Toshi (1,993 views)

[IhateMana]

出山 利三 (Deyama Toshimitsu)
Also Known As: Toshl (yes, that is a lowercase L. I know, I hate it too)
Associated Acts: X Japan (1982 - 1997; 2007 - present)
Vocal Range: G♯2 - A5

Significant High Notes

A5 ("Story of a Young Boy" unknown live performance w/ Pata)
G♯5 ("Voiceless Screaming")
G5 ("99-nen-gata no Love")
F♯5 ("Break the Darkness", "Dear My Friends", "Desperate Angel", "Kurenai", "Maboroshi no Shounen", "~Prelude~ Beyond the Time", "Stop Bloody Rain" Live demo, "Time Trip Loving")
F5 ("20th Century Boy" X Singles Live, "Art of Life", "Light Breeze", "Scars", "Voiceless Screaming")
E5 ("Alive", "Birthday Eve" Canary version, "Break the Darkness", "Dangerous Zone", "Lady", "Lady in Tears" Live demo, "Maboroshi no Shounen", "Natural High", "~Prelude~ Beyond the Time", "Vanishing Love", "X")
E♭5 ("20th Century Boy" X Singles Live, "Alive", "Aoi Hoshi no Tabibito ~Ai no Monogatari~", "Beautiful Harmony", "Blue Blood", "Celebration", "Dear My Friends", "Desperate Angel", "Easy Fight Rambling", "Feel Me Tonight" Live 25/10/1986, "Haru no Ibuki", "I'll Kill You", "Jade", "Joker", "Kurenai", "Made in Heaven", "Miscast", "Misty Love", "Phantom of Guilt", "Sadistic Desire", "Samurai Japan", "Say Anything", "Scarlet Love Song", "Silent Jealousy", "Stab Me in the Back", "X")
D5 ("Airport", "Art of Life", "Asphalt Jungle", "Birthday Eve" Canary version, "Endless Dream" Live demo, "Endless Rain", "Gentle Love for Tomorrow", "Lady in Tears" Live demo, "The Last Song", "Longing ～Togireta Melody～", "Love Song", "Misty Love", "Natural High", "Passion of Love", "~Prelude~ Beyond the Time", "Rain and Tears", "Rakuen wa Kimi to Iru Basho", "Rusty Eyes", "Scars", "Story of a Young Boy" unknown live performance w/ Pata, "Week End")
C♯5 ("20th Century Boy" X Singles Live, "I.V.", "Airport", "Alive", "Beautiful Harmony", "Dangerous Zone", "Dear My Friends", "Desperate Angel", "Drain", "Easy Fight Rambling", "Endless Rain", "God Save the Queen" Live @ Meguro Rock-may-kan 16/11/1986, "I'll Kill You", "Joker", "Kurenai", "Light Breeze", "Made in Heaven", "Orgasm", "Phantom of Guilt", "Rose of Pain", "Sadistic Desire", "Samayoeru Chikyuujin", "Samurai Japan", "Say Anything", "Scars", "Silent Jealousy", "So-Long", "Stab Me in the Back", "Time Trip Loving", "Vanishing Love", "Voiceless Screaming", "Week End", "Welcome to My Destiny", "X")
C5 ("I.V.", "Birthday Eve", "Break the Darkness", "Crucify My Love", "Gentle Love for Tomorrow", "Grace", "Haru no Ibuki", "Jade", "Kowareta Sekai de, Canary wa Utau", "The Last Song", "Longing ～Togireta Melody～", "One Love", "Rain and Tears", "Rusty Eyes", "Rusty Nail", "Sayonara no Kisetsu ni…", "Somebody Loves You", "Spacious Love", "Stranger in My Love", "Tears", "Tenshi no Menuet")
B4 ("99-nen-gata no Love", "Airport", "Amaoto", "Aoi Hoshi no Tabibito ~Ai no Monogatari~", "Art of Life", "Asphalt Jungle", "Bless You", "Blue Blood", "Celebration", "Dahlia", "Dear My Friends", "Lady", "Lady in Tears" Live demo, "Love Song", "Misty Love", "Morning Glory", "Natural High", "New Horizons", "Orgasm", "Passion of Love", "~Prelude~ Beyond the Time", "Rakuen", "Rakuen wa Kimi to Iru Basho", "Rusty Eyes", "Sadistic Desire", "Samayoeru Chikyuujin", "Samurai Japan", "Sayonara", "Sayonara no Kisetsu ni…", "Silent Jealousy", "So-Long", "Tears", "Toki no Hate ni", "Un-finished…")
B♭4 ("Beautiful Harmony", "Bless You", "Born to Be Free", "Crucify My Love", "Dahlia", "Drain", "Easy Fight Rambling", "Endless Dream" Live demo, "Hana ~Inochi no Mebae~", "Hoshi no Butoukai", "Jade", "Joker", "Light Breeze", "Longing ～Togireta Melody～", "Made in Heaven", "Majokari", "Mirror", "Miscast", "Phantom of Guilt", "Rain and Tears", "Rose of Pain", "Say Anything", "Scarlet Love Song", "Simplicity", "Spacious Love", "Tasogare wo Mitsumete", "Tenshi no Menuet", "Un-finished...", "Week End", "Welcome to My Destiny")


Significant Low Notes

B♭3 ("Blue Blood", "Crucify My Love", "Dahlia", "Dangerous Zone", "Endless Dream" Live demo, "Grace", "Light Breeze", "Longing ～Togireta Melody～", "Made in Heaven", "Mirror", "Miscast", "Phantom of Guilt", "Rose of Pain", "Sadistic Desire", "Scarlet Love Song", "Scars", "Shadows" demo version of "Joker", "Spacious Love", "Stop Bloody Rain" Live demo, "Unfinished" Blue Blood version, "Week End")
A3 ("Amaoto", "Art of Life", "Asphalt Jungle", "Carry On", "Everlasting Love", "Gentle Love for Tomorrow", "The Last Song", "New Horizons", "Rakuen wa Kimi to Iru Basho", "Rusty Nail", "Story of a Young Boy" unknown live performance w/ Pata, "Tears")
G♯3 ("Aoi Hoshi no Tabibito ~Ai no Monogatari~", "Black Devil" demo version of "Desperate Angel", "Easy Fight Rambling", "Kurenai", "Samayoeru Chikyuujin", "Say Anything", "Shadows" demo version of "Joker", "Silent Jealousy", "Unfinished" Blue Blood version, "Voiceless Screaming", "X")
G3 ("Birthday Eve", "Carry On", "Kurenai", "~Prelude~ Beyond the Time", "Sayonara no Kisetsu ni…", "Scarlet Love Song", "Scars", "Somebody Loves You", "Yokan ~Acoustic ni Tsutaetai~")
F♯3 ("I.V.", "Aoi Hoshi no Tabibito ~Ai no Monogatari~", "Bless You", "Dear My Friends", "Drain", "Endless Dream" Live demo, "Endless Rain", "Everlasting Love", "Maboroshi no Shounen", "Morning Glory", "One Love", "Passion of Love", "Samurai Japan", "Yokan ~Acoustic ni Tsutaetai~")
F3 ("Birthday Eve", "Hana ~Inochi no Mebae~", "Hoshi no Butoukai", "Jade", "Rain and Tears", "Samayoeru Chikyuujin", "Scars", "Simplicity", "Stranger in My Love", "Tasogare wo Mitsumete", "Tenshi no Menuet")
E3 ("Airport", "Gaia no Inori", "Misty Love", "New Horizons")
E♭3 ("Beautiful Harmony", "Haru no Ibuki", "Rakuen", "Toki no Hate ni")
D3 ("99-nen-gata no Love", "Love Song", "Majokari")
C♯3 ("Rakuen", "So-Long", "Welcome to My Destiny")
C3 ("Amaoto", "Kowareta Sekai de, Canary wa Utau")
B2 ("Natural High", "So-Long")
A2 ("Story of a Young Boy" unknown live performance w/ Pata)
G♯2 ("Toki no Hate ni")

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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

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{Questionable Notes}

C3 ("Rusty Eyes" spoken passage)
B2 ("Endless Rain" spoken passage)
F♯2 ("Dear My Friends" anacrusis)
E2 ("Toki no Hate ni" breathy dips)

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{Discography}
X Japan

(1988) Vanishing Vision: G3 - G♯3 - E5 - F♯3
(1989) Blue Blood: F♯3 - E5
(1991) Jealousy: G♯3 - F♯5 - G♯5
(1993) Art of Life: A3 - C4 - D5 - F5
(1996) Dahlia: F3 - D5 - F5

Solo (as "Toshi")

LPs

(1992) Made in Heaven: C♯3 - E♭5 - F♯5
(1994) Mission:
(1995) Grace: B2 -E♭5 - F♯5
(1997) Aoi Hoshi no Tabibito: C♯3 - D5 - E♭5

with Taro Hakase

(1998) Canary: B2 - D3 - G5

as Toshi with T-Earth

as Toshl

LPs

EPs

(2010) Samurai Japan: C3 - C♯5 - E♭5

[kuyashii]

Good job on the thread! I assume you're going to notewatch the rest of his discography (good luck with that, some of his solo stuff was nearly impossible to find a few years ago) but I dug up my old TRP2 thread for him just in case. Back then we were still using the Orange/Blue/Red color scheme, didn't mark backing vocals differently and it was before alphabetizing sections was mandatory, so it's very hard to look at lol.

While the circumstances in which he was recording, releasing and performing that music were absolutely terrible (it's complicated to explain, but involves massive amounts of emotional abuse and manipulation), I really like his stuff during the Toshi with T-Earth phase. There were some noticeably rough moments here and there (like "Honto no Ai)" but a lot of what he was putting out was among his best vocal performances IMO. I remember some stuff from the top of my head which wasn't there, like most live performances of "IV" go up to E5. There was one in a DDD Best Notes Compilation (only OGs will remember that!) that had a pretty sick F#5 but I was never able to locate that and now the video is gone (it was either on Rodney Razorshort's or Timi's YT channel, but that was like almost 10 years ago) lol.

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{TRP2 Thread}Significant high notes

A5 (“Namida no Achira Ni”, “Greatest World”, “Story of a Young Boy” Live)
G♯5 (“Fire City”)
G5 (“Namida no Achira Ni”, “Koe to Yuke”)
F♯5 (“Break The Darkness”, “Time Trip Loving”, “Desperate Angel”, “Kabe”, “Kanjiru Heart”)
F5 (“Voiceless Screaming”, “Daichi no Namida”, “Namida no Achira Ni”, “Say Goodbye to Yesterday”, “Stop It”, “Koe to Yuke”, “Greatest World”)
E5 (“Alive”, “X”, “Break The Darkness”, “Art of Life”, “Fire City”, “Honto no Ai”, “Say Yes”, “Lady”, “Love Dynamics”, “Nageki no Heart”, “Greatest World”, “Kuraku Natteru Baai Janai”, “Kanashimi no Hate”)
E♭5 (“Kurenai”, “I'll Kill You”, “Sadistic Desire”, “Jade”, “X”, “Scarlet Love Song”, “Blue Blood”, “Celebration”, “Easy Fight Rambling”, “Stab Me in the Back”, “Desperate Angel”, “Silent Jealousy”, “Voiceless Screaming”, “Miscast”, “Joker”, “Always”)
D5 (“Jade”, “Time Trip Loving”, “Endless Rain”, “Art of Life”, “Longing (Unchained Melody)”, “Forever Love”, “Fire City”, “Kizutsukikowareteshimawanu You Ni”, “Daichi no Namida”, “Feel Your Love”, “Honto no Ai”, “Stop It”, “Koe to Yuke”, “Utsukushii Sora wo Kudasai”, “Samurai Japan”, “Rusty Eyes”, “Kanashimi no Hate”)
C♯5 (“Vanishing Love”, “Phantom of Guilt”, “Sadistic Desire”, “Alive”, “X”. “IV”, “Standing Sex”, “Orgasm”, “Rose of Pain”, “Time Trip Loving”, “Week End”, “Endless Rain”, “Easy Fight Rambling”, “Stab Me in the Back”, “Desperate Angel”, “Silent Jealousy”, “Miscast”, “White Poem I”, “Drain”, “Airport”, “Samurai Japan”, “Always”, “Nageki no Heart”, “Kuraku Natteru Baai Janai”)
C5 (“Jade”, “IV”, “Scarlet Love Song”, “Born To Be Free”, “Celebration”, “Break The Darkness”, “Voiceless Screaming”, “Scars”, “Rusty Nail”, “Crucify My Love”, “Tears”, “Longing (Unchained Melody”, “Kizutsukikowareteshimawanu You Ni”, “Say Goodbye to Yesterday”, “Hoshi yo Nemure”, “Utsukushii Sora wo Kudasai”, “Haru no Ibiki”, “Rusty Eyes”, “Get-up-and-go”, “Heart of the Back”, “Moonstone”)
B4 (“Phantom of Guilt”, “Standing Sex”, “Born to Be Free”, “Blue Blood”, “Art of Life”, “Dahlia”, “Tears”, “Fire City”, “Namida no Achira Ni”, “Feel Your Love”, “Toi Kuni He (I Believe in All of You)”, “Earth in the Dark (To the Blue Sky)” T-Earth Version, “Ushinatta Mono”, “Haruka Naru Jibun”, “Airport”, “Amaoto”, “Samurai Japan”, “Lady”, “Bless You”, “Chase of Times”, “Always”, “Intermission”, “Looming”, “Toki no Hate Ni”)

Significant low notes

E3 (“Honto no Ai”, “Stop It”, “Ushinatta Mono”, “Utsukushii Sora wo Kudasai”, “Airport”, "Nageki no Heart")
E♭3 (“Toki no Hate Ni”, “Phantom of Guilt”)
D3 (“Say Yes”, “Haru no Ibiki”)
C♯3 (“Toi Kuni He (I Believe in All of You)”, “Ushinatta Mono”)
C3 (“Amaoto”)
B2 (“Kanashimi no Hate”, “Rusty Eyes”, “Endless Rain”)
A2 (“Story of a Young Boy” Live, “Toi Kuni He (I Believe in All of You)”, “Nageki no Heart”)
G♯2 (“Toki no Hate Ni”, “Toi Kuni He (I Believe in All of You)”)

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*Orange marks notes with questionable registers: absolutely no use figuring out these.
*Blue marks probable non-modal notes.
*Red marks extremely bad, unimpressive or unintentional notes.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.

[IhateMana]

I don't knowthat i will finish his discog as i really struggled with his solo stuff (and I actually couldn't find most of the t-earth material), so the remaining albums are free to a good home

ah yes, i remembered your trp2 thread having more A5s