020

We have been blessed today with a couple of words from the uncle figure of visual kei, endearingly known to us as "Vkei Oyaji", Seiichi Hoshiko. If you're a hardcore fan for this Japanese rock subculture, he...

Interview: How Seiichi Hoshiko was impacted by hide of X Japan

NBT

31 January 2018

Interview

Last week Hoshiko-san told us the story how he came to coin the term "Visual kei". He also shared his mid-life crisis which resulted in him creating the magazine SHOXX. This week we'll dig deeper into this topi...

Interviewing the man who coined the term “visual kei”, Seiichi Hoshiko

NBT

24 January 2018

Interview

We set out on a journey with the help of our friends at V STAR PROMOTION to speak with the man who coined the term "Visual kei". That man is no other than Seiichi Hoshiko (星子誠一), who is also broadly known as Vi...

The legendary Visual Kei Oyaji, Seiichi Hoshiko

edoh+

22 January 2018

Entertainment

Simply dressed in thermal sweats or sometimes a plain t-shirt on warmer days, you'd be forgiven if you overlooked this casually dressed gentleman named Seiichi Hoshiko (星子誠一). Throwing his classic two thumbs up...

Topic Visual Kei Oyaji

JROCK NEWS 5th anniversary: Special message from Vkei Oyaji, Seiichi Hoshiko

Interview: How Seiichi Hoshiko was impacted by hide of X Japan

Interviewing the man who coined the term “visual kei”, Seiichi Hoshiko

The legendary Visual Kei Oyaji, Seiichi Hoshiko