English Stage Name:
Miyavi
Japanese Stage Name:
雅
Birth Name:
Takamasa Ishihara
Nickname:
Samurai Guitarist
Origin:
Konohana Ward, Osaka, Japan
Blood Type:
AB
Height:
181 cm ( 5 ft 11 inches )
Weight:
67 kg ( 147 bs)
Marital Status:
Married (since 2009)
Children:
None
Family:
Father, Mother
Wife:
Melody, a singer
Past Relationships/ Ex-Girlfriends:
- Reina Tanaka, singer and former member of Morning Musume and Hello! Project
Rumored to have dated
Friends;
- YOSHIKI, member of X-JAPAN
- DAIGO, singer and musician
- GACKT, musician
- SUGIZO, musician and formen member of LUNA SEA
Hobbies：
- Playing guitar
- Composing music
- Watching movies at a movie theater
- Collecting accessories
Pets:
None
Personality:
Miyavi is said to be;
- polite
- indecisive
Trivia:
- Miyavi is half Japanese and half Korean; his father is second generation of Korean Japanese and his mother is Japanese.
- Miyavi started playing soccer in elementary school, and dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player.
- Miyavi had to give up on playing soccer at the age of 15 due to serious injury on his leg.
- After soccer, Miyavi finds new passion in music and starts to play guitar. At the same time, he left high school and moved from Osaka to Tokyo.
- In 2006, Miyavi moved to Los Angeles, United States and studied English at a local language school for three months.
- The guitarists Miyavi were influenced by are; Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Leroy Johnson, and B. B. King.
- Miyavi calls his fans “Co-Miyavi”. In Japanese, “Co” means “small”.
- Miyavi married a Japanese American singer, Melody in 2009.
- Miyavi and Melody have two daughters together; Lovely and Jewelry.