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Miyavi
, better known by his stage name MIYAVI (雅, ''Miyabi'', stylized in all caps), is a Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor known for his finger- slapping style of playing a guitar. He has been active since 1999, first as guitarist for the visual kei rock band Dué le Quartz and then as a solo artist starting in 2002. In 2007, he became a member of the rock supergroup S.K.I.N. and in 2009 founded his own company, J-glam. He toured worldwide several times. From 2022 to 2024, he was a member of the supergroup The Last Rockstars. In 2014, Miyavi appeared in the motion picture '' Unbroken'', directed by Angelina Jolie, and went on to undertake smaller roles in American productions such as '' Kong: Skull Island'' and ''Stray''. Since 2013, Miyavi has been a volunteer at UNHCR, visiting refugee camps around the world. In November 2017, he was appointed an official Goodwill Ambassador. Early life Miyavi was born in the Nishikujō district in Kono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skin (Japanese Band)
Skin (stylized as S.K.I.N.) is a United States–based Japanese visual kei rock supergroup founded by Japanese musicians Yoshiki, Gackt, Sugizo and Miyavi in 2007. The group's debut performance was on June 29, 2007, at Long Beach Arena, California. Although they had announced more activities, including a live tour and releasing an album, no new activities have occurred. History Conception and announcement The origin of the band dates back to when Yoshiki invited Gackt to his Los Angeles mansion in 2002, where they decided to produce some music together. The band was publicly announced in July 2006 at an Otakon conference where Yoshiki as a guest said, he would be starting a band with Gackt. He announced how the band would be composed of five members, and they are going to produce a recording with a live tour in 2007. In December of the same year, it was announced that Sugizo would be the third member and the first guitarist of the group. And then at the first "JRock Revolutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Rockstars
The Last Rockstars is a Japanese rock supergroup formed in 2022 by Yoshiki (X Japan), Hyde (L'Arc-en-Ciel, Vamps), Sugizo (X Japan, Luna Sea), and Miyavi (ex- Dué le Quartz). The four members announced their collaboration in November 2022, and released their first self-titled single in December of the same year. In January 2023, the band performed their debut tour in Japan and the United States. In November 2024, it was announced that Miyavi had left the band. History The group members Yoshiki, Sugizo and Miyavi were previously part of the short-lived rock supergroup Skin in 2007. The formation of The Last Rockstars was announced at a press conference in Tokyo on November 11, 2022, when the three members with singer Hyde also announced a pair of upcoming single and several concerts scheduled for January and February 2023. Yoshiki stated that the mission of the group was to "aim at the international market beyond Japan" and to "preserve the spirit of rock music," which th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody (Japanese Singer)
Melody Ishikawa (born February 24, 1982), known mononymously as Melody, stylized as melody., is a Japanese American J-pop singer. She debuted in February 2003 with the song " Dreamin' Away", under Toy's Factory. In October 2008, Melody announced on her blog ending her career as a music artist to focus on pursuing a career as a fashion designer. Biography Melody was born to Japanese parents in Honolulu, Hawaii. When she was young, she would occasionally watch shows that involved J-pop, and she has also listed Celine Dion, TLC, and Destiny's Child as inspirations. She took ballet and piano, as well as vocal training. When she was 16, she worked as a Hawaiian model for Japanese commercials. While she was a high school student at Punahou, she had a secret audition with record producer Tetsuya Komuro, who was forming an international unit, but when they wanted her to join the next day, she negotiated to wait until she graduated. At the age of 19, she moved to Japan to pursue a sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dué Le Quartz
was a Japanese visual kei rock band that formed in December 1998"Dué le quartz HISTORY 1999-2000" (VHS) PS Company, 2002 and signed to PS Company, a sub-division of Free-Will. The band opened a fanclub on August 1, 2000 known as "Baby Merry". After releasing a few albums, several singles and a greatest hits compilation, the group disbanded in 2002. Vocalist Sakito and bassist Kikasa later reunited to form the band Figure: (typeset as 【FIGURe:】) (with drummer Kazuki occasionally providing session work)JAME Figure Profile Retrieved Sep 16 2007 and guitarist Miyabi changed his name to "" and started a solo career. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Kei
, abbreviated , is a category of Japanese musicians that have a strong focus on extravagant stage costumes that originated in Japan during the early 1980s. Koji Dejima of '' Bounce'' wrote that visual kei is not a specific sound, but rather it "revolves around the creation of a band's unique worldview and/or stylistic beauty through visual expressions in the form of makeup and fashion". While visual kei acts can be of any music genre, it originated with bands influenced by glam rock, heavy metal, punk rock and gothic rock. Visual kei was pioneered by groups such as X Japan, Dead End, Buck-Tick, D'erlanger, and Color, and gained further notoriety in the 1990s through the success of groups like Luna Sea, Glay, L'Arc-en-Ciel, and Malice Mizer. The movement's success continued through the 2000s with Gackt and more musically broad bands such as Dir En Grey, the Gazette, Alice Nine, Girugamesh, and Versailles, a period which some critics term . Many acts tone-down their appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unbroken (film)
''Unbroken'' is a 2014 American War film, war Drama (film and television), drama film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie and written by the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson (writer), William Nicholson. It is based on the non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, ''Unbroken (book), Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption'' (2010). The film stars Jack O'Connell (actor), Jack O'Connell as Army officer Louis Zamperini, Louis "Louie" Zamperini, United States at the Olympics, an American Olympian, and Miyavi as Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) corporal Mutsuhiro Watanabe. Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after his bomber ditched in the ocean during the Second World War, before being captured by the Japanese and being sent to a series of prisoner of war camps. Filming took place in Australia from October 2013 to February 2014. ''Unbroken'' had its film premiere, world premiere in Sydney on November 17, 2014, followed by a Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slapping (music)
Slapping and popping are ways to produce percussive sounds on a stringed instrument. They are primarily used on the double bass or bass guitar. Slapping on bass guitar involves using the edge of one's knuckle, where it is particularly bony, to quickly strike the string against the fretboard. On bass guitars, this is commonly done with the thumb, while on double bass, the edge of the hand or index finger may be used. Popping refers to pulling the string away from the fretboard and quickly releasing it so it snaps back against the fretboard. On bass guitar, the two techniques are commonly used together in alternation, though either may be used separately. History On the double bass, the technique was developed by jazz bands in New Orleans in the early 1900s, and later spread to other genres, including western swing, rockabilly, and other offshoots of those styles. On the bass guitar, the technique is widely credited to Larry Graham, an electric bassist playing with Sly and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise Records
Rise Records is an American record label currently based in Beaverton, Oregon, mainly focusing on alternative rock, heavy metal, and punk rock music artists. History Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Nevada City, California. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon.Label Profile: Rise Records. ''Alternative Press'', October 2008, p. 56. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and his first CD release came in 2000, from the group One Last Thing. Rise Records' releases are distributed in the U.S. by ADA and BMG. In July 2013, the company moved from Portland to neighboring Beaverton, Oregon. The label has a distribution deal with Alternative Distribution Alliance, the indie distributor owned by Warner Music Group and directly in Europe and Australia with Warner Music and BMG. On 9 September, Australian label UNFD announced a distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konohana-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Japan, wards of Osaka city, Japan. It stands at the mouth of the Yodo River. It is home to the popular western-style theme park of Universal Studios Japan. It will be the site of Expo 2025, a World's Fair to be held in 2025. Notable people from Konohana-ku, Osaka * Miyavi, Japanese/Zainichi Korean guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor (Real Name: Takamasa Ishihara, Nihongo: 石原 崇雅, ''Ishihara Takamasa'') * Masaru Hamaguchi (Nihongo: 濱口 優), Japanese comedy, Japanese comedian and member of Japanese comic duo Yoiko * Ryohei Odai (Nihongo: 小田井 涼平), Japanese actor and Japanese voice actor, voice actor (''Gundam Seed'' and ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'') * You Yokoyama (Nihongo: 横山 裕), Japanese idol, singer, actor, scriptwriter, radio host, lyricist and member of Kanjani Eight * Yuko Nasaka (Nihongo: 名坂有子), Japanese avant-garde artist * Kasumi Saeki (Nihongo: 佐伯 霞), Japanese professional boxer and former WBO mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free-Will
is an independent Japanese independent record label, record label founded in 1986 by Color (band), Color vocalist Hiroshi "Dynamite Tommy" Tomioka, with branches predominantly in Japan and the United States, as well as previously in Europe. The company also provides band management and continues to co-manage many of its artists after they have signed with a Record label#Major labels, major record label. Free-Will and Extasy Records are credited by Bounce Magazine as two important labels that helped promote visual kei. Free-Will also produced the 2001 anime adaptation of the long running manga series ''Grappler Baki''. Sub-divisions The company operates several sub-divisions, some of them for a single band or purpose only. For example, ''Firewall Div.'' solely handles material which is released in collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Sony Music. Under Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Sony Music * ''Back Coat'' – 12012 * ''Firewall Div.'' – Dir En Grey, Merry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNHCR
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and Humanitarian protection, protect refugees, Internally displaced person, forcibly displaced communities, and Statelessness, stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary return, voluntary repatriation, local integration or third country resettlement, resettlement to a third country. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 20,305 staff working in 136 countries as of December 2023. Background The office of High Commissioner for Refugees has existed since 1921, when it was created by the League of Nations with Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen as its first occupant. The International Refugee Organization (IRO) was created in 1946 to address the refugee crisis that resulted from World War II. The United Nations established the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1950 as the successor of the IRO. The 1951 refugee conve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skull Island
Skull Island may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Skull Island (King Kong) Skull Island is the name most often used to describe a fictional island that first appeared in the 1933 film ''King Kong'' and later appearing in its sequels, the three remakes, and any other King Kong-based media. It is the home of the eponymou ..., fictional island in the ''King Kong'' franchise. * '' Kong: Skull Island'', 2017 American film * Skull Island (''Braindead''), in the 1992 film ''Braindead'' * Skull Island (''The Curse of Monkey Island''), in the 1997 video game ''The Curse of Monkey Island'' * ''Skull Island'' (TV series), 2023 animated series * Skull Island: Reign of Kong, attraction at Universal's Islands of Adventure * '' Skull Island: Rise of Kong'', 2023 video game Geography * Skull Island, a former island in Tulare Lake, California, US * Skull Island, name given to Aureed Island, Queensland, Australia, in the 19th century * Skull Island (Australia), in the Northern Territor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
