Line #2 YMMV/YoshikiHayashi


1	%%* JustForFun/AdOfWin
2	* AmericansHateTingle: He can draw this reaction on [=YouTube=] videos of his X drum solos that aren't on his own account among some of the angrier Western metal fans, specifically those who are prejudiced against anything "effeminate" or non-Western in the first place no matter what - outright racist remarks aren't unknown.
3	* CargoShip: Due to his habits of collapsing and rolling around on the stage during lives, some people jokingly ship Yoshiki with The Floor.
4	* EstrogenBrigade: Yoshiki, unlike most heavy metal/hard rock artists, has a sizable female following.
5	* FandomEnragingMisconception: As mentioned on the main page, "Yosheekee" and "Yokashi" and "Yoshi" are fairly good ways to evoke at the very least a FacePalm.
6	* FanNickname: "Yo-chan" (bestowed by hide, who was arguably one of his biggest fans as well as his guitarist), "Yoyo" by fans, "Pony" by people who think his face looks pony-like, and "Princess" by Brazilian fans and fans elsewhere.
7	* HarsherInHindsight: Yoshiki would often fake falls and collapses in shows for the sake of drama and showmanship. Then he collapsed for real from his neck injuries in 1995 and 2008, with many writing it off by some as drama and fanservice.
8	* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Is this in jrock fandom in general. There is SlashFic of him with everyone in Music/XJapan, including Heath and even FoeYayShipping with Taiji. Then Atsushi Sakurai of Music/BuckTick, and Music/{{Gackt}}. Then ''everyone'' from Music/DirEnGrey. Then Music/{{Miyavi}}. There is, arguably, SlashFic of Yoshiki with ''every other person in Japanese rock a YaoiFangirl has ever heard of,'' and [[RefugeInAudacity there is even a fic]] of him and Creator/JohnnyDepp [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment doing it on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride]]. Then there's the usually heterosexual original female characters...
9	* MemeticMutation- The aforementioned Rice Monster, which he still hasn't quite lived down.
10	* MisBlamed: Some of the concerts were canceled for reasons beyond his control (such as the 2016 Wembley show, which was canceled due to guitarist Pata's health), and the miniature scandal that was the Photoshopping and announcement of 8000 fans for the promotional video shoot in 2010 was due to the graphic designers and PR people involved. A fair amount of the hate toward Yoshiki is actually either misaimed or over things he can't do anything about, and a fair amount of it is haters simply jumping on the bandwagon of who's popular to hate.
11	* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Yoshiki doing the music for ''Film/SawIV'' and for ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera''. Yeah, one of the once-top drummers in the world, who could, had he gone classical rather than rock, be a virtuoso pianist, who created and led one of Japan's most successful rock bands, who is an extremely talented musician... working for people who, in the case of ''Repo'', couldn't even pronounce his name correctly.
12	* ValuesDissonance: What delayed the international release of ''Yoshiki Classical.'' Part of the cover art designed involves a picture with Yoshiki sitting over a mirrored surface and the reflection of his face being his skull, and another pic being him and his piano mirrored in "blood" red. While this might seem innocuous enough in the US and in VisualKei subculture (and is quite tame compared to almost any of his Music/XJapan cover art), it is ''highly offensive'' in some of the cultures and countries for which the international release was meant (including Japan itself outside of visual kei and gothic subculture) - and this led to the delay of the release.

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