History Music / Miyavi

* AntiLoveSong: ''"Selfish Love"'', "''I Love you I love you I love you and I hate you''", ''"Girls, be ambitious."'' to name a few.
* AFriendInNeed: Make that a country in need. In the immediate aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, Miyavi stayed on Website/{{Twitter}} almost nonstop, tweeting information and trying to help victims and raise awareness of the earthquake. Some have noted that he was constantly posting for 36 hours from the disaster's beginning, went offline for six hours, then returned to post more about the quake and relief efforts.
** He donated a hefty portion of the earnings from his 2011 European tour to relief efforts, and had a donation box set up at every concert.
* AsHimself: A time-traveling, AdamWesting example in ''Oresama''.
* AudienceParticipationSong: ''"What's My Name"'' and ''"Are You Ready to Rock?"''
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: This is essentially how he describes becoming a father, and in addition to doting on his children, he's credited them more than once for making him a better man.
* BadassBoast: From "''SURVIVE''":

* BigRockEnding: He has a few, especially in his early work.
* BreakupBreakout: Arguably the most successful out of the members of Dué le Quartz.
* BreakupSong: ''"Kekkonshiki no Uta"'', ''"Girls, be ambitious"''.
* BrokenRecord: ''"Kusare Gedou He (Son of a Bitch)"'', ''"Saisaisainara Byebyebye"'', ''"ROCK'N'ROLL IS "NOT" DEAD"'', ''"Aho Matsuri"''
* BSide: Most of his singles.
* ChildrenRaiseYou: Pre-fatherhood Miyavi wore crazy clothes, had crazy hair, and acted crazy as hell. Post-fatherhood Miyavi is mature, calm, and has toned down his wardrobe and insanity. He's openly stated that being a dad changed him and made him calm down.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLX-rW02fTM He has his]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLX-rW02fTM moments]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrnHY2KcEwM especially]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ajyHsSa8Ks early]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ_Nj7R1nsM in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czbb9DIv8sQ his]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hwHHK5JSS0 career.]]
* CoverVersion: ''"Blew"'' by Music/{{Nirvana}}.
* DisappearedDad: Has been estranged from his father for the majority of his life and only recently has shown any sort of acknowledgement toward him, stating that he used to hate him but as he became a father himself, he began to understand him better and grew to respect him more.
* DoNotCallMePaul: No one even ''knew'' his real name prior to 2009, and very rarely will you see him credited in films or works as Takamasa Ishihara. Even when he used his legal name for billing on ''Unbroken'', he did all of the press releases and interviews as Miyavi.
** He went so far as to use a fake first name during TheReveal of ''Film/{{Oresama}}'', causing many fans to actually believe his name was [[spoiler: Ryuuji]] for a couple years.
* DotingParent: A good half of his Instagram feed is photos of him with his children, if not more.
** He also once interrupted his act, held up his daughter and had the audience sing "Happy Birthday" to her at one of his concerts.
** He's also stopped while performing to say hi to them in the audience, and proceed to gush about how much he loves them onstage.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Played with in his ''Due Le Quartz'' years and ''Neo Vizualism'' era.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: ''"Jikoai, Jigajisan, Jiishiki, Kajou"'' from the album ''Miyaviuta - Dokusou.''
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: So many Website/YouTube comments along the lines of: "I'm male and I think he's hot." So many...
* EvolvingMusic: Miyavi's ''Due Le Quartz'' covers and the ''Samurai Sessions'' EP.
* FamilyMan: He really, really loves his kids. See DotingParent, PapaWolf, and ChildrenRaiseYou for examples.
* FourthDateMarriage: Married his wife after being together for a little over a year. Which isn't too bad...until you realize he was touring for about half that time span.
* GenkiGirl: In a RareMaleExample, his early years were full of this. His personality up until maybe 2009 was a mix of this, TheIdiotFromOsaka and {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
* GenreRoulette
* GenreShift: Genre Revolving Door may be better suited to him. He's experimented with almost every imaginable genre, and some that might not even exist to anyone other than Miyavi himself.
* GracefulLoser: ''"Kekkonshiki no Uta"'' is written from the point of view of one.
* [[GratuitousEnglish Gratuitous Engrish]]: Happened a ''lot'' in his early music.

* GriefSong: A popular theory surrounding the song ''"Itoshii hito (beta de suman)"'' is that it was written for his unborn child that had either miscarried, was stillborn, or aborted.
* GrowingUpSucks: ''"Shindemo Boogie Woogie"'', "''Hatachi kinebi (Peter Pan Syndrome).''"
* HappyBirthdayToYou: He has a tendency to sing this to his children onstage, and makes it into an AudienceParticipationSong.
** Plus, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaj04j4JX6E there's this]].
* HellIsThatNoise: In his early days, he was prone to randomly shrieking in a shrill, hoarse voice at the top of his lungs at anyone, anything, or nothing in particular. [[Main/{{Cloudcuckoolander}} For absolutely no reason whatsoever.]]
* HeroicBSOD: His breakdown after learning that a soccer-induced knee injury would prevent him from going pro plunged him into one of these. Then his friend gave him a guitar, and the rest is history.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: ''"Jibun kakumei"''.

* HumanNotepad: The man is ''[[http://comiyavigermany.blogspot.com/2013/12/meanings-of-miyavis-tattoos-english.html covered]]'' in tattoos that are quotes, phrases, or Japanese characters. Including:
** "382" on his fingers (left hand): the numerical form of Miyavi.
** Due Le Quartz on his right wrist
** The ''entire'' Buddhist Heart Sutra in Japanese on his back, and the transparent character of his Korean surname, Lee, overlapping it.
** ΜΨΩ on his fingers (right hand): "MYV" in symbols.
** 二千十一三十一: 3/11/2011, the date of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
* IAmTheBand: Miyavi did this for his early albums, programming the drums and bass, while playing the guitar and singing.

* IntercourseWithYou: ''"Secret"'', in a rather blatant example. The music video borders on softcore porn, and one of the lyrics are ''"Down on your knees, eat my heat, c'mon and set me free."'' Way to be subtle, Myv.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: ''"Kekkonshiki no Uta ~ Kisetsu Hazure no WEDDING"'' is about congratulating the woman he loves on the day of her wedding...[[DidNotGetTheGirl to another man.]]

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Most especially during his "[[http://img07.deviantart.net/69f1/i/2008/320/0/5/miyavi____embrace_elegance_by_chibii_meeh.jpg Kabuki kei/Neo Visualizm]]" style era, around 2008.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Miyavi and Melody met during an episode of the weekly NHK show, J-Melo, in May 2008. Melody was the host and Miyavi was their SpecialGuest of the week, and Miyavi is said to have fallen in love with her the moment he walked on set and saw her. They were married ten months later, and as of 2017, are still married.
** Just watch him during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdd77UB8_pI the episode]] itself. He keeps sneaking glances at her at every opportunity and almost can't take his eyes off her.
* LyricalDissonance: Some of the lyrics deal with talking about depression, anxiety, heartbreak, etc...with very, very upbeat music.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His eldest daughter is named ''Lovelie '''Miyavi''' Ishihara''. He named his daughter after himself. And not even his legal name, his ''[[StageName stage name]]''.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's approaching forty but doesn't look a day over twenty-five.

* OnlyOneName: Sometimes goes by Miyavi Ishihara; rarely, if at all, [[DoNotCallMePaul goes by Takamasa Ishihara]], and prefers to only be called Miyavi.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The PV for ''"[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xda0v_miyavi-senor-senora-senorita-pv_news Señor, Señora, Señorita]]"'' is just hilarious. He's a salsa-dancing ''vampire in a matador outfit''. Complete with this [[https://i.skyrock.net/8910/60288910/pics/2427888585_small_2.jpg mustache]].
* PapaWolf: Stated more than once that in order to channel the sheer brutality needed for the role of Mutsuhiro Watanabe in ''Film/{{Unbroken}}'', he had to imagine that the cast members were hurting his kids. He loves his kids so much that thinking of them being harmed gave him the [[SoftSpokenSadist calculated and methodical ferocity]] required to portray a man who, in real life, ''tortured and crucified prisoners of war.''
* PowerBallad: ''"Itoshii hito (beta de suman) -2006 ver.-"''
* RearrangeTheSong: Miyavi has done this with his own music a couple of times. Specific examples include ''"Are You Ready to Rock?"'' and ''"Are You Ready to Love,"'' as well as his entire ''Samurai Sessions'' EP.
* RenaissanceMan: In addition to being a musician, he's the CEO of a record company (which he founded in 2009), producer, actor, songwriter, parent, and arranger. He can also play the Japanese shamisen, the gigpig (it's a square tiny drum thing), and piano.
* SecretRelationship: With his wife, Melody Ishikawa. In an old Website/MySpace blog post, Melody stated off-handedly while discussing the files she had lost when her computer crashed that they had been dating for some time prior to their marriage, and she had lost the photos in the crash. At the time, Miyavi was signed to PS Company, a visual kei label that states in their contracts their artists cannot be in publicized relationships or marriages. This is not uncommon in Japan, and once Miyavi's contract with PS Company ended in 2009, he married Melody and went public with the relationship.
* SelfTitledAlbum: ''Miyavi'', released in 2013.
** Nearly-eponymous albums include ''MYV☆POPS,'' ''Miyaviuta -dokusou-,'' and ''Miyavizm.'' ''Gagaku'' and ''Galyuu'' are written with the same kanji as his name.
** Inverted and played straight with ''What's My Name?''
* ShotgunWedding: Married his wife, Melody, when she was five months pregnant with their first daughter.

* SomethingBlues: ''"Aa, Kanashiki Kana Yatoware no Mi no Blues,"'' ''"Chillin' Chillin' Money Blue$,"'' ''"21st Century Tokyo Blues,"'' and ''"Ame ni Utaeba ~Pichipichi Chappuchappu Ran Ran Blues~"''
* SpecialGuest: While his latest ''Samurai Sessions'' tracks are all about this, he has featured quite a few special guests along the way of his career before that. Among others, [[Music/TomoakiIshizuka Pata]] as his 2nd guitar on ''Galyuu,'' and a single collaboration with Music/{{Sugizo}}, and another collaboration with Tomoyasu Hotei.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Invoked ''deliberately and in spades'' for the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwu3XTSr-yk Shindemo Boogie Woogie]]'' PV, which seems to take place in an ''ichya-kyabakura''.[[note]]''Ichya-kyabakura'' is the name for Japanese strip clubs.[[/note]]

* TakeThat: ''"Freedom Fighters"'' is this toward the Bush Administration.
* TearsOfBlood: During the PV for ''"Señor, Señora, Señorita."''
* TheIdiotFromOsaka: Played this persona up to pair with his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} [[GenkiGirl Genki Guy]] personality before he calmed down.

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: ''"Kusare Gedou He (son of a bitch)"''. Half the song is Miyavi yelling "Brainy SON OF A BITCH!"
* WhatAWonderfulWorld: ''"Subarashiki kana, kono sekai"'' (marketed overseas as WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD)
* XtremeKoolLetterz: ''"2 B Wiz U,"'' ''"Thanx Givin' Day,"'' and ''"Kabuki Boiz"'' to name a few.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The aptly titled ''"Freedom Fighters"'' lampshades, of all things, the September 11th attacks. Which is slightly uncomfortable when you realize the song is a TakeThat at the United States of America.
--> ''"Take the wheel, boy, and charge (not into buildings) into this era."''

In March 2009, Miyavi married former J-Pop artist Melody Ishikawa (stylized as ''melody.'') in a private ceremony, shortly before his departure from PS Company. Their first child, Lovelie “Aily” Miyavi Ishihara (also known as Aspen), was born in July of that year. and their second child, Jewelie Aoi Ishihara, was born in October 2010. Their third child, Skyler Kakeru Ishihara, was born on February 24, 2021. After moving to America in 2014, he resided between Tokyo and Los Angeles with his wife and two children; following the birth of his son Skyler the family relocated to Tokyo permanently.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There is no '''''v''''' in the Japanese language, and his name is derived from the Japanese word "Miyabi." He uses the kanji for Miyabi as well.
** At times, he's signed his name as '''''382'''''. This comes from the ''kun-yomi'' of the numbers 3 ''(mitsu)'', 8 ''(yatsu)'', and 2 ''(futatsu)''. The ''kun-yomi'' for 8 can also be read as '''''hi'''''''tatsu'', and ''bi'' is an alternate pronunciation of ''hi.'' So 3(Mi) 8(ya) 2(bi) is the numerical form of "Miyavi."

* {{Bishonen}}

* LongTitle: Pick a song, any song, from his early works that isn't ''"Girls Be Ambitious."'' It's probably some weird, absurdly long {{Engrish}} WordSalad title.

* KansaiRegionalAccent: Highly prevalent in his earlier works, and still quite noticeable today.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: His English has improved ''immensely'' over the past decade. Since his overseas career has taken off, his marriage to Melody Ishikawa (a Japanese-American pop-star turned fashion designer) in 2009, and moving to Los Angeles in 2014, he's went from borderline-incomprehensible WordSalad [[GratuitousEnglish Gratuitous Engrish speaker]] to almost-but-not-quite fluent English speaker.
** To better cater to international listeners, the majority of music he has released since 2013 is sung entirely in English.

In March 2009, Miyavi married former J-Pop artist Melody Ishikawa (stylized as ''melody.'') in a private ceremony, shortly before his departure from PS Company. Their first child, Lovelie Miyavi Ishihara, was born in July of that year, and their second child, Jewelie Aoi Ishihara, was born in October 2010. After moving to America in 2014, he currently resides between Tokyo and Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.

* DotingParent: A good half of his Instagram feed is photos of him with his daughters, if not more.

* HappyBirthdayToYou: He has a tendency to sing this to his daughters onstage, and makes it into an AudienceParticipationSong.

* VisualKei: Started out as this, and has experimented with the style almost as much as he has with his music. He calmed down once his daughters were born, dropping the style completely by 2013.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: At one point his band included a beatboxer, a DJ, a tap dancer, and a painter. Yes, a painter.

* ButNotTooForeign: Part of why he does not suffer the HalfBreedDiscrimination most mixed Japanese face is because he does not really acknowledge his Korean ancestry often, and identifies as Japanese.

* MixedAncestry: Is half-Japanese, half-Korean, and has stated in interviews that his Korean name is Lee Ki Ah."

* ''Ryomano Tsumato Sono Ottoto Aijin'' (2002)
* ''Film/{{Oresama}}'' (2004)
* ''Film/{{Unbroken}}'' (2014) (billed as ''Takamasa Ishihara'')
* ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' (2017)
* ''Stray'' (2017)
* ''Film/{{Bleach}}'' (2018)

* ''Bleach'' (2018)

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: One of the sweetest, most genuine, and humble people you would ever meet. Gets cast as a terrifying SoftSpokenSadist in his first international film role.

'''Miyavi''' (stylized sometimes as ''雅-miyavi-'') (Japanese: 雅) (born '''''Takamasa Ishihara''''' on September 14th, 1981 -- Japanese: 石原 貴雅 Korean: 이기아), also known as '''''Miyavi Lee Ishihara''''', is a Japanese musician, actor, and businessman. Born in the Konohana-ku ward of Osaka City in the Osaka Prefecture of UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, Miyavi originally grew up wanting to become a [[UsefulNotes/{{AssociationFootball}} soccer player]] before seriously injuring his knee as a teenager. During a [[HeroicBSOD deep depression]] after his injury, a friend gave him a guitar to cheer him up, which he began to learn to play while recovering. Realizing he genuinely enjoyed the guitar and had a fondness for rock music, he moved to Tokyo in 1999 at the age of seventeen to start a music career.

* SecretRelationship: With his wife, Melody Ishikawa. In an old MySpace blog post, Melody stated off-handedly while discussing the files she had lost when her computer crashed that they had been dating for some time prior to their marriage, and she had lost the photos in the crash. At the time, Miyavi was signed to PS Company, a visual kei label that states in their contracts their artists cannot be in publicized relationships or marriages. This is not uncommon in Japan, and once Miyavi's contract with PS Company ended in 2009, he married Melody and went public with the relationship.

* TheReveal: In a MySpace post made in April 2009, after his departure from PS Company and the foundation of his record label J-Glam, Inc., he formally announced the record label with a letter prefaced "Ishihara Takamasa, CEO of J-Glam Inc." This is how he revealed his legal birth name to the world.

* ActorAllusion: Mutsuhiro Watanabe was a sergeant in the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII in ''Film/{{Unbroken}}'', and the part was his first starring role in Hollywood. In ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', he plays Gunpei Ikari...a Zero pilot in the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Invoked ''deliberately and in spades'' for the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwu3XTSr-yk Shindemo Boogie Woogie]]'' PV, which seems to take place in an ''ichya-kyabakura''.

* SelfTitledAlbum: ''MYV Pops,'' ''Miyaviuta,'' and ''Miyavizm.'' ''Gagaku'' and ''Galyuu'' are written with the same kanji as his name. Inverted and played straight with ''What's My Name?''

* DisappearedDad: Has been estranged from his father for the majority of his life and only recently has shown any sort of acknowledgement toward his father, stating that he used to hate him but as he became a father himself, he began to understand him better and grew to respect him more.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Creator/{{Gackt}}, and Kai from [[Music/TheGazette The GazettE]]

** At times, he's signed his name as '''''382'''''. This comes from the ''kun-yomi'' of the numbers 3 ''(mitsu)'', 8 ''(yatsu)'', and 2 ''(futatsu)''. The ''kun-yomi'' for 8 can also be read as '''''hi'''tatsu''''', and ''bi'' is an alternate pronunciation of ''hi.'' So 3(Mi) 8(ya) 2(bi) is the numerical form of "Miyavi."