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Also in 2001, the song was used as background music in several commercials for the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party. LDP member Junichiro Koizumi, at that time the country's Prime Minister has expressed fondness for X Japan's music. [1] "Forever Love" appears on the soundtrack of the 1996 animated feature film X. [2]
"Forever Love" was the theme song of 1996 animated feature film of the Clamp manga X. [26] In 2001, "Forever Love" was used as background music in several commercials for the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party. [27] LDP member Junichiro Koizumi, at that time Japan's Prime Minister, is a well-known X Japan fan.
X Japan (Japanese: エックス・ジャパン, Hepburn: Ekkusu Japan) is a Japanese rock band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi. Starting as a predominantly power / speed metal band with heavy symphonic elements, they later gravitated towards a progressive sound with an emphasis on ballads.
The X Japan song "Forever Love", composed by Yoshiki, was chosen as the film's theme song. [10] [11] "Forever Love" also appears on the soundtrack of the film. [12] The X Character Files (キャラクターファイル, Kyarakutā Fairu) were released from June 1996 to December 1996 by Victor Entertainment.
"Double-X"), a short film based on the manga series X by Clamp and set to X Japan's music. It features a slideshow of the manga's artwork set to a medley of X Japan's " Silent Jealousy ", " Kurenai " and "Endless Rain" and a music video for the song " X " directed by Shigeyuki Hayashi .
We Are X is a 2016 documentary film about the Japanese rock band X Japan and its co-founder, drummer, pianist and leader Yoshiki. Directed by Stephen Kijak, it premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 23. The film covers the history of the band, their influence on Japanese music and society, the band's break up in 1997 and ...
Yoshiki was born on November 20, 1965, in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, as the elder of two brothers in a musically oriented family.His father was a tap dancer and jazz pianist, his mother played the shamisen, while his aunt played the koto. [14]
The song "I'll Be Your Love" could possibly belong to his solo project as it was also performed for the first time in 2002, [1] sung by Nicole Scherzinger. However, the song was released in 2003 as the debut single for American-Japanese female singer Dahlia, and was used as the theme song for the world fair Expo 2005 , held in Japan, where ...