# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoshiki
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:48:57.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoshiki"
name: "Yoshiki"
slug: "yoshiki"
description: "Yoshiki Hayashi , known mononymously as Yoshiki, is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, film director, and fashion designer. He is best known as the leader of the visual kei rock bands X Japan and the Last Rockstars, for which he is the drummer, pianist, and main songwriter. He has been described by Billboard as a \"musical innovator\" and named \"one of the most influential composers in Japanese history\" by Consequence. Time labeled Yoshiki as \"an absolute force\" and \"one of Japan's most celebrated musicians\". Yoshiki's solo career includes several classical studio albums and collaborations with artists such as George Martin, Bono, will.i.am, St. Vincent, the Chainsmokers, Skrillex, Ellie Goulding, Stan Lee, Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, Gene Simmons and Kiss, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Brightman, Jonas Brothers, Josh Groban, and Diana Ross."
tagline: "Japanese musician (1965-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yoshiki_at_Hollywood_TCL_Theatre_on_January_9%2C_2024.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-11-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           75.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.53612533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  129
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1210000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/148183251887331"
    handle:    "148183251887331"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/yoshikiofficial/"
    handle:    "yoshikiofficial"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.yoshiki.net/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/YoshikiOfficial"
    handle:    "YoshikiOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370668/"
    handle:    "nm0370668"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EWIKpC6npt0GTe1Cq1KDm"
    handle:    "2EWIKpC6npt0GTe1Cq1KDm"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaZK0kfr_sKxmLNoP2g9OWw"
    handle:    "@yoshiki"
    followers: 1210000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/129116"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "يوشيكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "يوشيكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "یوشیکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%8F%D1%88%D0%B8"
    title: "Йошики Хаяши"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki"
    title: "Yoshiki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Hayashi"
    title: "Yoshiki Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Hayashi"
    title: "Yoshiki Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki"
    title: "Yoshiki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_(musician)"
    title: "Yoshiki (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki"
    title: "Yoshiki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki"
    title: "Yoshiki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Hayashi"
    title: "Yoshiki Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "یوشیکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Hayashi"
    title: "Yoshiki Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki"
    title: "Yoshiki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Hayashi"
    title: "Yoshiki Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki"
    title: "Yoshiki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki"
    title: "Yoshiki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Hayashi"
    title: "Yoshiki Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOSHIKI"
    title: "YOSHIKI"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOSHIKI_(%EC%9D%8C%EC%95%85%EA%B0%80)"
    title: "YOSHIKI (음악가)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Hayashi"
    title: "Yoshiki Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki"
    title: "Yoshiki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_(muzyk)"
    title: "Yoshiki (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Hayashi"
    title: "Yoshiki Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c64da7fc-a073-49fc-a26e-494217afbc6a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311193"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/814150"
    title: "YOSHIKI"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump