■ His father Hiroaki Aoki founded the restaurant Benihana after competing as an Olympic wrestler.
■ He's a self-described "poker nut," having won at least $20,000 in one sitting, and losing $5,000 in another.
■ He went to the University of California, Santa Barbara and earned bachelor's degrees in women's studies and sociology.
"I'm an economist and sociologist at heart," he told me last December.
■ He published his first music 'zine at age 15 and promoted bands while he was in high school, starting his first label with $400 when he was 19.
■ And his favorite movie is "Fight Club." Why?
"Because people get together around a cause, not for money, but believing in something and doing interesting social pranks."
Aoki DJs Monday at XS with Sultan and Ned Shepard.
