MIYAVI - JROCK NEWS

Crunchyroll to host next “MIYAVI Virtual” online live!

9 July 2020

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

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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

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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...

Report: MIYAVI slays in white suit at Zepp Diver City, Tokyo 2019

afaenia

21 January 2020

Featured, Review

Odaiba, an artificial island that houses an array of entertainment complexes, sits in Tokyo Bay and is home to Zepp Diver City—a 2,400 capacity concert hall nestled on the edge of a shopping mall. The penult...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2019

NBT

26 December 2019

Entertainment

With our end-of-the-year artist ranking, we've always tried to stay somewhat objective in which bands we include. However, this year we decided to reach out to you, the people reading this right now! We asked y...

BAND-MAID and MIYAVI to appear on Netflix film “Kate”

edoh+

28 November 2019

Entertainment

Production for a new Netflix assassin thriller Kate featuring BAND-MAID and MIYAVI is currently underway. Starring American actor Mary Elizabeth Winstead who plays the role of an assassin who has been poison...

MIYAVI and Kyoto’s oldest brewery team up to release sake

edoh+

30 October 2019

Entertainment

Joining the lineup of the Jrock liquor shelf alongside "Y" by Yoshiki, a red wine from Napa Valley, is a collaboration between MIYAVI and Kyoto's oldest brewery Tsuki no Katsura (月の桂) who will be releasing a ne...

Photo report: MIYAVI at Islington Assembly Hall, London 2019

edoh+

23 October 2019

Featured, Review

It feels like it's only been a short while since we spoke to MIYAVI when he visited London in April 2018, but this time we've come to attend the show and watch him take command of the stage in a fresh white sui...

MIYAVI unifies the world “Under The Same Sky” in uplifting music video

NoMusicNoReason

29 July 2019

Music Video

MIYAVI adds a finishing touch to his newest album NO SLEEP TILL TOKYO by releasing a music video for Under The Same Sky, one of the highlights within his newest work. The music video is not only filled with MIY...