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Toshi

1965 - Today

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Toshimitsu Deyama (Japanese: 出山 利三, Hepburn: Deyama Toshimitsu; born October 10, 1965), known exclusively by his stage name Toshi, is a Japanese singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist and a co-founder of the rock band X Japan, who rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s and is credited as founders of the visual kei movement. Toshi began an extensive solo career in 1992 before leaving X Japan at the end of 1997. Toshi laments he was "brainwashed" by a group called Home of Heart, whose leader would control his musical output for the next 12 years. In 2007, X Japan reunited and began a world tour. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Toshi is the 1,695th most popular singer (down from 1,439th in 2024), the 1,599th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,321st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Toshi ranks 1,695 out of 4,381. Before him are Jürgen Marcus, Conny Vandenbos, Amy Macdonald, Mathilde Marchesi, Duncan Laurence, and J Balvin. After him are António Calvário, Kim Jae-joong, Paulo de Carvalho, Nathalie Stutzmann, Laura Alonso, and Jack Teagarden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Toshi ranks 339. Before him are Christoph Brüx, Zak Starkey, Volker Türk, Arminas Narbekovas, Bjørn Lomborg, and Johnny Ekström. After him are Manuel Mejuto González, Nathalie Stutzmann, James Nesbitt, Jeremy Piven, Samuel Le Bihan, and Askar Mamin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toshi ranks 1,599 out of 6,245. Before him are Nobuko Imai (1943), Nobuo Kishi (1959), Akitsugu Konno (1944), Takamasa Watanabe (1977), Ryue Nishizawa (1966), and Yuichi Nishimura (1972). After him are Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Yukiko Okada (1967), Noritake Takahara (1951), Kaoru Kadohara (1970), Sumi Shimamoto (1954), and Masae Kasai (1933).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Toshi ranks 18. Before him are Izumi Sakai (1967), Atsushi Sakurai (1966), Joji (1992), Hironobu Kageyama (1961), Masashi Tashiro (1956), and Anri (1961). After him are Nikka Costa (1972), Yutaka Ozaki (1965), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Mika Nakashima (1983), Koshi Inaba (1964), and Tak Matsumoto (1961).

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