50 Vegas shows per year
Steve Aoki holds a DJ residency in Las Vegas where he plays around 50 shows per year at venues including Omnia, Hakkasan, and Tao Beach.
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Fact Check: Benihana History, Rocky Aoki's Records & Sister Devin
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The post-interview fact-check covers a remarkable range of Rocky Aoki's documented achievements and near-misses. Monica confirms Benihana IPO'd in 1983. Rocky's 1979 offshore powerboat crash near the Golden Gate Bridge ruptured his aorta, lacerated his liver, fractured multiple bones, and left him with a 10% survival chance — and Monica notes it may have been the blood transfusion from that crash that gave him the hepatitis that ultimately contributed to his death. The Trans-Pacific balloon flight: first in history, 1981, 5,208 miles, a record that stood for 34 years. Rocky won the World Leisure Class Backgammon Championship in 1974. And Devin Aoki, Steve's sister, replaced Naomi Campbell as the face of Versace at 16 and went on to walk for Balenciaga, Chanel, and Comme des Garçons. Even by the standards of exceptional lives, the Aoki family is operating at a different altitude entirely.
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