Mana

There's something almost aggressively deliberate about Mana — guitarist and the creative backbone of Malice Mizer, then founder of Moi dix Mois, and on top of all that, the person behind the Moi-même-Moitié fashion label that basically defined elegant gothic lolita as an aesthetic. Born in Hiroshima in 1969 and still operating as a committed mystery decades later: no public voice on stage, a stage persona that blurs gender into something completely its own, and a visual language so consistent it functions like a personal religion. What gets me is the sheer range — composing, producing, playing guitar, running a fashion brand — all filtered through one obsessively maintained worldview. Not trendy, not pandering, just quietly building a gothic cathedral of his own design and trusting that the right people will find their way inside.

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Mana is a Japanese musician born on March 19, 1969, in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Active as a guitarist, composer, and music producer, he is also known as a model. He was the guitarist of the visual kei band Malice Mizer from 1992 until its hiatus in 2001, then formed Moi dix Mois as his solo project, and he founded the independent label Midi:Nette.

Name (English)

Mana

Name (Japanese)

Mana

Reading

まな

Born

March 19, 1969 (age 57)

Origin

Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Musician / Guitarist / Music Producer / Composer / Model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

• Official sitehttps://manamonologue.blog16.fc2.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/moimememoitie_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/M_d_M_official
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana%20(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355341

Tags

• From Hiroshima Prefecture
• Musician
• Guitarist
• Music Producer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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