Get to Know J-Rock Superstar MIYAVI With These 12 Fun Facts! (Exclusive)
20.04.2022 - 20:41
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MIYAVI is a Japanese rock legend and a superstar actor, and we’re honored to exclusively allow our readers to get to know him even better.
The 40-year-old multi-talented “Samurai Guitarist,” just one of his many well-known nicknames, has not only been a staple in the Japanese music scene since the early ’00s, but a star in many beloved films, including Unbroken, Kong: Skull Island and Maleficent 2, as well as his Netflix project called Kate, which arrived last year.
He’s also a fashion icon, and currently the face of Gucci in Japan.
This month, he released his song “Hush Hush” with Kang Daniel, the South Korean singer-songwriter who went from Produce 101 to being a member of Wanna One, to becoming a solo star in his own right. The song is featured on Miyavi‘s 2021 studio album, Imaginary.
Watch the music video for Miyavi‘s “Hush Hush” with Kang Daniel and check out 12 Fun Facts inside…
1. I have a tattoo of a name of a band that I used to be in. The band’s name was Dué le Quartz and whoops, the tattoo reads “Duéle quartz” which stylistically is written wrong. Good memory.
2. I acted in the film Maleficent 2. Every morning on set, it took 4 hours to put the special effects makeup on me in my trailer. The makeup team was amazing, the set was great, even the weather in London was really nice, the entire experience was perfect except I didn’t get any lines in the film, ha.
3. There is one thing I have been wanting to apologize for but haven’t. When I attended Unbroken movie premiere party, I met Chris Martin from Coldplay who composed the theme song for the film. I wanted to tell him I’m a big fan of his but when he said my acting performance was great in the film, I got nervous and just said “yeah, I know.” I think he