The area of Chicago Anime Central anime Convention announced on its Web site Sunday that Yoshiki, drummer and pianist and composer of the Japanese band X Japan, will appear in the May 20 to 22 events in RosemontIllinois.
Yoshiki has appeared in numerous anime in United States events, including Anime Central 2010, in addition to performing concerts on tour throughout the country. Anime Central also screened a documentary about Japan X in the last year's event.
In recent weeks, Yoshiki has participated in raising funds for relief efforts to help the victims of the disaster of the great earthquake of Eastern Japan (Higashi Nihon plain) March 11, including the auction of its personalized piano "Crystal".
X Japan most notable anime contributions were the songs in the collection of video clip ²concept X and later x film. The MADHOUSE Animation Studio had adapted both manga CLAMP X productions. The surviving members of the band, Toshimitsu "toshi" Deyama and Yoshiki Hayashi, Tomoaki Ishizuka "pata" of and Hiroshi "Heath" bass - met in 2007, ten years after they first disbanded and nine years after the death of guitarist Hideto Matsumoto "Hide".
Anime Central 2011 will also feature Japanese fashion designers h.Naoto and Sixh, voice actors Colleen Clinkenbeard, Darrel Guilbeau and Cristina Vee and the band of J-Pop flow.
Update: Yoshiki will attend the event to host a panel and it will not perform.
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