Birthday: June 15th, 1990
Birthplace: Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Raised: Tokyo, Japan
Blood Type: A
Height: 149 cm
Instrument: Guitar & Piano
Favorite Sayng:
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
"千里の道も一歩から - senri no michi mo ippo kara"
Cherished Things: Friends & Family

Miwa (stylised as miwa) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She debuted in 2010 with the single "don't cry anymore," used as the drama Nakanai to Kimeta Hi's theme song. miwa currently DJs a 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 3:00am to 5:00am. But now, miwa currently DJs a weekly radio show replacing the monthly show since 2011 on All Night Nippon, miwa no All Night Nippon (miwaのオールナイトニッポン), every Tuesday from 1:00am to 3:00am.

miwa was born in Hayama, Kanagawa, however moved to Tokyo at a young age. Since her father had a great love for a music, miwa naturally began to enjoy music as she grew up. She began writing songs at 15. She started self-learning how to play the guitar after she entered high school, but gave up and paid for professional lessons after finding she could not make a lot of progress learning by herself. Her High School had a ban on students having part-time jobs. Despite this, she secretly worked, and eventually used these savings by her second year of high school to buy a Gibson J-45 guitar. After this, she 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 lives in secret (without even telling her school friends). In this time, Miwa released two self-published independent singles, "Song for You/Today" and "Soba ni Itai Kara" in 2007 and 2008.

miwa was signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan during her third year of high school. She debuted as an artist in 2010, while attending Keio University. Her debut single, "don't cry anymore" was chosen to be used for the drama Nakanai to Kimeta Hi starring Eikura Nana. 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. In April 2010, the song won the award for best drama theme song at the 64th The Television Drama Academy Awards, beating out songs such as Arashi's "Troublemaker" and Mr. Children's "Hanabi."

miwa considers her favourite Western musicians to be Sheryl Crow, Deep Purple, Carole King, Avril Lavigne and Taylor Swift. Her favourite Japanese musicians are aiko, Angela Aki, Radwimps and YUKI.

19th single (21st overall) - Anata ga Koko ni Ite Dakishimeru Koto ga Dekiru Nara (あなたがここにいて抱きしめることができるなら) (2015.11.11)
The title track was used as the theme for the drama Kounodori.

First Best Album, miwa ballad collection ~graduation~ (2016.01.20)