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www.tokyojournal.com/sections/features-reviews/...
YOSHIKI: ...[HIDE] was very flashy and flamboyant. He cared about how he looked but he was very conservative inside. I had a death wish and I had no fear but HIDE guided me, kind of like my mother.
[...]
TJ: Do you speak any other languages [apart from English]?
YOSHIKI: Kind of, I’m learning French and Russian a little bit.
[...]
YOSHIKI: I played trumpet for about five years. However, once during a contest, my mother took a picture of me playing the trumpet. When I saw how I looked, I immediately quit. Part of Visual kei is caring about image as well! (laughs)
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YOSHIKI: [...] When I was looking for band members through a magazine, I noticed other people looking for band members that said “No B-blood types and no Scorpios.” I’m both and I guess you could say I do my own thing but isn’t that perfect for rock and roll? I was also born in the year of the Snake. So I’m a B-blood type, Scorpio and a Snake. It’s an interesting combination– a lot of poison!
[...]
TJ: Tell us, what can we expect next?
YOSHIKI: [...] I plan on launching a kimono line. In Japan the eldest son usually takes over the family business and my family ran a kimono shop. So I hope to carry on the tradition. My partner is a kimono expert from Kyoto and I suggested we do something very rock and roll – gothic.
[...]
YOSHIKI: ... last month I went to the opera with former Prime Minister Koizumi.
YOSHIKI: ...[HIDE] was very flashy and flamboyant. He cared about how he looked but he was very conservative inside. I had a death wish and I had no fear but HIDE guided me, kind of like my mother.
[...]
TJ: Do you speak any other languages [apart from English]?
YOSHIKI: Kind of, I’m learning French and Russian a little bit.
[...]
YOSHIKI: I played trumpet for about five years. However, once during a contest, my mother took a picture of me playing the trumpet. When I saw how I looked, I immediately quit. Part of Visual kei is caring about image as well! (laughs)
[...]
YOSHIKI: [...] When I was looking for band members through a magazine, I noticed other people looking for band members that said “No B-blood types and no Scorpios.” I’m both and I guess you could say I do my own thing but isn’t that perfect for rock and roll? I was also born in the year of the Snake. So I’m a B-blood type, Scorpio and a Snake. It’s an interesting combination– a lot of poison!
[...]
TJ: Tell us, what can we expect next?
YOSHIKI: [...] I plan on launching a kimono line. In Japan the eldest son usually takes over the family business and my family ran a kimono shop. So I hope to carry on the tradition. My partner is a kimono expert from Kyoto and I suggested we do something very rock and roll – gothic.
[...]
YOSHIKI: ... last month I went to the opera with former Prime Minister Koizumi.