The Iron Otaku Network - Yoshiki Interview of Otakon 2006

[joyeuxon]

I wonder what event was this that yoshiki would willing to attend. It wasnt organized at all, n Wat the f of the questions were they asking!

[colongil]

WHY THE FAT ASSHOLE PRONOUNCED HIS NAME WRONG? WHAT A FAG.

[shadownights99]

yoshiki is so sweet

[chocomiku]

thank you so much! +_+

does anyone know what Yoshiki says he'd cosplay as?

[petrucci15]

what is all that annoying sound in the background!!! SHUT UP PPL!!!! lol

n that big guy on the left is REALLYL annoying pointing n tlkin all the way thru!! n the accent of that women omg.....GRRR haha

[mastera7x]

yoshiki dont talk much ... he's so shy

[shadownights99]

how cute

[MistrzSztuki]

Who is this girl? I mean... the name of the singer. She performed on reunion concert in Tokyo for Violet U.K.

What's her name?

[tenjoki]

Nicole Scherzinger, though she's now w/ the Pussycat Dolls

[kullerkeksmaus]

The blonde woman who is also answering questions is Katie (katherine) Fitzgerald ^^

[foxpsychedelic]

I applaud the enthusiasm some of the hosts.

Don't want to sound like I'm criticizing, but it's such an honor to have a legend like Yoshiki there, he deserved something a bit more organized. It would've helped if some of the interviewers were more professional and prepared. Like giving the audience who don't know Yoshiki a brief summary/intro about his accomplishments and asking questions in a more "thoughtful" and organized manner, also keeping in mind that English isn't his 1st language.

[ElegantPaws01]

I am with you and it would have been nice if the damn "interviewer" learn to pronounce his name properly.

[evettee]

This isn't the first English speaker I have heard pronounce his name like that. I guess they don't know about the silent/muted vowels. It is rather irritating.

[makelovestay]

that interviewer was DEFINITELY overjoyed to talk to him hahahaa :)

[kazufronkonsteen]

lucky bastards... I couldn't go, snif, snif

[xRisingForcex]

LMAO Yoshiki looks so high on drugs in this video. He always starts off his answers with a very elated "I don't know~"

[toricircle]

I think he is just nervous.

He tried to answer every question, even stupid ones. He is really nice!

[kazufronkonsteen]

I agree, what kind of questions are those? Very generic and too well-known

[anabellik]

It's just the guy who asks questions. He can't even pronounce Yoshiki's name correctly. I feel embarassed just watching this guy stutter things like "how do you feel about your career?". Why didn't they just pick some fans to do the interview. Poor Yoshiki.

[princesstutianna]

LMAO !!! pause it people on exactly 3:31... after she asks the question of how HE GOT INTO x frickin japan... his face is priceless :P its kindof a "wtf?" face :P luv it :P

[LeighF1]

People have got to read into the question. Strictly speaking, it's I don't think she means in the context of how did you get 'into' the band. She was addressing how you got into X in relation to how it was created, it's foundations, how the sound progressed, etc. Don't forget some people will not be acquainted with X regardless how synomonous with Japanese Music History it is.

[angrykyo]

how did u get into x?????

go read their history

he was X!!!!!

he made X!!!

he was the core of the visual kei revolution

[TheSuicideCityMayor]

lol some of those ppl asked some very stupid questions indeed

[elmoNL]

such stupid question, how did u get in X? OMG! ITS WAS HIS BAND!... if u dont know that ur not rly a x fan! so your not worth listening it ... go listen some crap ... x is too good for you!

[angrykyo]

wat kind of question is that?

do u now know x?

hes the fucking mastermind of x

[Ippenutt]

YAY! A interview with Yoshiki, and I understand more that 5%.

[blkeydfu8er]

i wish there were subz cuz it's kinda hard to understand what the people are saying sometimes

[blkeydfu8er]

for coming to america? he lives in america lolz...maybe the guys means thanks for coming to Maryland

[intheyear2000]

that is the same thing i said when i heard that it makes me angry when people who dont know what they are talking about ask the questions

[TheSuicideCityMayor]

lol that's what i was thinking.

who the hell picked these ppl to interview??

they shouldve picked ppl who really know who he is!

[NozomiSky]

YOSHIKI I LOVE YOU!!!

[paintxmexaxrainbow]

OMG he's soo cute! <3

[skettabessa]

I was there! Poor Yoshiki =( Looked so nervous. His english (i have to say) is Great. =D He is so Kawaii XD

[TheSuicideCityMayor]

lucky you!

did you get to meet him?

when is the next one and will he be there??

[yarennnoka]

yoshikiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiii!!!

[falnangl127]

i actually wouldnt mind if he did!

xD

[theSCIENTISTxxx]

Yoshiki looks and acted so lost, XD That guy interviewing him just kept dragging on and on. Yoshiki looked nervous and kept tugging at his shirt like he wanted to take it off.

[Ippenutt]

He is always doing that. It's so cute. And he's always touching his hair.

[TheSuicideCityMayor]

yeah i know that fat guy kept distracting me waving his hands in the way while Yoshiki-sama was speaking! how rude!

and they kept asking the same damn questions but just changing them around.. and asking stupid questions- do they not know who he is??

[shojopunk]

this interview is boring, xreunion!!ill f**king die! that stupid broad 'how did you get into x?' wtf??

[TheSuicideCityMayor]

lol for real someone shoudl tell her- uhmmm, he didnt GET INTO X, he fucking MADE X.. before you were in diapers

[Shinzetsu]

what the FUCK?

[PuffyAmiYumi]

Do you mean the word "Otaku"?

[shakotoon]

Kyo is 31, as for Gackt, he has never mentioned his year of birth (he once said in an interview he was born in the 18th century in France), but apparently he was born in July 1973

[shakotoon]

Yoshiki is 41. He'll turn 42 on Nov. 20th

[AkitoSohmaisagirl]

Actually Yoshiki is 42 and will turn 43 on Nov. 20th.;)

[shakotoon]

Yoshiki was born in 1965, just like Toshi. So they'll both turn 42 at the end of the year

[0ladystardust]

he looks really nervous and 'cornered'.  the interviewer is annoying

[chaosjester]

If I had random white people in anime costumes yelling random Japanese at me with such bad accents and misuse that I had no idea what they were trying to say for a whole weekend... I'd be pretty (x.<) too, hehehe. He's holding it down.

[DAVWAVE]

Yeah, it is soooo bad in US he moved here and left Japan. That says it all.

[chaosjester]

I'm confused as to what you're attempting to say but whatever. (^_^)

[DAVWAVE]

On another subject, what other groups are considered very goood in Japan. X-J seems to be loved so much. Any other bands to look into. My son likes Metal bands and all kinds of music and he really liked X-Japan. I just found them yesterday. Very sad story about Hide, I read some articles.

[chaosjester]

If you're looking for your son, then I'd suggest SEX MACHINEGUNS. Despite the name, their songs content is often very silly (for example, one song is cheering on a salaryman to work hard). Onmyouza is fabulous as well. MUCC isn't considered metal (I think, I don't know, I tend to call rock as rock and leave it at that), but they're heavy and very good. A lot of people seem to like Luna Sea as well.

[chaosjester]

Ah, I see you might think I'm insulting Americans. No, my comment was directed actually at the people below talking about him seeming uncomfortable or (x.<) like. I've gone to Otakon myself many a time, so I am familiar with the atmosphere. I can understand how'd it'd be nerve wracking. And living in Japan right now, it is an uncomfortable thing to have random english yelled at me by people. (^o^)

[leechaihoon]

Come on... he's an ESL person... I can pretty much understand everything he says.

[AkitoSohmaisagirl]

*giggles* He looks nervous!^^

[luispacheco28]

hi is very scary man...

[redpolaris]

i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know yoshi really doesn't know,maybe he really doesn't know how to handle this kind of conversation. i hate it too!

[iamcheese]

poor guy, covered in american weirdos.

[CherryBlossomskt]

haaa, you made me laugh, it's true his arms are folded and he looks pinned down but still trying to be polite.

[mabudachishigure]

"Which songs were those?"

"...Which one was that...?"

LOL that was so cute when he said that and kind of looked down to the side X3 he seems to say "I don't know" a lot.... XD but it's still cute

[pumnkingusti]

I love him. So much. Yoshiki is the overlord of J-Rock!

[xKaoKaox]

:( he looks scared shitless cuz the otaku are going to eat him

[afsui]

rusty nail...

[afsui]

......? what?

[Guiltymaiden]

yoshiki is GreaT!!!!

[dahliacat]

What's the song she played at the end?

[chocomiku]

it was "Solitude" by Moi dix mois (mana's band)

[Killerclaw]

I missed this interview...I was killing bitches 100 feet away in the game room... :'(

[FlipXkeeper]

is yoshiki gay? no this is a serious question... like look at his stance and the way he moves

[VengefulRonin]

It's called sitting in a comfortable position

[magegirl8]

I know what you're saying - I noticed the strange body language too - my impression was that he was scared out of his mind, completely shy in front of all these loud americans, and feeling like he doesnt have all that much to say. Perhaps a straight man would clam up in a different way though...

[pumnkingusti]

He's been living in America for what, 10 years? That's just his personality.

[SCFHojo]

i love how the people ask him really thought out questions and 70% of his responses are "ummmm.....yea........i dunno" hahhaaha

[lynnalino]

he has the cutest smile!

[a3kings]

did anyone catch what he said when they asked him how LA is better than japan?

[akilatem]

Less humid

-Roger

[a3kings]

awesome thanks!

[kyajin]

i was there,righ there,next to him,ppl do know him,and his fans all around,1000000 of them

[zuksgaia]

Yoshiki was incredible; and certainly, I think he's preparing to come back and show this generation just what a talent he is. With the news that he will be working with Gackt, I think that it will definitely bring a new wave of people to his fanbase. Yoshiki, X Japan, is so much love!

[zuksgaia]

Yes, I know a lot of people there really didn't know who he was. I myself didn't know much about him at the time. The thing is is that Yoshiki - X Japan - was all before many in this generation. Looking back now, I'm very honored to have seen such a respectable artist. I think his coming was a great opportunity for this younger generation to gain an interest and a knowledge about something that became the foundation for much of what they love.

[savacy]

nice comment~~~totally agree with you~~i myself just got to know them through the later bands which were deeply influenced by X

[xRisingForcex]

This guy is so tight because he also produced the song "Jamshiman Anyoung" for M.C. the Max.

[thegiant1]

Yoshiki seems strung out or something, he doesn't seem like his normal self here.

[weichiang]

People at that convention just don't konw him I guess.. Thats a shame... Damn! I hope Yoshi would make a mark at the music industry again like what he did in X Japan before!

[Roisia]

they do know him, there's tons of clips of him and the fans who were fangirling over him. Believe me lol, he's loved and well known

[weichiang]

Well, thats good news.

[MusashinoDanji]

X-Japan saiko

[ElGuise]

This man is a musical genious. An artist that not many can compare to. I would have expected the crowd to go mad once he stepped into the place, but all he got was a couple of half-assed claps and feeble hollers. Its so sad, I really hope his knew project takes off in the states, then people will really learn to appriciate his talent.

[ElGuise]

What a bunch of boring people. The crowd, the interviewers. It really feels like from watching this video that half the people in the place don't even know who this man is, or what he has done and accomplished. The only person that seemed like he had any sense was the dark skinned fellow sitting next to the Violet UK girl.

[weisscrucifix]

I think there were not many people here because we were all in line for his autograph at the time this interview was being done. I mean we were there for hours lol

[weisscrucifix]

Man he was so nice, we met him at otakon and my drummer, guitarist and myself gave him our demo cd. He was so cool, we got to videotape the whole thing and my drummer was japanese and was speaking to yoshiki in japanese so the otakon staff asked him to move it along cause yoshiki kept wanting to speak to us lol

[ilonka12poland]

you should put that up on youtube. I would want to see it.

[TheKaoruEffect]

eeeep. I wish I could meet him. *_* 'swoons'. No amount of words could descibe this man. <3_<3

[leechaihoon]

Nya-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha... good...good

[Sugarchan]

I think he's nervous as all hell... he's friggen surounded by interviewers O.o;; and outside of the interviewers is a bunch of cosplaying fans hahahahahaha... well at least I'd be freaked out heh... and chibikitty I agree with you O.o;; they should have done a bit of research O.o;; he lives in L fricken A

[akilatem]

Ok, this is really starting to get to me.

Didn't any of you hear when I personally asked him "What's it like living in LA?"? It's right there in the video...

-Roger

[Sugarchan]

ah no I heard you say that ^_^ you asked good questions.... I was refearing to a different person... sorry heh

[Sugarchan]

I'm not sure if my other post went through.... buuut anyways... yes I heard YOU ask how he liked living in LA, I think chibikitty and I are refearing to a different incident... anyways it was all in all a good interview and I enjoyed watching it. Everyone had intelligent relavent (sp?) questions.

[akilatem]

Ok, ok. My apologies. I was just afraid people were denouncing the wole interview because Jason made that slip. I'm really happy you enjoyed it, and I hope we continue to conduct interviews that people sill enjoy. But I will apologise for the slip on Jason's behalf.

-Roger

[excxhxo]

Thx for sharing !

[Jide911]

thx for share

[bmw81187]

lol chibikity.XD

[Chibikity]

welcome to america... wtf moron he lives in america O_o

[fencergirl06]

Seriously...

these people should do a little research, eh?

[EMIHAYASHI]

Well all i can say is that i'm soooooo jelous, if only i had the oportunity to was there, then didn't matter to me how many hours i have to be waiting to can see him, ive been wating for him many years and im still wait for that day

[tabithascobra]

thank you!

[yoshikiart]

I absolutely hate that photographer to guts. He was buttng in front of my friend and I when we were lining up outside of the building to get into the convention center for Yoshiki's autograph. And he doesn't have to wait in line for Yoshiki's autograph, unlike the rest of the fans, such as me. My friend and I have to wait 8 hours for Yoshiki's autograph, from 6am to 2pm. He disgusts me. > < Hate him, hate him.

[xxxxx55]

Hey yoshikiart,

It's understandable to be upset and frustrated seeing you waited in line for such a long period of time, trust me I understand. I stood in line for 20+ hours for Diru's first US concert just to be front row. But it is unnecessary to make such rude remarks and hate people for such an immature reason on top of attempting to tarnish my reputation. You see, I was hired to be a press photographer to record the events of the convention.

[xxxxx55]

With that in mind, there comes special privileges such as a press pass. The press pass is used in many ways to acquire the work they need to submit to their client, such as press seating's at certain events and such. Although that doesn't give press the right to do anything they please. As for me entering the building before everyone, I was simply attempting to set up my equipment early.

[xxxxx55]

I was NOT trying to rush into the convention to get in line for Yoshiki's autograph because I was hired to be at the Tainted Reality and Iron Otaku booth an hour BEFORE Yoshiki was giving autographs at his autograph session, therefore I wouldn't even have made it on the line for Yoshiki's autograph. Please do not jump to assumptions if you don't completely understand all the facts. Thanks.

the photographer

[yoshikiart]

T.T Bad sound quality. I cannot make out what all the people are saying.

[kittycollartight]

Oh my, the photographer is HOT :D

[xxxxx55]

ty -_-

[kittycollartight]

aha! no problem ;)

[kittycollartight]

I'm surprised the crowd isn't going insane