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Miyavi
Miyavi (-miyavi-), born September 14, 1981 in Nishikujo, Japan, is a Japanese solo rock artist and former guitarist (under the name Miyabi) for the visual kei indies band Du?le quartz, which disbanded in 2002. In the same year, Miyabi announced that he was going solo, changed his name to Miyavi, and released his debut album "-gagaku-" He soon signed a contract with PS Company along with other artists such as Alice Nine, Kagrra,, Gazette, and Kra.
In October 2004, Miyavi released his first major single "ROCK no gyakushuu -SUPERSTAR no jouken (ROCK no gyakushuu -SUPERSTAR no jouken?)" (under Universal Records Japan) and began to credit himself in the songwriting credits in his liner notes as "MYV". His first major album, "-miyavizm-", was released in June 2005.
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