Japanese musician Yoshiki has released 3 solo studio albums as of April 2017 and is credited as a songwriter, producer or arranger for a number of artists. Chart rankings are weekly, unless otherwise stated.

Yoshiki discography
Studio albums3
Compilation albums3
Singles3

Solo releases

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak positions
JPN
[1]
US Class.
[2]
Eternal Melody 6[3]
Eternal Melody II 14
Yoshiki Classical 4 21

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Oricon
Yoshiki Selection
  • Release date: December 12, 1991
17[4]
A Music Box For Fantasy
  • Release date: July 25, 1993
Yoshiki Selection II
  • Release date: November 4, 1996
17[1]

Singles

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Title Year Peak positions Album
JPN
[5]
UK
"Amethyst" (performed by the
London Philharmonic Orchestra)
1993 5[6] Eternal Melody
"Foreign Sand"
(with Roger Taylor)
1994 13[7] 26[8] Happiness?
"Golden Globe Theme" 2013 Yoshiki Classical
"Red Swan"
(feat. Hyde)
2018 4 Non-album single

Artist compilations and collaborations

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Title Album details
Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved
  • Release date: June 21, 1994
Tribute Spirits
  • Release date: May 1, 1999
Ai Chikyu-haku presents Global Harmony
  • Release date: March 26, 2003
Ai Chikyu-haku presents Love the Earth
  • Release date: March 30, 2005
#SINGFORLIFE
  • Release date:: March 24, 2020
  • Released on YouTube[9]

Home videos

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Title Details Peak chart
positions
Oricon
Anniversary
  • Release date: May 18, 2000
Symphonic Concert with Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra feat. Violet UK
  • Release date: March 30, 2005
12[10]

Group works

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X Japan

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Violet UK

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Title Details Peak chart
positions
Oricon
"Sex and Religion (Test Mix)"
  • Release date: September 22, 2005
"Blue Butterfly"
  • Release date: October 3, 2007
"Rosa -Movie Mix-"
  • Release date: April 29, 2009

L.O.X.

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Title Details Peak chart
positions
Oricon
Shake Hand
  • Release date: June 25, 1990
  • Note: all drums as Rei Shiratori
Tribute to Masami Kegare naki Buta-tomodachi e!! (Tribute to Masami 汚れなき豚友達へ!!)
  • Release date: September 20, 2002
  • Note: various artists; drums on "Kokoro Talk" as Rei Shiratori
Title Details Peak chart
positions
Oricon
"Haitoku no Hitomi ~Eyes of Venus~/Virginity" (背徳の瞳 〜Eyes of Venus〜/Virginity)
  • Release date: January 19, 1992
2[11]
V2 Special Live Virginity 1991.12.5
  • Release date: March 25, 1992
  • Note: DVD
Title Details Peak chart
positions
Oricon
"Seize the Light"
  • Release date: November 27, 2002
8[12]
8 Years: Many Classic Moments
  • Release date: November 27, 2002
2[13]
"Get It on Now" (feat. Keiko)
  • Release date: March 26, 2003
35[12]
Level 4
  • Release date: March 26, 2003
17[13]

ToshI feat Yoshiki

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Title Details
"Crystal Piano no Kimi"
  • Release date: January 24, 2011
ToshI feat. Yoshiki Special Concert Luxury Box Set
  • Release date: June 25, 2011
"Haru no Negai/I'll Be Your Love"
  • Release date: August 18, 2011
  • Note: sold at concert only

Credited work

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Singles

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Year Single Artist Credit
1986 "Mystery Temptation" Poison Producer
1993 "Ima wo Dakishimete" (今を抱きしめて) NOA Lyricist, Composer, Arranger, Producer
1994 "Rain" Glay Lyricist, Co-composer, Arranger, Producer, Piano
1997 "Moment" Hideki Saijo Composer, arranger, producer
1998 "Begin" Shōko Kitano Lyricist, Composer, Arranger, Producer
1998 "Bara to Midori" (薔薇と緑) Shōko Kitano Lyricist, Composer, Arranger, Producer
1999 "Akuro no Oka" Dir En Grey Arranger, producer
1999 "-Zan-" Dir En Grey Arranger, producer
1999 "Yurameki" Dir En Grey Arranger, producer
1999 "Cage" Dir En Grey Arranger, producer
1999 "Yokan" Dir En Grey Arranger, producer
2000 "Pearl" Shiro Arranger, producer
2000 "LR-7" Beast Arranger, producer
2000 "Happy Driving" Revenus Executive producer
2000 "Chemical" Beast Arranger, producer
2000 "Shinku no Hana" (深紅の花) Shizuka Kudō Lyricist (as Tomomi Tachibana), Composer, Arranger, Producer
2000 "Tōmei na Jibun" (透明な自分) Shiro Producer
2001 "Sen no Hitomi" (千の瞳) Revenus Arranger, producer
2001 "Vision" Beast Executive producer
2001 "Flower" Revenus Arranger, Executive producer
2001 "Digital Crazy Kong" Brain Drive Executive producer
2001 "Lilac" Flangers Executive producer
2002 "Atarashii Door" (新しいドア) Flangers Executive producer
2002 "Acacia" Revenus Executive producer
2002 "Yorugoe" (よるごえ) Pick 2 Hand Executive producer
2003 "I'll Be Your Love" Dahlia Lyricist, Composer, Arranger, Producer
2004 "Scorpio" TRAX Composer, arranger, producer
2005 "Rhapsody" TRAX Lyricist, Arranger, Producer
2016 "Bara no Yoni Saite Sakura no Yoni Chitte" Seiko Matsuda Lyricist, Composer, Arranger, Producer
2019 "Zipang" Hyde Piano
2019 "Miracle (Sarah's Version)" Sarah Brightman Composer, piano
2020 Imitation Rain SixTones Songwriter, Producer
#SINGFORLIFE (ft. Bono, will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson) Co-composer[9]
"New York" feat. Yoshiki St. Vincent Arranger, piano[14]

Albums

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Year Album Artist Credit
1989 The Inner Gates Baki Piano, arranger on "In My Heart Cave"[15]
1990 Habit of Sex Ex-Ans Piano on "Different Malice"
2001 Kusa Ikire (クサ イキレ) Pick 2 Hand Executive producer
2001 Imagination lens Beast Executive producer
2001 Humanistic Abandoned Pools Executive producer
2001 Believer Laura Dawn Producer on "I Would"
2001 Super Turtle Attack Ladies Room Executive producer
2002 Before the Beginning Aja Daashuur Executive producer
2002 Zerøspace Kidneythieves Executive producer
2002 Glory Days Revenus Executive producer
2002 Jewelry Box Shizuka Kudō Executive producer
2002 Shōwa no Kaidan Vol. 1 Shizuka Kudō Executive producer
2003 Gain (가인) Jo Sungmo Composer on "Geudaeppunieoseo" (그대뿐이어서)
2004 Takarazuka Mime! Takarazuka Revue Composer on "Sekai no Owari no Yoru ni" (世界の終わりの夜に)
2007 Catacombs Soundtrack Producer
2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera Soundtrack Producer
2018 Hymn Sarah Brightman Composer and piano on "Miracle"

Other work

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References

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  1. ^ a b "YOSHIKIのアルバム売上ランキング" [Yoshiki album sales ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "Yoshiki | Billboard Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "Yoshiki Presents~Eternal Melody" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  4. ^ "Yoshiki Selection" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  5. ^ "YOSHIKIのシングル売上ランキング" [Yoshiki single sales ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "Amethyst" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  7. ^ YOSHIKI,ロジャー・テイラーのシングル売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  8. ^ "Foreign Sand | Official Chart History". Official Albums Chart. October 1, 1994. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "YOSHIKI Collaborates with Bono, will.i.am, and Jennifer Hudson for #SING4LIFE". JaME World. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  10. ^ "YOSHIKIのDVD売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  11. ^ "V2のシングル売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  12. ^ a b "globeのシングル売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  13. ^ a b "globeのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  14. ^ "St Vincent teams up with X Japan's Yoshiki on new rendition of 'New York'". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  15. ^ "Baki – The Inner Gates". Discogs. 1989. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
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