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Besides being one of the first Japanese acts to achieve mainstream success while on an independent label, the group is widely credited as one of the pioneers of visual kei , a movement among Japanese musicians comparable to Western glam. They achieved breakthrough success in with the release of their second and major debut album Blue Blood. Following 's Jealousy , Taiji left the band in early He was replaced by Heath and the group changed their name to X Japan before producing the mini album Art of Life , which is composed solely of the minute title track.

In the group dropped most of its original visual kei aesthetics in favor of a more casual look and released Dahlia , which like their two previous albums debuted at number one. X Japan performed their last concert at the Tokyo Dome on December 31, , making it the last of five consecutive sold-out New Year's Eve concerts the group held at the stadium.

After ten years, X Japan reunited in and recorded the new song " I. Over the next two years they performed several concerts, including their first overseas show in Hong Kong, and formally added Sugizo as lead guitarist in place of Hide, who died in , before holding a North American tour in In , the band went on their first world tour throughout Europe, South America and Asia.

Shortly after reuniting, work began on their sixth studio album.

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During its ten years of production, several release dates were announced, but it remains unreleased despite Yoshiki's claim of its completion in September X Japan has released five studio albums, six live albums, and 21 singles. In , HMV Japan ranked the band at number 40 on their list of the most important Japanese pop acts.

It has been reported that X Japan has sold over 30 million records. Because of our hardcore outfit and make-up, critics didn't take the music seriously and dismissed us by saying, "They aren't playing music" or "It's some kind of show or costume party. In , Yoshiki and Toshi formed a band called Dynamite in their hometown of Tateyama, Chiba , when they were just 11 years old.

Dynamite changed its name to Noise in , while they were still in high school.