Yoshiki Responds Following Reports of X Japan Bassist Heath Passing Away Due to Cancer

Four band members — Toshimitsu “Toshi” Deyama, Yoshiki Hayashi, Tomoaki “Pata” Ishizuka, and Hiroshi “Heath” Morie — reunited in 2007, 10 years after they first disbanded and nine years after the death of guitarist Hideto “Hide” Matsumoto.

Heath, whose real name is Hiroshi Morie, was born on January 22, 1968 in Amagasaki in Hyogo prefecture.

X Japan’s most notable anime contributions were the songs in the X² music video collection and later X movie.