Singer, mannequin and actor YOSHI (born Yoshizumi Sasaki) was solely 19 when he died following a 2022 motorbike accident. On the time, he was seen as a rising star in each style and music: he started modeling at 13 after catching Virgil Abloh‘s consideration for the outfit he wore to Off-White™‘s Minami-Aoyama retailer opening, ultimately modeling for each Off-White™ and Helmut Lang, and, simply three years earlier than his demise, he debuted as an artist for Virgin Music, a Common Music-owned label primarily based in Japan.
Now, in celebration of his brief but impactful life, YOSHI is being highlighted in a brand new documentary titled Rock Star of Reiwa.
Set to launch on Could 15, Rock Star of Reiwa options never-before-seen video footage of YOSHI and interviews with members of his interior circle like Tatsushi Omori, JP THE WAVY and Kyoko Tanaka. A press launch saying the movie’s debut states that it’s “full of the message that YOSHI really needed to convey a facet of him that’s not recognized” and that “the phrases of those that have been near YOSHI [provide] a deep sense of how [he] lived on daily basis, and the way [he] cherished his life.”
To accompany the documentary’s launch, a Rock Star of Reiwa exhibition shall be held on the Laforet Museum in Harajuku. The exhibition will function a few of YOSHI’s work in addition to a few of his most cherished objects and pictures of YOSHI taken by Jurgen Teller. Rock Star of Reiwa will run from April 26 to Could 11, and shall be open from 11 AM to 8PM, save for the final day when it’ll shut at 6 PM
Get extra information on the documentary right here, and safe tickets for the Laforet Museum exhibition right here.
Among the information on this article was offered by a press launch written in Japanese and was translated utilizing Google Translate.
