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(2002 – present)

雅-miyavi- is the ex-guitarist of Dué le quartz. During his time with Dué le quartz, he was called Miyabi, meaning elegant, but when he went solo, he changed his name to Miyavi (late 2002). In late 2004, he changed it again to MYV. However, he is still listed as “Miyavi” on both his official website and on magazines.

Dué le quartz: Miyavi, while in Dué le quartz, was known as Miyabi. His position in the band was that of guitarist and, occasionally, background vocals. He was the youngest member of the band, joining in 1999 at age 17, and developed the “youthful and flamboyant” image he still carries on today in his solo career, albeit it has been tweaked a bit. Dué le quartz disbanded in September of 2002, with Miyabi following up shortly afterwards with the announcement of his solo career.

Solo Career: Miyabi appeared on TV to promote his debut album, Gagaku, also stressing the name change from “Miyabi” to “Miyavi.” He continued to stress this change on into the first year of his solo career. It wasn’t long before he had amassed a very large fanbase, despite having lost some of his old fanbase from his Dué le quartz days, going on to release multiple singles and another album. About two years later, in late 2004, he was signed (or “married” as Universal and he had jokingly put it) to Universal Records Japan, making the transition from Indies to major. It was then that he made a second name change to MYV. As previously stated, however, it appears to be a shortened version of “Miyavi,” as he still appears in magazines (and is listed on his website) as “Miyavi.

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1	JPN PRIDE	172
2	BOOM-HAH-BOOM-HAH-HAH	166
3	Thanx Givin' Day	124
4	咲き誇る華の様に-Neo Visualizm-	118
5	NOWHEREGOD	117
6	Ippiki Ookami Ron	110
6	徒然なる日々なれど	110
8	歌舞伎男子-KAVKI BOIZ-	106
9	陽の光さえ届かないこの場所で feat. SUGIZO	102
10	Shindemo Boogie-Woogie	95
11	Memories of BUSHIDO (Instrumental)	93
11	君に願いを	93
13	Dear my love...	91
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BeantheRobot wrote:
yesterday afternoon

According to JaME, it seems the PV collection will be called "THIS IZ THE ORIGINAL SAMURAI STYLE" and the remix album will be "Room No. 382"

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Keshi_Saku_x3 wrote:
Thursday morning

miyavi te amooo!

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BeantheRobot wrote:
Wednesday evening

I checked o-re-sa-ma.com, and it's a remix album. I thought it was a little strange hearing that a new album was being released with no new singles out. I wonder what's going to be remixed... Can't wait to hear it! :)

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nao-ism wrote:
Wednesday evening

Ahw! New album & dvd! "THIS IZ THE ORIGINAL SAMURAI STYLE" *___*

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blahsamah wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

*clap clap* *__*

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naboscomlimao wrote:
last month

x3

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KANJiRU wrote:
last month

8D

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TanaGreekNose69 wrote:
last month

Miyavi is so adorable.

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BleedinqDreaM wrote:
last month

awesomeee <33

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Scotty-Kun wrote:
last month

Good ol' Miyavi. Just to throw this out there Mr. Miyavi is subscribed to one of my blogs. I feel special. <3 =^.^=

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xXAme-chanXx wrote:
last month

I haven't even finished my fanart yet and it's already 3 days past his bday D; But I DID celebrate by sticking a candle in a leftover brownie >w< (we have no cake...)

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LeAnne_SMetah wrote:
last month

happy b-day & happy b-day (for the next year so i won't be late like always!) x33

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sakihokoru wrote:
last month

MYV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... happy b-day .. xD .. i think is too late, but wtvr!

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JrockVKei wrote:
last month

Happy belated birthday, MYV. :D

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Shadowy-Chan wrote:
last month

Happy late b-day.

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XbaranoseidouX wrote:
last month

Happy late birthday!^^

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Uruhaa wrote:
last month

Lots of LOVE Miyavi ^^ Happy Birthday <3333333333333333

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YellowBeauty wrote:
last month

kyaa~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIYAVI!!!! <333333333333333333

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amethyst93 wrote:
last month

happy birthday, miyaviiiiiiii <33333333

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rottenwords wrote:
last month

Happy b-day~

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