Yuto Miyazawa ( ''Miyazawa Yūto'', born 21 February 2000) is a Japanese rock musician.

Biography

Miyazawa was born on 21 February 2000, in Tokyo, and currently lives there with his parents. Miyazawa was named "The Youngest Professional Guitarist" by the

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in August 2008. Miyazawa has performed with numerous musicians including G. E. Smith,

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and

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. He has appeared at

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, B. B. King's,

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and Rodeo Bar in New York City, and at the Gathering of the Vibes festival. In May 2009, Miyazawa appeared on ''

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'', where he performed "

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" playing guitar and singing lead vocals. He named his musical idols as Ozzy Osbourne and

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, and showed his guitar to be an official Rhoads edition polka-dot

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. After the performance, Ozzy Osbourne came on stage to give words of encouragement and awarded him with a signed plaque of Osbourne and Rhoads performing at a concert. Miyazawa appeared on stage at

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2009 with Osbourne to play "Crazy Train" as the first encore performance. In 2010, Miyazawa came back on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and played "

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." He also played "Crazy Train" with Osbourne at Ozzfest 2010. In 2012, Miyazawa joined rock band, The Robotix, with other young musicians including

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, Angelina Baez, Brendan James, Jared Devino and Jon Casel. From 2018 to 2022c Miyazawa attended Carleton College. There, he played for several student bands, most notably The Beans of Production, known for their rendition of “Dancing in the Moonlight.”

References

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