YMMV / David Sylvian

• Awesome Music: Secrets of the Beehive is widely considered his best work.
• Friendly Fandoms: Thanks to his collaborations with Robert Fripp on Gone to Earth and The First Day, a sizable overlap exists between Sylvian's fanbase (and by extent Japan fans) and that of King Crimson. It also helps that former Japan keyboardist Richard Barbieri is a member of fellow Progressive Rock band Porcupine Tree.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Whilst he's had considerable success elsewhere, he is a huge star in Japan. It started with his band Japan, who quickly became popular thanks to their name and their dress sense, which was a chief influence on the Visual Kei genre. Sylvian strengthened his relationship with Japanese audiences by being good friends with musicians such as Ryuichi Sakamoto and former Japan guitarist Masami Tsuchiya, and having a Japanese girlfriend during the '80s, Yuka Fujii, who is responsible for many of his photos. Many special releases of his were only released in Japan.
• Growing the Beard: David brought some strings and piano in, toned down the androgyny, and started getting all Serious Business about his art.

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