MIYAVI - JROCK NEWS

MIYAVI prepares to transcend reality in album “Imaginary”

13 July 2021

Samurai guitarist MIYAVI announced his 13th original album, Imaginary, which will be released on September 15. It is his first new full-length album since last year's Holy Nights. With a captivating visual i...

MIYAVI North America Tour 2021, first NA-tour in 2 years!

Erica

9 June 2021

Tour

World-renowned "Samurai Guitarist" MIYAVI announced he will return to North America on a tour spanning 19 cities and two countries. The whirlwind tour kicks off in Calgary on September 30 and ends in Atlanta on...

Best Jrock music of 2020: JROCK NEWS staff picks

Sizergyia, afaenia, Dorian, Mazohyst_Kyo, Midnight, G Andrew White, NBT, NoMusicNoReason and edoh+

19 January 2021

Entertainment, Music Video

The year 2020 saw the coronavirus pandemic take center stage, making this year feel longer than usual as we isolated indoors for months on end. On the bright side, however, releases from our favorite artists ke...

Taste MIYAVI’s sake at the Mercedes-Benz restaurant in Tokyo

edoh+

5 January 2021

Entertainment

You read that correctly. The famous car company owns a restaurant, and from January 6, MIYAVI's sake will be served at their Mercedes me Tokyo "UPSTAIRS" restaurant in Roppongi. Tentatively, the announcement...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2020

NBT, afaenia, Mazohyst_Kyo, G Andrew White, Ziggy, edoh+ and Sizergyia

30 December 2020

Entertainment

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite a crazy year, right? There's a lot of canceled concerts and a whole load of things that affected the scene. Despite all the setbacks, we've seen the music indus...

Top 25 anime opening and ending songs 2020

NBT

24 December 2020

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

This year hasn't been too stable for the anime industry with the COVID-19 pandemic taking place, causing massive delays and uncertainties for many of the studios. If you like the music we featured on this list,...

Crunchyroll to host next “MIYAVI Virtual” online live!

Midnight

9 July 2020

News

MIYAVI, the living guitar legend, has set the stage for his next "MIYAVI Virtual" real-time performance! Previously, these lives took place on LINE LIVE, with Twitch and Weibo serving as platforms for internati...

MIYAVI unveiled as Gucci’s first Japanese model

edoh+

17 June 2020

Entertainment

Yesterday marked a milestone for the hundred old year luxury brand, Gucci, who debuted the Off The Grid clothing line with their first-ever Japanese model in their advertisement. For this collection, Miyavi sto...

LUNA SEA supports frontline healthcare workers through charity broadcast

NoMusicNoReason and afaenia

30 May 2020

News

LUNA SEA will hold a charity broadcast festival MUSIC AID FEST.-FOR POST PANDEMIC- to support the frontline healthcare workers who are currently fighting COVID-19. It's free to watch on Fuji TV ONE and will inc...

How MIYAVI was talked into buying this suitcase with 1 phrase

NBT

30 April 2020

Entertainment, Videos

MIYAVI was recently featured in a video at GQ Japan, a men's magazine with a focus on fashion and culture. The samurai guitarist was invited to talk about 10 essential things in his life, among wireless earbuds...

Get hyped for MIYAVI’s album “Holy Nights” with its intro song!

NBT

20 April 2020

Music Video, Releases

MIYAVI is about to drop one of his most anticipated and hyped album Holy Nights on April 22! As we're approaching its release date, the tense album-opening song "Holy Nights (Intro)" was shared on YouTube today...

Our top 5 Japanese rock interviews

edoh+

28 March 2020

Entertainment

Many of us have picked up reading to pass time, so to help some of us ease our way back into it we've put together a list of the most intriguing Japanese rock-related interviews we've had over the last couple o...

MIYAVI introduces album “Holy Nights” with a “Bang!”

NoMusicNoReason

20 March 2020

New Look, Releases

Back on December 18, 2019, JROCK NEWS attended Zepp Diver City, Tokyo for MIYAVI’s No Sleep Till Tokyo tour where he revealed his plans to release not one, but two albums in 2020. We are now finally getting the...

JROCK NEWS predicts Tokyo Olympic ceremony performers

edoh+

9 March 2020

Entertainment

If you've been hiding under a rock and so completely unaware, the 2020 Summer Olympics will be taking place in Tokyo this year! Currently scheduled to kick off on July 24 and ending on August 9, there is curren...