53 Facts About Steve Aoki

1. In 2013, during his North American tour, Steve Aoki donated a dollar of every ticket sale to four charities: the Brain Preservation Foundation, the University of Rochester Medical Center—Memory Care Program, the American Brain Foundation, and Infusio.

2. Steve Aoki has played lesser-traveled regions—in 2009 he played a show in Beijing, China, with Diplo at a night organised by promoters Split Works.

3. In 2013, during his North American tour, Steve Aoki donated a dollar of every ticket sale to four charities: the Brain Preservation Foundation, the University of Rochester Medical Center—Memory Care Program, the American Brain Foundation, and Infusio.

4. Steve Aoki has played lesser-traveled regions—in 2009 he played a show in Beijing, China, with Diplo at a night organised by promoters Split Works.

5. In 2013, during his North American tour, Steve Aoki donated a dollar of every ticket sale to four charities: the Brain Preservation Foundation, the University of Rochester Medical Center—Memory Care Program, the American Brain Foundation, and Infusio.

6. Steve Aoki has played lesser-traveled regions—in 2009 he played a show in Beijing, China, with Diplo at a night organised by promoters Split Works.

7. In 2013, during his North American tour, Steve Aoki donated a dollar of every ticket sale to four charities: the Brain Preservation Foundation, the University of Rochester Medical Center—Memory Care Program, the American Brain Foundation, and Infusio.

8. Steve Aoki has played lesser-traveled regions—in 2009 he played a show in Beijing, China, with Diplo at a night organised by promoters Split Works.

9. In 2013, during his North American tour, Steve Aoki donated a dollar of every ticket sale to four charities: the Brain Preservation Foundation, the University of Rochester Medical Center—Memory Care Program, the American Brain Foundation, and Infusio.

10. Steve Aoki has played lesser-traveled regions—in 2009 he played a show in Beijing, China, with Diplo at a night organised by promoters Split Works.

11. In 2013, during his North American tour, Steve Aoki donated a dollar of every ticket sale to four charities: the Brain Preservation Foundation, the University of Rochester Medical Center—Memory Care Program, the American Brain Foundation, and Infusio.

12. Steve Aoki has played lesser-traveled regions—in 2009 he played a show in Beijing, China, with Diplo at a night organised by promoters Split Works.

13. In 2013, during his North American tour, Steve Aoki donated a dollar of every ticket sale to four charities: the Brain Preservation Foundation, the University of Rochester Medical Center—Memory Care Program, the American Brain Foundation, and Infusio.

14. Steve Aoki has played lesser-traveled regions—in 2009 he played a show in Beijing, China, with Diplo at a night organised by promoters Split Works.

15. Steve Aoki graduated from the Newport Harbor High School in 1995.

16. Steve Aoki graduated from the University of California with a degree in Feminist Studies and Sociology.

17. Steve Aoki portrayed himself on an episode of the hit CW series Arrow.

18. Steve Aoki got the idea to throw cake at people after watching the video of 'Turn Up The Volume' by Autoerotique.

19. Steve Aoki fans were invited to vote for their favorite charity, with the Brain Preservation taking the grand prize.

20. In 2013, during his North American tour, Steve Aoki donated a dollar of every ticket sale to four charities: the Brain Preservation Foundation, the University of Rochester Medical Center—Memory Care Program, the American Brain Foundation, and Infusio.

21. Steve Aoki was presented with the award at the International Dance Music Awards.

22. Steve Aoki is the founder of the Steve Aoki Charitable Fund, which raises money for global humanitarian relief organizations and medical research.

23. Steve Aoki earned the Guinness record for "most traveled musician in one year", with 161 shows in 41 countries in 2014.

24. Steve Aoki appeared in an anti-fur ad for PETA, an organization he says he's supported since he was 14 years old.

25. Steve Aoki was playing himself, spinning at the grand opening of Oliver Queen's fictional nightclub.

26. On July 1, 2016, it was announced that Steve Aoki would make an appearance as both a musical contributor and non-playable character in the video game Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.

27. Steve Aoki was featured in the video games NBA 2K8 and NBA 2K9 as a special celebrity player, even though he admits to being terrible at basketball.

28. In March 2010 Steve Aoki released "I'm in the House", a collaboration with Zuper Blahq—alter-ego of The Black Eyed Peas singer will.

29. Steve Aoki has played lesser-traveled regions—in 2009 he played a show in Beijing, China, with Diplo at a night organised by promoters Split Works.

30. Steve Aoki had an Essential Mix that aired on BBC Radio 1 on August 2, 2008, and again on October 27, 2012.

31. In May 2006, Steve Aoki became a board member for MC5 bassist Michael Davis' Music Is Revolution Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides music education support within public schools.

32. Steve Aoki was involved in student activism at UCSB, being the founder of a Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League chapter on campus.

33. Steve Aoki has two older siblings, sister Kana, and brother Kevin (owner of Doraku Sushi restaurant).

34. Steve Aoki is of Japanese descent, the third child of Rocky Aoki and Chizuru Kobayashi.

35. Steve Aoki graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1995, where he was a player on the varsity badminton team.

36. Steve Aoki is the founder of the Steve Aoki Charitable Fund, which raises money for global humanitarian relief organizations.

37. Steve Aoki continues to break into new territory on the latest installment of his "Neon Future" series with "Neon.

38. Steve Aoki is back with his third Neon Future installment.

39. In 2014, Steve Aoki embarked on a musical journey that took him not only around the world, but into the future of music.

40. Steve Aoki named his record label and subsequent fashion brand "Dim Mak" as a nod to.

41. Steve Aoki named his record label and subsequent fashion brand "Dim Mak" as a nod to Bruce.

42. Steve Aoki shared a brief tweet letting fans know they had exactly 24 hours.

43. Steve Aoki has long awaited the moment he got to join the talented.

44. Steve Aoki is one of the biggest producers in dance music today, with more than three billion streams across both Spotify and YouTube.

45. In 2014, Steve Aoki was awarded two Guinness World Records, one for the "longest crowd cheer", and for the "most amount of glow sticks for thirty seconds.

46. Steve Aoki appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks in December 2014.

47. In January 2012, Steve Aoki released new tracks on Turntable.

48. Steve Aoki made a cameo appearance in rapper Kid Cudi's video "Just What I Am".

49. Steve Aoki is the central character in the documentary I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.

50. Steve Aoki finished in 6th place in the 2013 America's Best DJ competition-a vote and promotion to find out the country's most popular DJ conducted by DJ Times magazine and Pioneer DJ.

51. On December 11, 2012, Steve Aoki released his first EP, It's the End of the World As We Know It, which includes three songs.

52. Steve Aoki teamed up with Blake Miller of the LA-based band Moving Units to produce remixes.

53. Steve Aoki founded his own label, Dim Mak Records, in 1996.