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The band => The Concerts => Topic started by: ben on April 04, 2008, 03:09:11 AM
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Hey, I suppose this is kind of related to tour discussion
Anybody ever met any members of X Japan in person?
Or even received any correspondence from them - a letter, email etc?
Just interested to know your experiences.
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did you read the story by hidestiny in the "who has been to a concert of x/hide" section?. its a really great story, check it out :)
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Oh I've just seen that now, that is a really nice story.
Hope other people can share stories if they have it..
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I've recieved a few mails (3 or 4 I think) from Yoshiki on myspace.
They were very short though (understandable, I don't wanna guess how many mails he gets) and contained a million exclamation marks :D
Also I once got my hands on a mail address to what someone told me was D.I.E in Spread Beaver, and, well, I mailed and got a reply and it seemed like it, but I'm not really sure. He wanted to enjoy rock music with me some day xD
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Hey, I suppose this is kind of related to tour discussion
Anybody ever met any members of X Japan in person?
Or even received any correspondence from them - a letter, email etc?
Just interested to know your experiences.
My ex's friend met Toshi when he was in Japan last year I think it was. And he was invitade to private party and things like that by Toshi. I am just a liiiiiiittle jealous of him.
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If I dont remember all wrong.. Pantherenoire has at least seen X Japan and hide live. Dont know if she actually met the members.
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I met Yoshiki at the Jrock Revolution festival last year. <3
He's awesome. XD
You can read about it in my LJ report about the JRR Festival (or just click this link to skip to the good part XD)
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I met Yoshiki at the Jrock Revolution festival last year. <3
He's awesome. XD
:shock:
:cry:
I hate youuuu~
*sob sob sob*
You had a picture with him....
I hate you more.....
*sob sob sob*
P.S.: If I had an opportunity to meet him, I don't think I'd remember to take a picture. XD I'd be just looking at him and listening to him (if he was saying something). I wouldn't even touch him. >,> You know, what if I touched him and he'd shatter like a mirror? *lol* Ok, I'm silly, childish and insane... (and I enjoy every second of it... :twisted: )
P.P.S.: Hey, I heard that MUCC can pwn almost anyone! ^_^ I want JRR and RToC in Europe...! >.>
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If I had an opportunity to meet him, I don't think I'd remember to take a picture. XD I'd be just looking at him and listening to him (if he was saying something). I wouldn't even touch him. >,> You know, what if I touched him and he'd shatter like a mirror? *lol* Ok, I'm silly, childish and insane... (and I enjoy every second of it... :twisted: )
I had a dream last night that I was on the train to the Paris live, wearing an X t-shirt and I ran into Pata XD. In the dream I just stared at him for two minutes and ran away.
I think that's pretty close to how I'd act in real life XDD.
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If I had an opportunity to meet him, I don't think I'd remember to take a picture. XD I'd be just looking at him and listening to him (if he was saying something). I wouldn't even touch him. >,> You know, what if I touched him and he'd shatter like a mirror? *lol* Ok, I'm silly, childish and insane... (and I enjoy every second of it... :twisted: )
I had a dream last night that I was on the train to the Paris live, wearing an X t-shirt and I ran into Pata XD. In the dream I just stared at him for two minutes and ran away.
I think that's pretty close to how I'd act in real life XDD.
:lol: I'm pretty sure I'd be exactly the same, its either that or make a complete fool out of myself, which tends to happen a fair bit aswell.
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I had a dream last night that I was on the train to the Paris live, wearing an X t-shirt and I ran into Pata XD. In the dream I just stared at him for two minutes and ran away.
I think that's pretty close to how I'd act in real life XDD.
You inspired me to start a new thread (http://www.x-freaks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2049)! ^_^
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I've recieved a few mails (3 or 4 I think) from Yoshiki on myspace.
They were very short though (understandable, I don't wanna guess how many mails he gets) and contained a million exclamation marks :D
Sounds great! You should archive it and save into your pc hard drive.
Now that X Japan reunited, more fans came back, his myspace is getting much more overflooded, plus with his being too busy, I'm pretty sure none will get his reply from myspace anymore except if the person is truly his friend.
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Holy crap, that man never cease to amaze me! O_O He replies? I think that READING all those messages is MORE THAN ENOUGH! O_O
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Edit: I never wrote him and most likely never will. I don't want to add any burden. And I have nothing important to say what he wouldn't have known already.
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Holy crap, that man never cease to amaze me! O_O He replies? I think that READING all those messages is MORE THAN ENOUGH! O_O
he never replied to me XD and i tried around the same time when Millie did. But well, i guess her messages were more interesting or her myspace pic cuter XD
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he never replied to me XD and i tried around the same time when Millie did. But well, i guess her messages were more interesting or her myspace pic cuter XD
I don't think it's very good to write him..... he has so many things to think of already.
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he never replied to me XD and i tried around the same time when Millie did. But well, i guess her messages were more interesting or her myspace pic cuter XD
I don't think it's very good to write him..... he has so many things to think of already.
yeah i don't do that anymore. But back then when he just got his myspace i thought i could try it myself XD
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*lol* That's cute! XD
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Haha you're a lucky one! =D
so this one was the first time he answered eh?What about the second one?! :P
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Haha you're a lucky one! =D
so this one was the first time he answered eh?What about the second one?! :P
He answered as many as four times but I do not share ALL of my mails with strangers :D
Don't worry, nothing indecent xDD
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:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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"are you really yoshiki?"
"Yes!"
XDDDDDDDDDD haha, that's good. xD Made me smile xD~
I guess nowadays he's too busy answering messages, though ... °_°; mh ... But I guess I'll write him sometimes anyway (not quite sure about what in detail, but yeah ... XD Had some strange day dreams the last days ... XD)
Lucky ones who got the chance to meet a X member °_° But somehow I'm also relieved I was never in such a situation xD I would be SO scared I wouldn't dare to say anything at all. I would just stare and then run away, I think ... and then hate myself for that the rest of my life XDD
Maya~
Good night, guys ~,~;
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But I guess I'll write him sometimes anyway
Please, do you really want to add more to the burden? If it's really not very important, why to write him?
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He might read it!It's up to him to decide if he has time to read or reply I guess! :D
And to be honest,I don't think Yoshiki would like to stop receiving mails from his fans whether he has time to read/reply or not! :wink:
(personally i've never messaged him)
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Yes, but look at his MySpace.. He hasn't been there for a month... and after 28th.. if I were him, I'd be afraid to show up there and being overwhelmed by tons of messages... XDDD And it's better using an hour for sleep than for reading constant: "Are you ok?" "You scared the shit out of me" or "I love youuuuuuuuuuuu~~~~ <3 <3" etc.. etc... etc....
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I've never met any of them, but in the first post I made on Yoshiki's MySpace when I told him about how much I loved X, him, and their work, I also attached a link to my X JAPAN fanpage. Dork Yoshiki, he is, edited my post and added smilies and exclamation marks everywhere XD I loved that.
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I've never met any of them, but in the first post I made on Yoshiki's MySpace when I told him about how much I loved X, him, and their work, I also attached a link to my X JAPAN fanpage. Dork Yoshiki, he is, edited my post and added smilies and exclamation marks everywhere XD I loved that.
Hahaha.... Damn that guy is wicked. :lol:
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I've never met any of them, but in the first post I made on Yoshiki's MySpace when I told him about how much I loved X, him, and their work, I also attached a link to my X JAPAN fanpage. Dork Yoshiki, he is, edited my post and added smilies and exclamation marks everywhere XD I loved that.
hahahah XD wtf that's brilliant you think the post is still there?
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as said as an other post (who had been to a concert of X or hide)
I seen hide, in january 1998, and he signed yo me an autograph.
I'had just 10 years, so I didn't speak english or japanese !
so my father translate for me
that was a beautiful remember :oops: (cry in silence)
hide said to me, if I was happy and a musician, he was happy because his aim was to touch people with his music and his personality.
That was a thing I can't forget !
***in extase***
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@nage
"Are you ok?" "You scared the shit out of me" or "I love youuuuuuuuuuuu~~~~ <3 <3" etc.. etc... etc....
-> That would'nt exactly be what I would be writing XD;; (I'm out of the "Oh, i love you so!"-age °_° ... 3 years ago ... maybe XD *lol*)
If I'd write something then only IF it's important for me and not out of a spontaneuos mood ... e.e; And how Yu~kun said : Yoshiki is the one to decide if he has time to read it or not. In the end it's my problem if he doesn't answer xD;
But this message still has time anyway ... xD
(Thank god I didn't have myspace 2 or 3 years ago °_°; That would have been embarrassing XDD).
Maya
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hahahah XD wtf that's brilliant you think the post is still there?
I looked for it and....HAHAHAHA HE EDITED IT AGAIN, omg, he BOLDED and made the font bigger XDDD that was probably done a day after or something because I never checked it again, but I was a n00b back then in Myspace and I didn't know how to do it (and I still don't *-*; ) but LOL, oh God, I love him.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=14155082&blogid=152101763&page=4
It's the post under "Trini" (which is my name btw).
This is hilarious, I gotta tell my bf about this, lol.
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XDDDDDDDDDDDD omg.
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-> That would'nt exactly be what I would be writing XD;; (I'm out of the "Oh, i love you so!"-age °_° ... 3 years ago ... maybe XD *lol*)
lol, I meant that in general... XDDDDD
But this message still has time anyway ... xD
(Thank god I didn't have myspace 2 or 3 years ago °_°; That would have been embarrassing XDD).
Hehe, thank gods that I didn't know he had MySpace 2 or 3 years ago! XD
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=14155082&blogid=152101763&page=4
Wuahaaha.. XD What a dork, lol... that's cool! :D
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hahahah XD wtf that's brilliant you think the post is still there?
I looked for it and....HAHAHAHA HE EDITED IT AGAIN, omg, he BOLDED and made the font bigger XDDD that was probably done a day after or something because I never checked it again, but I was a n00b back then in Myspace and I didn't know how to do it (and I still don't *-*; ) but LOL, oh God, I love him.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=14155082&blogid=152101763&page=4
It's the post under "Trini" (which is my name btw).
This is hilarious, I gotta tell my bf about this, lol.
oh my dear god!! he added those smileys? XDD well he seems amused about that your fanpage is gonna be the biggest, so he might actually check out other pages XDD
well he said "oh my god, what i do now" when he started myspace... maybe it was his way of communicating before he knew how to answer thingS? o.o XD
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oh my dear god!! he added those smileys? XDD well he seems amused about that your fanpage is gonna be the biggest, so he might actually check out other pages XDD
well he said "oh my god, what i do now" when he started myspace... maybe it was his way of communicating before he knew how to answer thingS? o.o XD
Yeah he did XD I didn't knew you could add smilies to Myspace, I'm telling ya. And well, we're working reaaaaally hard to make it the best and bigger, let's hope one day we make it :D
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My japanese professor saw Toshi around 1996 in public.
He was drinking a coffee with a mate teacher, then Toshi came in the coffee store with a newspaper on hand. He just ordered a coffee, read his newspaper, drank his cofee, and left.
Quite amazing considering how people like hide would make a scandal in such a public place. XD
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He was drinking a coffee with a mate teacher, then Toshi came in the coffee store with a newspaper on hand. He just ordered a coffee, read his newspaper, drank his cofee, and left.
Why, that's just like Toshi. I really like him. :D
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I met Pata at Paris, for Ra:IN live. I asked him to sign a drawing of him (smiling, it's rare xD) I had made, and when he saw it he joined his hands saying : "wow arigatô arigatô" o_o I was so voiceless (screaming lol)
After that, I saw Yoshiki last year at JapanExpo.. Well, I was extremely amazed of realizing that I was more moved by the meeting with Pata than with Yoshiki O_o'''
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Me i seen Yoshiki at japan expo but i never talk to him or any x-japan member me too when i seen yoshiki i was so voicless WOW its him and after i thought wow he is very small personn xD In video when i see him i think he is very tall haha ^^".
But this day i was so sad to shaw lot of people who can have yoshiki 's autograph. "Yoshiki is just front of me but i cant talk with him he is so near but so far" T_T
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Does Sugizo count?:P
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Not yet :wink:
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Not yet :wink:
lol ok
i'd be glad if he could be the 6th member,really
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Well, I've never met any of the members but I've been a mere few meters away from them all at one point or other at the 30th concert and also had Toshi wave at us.
Apart from that, my only real link to the members comes from a friend of mine who used to do some work for Dope Headz first vocalist - who of course remains friends with Heath and Pata.
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I shook hands with Pata yesterday 8) 8)
And I will again in like 5 hours or so :D
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I shook hands with Pata yesterday 8) 8)
And I will again in like 5 hours or so :D
And I hug him :) So a nice guy !!!! ;) have fun this evening !
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Shook Pata's hand too and got my JE tickets signed ! :D Really nice guy !
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I shook hands too and even spoke some japanese to him and he replied. It was really great, Pata is so cool.
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I met Pata too XD.
I shook his hand but my friend HUGGED him lol.
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meh+pata=hugzzzzz ^______^
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Pata, as well, here :D
However, I wouldn't have even thought of hugging him. Nor did I even expect to shake his hand. xD I was surprised then, really.
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Gave Pata a hug at the Japan expo as well, at the smaller signing session held by the manga café... I remember walking by and being totally shocked and dumbfolded by the sudden sight of Pata in my eyes, not knowing he was giving signing sessions.
Best suprise of my life, lol..
Had him sign my X - Jealousy Scorebook (the pata equipment page) His reaction to the page was quiete funny, as if he went like "oh yes! thats the equipment I used back then" lol.
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I'm pulling this thread up now........
Haha, it was so nice to read your memories (especially) of meeting Pata at the Japan Expo!
I met him too, and the whole situation was so unreal.
And maybe just 'cause my friends were like "panicking", I felt so calm that it wasn't even real!
Or.. well.. seems that it was, 'cause I have Patas and michiakis signed Ra:IN T-shirt. ._.
(... and the DVD aswell.)
Pata was just like... himself!
I could even draw comicstrip of this, it was so... weird.
Michiaki was so cheerful, energetic... I almost jumped into air when he gave his hand that I could shake it...and Pata sit right next to him and seemed sleepy, totally opposite to his friend. (Well, as always. :D)
And the smell of Jack Daniels in the air!
He seemed like doing all signing & handshaking & hugging like a robot, or hypnotized...
Ofcourse, I also got hug from him. I'll always remember how he fondled my back. :'D
Actually, first time when he really looked at me was when I opened my mouth and actually spoke with him in japanese. (Really should have done that from the start, but I was so stuck with english.) It was like a lightning stroke to him, his eyes opened wide and he looked into my eyes and smiled.
No more sleeping. XD
He also hoped that we'd meet again.
Made me happy.
And for the rest of the day, I was just spacing out.
I wish that I could have stayed for their gig, but my flight back to Finland was just then. :/
(oh, but I met one japanese man at the airplane, who didn't even know english, but he was at Paris/Japan Expo for Pata and the Metal Box promotion. And I had to interpret the stuerts to him. :'DD)
Also I once got my hands on a mail address to what someone told me was D.I.E in Spread Beaver, and, well, I mailed and got a reply and it seemed like it, but I'm not really sure. He wanted to enjoy rock music with me some day xD
That made my.... night! hahaha.
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I used to love meeting bands so much a few years ago but I grew out of it for the most part.
But.. I would like a chance to meet one member of X Japan someday if I can and see them live.. even if it's just one of Toshi's solo concerts.
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I met Pata last December at Ra:IN's gig in Yokohama. :) My sister is crazy about Pata and I managed to get tickets to the concert AND she didn't know it before the morning of the gig. BD Anyway back to subject, after the gig there was a signing session and we managed to get autographs and hugs from him. :) I asked him to come to Finland, maybe next tour... Pata was drinking Jack Daniel's during the gig.. I don't know how much did he drank but is was a lot. :D
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Late last year I met a guy who's a friend of Yoshiki's. They have hung out together in LA. He told me one story where Yoshiki came over to the house of a mutual friend and was wearing some kind of hat or head gear. They kept urging him to take it off but he refused. In the end he told them that he had dyed his hair and he didn't like it. I guess if it wasn't "perfect" Yoshiki would not be satisfied.
Although I would have loved to have grilled this guy for all kinds of information it wasn't appropriate as our meeting was not a social one, but more a professional/business one.
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Sugizo, Pata, and Taiji here.
Sugizo walking around in Santa Monica late May 2008, smiled and said hi, walked on....
Pata in August 2008, first, then a couple more times that year around LA. I won't say anything more because I don't want drama.
Taiji at The Killing Red Addiction's show June 2009.
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I already mentioned my meeting with Yoshiki earlier in this thread (like, one of the first few posts I think XD). Since then I've also met Sugizo twice. =D The first time was in 2008 when he was here in NYC with Juno Reactor. He and Ben Watkins did a fan meet-and-greet at Kinokuniya. I gave him a drawing of him that I did, and a Darth Vader figure I bought for him when I'd heard Vader was his childhood hero. XD
The second time was last month right after the X Japan video shoot. After the show, me and two other fans I'd met tried to see if we could get permission to go backstage because we had gifts for the band (I had made drawings for each of the members, and they had a flag that looked like hide's heart guitar with a message written on it). After a few minutes, security let us in, and I spotted Sugizo a minute later. =D I thanked him for the guitar pick I'd caught earlier, then gave him the drawing I'd made for him (though because it took a minute for me to find it in the envelope I was keeping my drawings in, Sugi almost had to leave before I could get it out XD"). He smiled and thanked me for the drawing. =D As for the drawings for the other members, some staff members offered to deliver those to the rest of the band. ^^ Along with a photo of me and the other fans so that the band would know who gave them the gifts. XD
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Yes I have met members.
:3
Which pretty much means I can die happy 8D
However...
I think the last time I was near any members was the PV shoot in LA.
Btw, that was an amazing night.
But I met SUGIZO back in...08...when he was not as a member of X but as a member of Juno Reactor, also had the amazing chance to be pulled up on that stage later that night!
I can post pics if you guys want, I got some great shots from that night!! :3
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Of course :) Go ahead
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Well, from all these replies (saying who's met who and where) I think the subject line should be changed to "Has anyone ever NOT met any X Japan members?" It does sound awkward...reminds me of the "Say Anything" thread.
Well, I haven't met any of them... :'( :'( :'(
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Well, I haven't met any of them...
Me neither :'(
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LOL yeah, that was nice, Ami. xDD The fans in france for example even went out drinking with Ra:IN afterwards. ;D
As for me, I've "met" Pata last year in Cologne and the year before at Japan Expo. And also shook Yoshiki's hand and got blue blood signed by him the year before. ;D
(I'm still thinking "WHO THE HELL scribbled on my booklet!??" everytime I see it.... XD )
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Never met any of them :( But if they'll ever come to Finland I'll hunt them down :D I was almost in a plane to Paris already but then that got cancelled :/
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I saw Yoshiki at Japan Expo in 2007 but I didn't get an autograph
Then next year I met Pata in the Japan Expo and he signed my Dahlia CD and Metal Box from Ra:IN. It was like:
- *signs the metal box*
- mmmm can you sign this one too...? ^^' (sorry...)
- Oh yes ^^
- *about to sign in the cover*
- Noooooooo here no, sign inside in your photo
- Here?
- Nooo in your page *look for his page, ugh where is his pic/my bag falls of my arm ugh x_x *here here ^^
- Ah ok haha*signs*
- thank you~ ^^
xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Then last July I was able to get a ticket for the Yoshiki signing session and got my Dahlia CD signed *o* (I had a trauma for 3 years xD)
It was like:
me: - (will they let me sign two CDs? The dvd and another one?? I hope so!)
man: - Only 1 autopraph, NO PHOTO NO VIDEO
me: - ok.... u.u (Eternal melodyII or Dahlia...? Dahlia, then I'll have 2 autographs in 1...^^)
Yoshiki: ^◡^
me: - Here *a paper falls* X_x
Yoshiki: ^◡^ *signs*
me: X_x thank you ^^
Yoshiki: ^◡^
me: ... o.o
Yoshiki: ^◡^
me: ....?? o.o X_x
Yoshiki: Gives my booklet back ^◡^
me: .... thank you... bye.... ^^ X_xU
Yoshiki: ^◡^
XDDDDDDDDDD next time I will say something, promise....
(In case somebody is bored, I wrote a looong report about my trip here: http://theredfury.tumblr.com/post/790087206/paris-japan-expo-2010)
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Yoshiki: ^◡^
LMAO THAT made my day!!! |DDDD
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I plan to meet Yoshiki one day.
The closest I've gotten to the X Japan members was during the Night of Creation in 2008 when I was sat next to the right-sided run-way-cat-walk, so I was just a couple of meters away from the band whenever they walked down it. Heath and Pata seemed most willing to play to the croud when they shouted him, but Yoshiki just seemed to ignore everyone :P
Toshi pointed at our group when we all screamed his name during Orgasm (reading that back sounds profane XD), but he does that regularly so we didn't feel particularly special :P
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Yoshiki: ^◡^
LMAO THAT made my day!!! |DDDD
mine too XDD awesome!
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Toshi pointed at our group when we all screamed his name during Orgasm (reading tha back sounds profane XD), but he does that regularly so we didn't feel particularly special :P
lol That made my day! ;D
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I met hide's brother in May. Does it count? ;D
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I met hide's brother in May. Does it count? ;D
Nice :) What's Hiroshi like these days? Still short and chubby? xD
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Tanabata is counts :D
Tell us about it!
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i meet Matsumoto Hiroshi 1 years ago. outside lemoned shop. He is nice man.
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I met Yoshiki in 2006 at Otakon then took part in the panel discussion, Interviewed him in the press conference at Otakon 2010, and saw him on the street. Of course Sugizo was at the press conference too.
I would really like to sit down and talk with Pata. Since the media pretty much ignores him =/
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I would really like to sit down and talk with Pata. Since the media pretty much ignores him =/
That would be very interesting! Mayby you can have the chance to interview him? Me too I would know more about how he is or how he thinks. Mostly the only things we hear about Pata: he likes whisky and cats :D
But I am curious about how he is as person.
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I would really like to sit down and talk with Pata. Since the media pretty much ignores him =/
That would be very interesting! Mayby you can have the chance to interview him? Me too I would know more about how he is or how he thinks. Mostly the only things we hear about Pata: he likes whisky and cats :D
But I am curious about how he is as person.
From what Yoshiki has said about Pata in the past, he's generally very unenthusiastic (supprised much? xD) to band life, at least in X Japan.
In his 1999 Fools Mate interview Yoshiki pretty much said that Pata was, more often than not, drunk and refused to participate in band decision making and instead usually asked to be left alone.
Interestingly enough, in Yoshiki's recent interview with the Phoenix New Times I think he refers to Pata in one part. When talking about Sugizo's work ethic in regard to the recording of the new album, he makes a comparison that some other musicians "do their part and then leave to get drunk". I wonder to whom he is refferring there? :P
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LOL well Pata isn't the most talkative person so it's rather hard to get some proper answers from him XD
I'd love to meet Toshi...!
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I'd love to meet them all and I'd really like to read really good interviews from them all!
And I so wished that I could have been to that Toshi meeting last month, that must have been beautiful, he sang new songs. Still nothing on the internet about that performance :(
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Tanabata is counts :D
Tell us about it!
I met him in Shin Kiba at the Dive to Pink event this year on May 3. I noticed a few people talking to him, looked closer and realised who it was. I wasn't going to go up and speak to him but I got the courage and did so. I just said "Hiroshi. Otsukaresama deshita". He had a look of slight surprise on his face probably because I'm a foreigner. I shook his hand. It was enough for me. If you look closely you can see a resemblance but, generally, they are really quite different in looks. Of course hide was really slim (as an adult) but Hiroshi is rather chubby. He seemed very nice.
Oooh, concerts this weekend. I'm getting ready. Will go and visit hide either tomorrow or Sunday too. Hotel all booked. :)
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I met Yoshiki at Otakon in 2006. I was in line for his autograph session on Saturday for 5hrs and was the person after the last person left in to the session my dad wouldn't let me stick around to see if he came out to greet people so i missed the handshakes he gave out. I went to his panel and was going to go to the panel he was supposed to be at on sunday. Luckily I had convinced my dad to buy me The Last Live DVD while i was in line for his autograph the day before. So i got his autograph at the special autograph session he did on sunday. I almost couldn't speak i think the only thing i said was thank you. I got a poster signed that they had. My friend got her drum symbol signed and got a handshake. She told him how she has to wear arm braces like his.then she asked for a hug and he looked to his management and they shock their heads no then he was like handshake and gave her a hug anyway.So she got a hug and handshake from him. His management then went through the line telling everyone no physical contact. She cried after, I almost cried.
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then she asked for a hug and he looked to his management and they shock their heads no then he was like handshake and gave her a hug anyway.So she got a hug and handshake from him. His management then went through the line telling everyone no physical contact.
Awwww, Yoshiki is so nice ^ ^
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He is. I wish i had actually talked to him but i felt kind of weird. because i cosplayed hide that weekend
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awww you should have ^ ^ really, yoshiki seen a lot of hide cosplays i'm sure.
and i don't think that will be weird for him.
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Concerning meeting bandmembers, does anyone has any idea when does X shows finish usually, and if anyone ever got the chance to meet them outside the venue, how much time it takes until they get out of there?
I'll explain the situation, I got tickets for the Toronto show today (my heart is still racing as I'm typing this) and I'm coming from Montréal, Québec, a 6-7h hours bus drive from Toronto. So I have to take a bus to come back, there's one at 00:30 and the next is at 7:30 the next morning. I would like to take the 00:30 one to avoir sleeping there, but I absolutely don't want to miss them after the show, especially since it's not an enormous venue. There would be a good chance that I would meet them...
What would you think?
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Concerning meeting bandmembers, does anyone has any idea when does X shows finish usually, and if anyone ever got the chance to meet them outside the venue, how much time it takes until they get out of there?
I'll explain the situation, I got tickets for the Toronto show today (my heart is still racing as I'm typing this) and I'm coming from Montréal, Québec, a 6-7h hours bus drive from Toronto. So I have to take a bus to come back, there's one at 00:30 and the next is at 7:30 the next morning. I would like to take the 00:30 one to avoir sleeping there, but I absolutely don't want to miss them after the show, especially since it's not an enormous venue. There would be a good chance that I would meet them...
What would you think?
If this was Asia then I would I think for a band of X's stature that it would be very unlikely to meet them and they would be ushered into their coaches/cars in a hurry. However, seeing as they're fairly low-key in America there is a chance that you might catch some of them at the back exit after the show, I mean, they have to exit the venue one way or another! right?.
When I met all five members of the band 'Pavement' they all came out separately in 20 minute intervals, but they're really down to earth guys so they stopped and chatted to us. They had no security at all but X fans are totally different.
It also depends on how quickly Yoshiki sorts out stuff with the venue. I would guess Pata and Heath would be out earliest and they would be most likely to stop for a quick chat or a cigarette.
However, my biggest qualm about meeting a band like X is the types of fans they might attract. From my limited experiences I know that musicians generally don't like being worshipped but prefer a more down to earth relationship with their fans (not sure if this applies to Yoshiki :P) That being said, there may be a high influx of crazy fans who would do stupid things to see their idols and in the interest of safety, this may result in the band making a quick exit.
Overall, it really does depend on the artist. Some may simply ignore the fans and head home, while others will stay for a chat and take photos. Also, you have every right to wait for them unless you're violating some sort of law or putting people in danger.
Best of luck.
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Thanks for the answer! I do hope there won't be too much X crazy fanatics after the show (I don't there will be in Toronto though). I'm more into talking with the band, getting my CDs autographed and taking a picture. I've done it with a lot of bands and have yet to see someone who seemed bothered by it, if done with respect.
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I met Yoshiki about two weeks ago when they were in Chicago for Lollapalooza.
It was when he was being interviewed for ABC World News and a bunch of fans showed up at his hotel. I got separated from my friends when everyone ran after him when he left the hotel.
So, I just hung back and it paid off because he ended up coming back in my direction and talking to me.
It was a very short conversation -- mostly because I was in shock. He just asked me how I was and where I was from (he didn't know where MO was, lol). He shook my hand then I got the hell out of there because *everyone* was trying to get his attention and I realized I really didn't like being the middle of a fan-mob.
Coolest moment of my life though, hands down.
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I met Yoshiki about two weeks ago when they were in Chicago for Lollapalooza.
It was when he was being interviewed for ABC World News and a bunch of fans showed up at his hotel. I got separated from my friends when everyone ran after him when he left the hotel.
So, I just hung back and it paid off because he ended up coming back in my direction and talking to me.
It was a very short conversation -- mostly because I was in shock. He just asked me how I was and where I was from (he didn't know where MO was, lol). He shook my hand then I got the hell out of there because *everyone* was trying to get his attention and I realized I really didn't like being the middle of a fan-mob.
Coolest moment of my life though, hands down.
Hey, I met him in Chi-town too! xD I can now die happy.
I wrote a post about here: http://lady-dynamite.livejournal.com/3638.html
so if you anyone wants to read it, go ahead. :)
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LOL! Wow! You're braver than me! I never could have approached him.
Only reason he noticed me was because I nearly killed myself trying to stay out of the way of the cameramen. XD
He seems to cause clumsiness in others, lol!
That is awesome that you got an autograph for your friend though!
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I have not met any of them, but I hope that changes on October 7th :)
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no, but in toronto TOSHI was right in front of me and waved back at me XD
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Never in person, just saw them far away. BTW, I once saw Yoshiki about 5 meters away, but so crowded. I think Yoshiki really looks like my older brother in the way of his body size, walks and smiles. So, god-like-worship seemed to be disappeared from him to me just a moment. *lol*
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Well, when they came to Toronto and everyone was crowding his private car and the stage door after their performance, I got mobbed up towards Yoshiki when he came out to get in his car (which proved to be very difficult with all his loyal fans around) and I got pushed within 2 feet of him....so if that counts as meeting them. :D
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OH! I actually have something new to add to this thread!! :D
Soooo, because of our work with Xplosion Online, we were asked by Luna Sea staff to do an interview with band - 5 days before the concert was happening. X_x I was really running in circles because I'd never done an interview before - especially not with such a big band! O_O
Well I don't want to post details in public, but I ended up interviewing Sugizo alone and he was in a very talkative mood, so this was really nice! :)
I also got some picture signed by him haha... XD
Then... the X tour.... AAAAAAH!!! This was so much stress! I was planning the tour activities while doing my bachelor thesis and actually the tour took place one week before I had to hand in my stuff! O_O However, thing went like planned - at least until Yoshiki burst our plans! LOL
We had this "X Train" project planned for a while, so x fans can take the train from London to Paris together and have some fun. Then, some hours before the train was leaving, Yoshiki suddenly posted that he's taking the train to Paris. OUR TRAIN! ............ WHAT THE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now Yoshiki was making it seem as if we took his train eventhough it was the other way round!!! XD
But well, not late after that, his management showed up and talked to Xplosion so we are warned (...well). Apparently there was a plan to have Yoshiki (and Toshi?) drop by and say hello to us on the train. For whatever reasons, they had to cancel that idea and instead we were asked to wait on the platform and cheer when they are passing by. o_O Which we did. And I was also asked to help actually escorting Yoshiki through the crowd of fans between the platform and the Taxi... @_@
I am still traumatized, I tell you...!
So long story short, this is how I ALMOST met Yoshiki and Toshi but instead ended up escorting them.... 8D
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I helped Asu (and a few others) escort Toshi and Yoshiki in Paris... And was on the train... Damn crazy fangirls :D
Also did an interview with Pata (and the rest of Ra:IN) in Berlin in... 2008? And saw them later in Köln. Crazy bunch of people I say!
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Crazy bunch of people I say!
LOL Ra:IN could really come back again, that was fun! :D
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yeah dude
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Hey,
something new to add from our latest members? :)
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I met Yoshiki twice in New York, he was a complete gentleman. Some of already know how I met him the 2nd time but it’s kind of crazy, I got invited backstage but not going to write all here haha
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Does the CD signing and the "High 5-event" in London count?
Apart from that I met Yoshiki in Amsterdam when "We are X" was shown at a documentary festival. We just exchanged some words when I asked him to sign a Japanese magazine with him on the cover..
And I met him in Vienna last year when I in brainless fangirl mode tried to take a selfie of us without flipping the screen and he told me so (embarassing....but he was really really nice about it) (nope, not going to share the pic). We were a group of 5-6 girls who had short chat with him (expressing how grateful we were that he came to Europe, the movie, the new CD, his dog, etc.)
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I met Yoshiki in Vienna as part of the press. (See interview in my signature ;) )
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very cool :-D
so we have actually been at the same place at the same time ;D