Miwa (singer)

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Miwa
Miwa on August 30, 2014.jpg
Miwa in 2014
Background information
Born (1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 34)
Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano [1]
Years active2007–present
Labelsprivate [2] (2007–2008)
Sony Music Entertainment Japan (2010–present)
Website www.miwa-web.com

Miwa (stylised as miwa [3] ) (born 15 June 1990) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She debuted in 2010 with the single "Don't Cry Anymore", which was used as the theme song for the drama Nakanai to Kimeta Hi .

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Biography

History

Miwa was born in Hayama, Kanagawa, moving to Tokyo at a young age. Since her father had a great love for music, Miwa naturally began to enjoy music as she grew up. [4] [5]

Miwa began writing songs at 15. She began to teach herself how to play the guitar after she entered high school, but gave up and paid for professional lessons after discovering she wasn't making much progress on her own. [6] Her high school had a ban on students having part-time jobs. Despite this, Miwa secretly worked and eventually used these savings by her second year of high school to buy a Gibson J-45 guitar. [4] [6] miwa played live concerts mostly around Shimokitazawa in Tokyo and in Okinawa in the summer (her parents had a house there). Due to her high school also having a ban on students working in the entertainment business, she had to do these gigs in secret (without even telling her school friends). During this time, Miwa released two self-published independent singles, "Song for You/Today" and "Soba ni Itai Kara" in 2007 and 2008. [7]

Miwa was signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan during her third year of high school. [4] She debuted as an artist in 2010 while attending Keio University. [8] Her debut single "Don't Cry Anymore" was chosen for the drama Nakanai to Kimeta Hi's theme song. [8] The single was a minor commercial success, breaking the top 20 on Oricon's single charts and being certified by the RIAJ as selling 100,000 full length cellphone downloads a month after its release. [9] [10] In April 2010 the song won the award for best drama theme song at the 64th The Television Drama Academy Awards. miwa released her second single, "Little Girl," in late June. [11] Her third single "Change" was the twelfth opening theme song for the Bleach anime, [12] and was a top 10 single. [13]

For the animated film adaptation of Eto Mori's novel Colorful, Miwa covered two songs by famous Japanese artists. Yutaka Ozaki's "Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni" was used as the film's image song and The Blue Hearts' song "Aozora" was used as the end theme. Both songs were released as digital downloads on August 12, 2010. [14]

Miwa considers her favorite Western musicians to be Sheryl Crow, Deep Purple, Carole King, Avril Lavigne and Taylor Swift. [5] Her favorite Japanese musicians are Aiko, Angela Aki, Radwimps and Yuki. [15] [16]

Miwa has previously been a DJ on monthly radio show on All Night Nippon, miwa no All Night Nippon R (MiwaのオールナイトニッポンR), every third Monday from 3:00 am to 5:00 am. [17] It has since then been changed into a weekly show, now known as miwa no All Night Nippon (Miwaのオールナイトニッポン), airing every Tuesday (early Wednesday) from 1:00 am to 3:00 am. [18]

Miwa released her first album Guitarissimo on April 6, 2011 (scheduled to release a week earlier but delayed due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and its aftereffects). The charts performance was Miwa's best overall: the album reached No. 1 in the Oricon's album charts, making Miwa the first Heisei period-born solo singer to reach a No. 1 on the album charts in the history of the Oricon. [19]

She played a flautist in the film Maestro! . [20] [21]

On September 1, 2019, it was reported that she would marry Kosuke Hagino, a swimmer, in the fall of the same year. He also officially announced his marriage on the fan club site (although he did not specify the other person). On January 2, 2020, Hagino reported the birth of their first child. The gender and birth date of the child are not disclosed. [22] [23] [24] However on March 18, 2024, they officially divorced through the fan club site. [25]

Discography

Filmography

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  1. ↑ Go!Go! Guitar (April 2010). "Interview Miwa". 13 (4). Yamaha Music Media: 16.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ Well-informed sources indicates that 2 title "Song for You/Today" and "Soba ni Itai Kara" was released by her hand-made but published from N3 Entertainment, even though she was supported by N3 Entertainment then.
  3. ↑ "miwa official website". www.miwa-web.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  4. 1 2 3 Miwa Official Website. バイオグラフィ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  5. 1 2 MUSICSHELF (2010-03-02). "miwa Special Interview" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  6. 1 2 mFound entertainment (2010-03-24). "miwa スペシャル・インタビュー" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  7. ↑ MOD'S SHOP. "Miwa" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  8. 1 2 BARKS (2010-01-17). "慶応大学在学中の19歳miwa、ドラマ主題歌で鮮烈デビュー" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  9. ↑ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon . Retrieved May 10, 2011. (subscription only)
  10. ↑ レコード協会調べ 3月度有料音楽配信認定 ＜略称：3月度認定＞. RIAJ (in Japanese). 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  11. ↑ BARKS (2010-04-28). "miwa、セカンドシングル「リトルガール」は6月発売" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-04-30.[ dead link ]
  12. ↑ Oricon Style (2010-04-28). アニメ＆主題歌特集『1日の原動力はやっぱりアニメ！2010年春 注目のアニメ＆主題歌』 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  13. ↑ Oricon. ｃｈＡｎｇＥ（初回生産限定盤） – ｍｉｗａ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  14. ↑ Barks (2010-07-03). "miwa、尾崎豊とブルハのカバーを映画『カラフル』に提供" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  15. ↑ Musicshelf (2010-03-02). "朝起きた時に聴きたい曲". Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  16. ↑ Miwa's All Night Nippon R (miwaのオールナイトニッポンR). Nippon Broadcasting System. Tokyo, 2010-04-17, 2010-05-15.
  17. ↑ Tristone (2010-03-24). "ニッポン放送「オールナイトニッポンr」レギュラー決定！" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  18. ↑ Tristone (2011-03-10). "Tristone Entertainment Inc" 「オールナイトニッポン」パーソナリティ決定！ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  19. ↑ "現役大学生miwa、平成生まれのソロ歌手初の1stアルバム首位". Oricon (in Japanese). April 12, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  20. ↑ "Live-Action Maestro Film's Teaser Video Streamed". Anime News Network . August 22, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  21. ↑ マエストロ！(2015). allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Kosuke Hagino and miwa are getting married and plan to give birth this winter (original 萩野公介とｍｉｗａが結婚 妊娠中で今冬に出産予定)". The Nikkan Sports (日刊スポーツ) (in Japanese). The Nikkan Sports Newspaper (日刊スポーツ新聞社). 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  23. ↑ "2019.09.01 "To yaneura-no-neko members (yaneura-no-neko会員の皆様へ)"". miwa fan club yaneura-no-neko (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  24. ↑ "Hagino and miwa are going to get married this fall and expected to give birth in winter (萩野選手とmiwaさん結婚へ 今秋にも、冬には出産予定)". Kyodo communication (共同通信) (in Japanese). 2019-09-01. Archived from the original on 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  25. ↑ 村上幸将. "競泳五輪金メダリスト萩野公介氏とシンガー・ソングライターｍｉｗａが離婚、結婚から約４年で - 離婚・破局 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
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