Miyavi
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Miyavi performing at Irving Plaza in 2011
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Takamasa Ishihara (貴雅 石原?) |
| Also known as | Miyabi, 雅, MYV, 382, DJ 382, MYV 382 TOKYO, 雅-Miyavi- |
| Born | September 14, 1981 |
| Origin | Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Website | www |
Takamasa Ishihara (石原 貴雅 Ishihara Takamasa?, born September 14, 1981), better known by his stage name Miyavi (雅 Miyabi?), is a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor. He has been active since 1999, first as guitarist for the now defunct 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, with over two hundred shows. After becoming a father Miyavi toned down his on-stage attire. He is known for his finger-slapping style of playing a guitar.
Miyavi was born in the Nishikujō district in Konohana-ku ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, to a Korean Japanese father and a Japanese mother. After the first grade, he moved to Kawanishi. His father's family, surnamed Lee, came from Jeju Island. Miyavi says that as a child he was a good student and enjoyed playing football. In the second year of junior high school, a sports injury prevented him from pursuing a professional career in sports. Instead, at the age of 15, he learned to play the guitar. He bought a guitar and began covering songs by Ray Charles.
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