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Miyavi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Takamasa Ishihara, MYV, 石原貴雅 (Ishihara Takamasa), Ishihara Takamasa (石原貴雅), 雅
, better known by his stage name MIYAVI (雅, Miyabi, stylized in all caps), is a Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor known for his finger-slapping style of playing a guitar.
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Miyavi, born 石原 貴雅 in 1981 in Osaka, is a Japanese male singer-songwriter, musician, and guitarist. He works in Tokyo and speaks Japanese. His career began in 1995, and he is associated with the visual kei and J-rock genres. He performs on guitar and voice, and has been a member of the groups Dué le quartz and The Last Rockstars.
He has been nominated for the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Japanese Act. His record labels include Universal Music LLC, EMI Records Japan, and Free-Will. He is represented by WME Group and LDH. His spouse is Melody. He uses various pseudonyms, including Miyabi, MYV, and 382. His name in his native language appears as MIYAVI, 雅〜みやび〜, and 雅—MIYAVI—.
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Film & TV
Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan
Takamasa Ishihara (石原 崇雅, Ishihara Takamasa, born September 14, 1981), better known by his stage name Miyavi (雅, stylized as MIYAVI), is a Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor known for his finger-slapping style of playing a guitar.
Known for
- The Wrecking Crew — Nakamura2026
- Mad Concrete Dreams — Morgan Lee2026
- THE RAMPAGE LIMITED LIVE 2024 *p(R)ojectR® at TOKYO DOME — Self2025
- Família — Kaito Enomoto2023
- Hell Dogs — Yoshitaka Toake2022
- Bright: Samurai Soul — Kôketsu (voice)2021
- Kate — Jojima2021
- The Masked Singer Japan2021
- Arcane — Finn (voice)2021
- Call Me By Fire — Self2021
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 1981
Discography
- POP is dead2002
- ジングルベル (仮)2002
- 死んでも Boogie‐Woogie2002
- 【雅楽】-gagaku-2002
- Coo quack cluck -ク・ク・ル-2003
- タリラリタララ♪2003
- 自分革命 -2003-2003
- 【雅-galyuu-流】2003
- あしタ、元気ニなぁレ。2004
- ロックの逆襲 -スーパースターの条件- / 21世紀型行進曲2004
Member of
- Dué le quartz1999–2002
- S.K.I.N.since 2007
- S.K.I.N.since 2007
- THE LAST ROCKSTARSsince 2022
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 84,526
- Total plays
- 8,066,821
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MIYAVI, (born Takamasa Ishihara (石原貴雅) in Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan on September 14, 1981) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer and actor. He is known for his finger-slapping style of playing a guitar. MIYAVI is the ex-guitarist of Dué le quartz. During his time with Dué le quartz, he was known as Miyabi, meaning elegant. After going solo in late 2002, he changed his stage name to 雅-MIYAVI-. In 2013, with the release of his self titled album MIYAVI <a href="https://www.la
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- MIYAVI
- Musical artist.image
- File:MIYAVI from "American Airlines" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2019 (49013361203).jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Miyavi in 2019
- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist.origin
- Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan
- Musical artist.occupation
- Singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1997–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Osaka
- Spouse
- Melody
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Genre
- visual kei
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Free-Will
- Official website
- myv382tokyo.com
- Image
- MIYAVI from "American Airlines" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2019 (49013892946) (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Tokyo
- Represented by
- LDH
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- Commons category
- Miyavi
- date of birth
- 1981-09-14
- nominated for
- MTV Europe Music Award for Best Japanese Act
- name in native language
- ミヤヴィ
- birth name
- 石原 貴雅
- revised Hepburn romanization
- Miyabi
- member of
- The Last Rockstars
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- pseudonym
- Miyabi, Miyavi, MYV, Meev, Myvster, 382
- social media followers
- 354705
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 1999–2003: Dué le Quartz and indies era
- 2004–2006: Majors and pop/acoustic era
- 2007–2008: US debut, S.K.I.N., World Tour
- 2009–2011: Founding J-glam Inc.
- 2012–2014: ''Miyavi'' and international acting career
- 2015–present: ''The Others'', ''Fire Bird''
- Personal life
- Discography
- Filmography
- Film
- Television
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
, better known by his stage name MIYAVI (雅, Miyabi, stylized in all caps), is a Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor known for his finger-slapping style of playing a guitar.
He has been active since 1999, first as guitarist for the visual kei rock band Dué le Quartz and then as a solo artist starting in 2002. In 2007, he became a member of the rock supergroup S.K.I.N. and in 2009 founded his own company, J-glam. He toured worldwide several times. From 2022 to 2024, he was a member of the supergroup The Last Rockstars.
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