Toshi

I'll be honest, the first time I heard Toshi hit those soaring X JAPAN high notes, I genuinely did a double-take, because there's just no way a human throat is supposed to make a sound that clean and that piercing. He's got this almost crystalline tenor that can go full power-ballad tearjerker on something like "Endless Rain" and then turn around and scream over Yoshiki's wall of speed metal without breaking a sweat. What gets me, though, is the long road he took, the years he spent away and lost in the wilderness before finding his way back to the stage. That comeback story makes me root for him even harder. A kid from Tateyama in Chiba ends up moving fans all over the world with his voice, and somehow he just keeps showing up to sing. I love that stubborn, unpolished sincerity.

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Toshi is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and guitarist born on October 10, 1965, in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture. He is widely known as the vocalist of the rock band X JAPAN, celebrated for his wide-ranging voice and powerful high-note delivery. He attended Chiba Prefectural Awa High School before pursuing a career in music. His official site is toshi-samuraijapan.com and he remains active on social media under the handle toshl_officia on Instagram.

Name (English)

Toshi

Name (Japanese)

Toshl

Reading

とし

Born

October 10, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

Origin

Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Singer / Songwriter / Guitarist

High school

Chiba Prefectural Awa High School

Spouse

守谷香

Works summary

Appearances

130 (1992–2025)

By year

1992: 1, 1993: 4, 1994: 3, 1995: 1, 1996: 2, 1997: 4, 1998: 4, 1999: 3, 2000: 1, 2001: 1, 2002: 1, 2004: 4, 2008: 11, 2009: 12, 2010: 5, 2011: 9, 2012: 2, 2013: 4, 2014: 1, 2015: 3, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2018: 8, 2019: 5, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 1

Debut work

X TOSHIのオールナイトニッポン

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://toshi-samuraijapan.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/toshl_officia/
• Xhttps://x.com/Toshlofficial
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshl
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360634

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Singer
• Songwriter
• Guitarist

Last updated

2026-08-26

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