Miyavi

Honestly, MIYAVI is one of those artists who makes me rethink what a guitar even is. This guy from Osaka ditched the pick entirely and just started slapping the strings like a bassist on a sugar rush, and somehow it turned into a whole signature sound. They call him the Samurai Guitarist and yeah, that tracks, because both the look and the playing are sharp enough to cut. What gets me is the range: he rips through these globe-trotting, genre-agnostic sets and then turns up acting in an Angelina Jolie movie like it's no big deal. And under all that international polish I swear you can still feel a bit of that Osaka swagger, which makes him weirdly easy to root for. He just trusts his own noise and runs with it, and I think that's genuinely cool.

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Miyavi is a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor born on September 14, 1981, in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. He is internationally recognized for his distinctive slap-style guitar technique, performed without a pick, which earned him the nickname "Samurai Guitarist." In addition to his music career, he expanded into acting, appearing in Hollywood productions. He remains active across music and film, maintaining a global fanbase.

Name (English)

Miyavi

Name (Japanese)

MIYAVI

Reading

みやび

Born

September 14, 1981 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Agency

LDH JAPAN

Active years

1999 -

Occupation

Singer-songwriter / Musician / Vocalist / Guitarist / Actor

Spouse

melody.

Works summary

Appearances

144 (2002–2024)

By year

2002: 4, 2003: 6, 2004: 4, 2005: 5, 2006: 5, 2007: 5, 2008: 6, 2009: 2, 2010: 5, 2011: 6, 2012: 7, 2013: 3, 2014: 7, 2015: 6, 2016: 3, 2017: 5, 2018: 10, 2019: 6, 2020: 7, 2021: 4, 2022: 8, 2023: 3, 2024: 3

Debut work

死んでもBoogie-Woogie

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://myv382tokyo.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/miyavi_ishihara/
• Xhttps://x.com/MIYAVI_OFFICIAL
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIYAVI
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311181

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Singer-songwriter
• Musician
• Vocalist

Last updated

2026-08-26

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.