Toshimitsu Deyama (Toshi X JAPAN)

Toshimitsu Deyama (出山 利三 Deyama Toshimitsu, born October 10, 1965 in Tateyama), better known as Toshi, is a Japanese singer and the co-founder and vocalist of the metal band X Japan. He began a solo career in 1992 before leaving X Japan in late 1997. By his own admission, he was "brainwashed" by the Heart House organization, whose leader controlled his musical activities for 12 years. In 2007, X Japan reunited and began a world tour. Toshi severed ties with Heart House in January 2010 and resumed his solo career. His distinctive tenor vocals have been compared to Steve Perry. In January 2018, he began using the stage name Ryugentoshi. Toshi was born on October 10, 1965, in a very ordinary average Japanese family, in the seaside city of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture. Toshi's mother was a piano teacher, his father was a simple office worker. His childhood was not distinguished by the presence of any shocking events or tragic facts, in a word, Toshi was a very ordinary child: an exemplary and obedient son, he studied well at school, was an ardent fan of baseball, a member of the school volleyball team, and also sang in the school choir. His only distinguishing quality at that time was that he was the fourth child in the family. And also that from the age of four he was lucky (or not so lucky) to be friends with Hayashi Yoshiki. In fact, this is where it all began, this friendship in the future drastically changed the fate of Toshimitsu Deyama, sending her down a path that neither Toshi himself nor his parents could have imagined.

In 1977, Toshi, unable to find the strength to refuse his friend's request, began playing guitar in a cover band created by Yoshiki called Dynamite. By 1980, the group, having undergone multiple changes in lineup and style of performance, changed its name from Dynamite to Noise. The group achieves some success, but school graduation is approaching, and almost all the members leave the beginning group. Dyed blond, brown eyes