Miyavi

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Takamasa Ishihara, better known by his stage name Miyavi, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer.
 Born  : September 14, 1981 Konohana-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan  

Height  : 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Spouse  : Melody   (m. 2009)

Movies  : Unbroken  , Oresama  

Children  : Jewelie Aoi Ishihara  , Lovelie Miyavi Ishihara  
 

• Miyavi's favorite cologne is Dolce & Gabbana.

• Miyavi loves chocolate cake, chicken, and inari zushi.

• Miyavi hates broccoli and tomato juice.

• Miyavi admires Toshiya of Dir en grey, and Kazuki of Raphael.

• Kei from Baroque is said to look up to Miyavi.

• Miyavi says he has issues shouting all the time, no matter where he is.

• Miyavi says he cannot go a day without hugging someone.

• Miyavi wanted to be a doctor before he became a musician "because it's very important to help people".

• Miyavi was heavily involved in soccer when he was in highschool and still plays as a hobby. His first photo essay features him playing soccer with a young actor from his movie.

• Miyavi has updated his online journal as many at seven times in one day.

• Miyavi has three piercings in his face (right eyebrow, left nostral, right bottom lip) six in his ear, and one "secret" piercing. The interesting thing about his lip piercing is, it actually goes through his lip as opposed to under/around it like most piercings do.

• Miyavi's stage/PV clothes are made by Fötus, which has enjoyed a great deal of popularity since Miyavi went solo. He modeled fotus clothing at a fashion show in 2003. Arena 37c ran an article about it.(You can visit the fotus site though the links section).

• Miyavi has modeled clothing for the Gothic Lolita Bible on multiple occasions, since before he was a solo artist.

• Miyavi claims to use his own tour towels when he bathes.

• Miyavi hit his front teeth on the microphone during his first major live. He continued as if nothing happened, but afterwards he said hurt so much he felt like crying.

• Miyavi was so nervous during the shooting of his first movie's live scene that his knees were shaking and he couldn't eat.

• Miyavi's first magazine cover was SHOXX October issue 2003. His second was SHOXX bis, and his third was SHOXX February 2004.

• Miyavi loves his tattoos and piercings, but says he doesn't necessarily want a girl who shares those same features. However, he said as long as she's cute...it's alright.


Check Out His New Movie Unbroken

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