History Music / Miyavi

* 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.]]

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[[caption-width-right:322:The artist as of 2014.]]

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: ''Film/{{Unbroken}}'' was his first acting role, and it was ''awesome.''

* {{Doting Parent}}: A good half of his Instagram feed is photos of him with his daughters, 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.

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* {{Doting Parent}}: A good half of his Instagram feed is photos of him with his daughters, 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.

* {{DotingParent}}: A good half of his Instagram feed is photos of him with his daughters, if not more. He also once held up his daughter and had the audience sing "Happy Birthday" to her at one of his concerts.

* HeReallyCanAct: ''Film/{{Unbroken}}'' was his first acting role, and it was ''awesome.''

* 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.

Miyavi is technically classified as a VisualKei musician. However, his musical style ranges from a urban-legend inspired sludge metal, to sappy acoustic-pop love songs, to guitar-slapping funky rock, to jazzy ballads. He got his start playing lead guitar for the Visual Kei band Due Le Quartz, but after the band split up in 2002, he quickly became one of Japan's most popular Indie artists.

After putting out several successful singles and albums, Miyavi took a six-month break somewhere in 2005 and 2006, and returned with his now iconic style of percussive slap guitar. Since then, a video of him showcasing his talent went viral, and Miyavi gained international recognition as one of Japan's premier guitar players.

In 2007, it was revealed that Miyavi would be taking part in the Japanese superband S.K.I.N, alongside {{Gackt}}, [[Music/YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki,]] and {{Sugizo}}.

Miyavi is currently married to JPOP singer Melody and has two daughters.

His current sound features only Miyavi on the electric guitar and vocals, and a drummer (@BOBODrums).

After the Great East Japan Earthquake, Miyavi stayed on {{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.

* ''This Iz The Japanese Kabuki Rock'' (2008)

* BreakupBreakout: After Due Le Quartz split up, the rest of the band faded into obscurity, and Miyavi is currently an international superstar.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: - Played with in his Due Le Quartz years and Neo Vizualism era.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: So many Website/YouTube comments along the lines of "I'm male and I think he's hot." So many...

* AlbumFiller: The instrumentals on Galyuu.

* EvolvingMusic: Miyavi's Due Le Quartz covers and the 7 Samurai Session EP
* GenreShift: He started with what can be called sludge-metal, turned to art rock, then punk pop, then acoustic pop and acoustic rock, then hip-hop, and then multiple styles that are near unclassifiable.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: At one point his band included a beatboxxer, a DJ, a tap-dancer, and a painter. Yes, a painter.
* OneManBand: Miyavi has done several live shows where he plays guitar, sings, and plays drums on this thing called a [=GigPig=]
* 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 ''7 Samurai Sessions'' album.

* XtremeKoolLetterz: ''2 B Wiz U'', ''Thanx Givin' Day'', and ''Kabuki Boiz'' to name a few.
** Miya'''b'''i is a Japanese word meaning refinement or elegance. Because Japanese has no "v" sound, his name qualifies as this trope.

In 2007, it was revealed that Miyavi would be taking part in the Japanese superband S.K.I.N, alongside {{Gackt}}, [[Music/YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki]], and {{Sugizo}}.

In 2014 he made his film debut as Mutsuhiro Watanabe in ''Film/{{Unbroken}}''

!!Album Discography

!!Miyavi provides examples of:
* {{Bishonen}}
* BreakupBreakout - After Due Le Quartz split up, the rest of the band faded into obscurity, and Miyavi is currently an international superstar.
* CloudCuckoolander - He has his moments.
* {{Dude Looks Like A Lady}} - Played with in his Due Le Quartz years and Neo Vizualism era.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim - So many youtube comments along the lines of "I'm male and I think he's hot". So many....
* HeReallyCanAct - ''Film/{{Unbroken}}'' was his first acting role, and it was ''awesome.''

* VisualKei: Either neo-Visual Shock or post-Visual Kei, depending on who you ask. Though no one can be truly certain about what his style is: he has done ''everything'' from Angura to Eroguro to Oshare Kei to a straight-up aversion of the style.

!!Miyavi's music provides examples of:
* AlbumFiller - The instrumentals on Galyuu.
* AudienceParticipationSong - ''What's My Name'' and ''Are You Ready To Rock?''
* BigRockEnding - He has a few, especially in his early work.
* BSide - Most of his singles.
* CoverVersion - He recorded a cover of {{Music/Nirvana}}'s ''Blew''.
* {{Engrish}} - Lots of it in his early days. A little bit of it now, but at least he knows what he's saying.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener - ''Jikoai, Jigajisan, Jiishiki, Kajou'' from the album ''Miyaviuta - Dokusou''.
* EvolvingMusic - Miyavi's Due Le Quartz covers and the 7 Samurai Session EP
* GenreShift - He started with what can be called sludge-metal, turned to art rock, then punk pop, then acoustic pop and acoustic rock, then hip-hop, and then multiple styles that are near unclassifiable.
* GreatestHitsAlbum 3 of them.
* IAmTheBand - Miyavi did this for his early albums, programming the drums and bass, while playing the guitar and singing.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly - At one point his band included a beatboxxer, a DJ, a tap-dancer, and a painter. Yes, a painter.
* OneManBand - Miyavi has done several live shows where he plays guitar, sings, and plays drums on this thing called a [=GigPig=]
* 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 ''7 Samurai Sessions'' album.
* SelfTitledAlbum - ''MYV Pops'', ''Miyaviuta'', ''Miyavizm''. ''Gagaku'' and ''Galyuu'' are written with the same kanji as his name. Inverted and played straight with ''What's my Name''
* SomethingBlues - ''Aa, Kanashiki kana Yatoware no Mi no Blues'' and ''Chillin' Chillin' Money Blue$'' ''21st Century Tokyo Blues'', ''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 TomoyasuHotei.
* XtremeKoolLetterz - ''2 B Wiz U'', ''Thanx Givin' Day'', and ''Kabuki Boiz'' to name a few.

* CoverVersion - He recorded a cover of {{Nirvana}}'s ''Blew''.

Miyavi is currently married to JPOP singer Melody. and has two daughters.

* FanNickname - Many fans have adopted the name "Meevers" for Miyavi.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was one of the last two candidates (Music/{{Sugizo}} being the other), to be the lead guitarist of Music/XJapan. The story was actually written off by many fans as UrbanLegendOfZelda or the work of a YaoiFangirl, until both he and [[Music/YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki]] mentioned it in later interviews. The position went to Sugizo, who has performed admirably in the position, but Miyavi would have brought a youthful and different energy possibly even more similar to hide's to the band - so it is a field for speculation as to what would have happened had Miyavi actually gotten the position.

* VisualKei: Either neo-Visual Shock or post-Visual Kei, depending on who you ask. Though no one can be truly certain about what his style is: he has done ''everything'' from Angura to Eroguro to Oshare Kei to a straight-up aversion of the style.

* 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}}.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was one of the last two candidates (Music/{{Sugizo}}) being the other, to be the lead guitarist of Music/XJapan. The story was actually written off by many fans as UrbanLegendOfZelda or the work of a YaoiFangirl, until both he and [[Music/YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki]] mentioned it in later interviews. The position went to Sugizo, who has performed admirably in the position, but Miyavi would have brought a youthful and different energy possibly even more similar to hide's to the band - so it is a field for speculation as to what would have happened had Miyavi actually gotten the position.

In 2007, it was revealed that Miyavi would be taking part in the Japanese superband S.K.I.N, alongside {{Gackt}}, [[YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki]], and {{Sugizo}}.

His current sound features only Miyavi on the electric guitar and vocals, and a drummer.