Yoshiki Performed the Worldly-Known Japanese Character, Hello Kitty’s Official Theme Song for the First Time!

Yoshiki just had a successful performance at Madison Square Garden in New York and just made another history of performing his own composition of Hello Kitty’s official theme song at the world’s first Hello Kitty convention held in Los Angeles on October 29th.

Yoshiki has already had some collaboration character with Hello Kitty, called Yoshikitty, and this dates back to the offer from Hello Kitty’s designer Yuko Yakaguchi in 2007.

Yoshiki is also known for composing numerous theme songs such as the celebration anthem for the Japanese Emperor’s 10 year’s anniversary of Coronation, The 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan in 2005 , Golden Globe Award’s Official theme song in 2013 in US and other film and anime theme songs.

“Hello Kitty Con 2014” was held at The Geffen Contemporary MOCA in Los Angeles for 2,000 invited celebrities by Sanrio. Yoshiki played “Forever Love” as a piano quartet version and then Hello Kitty’s theme song “HELLO HELLO” EDM/Dance version.

For this event he played an EDM/Dance version but also classic, pop and rock versions are to be released.

Comment from Yoshiki
I am very honored to be the composer of Hello Kitty’s theme song. I would like to send the melody of love through this song and Hello Kitty for the world peace. And I would love my child to listen to it when I have one.

Comment from Sanrio Hello Kitty Designer, Yuko Yamaguchi
I thank Yohshiki for composing this amazing piece for Hello Kitty. It was the winter of 2007 when I first met Yoshiki. Since then I had this thought in mind that it must be Yoshiki who composes Hello Kitty’s theme song. It’s because he is an artist who can be loved by the world. And after creating Yoshikitty, I got to know his warm personality and that gave me even the stronger conviction about this. I am so moved by the fact that for the memorable 40th anniversary , we got to create Hello Kitty’s theme song that I’ve always wanted. Thank you, Yoshiki!

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