X Japan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids X Japan
X Japan in Hong Kong 2009
Background information
Also known as	X, エックス
Origin	Chiba, Japan
Genres	Heavy metal, speed metal, power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal, glam metal
Years active	1982–1997, 2007–present
Labels	Dada, Extasy, CBS/Sony, Ki/oon, MMG, East West Japan, Atlantic, Polydor, Tofu, EMI
Associated acts	S.K.I.N.
Members	Yoshiki Toshi Pata Heath Sugizo
Past members	Former members

X Japan is a Japanese rock band. They were formed in 1982 by Yoshiki. They have sold over 30 million albums and singles and over 2 million videos to date. X Japan stopped making music in 1997, but reunited in 2007. They performed their first world tour live in Hong Kong in 2009. They played to 20,000 people in two days.

Some visual kei bands are influenced by X Japan.

Name

The band was first called "X" but because the letter X was already the name of another band they changed their name to "X Japan" to avoid confusion.

Albums

• Vanishing Vision (1988)
• Blue Blood (1989)
• Jealousy (1991)
• Art of Life (1993)
• Dahlia (1996)

Images for kids

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  X Japan with guests Richard Fortus, Sugizo, and Wes Borland in 2008.

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  X Japan at Lollapalooza in 2010

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  Toshi and Yoshiki at Japan Expo 2010

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  Pata, Heath and Sugizo performing in São Paulo, 2011.

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  X Japan at Madison Square Garden in 2014

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  Yoshiki (right) with director Stephen Kijak at a Q&A session of the San Francisco screening of We Are X in October 2016

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  Guitarists Pata, Heath, and Sugizo at Madison Square Garden, 2014.

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  X circa 1990: Toshi, Taiji, Yoshiki, Pata, Hide

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  A special illumination in Taipei, in celebration of the first X Japan live concert in Taiwan in 2009.

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  X Japan in concert in Hong Kong 2009, featuring an image of the deceased Hide on screen, whom they still consider a member of the band.

See also

In Spanish: X Japan para niños