Toshi Back From the Brink
January 22, 2010

X Japan vocalist Toshi (44, photo left) said yesterday that he was recently on the verge of giving up singing and becoming a company employee.
In an interview with the Sports Nippon newspaper, he said that the stress of his long relationship with his estranged wife and the Home of Heart cult had made him lose his voice and driven him to financial ruin.
Earlier this week he announced his divorce and bankruptcy, and he apologized to fans and other victims of the cult, which organized self-improvement seminars.
Toshi said that he intended the recent filming of promo videos with X Japan in Los Angeles to be his final work as a musician.
But during the course of the weeklong shoot he and Yoshiki discussed the matter in great depth.
"There have been a lot of problems. But we decided to get back to our roots and carry on with the two of us at the core of the group. I decided I wanted to continue with music after all."
He has also announced that he will hold a farewell "solo" concert on February 24, though it's being produced by X Japan drummer and band leader Yoshiki and will be an X show in all but name.
"The theme is 'Samurai' - I'm in danger and the other members come to my rescue with guitars and piano. That's the image. It's a new start for me and then we'll be ready to take on the world."
Отсюда: japan-zone.com