Japanese rocker Yoshiki enjoys summer in Los Angeles

X Japan is one of the most successful rock bands in Japanese history, having sold more than 30 million albums, singles and videos, and filled the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome a record 18 times. But for band frontman and founder, Yoshiki, hailed as the Bono of Japan, all the stress that accompanies his bands success is an ocean away when he lives in Los Angeles.Life in LA has its perks -- including attending red carpet events like the Hollywood Foreign Press Associations annual star-packed luncheon on Thursday (August 04) -- but the best part about it is living a quiet life, free from throngs of fans and paparazzi.Life here in Los Angeles, I still can go to grocery shopping, I still can go, just walk around the street. Life in Tokyo, its kind of hard to go outside the street, you know, outside my house I cannot really walk around there, says Yoshiki.Yoshiki is one of Japans most iconic pop celebrities having also established himself as a successful fashion designer, producer and entrepreneur. He is even about to be the subject of a superhero comic book by his friend, legendary Spider-Man and Hulk creator, Stan Lee. In the book, Yoshiki, branded as Blood Red Dragon, uses his performance abilities and music to fight evil, with a few added powers.In this book, I can make fire, fly, and everything, so I have more power than real life, says Yoshiki.After a ten year hiatus, X Japan reformed in 2007 with a view not only to make a comeback in Japan, but to burst out onto the international scene. Last year X Japan made their North American debut, with several high profile gigs to huge crowds including an appearance at Lollapalooza and earlier this year announced a three year deal with multinational music giant EMI.Although he may live in Los Angeles for part of the year, Yoshiki has not forgotten his home country in the wake of its ongoing nuclear crisis. He has been working with the Japanese Red Cross ever since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that caused a nuclear meltdown at a power plant in the central Japanese city of Fukushima.