YOSHIKI
BIOGRAPHY
YOSHIKI is a composer, pianist, drummer, and leader of X JAPAN whose career bridges rock, classical, and popular music on the world stage. He was named to the 2025 TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people and received Variety’s 2024 International Achievement in Music honor. In 2023, he became the first Japanese artist to have his handprints and footprints immortalized at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
YOSHIKI has headlined at Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Madison Square Garden, Wembley Arena, Coachella, Tokyo Dome, and Walt Disney Concert Hall, collaborating with artists across generations and genres.
PRESS RELEASES
OCT 16, 2026 YOSHIKI AND JOSH GROBAN SHARE NEW VIDEO; FYC - BEST ASIAN POP MUSIC PERFORMANCE; BEST ARRANGEMENT - INST & VOCALS
SEP 17, 2026 YOSHIKI TO BECOME FIRST JAPANESE ARTIST TO PERFORM AT GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL
AUG 24, 2026 YOSHIKI AND JOSH GROBAN, UNITE FOR NEW RECORDING OF “FOREVER LOVE”; OUT THIS FRIDAY
AUG 11, 2026 ICYMI: WATCH DIANA ROSS AND YOSHIKI’S RECENT RARE LIVE DUET
MAY 5, 2026 YOSHIKI TO RECEIVE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND MEDAL OF HONOR AT CIPRIANI’S JUNE 1
APR 1, 2026 YOSHIKI PERFORMS ROCK VERSION OF JAPANESE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT 2026 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
MARCH 26, 2026 YOSHIKI TAKES HIS “CLASSICAL 2026” TO LOS ANGELES’ DISNEY HALL JULY 16 & 17
MARCH 5, 2026 YOSHIKI TO PERFORM JAPANESE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT 2026 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
DEC 12, 2025 YOSHIKI TO BE THE FIRST JAPANESE ARTIST TO PERFORM AT HEGRA, A WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN ALULA, SAUDI ARABIA
DEC 5, 2025 YOSHIKI MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST JAPANESE ARTIST TO PERFORM AT UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE HEGRA
NOV 18, 2025 YOSHIKI TO BE FIRST JAPANESE ARTIST TO PERFORM AT HEGRA, A WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN ALULA, SAUDI ARABIA
OCT 15, 2025 YOSHIKI RETURNS TO DREAMFORCE 2025 — CHAMPIONING ARTISTS’ RIGHTS AND THE FUTURE OF CREATIVITY WITH AI
SEPT 10, 2025 JAPAN’S BIGGEST ROCKSTAR, YOSHIKI, FEATURED ON THE COVER OF FLAUNT MAGAZINE’S SPECIAL 200TH ISSUE
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