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Band	X Japan
Label	Sony
Formed	1982, Japan
Status	Active
Genre(s)	Heavy/Progressive/Power Metal
Lyrical theme(s)	Killing, Pain, Sadness, Love, Sex

Line-up

Toshimitsu "Toshi" Deyama : Vocals (1982-1997, 2007-)
Tomoaki "Pata" Ishizuka : Guitar (1987-1997, 2007-)
Hiroshi "Heath" Morie : Bass (1992-1997, 2007-)
Yoshiki Hayashi : Drums, Piano (1982-1997, 2007-)
Yūne "Sugizo" Sugihara : Guitar (2008-)

Former member(s)

Guitars:
- Yuji "Terry" Izumisawa (1982-1985)

- Tomoyuki "Tomo" Ogata (1984-1985)
- Yoshifumi "Hally" Yoshida (1985)
- Hisashi Takai (1985, 1986)
- Masanori "Kerry" Takahashi (1986)
- Satoru Inoue (1986)
- Hideto "hide" Matsumoto (R.I.P. 2nd May 1998) (1987-1997)
- Kenichi (Eddie Van) Koide
- Mita "Zenon" Kazumitsu

Bass:
- Atsushi Tokuo (1984-1985)
- Hikaru Utaka (1985-1986)
- Taiji Sawada (1985, 1986-1992)

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