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X Japan (Musical group)

LC control no.no2009167559
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Corporate name headingX Japan (Musical group)
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Variant(s)エックス・ジャパン (Musical group)
Ekkusu Japan (Musical group)
See alsoMember: Yoshiki
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Predecessor: X (Musical group : Japan)
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Beginning date1992
LocatedChiba-ken (Japan)
Field of activityHeavy metal (Music)
Special notePreviously established as X-Japan (Musical group)
Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inGlobal metal [VR] c2009: container (X-Japan)
All music guide WWW site, Oct. 20, 2009 (X-Japan; founded 1982, Chiba, Japan, as X [no publications in OCLC]; disbanded 1997)
We are X, 2017: credits (X Japan)
Wikipedia, July 5, 2017 (X Japan (Japanese: エックス・ジャパン Hepburn: Ekkusu Japan); Japanese heavy metal band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi; originally named X (エックス = Ekkusu); changed name to X-Japan in 1992; disbanded 1997, reunited in 2007)
AllMusic, July 5, 2017 (X Japan)
X Japan WWW site, July 5, 2017 (X Japan)