- Born
- Birth nameTakamasa Ishihara
- Height6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
- MIYAVI's a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer & actor. His music career began in 1999 w/ the Visual Kei band Dué le Quartz. After its disbandment, he debuted as a solo artist in 2002. He's known for his finger-slapping style of playing the guitar & has toured worldwide multiple times. In 2009, he founded his own company, J-Glam. His Hollywood acting career began with Unbroken in 2014.
- IMDb mini biography by: Katina
- SpouseMelody(March 14, 2009 - present) (3 children)
- Once said that he can't be alone for a very long time and can't go a day without a hug.
- Is of Japanese & Korean descent.
- He was very determined to become a professional soccer player when he was a teenager. An injury prevented him from doing so and he says that there was a big relief, like pressure was taken from him. Shortly after, he turned to music, specifically the guitar.
- He has a very unique style of playing the guitar, namely by slapping the strings. This style earned him the nickname "samurai guitarist".
- Used to play soccer as a kid and teenager.
- It's about care, love, [and] the quality of materials you take into your body. Also, not only physically, it's also your mind, like what you feel and how much you're enjoying your life. This is what I am telling my daughters. - on self care
- I want to spend the rest of my life finding the answer to my heart.
- What's your mission in your life? What's your purpose in your life? Maybe you already know it and have it, or perhaps you're still searching for it. Or maybe we don't need that kind of thing in our lives in the first place. But one thing is for sure; the feeling of loving someone, it gives us a purpose of life, and we feel our existence strongly when we are embraced by it. And that's one of the reasons why we can't stop loving.
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