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F: Hello.
M: Nice to meet you.
Yoshiki appeared walking towards the audience but he turned his
back to the camera.
F: Yoshiki san, did you aim to turn your back to the camera?
Y: No, I didn't know that.
F: Oh, you didn't know... By the way, you look quite changed, don't
you.
Y: Yes, I think so.
M: Did you have your hair cut?
Y: Yes, I did.
F: How long did you have your hair cut?
Y: About 50 cm... no, maybe 30 cm...
M: Why did you do that?
Y: Because it's hot to have a long hair (laugh).
N: Yoshiki is a leader of X Japan, which has a charismatic popularity
especially to young girls. Today we are going to open his reality to
the public. First, take a look at this photo.
A: I heard that you own a mansion in LA. Why do you live in LA?
F: Wow, you speak so frankly (laugh). How long are you staying in LA
in a year?
Y: I was back to Japan the day before yesterday, and I had came back
to LA on January 3rd this year. So... I was in LA for more than 10
months this year.
F: Haven't you been back to Japan during that period?
Y: No.
F: Why did you choose LA to live in? And why do you stay there for
such a long time?
Y: To say the truth, I don't like LA. I like Europe or New York better
than LA. The member of X wanted to visit LA about 2 years ago and we
were recording at the studio in LA for 6 months, then finally I bought
that studio. I couldn't help selling it soon so I have to stay there.
F: Do you like LA now?
Y: No, I don't.
F: Then you'd better to move back to Japan.
A: (laugh).
F: Would you like to eat Japanese food like sushi or something like
that while you are in LA?
Y: Yes... (laugh). I usually don't dine out. I usually buy foods to
take out.
M: I was born and grown up in Brazil, but I don't want to eat
Brazilian foods.
Y: Were you born in Brazil?
F: She was born and grown up in Brazil.
Y: Do you sometime go back to Brazil?
M: Oh, you're funny.
Y: (laugh).
M: Well, I seldom go back to Brazil.
Y: On new years day?
M: Yes.
Y: (laugh).
F: Have you been back to your home town?
Y: Yes, I went back there 3 years ago.
F: Your home town is in Chiba prefecture, right?
Y: Yes.
F: It's Tateyama.
Y: Yes. Oh, you know very well.
F: I'm the good m.c. with fully research. There is a beach called "Heisaura"
close to Tateyama.
Y: Yes, yes.
F: When I was young, I used to visit there. Did local people welcome
you?
Y: At that time, I arrived there at midnight and left early in the
morning.
F: You're like a carrier pigeon.
Y: Because it was the day before the concert.
F: The riot arose in LA before. So many things happened in the big
city like LA and Tokyo, too. I watched the relay broadcasting by the
helicopter that O.J. Simpson run away on the highway.
Y: Yeah, I asked the same lawyer as O.J. Simpson hired.
F: Really?
Y: Yes.
F: O.J. Simpson's defense counsel?
Y: Yes. His name is Robert Shpirow.
F: Yes, yes.
Y: I don't know whether I may say it or not... I was arrested by
drunken driving once.
F: Was that the one which Shizuka rode together?
Y: Yes, yes.
F: You are such a nice person to reveal that news voluntarily. Thank
you.
Y: Oh, my God. I shouldn't tell you. But... it's ok. It's very strict
in American law about the drunken driving. I needed a good lawyer and
that was Mr. Robert Shpirow who was also a lawyer of O.J. Simpson. But
I hired him before O.J. Simpson did. I went to his office to have a
meeting with him. I was told that he couldn't come on that day because
he had an urgent business. Then I found that he was on TV news of O.J.
Simpson.
F: Do you have any experience that you are tempted by the gay in LA?
Y: Well... yeah, I'm popular with gay (laugh). Maybe I'm popular with
the man much more than the woman.
F: Really?
Y: Yes. When I visited Paris, it was the time of bicentennial, I was
caught by the man who was walking the street, and he asked, "Do you
like man?", then I answered, "No, thank you". But he pulled me
strongly. I was so embarrassed.
F: In LA's high-class residential area, it often happens that you are
taken photos by stealth.
Y: But we have strict security system there. When someone touch the
window, the alarm starts to sound. Then the men are rushing to the
house with pistols in their hands.
A: I heard Yoshiki-san collects an expensive cars. If you don't mind,
could you please show me your car?
F: What kind of car did you drive to come here today?
Y: I came here by Ferrari.
F: Wow! Ferrari!
M: Fantastic!
F: What kind of Ferrari do you have?
Y: 355GTS. Mr. Tetsuya Komuro is my friend and he always recommends
that I should drive Ferrari. So I bought it unwillingly.
F: You bought it unwillingly?
A: (laugh).
F: Generally speaking, we buy a scrub brush unwillingly because it's
necessaries of life. 355GTS is hard to get, I heard.
Y: Really?
F: I heard it is used as the racing car. Do you like car race?
Y: Yeah, I remember you gave me the ticket of F1 grand prix at Suzuka
circuit. Thank you very much.
F: Yeah, I remember that I gave you the ticket.
Y: I went to Suzuka with Mr. Takamizawa.
F: I believe it was a valuable ticket.
Y: Really? It was surely a good seat... but... (laugh).
F: What? Was it a grand stand?
Y: Well... I don't remember where I watched it.
F: Oh! you expected too much. I'm sure that was a good seat.
Y: Couldn't we get inside... I mean, closer to the car?
F: Oh! you wanted that ticket! That one is almost 150,000. You
couldn't reasonably ask for more.
Y: I don't know what is expensive and what is difficult to get (laugh).
F: You have to learn to be patience.
Y: Actually it was very noisy.
F: Did you really enjoy it? or you didn't like it?... (laugh).
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