X Japan (エックス ジャパン, Ekkusu Japan) is a Japanese heavy metal band, which pioneered the Visual Kei movements in Japan. They were known for their musical genius and outrageous hairstyles, and was the first band to achieve the successful amalgamation of western heavy metal with an eastern tolerance of cross dressers. Their first hairstyles, consisting of basic blonde rocker hair with the occasional Mohawk, propelled them to popularity. Their subsequent innovations in the field of hair physics, often featuring gravity-defying locks arranged in complex classical motifs, has influenced every single J-rock artist and made them one of the greatest bands in Japan.