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Indeed, watching The Last Live from 1997 and comparing it to the footage from Lunatic Fest in 2015, he still looks the same :) Not only does he have a face of 20-something year old, his body is also in top shape and it's simply incredible.

I simply can't and refuse to believe he's 50 years old. For god's sake 50 years old in my vicinity are wrinkly, bald, obese and literally falling apart...

Hello Yoshiki, hope you're doing fine. My question is:

• If your father was still here, would you ever come to the idea of forming X Japan and how thematically different would it be if yes?
  

I originally wanted to ask you more about Toshi, hide, and your father, but I figured that would be too personal from someone you don't even know. According to the "We are X" trailer you touched upon all those topics in it so I figured it's better that I watch it instead of asking you about it here...so I'll instead ask you:

• Will "We are X" be available to watch/buy worldwide?

And for the end I'll simply say something you've probably heard countless times: Thank you for existing.

I've known about you and X for less than a year (you can only imagine how hard it was to find you and X...my country barely imports overseas music, not to mention it doesn't import any from Japan, and Internet was not a thing until like 10 years ago and it was new...so it went from me being a guitar player, then becoming interested in Japanese culture, then starting to learn Japanese, and then I accidentally stumbled across a Japanese guitar player who had covered X...and that's when I saw "Endless Rain" from The Last Live), but I already feel so much for you and the entire band, especially after reading certain interviews...

No other musician beside you has ever managed to make me care so much about him and leave such an impact on me, especially in such short time.

We are X!

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer. I'm so happy right now and looking forward to the film! :)

I remember you saying once that rock bands should collaborate more. Since both of you know KISS and have worked with them, and also with Alice Cooper and many other artists, how about collaborating with Tobias Sammet on his project "Avantasia" in the future? He's a composer, pianist and a vocalist, seeing you on drums with him on piano (or some other combination) would be godlike. Another thing to note is that you've both been told that you can't combine metal with ballads, yet that's what led you both to success (Avantasia is currently the biggest rock "band" in Europe).

Also, any chance of European Yoshiki classical tour (I want to see you live!) or "We are X" coming to EU theaters?

Thank you for your time and have a nice day!