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Miyavi – Profile & Stats & Trivia –

English Stage Name:

Miyavi

 

Japanese Stage Name:

 

 

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.

 

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