Miyavi

Takamasa Ishihara (石原 崇雅, Ishihara Takamasa, born September 14, 1981), 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… More