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miwa who?

miwa is the first singer-songwriter got no 1 position on first album, plus the first one -any gender- for someone got #1 which born in Heisei Era. (1989-current)
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/86509/full/

miwa official website
miwa official blog
miwa official fanclub

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PROFILE

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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.

UPCOMING RELEASE

Spoiler:

2nd album, guitarium, in March 14th, 2012!

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by HTMSD

on her latest All Night Nippon, she's finally announce the 2nd album!

(direct translate from miwa-web)

2012.03.14 release,　SECOND ALBUM 「guitarium」
FIRST PRESS LIMITED ：SRCL-7890～1　¥3500(tax in)
DVD bonus （miwa-39live-“miwanissimo” about 30 minutes live recording）
28P Color Booklet
三方背ケース入り
Enclosed Flyer （2012 Album's tour ticket preorder/Special Gift Planning＜SERIAL NUMBER②＞）

★ There'll also special present for anyone who have the serial number for purchasing Kataomoi, it'll announced later on February, 10th in website.

REGULAR EDITION :SRCL-7892　¥3059(tax in)

We'll give posters for anyone who preordered it before release date, in shop, it'll be available start on 14/3, first come-first served! If you don't have any stores near you, use our participating online shop. It'll not available again until it's sold out, please order now!!

Japan only Online shop participating:
Neowing
Sony Music Shop
TOWER RECORDS ONLINE
ぐるぐる王国
Recochoku shopping

Participating online shop that able to ship overseas:
HMV ONLINE
CDJapan

Following the 2nd album release, these are the possible new songs that will be included in the album later:
Ikutsu ni Natte mo (Ouran High School Host Club Movie theme song)


Futari no Saturday (Mezamashi TV Program theme song)

DISCOGRAPHY

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Singles

1st Indie Single - Song for you / TODAY
2007.12.24 | Indie release
01. Song for you
02. TODAY


2nd Indie Single - Soba ni Itai Kara
2008.05.03 | Indie release
01. Soba ni Itai Kara (そばにいたいから)
02. Kimi no Tonari de Oyasumi (君の隣でおやすみ)


1st Debut Single - don't cry anymore
2010.03.03 | SRCL-7217
01. don't cry anymore
02. Megurogawa (めぐろ川)
03. Wake Up, Break Out!
04. don't cry anymore ~instrumental~


2nd Single - LITTLE GIRL
2010.06.23 | SRCL 7303~7305
01. Little girl (リトルガール)
02. Anata ga Inai to Sekai wa Konna ni Tsumaranai (あなたがいないと世界はこんなにつまらない)
03. Soba ni Itai Kara (そばにいたいから)
04. Little girl ~Instrumental~ (リトルガール ~Instrumental~)


COLORFUL Theme song
2010.08.12 | Released digitally
01. Boku ga boku de aru tame ni (僕が僕であるために) - Yutaka Ozaki cover
02. Aozora (青空) - THE BLUE HEARTS cover


3rd Single - chAngE
2010.09.01 | SRCL-7357～9
1. chAngE
2. you can do it!
3. Amayadori (あまやどり)
4. chAngE ～instrumental～


4th Single - OTOSHIMONO
2010.09.01 | SRCL-7427~9
1. OTOSHIMONO (オトシモノ)
2. USOtsuki (ウソつき)
3. don't cry anymore ~Piano version~
4. OTOSHIMONO (オトシモノ) ～instrumental～[/B]



5th Single - Haru ni natta ra
2011.02.23 | SRCL-7357～9
1. Haru ni Natta ra (春になったら)
2. Aozora (青空)
3. Haru ni Natta ra (春になったら) ～instrumental～


6th Single - 441
2011.06.29 | SRCL-7665～7
01. 441
02. Chasing hearts 「Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi」 OPENING THEME
03. haru ni natta ra(acoustic version)
04. 441～instrumental～


7th Single - FRiDAY-MA-MAGiC
2011.09.21 | SRCL-7736～8
1. FRiDAY-MA-MAGiC
2. Hajimari wa Owari Jyanai (始まりは終わりじゃない)
3. Tsuyoku Naritai (つよくなりたい) ～from live tour 2011"guitarissimo"～
4. FRiDAY-MA-MAGiC ～instrumental～


8th Single - 片想い (Kataomoi - Unrequited love)
2012.02.01 | SRCL-7846/7484
1. 片想い / (Kataomoi)
2 クレアデルネ / (Clair de Lune)
3. acoustic live tour “acoguissimo”メドレー
～441～Wake Up, Break Out!～don't cry anymore～Chasing hearts～FRiDAY-MA-MAGiC～chAngE～めぐろ川～
4. 片想い～instrumental～ / (Kata Omoi ~instrumental~)

Albums

1st Album - guitarissimo
2011.03.30 | SRCL-7597～9
01.ありえない!! 　　
02.don't cry anymore
03.friend～君が笑えば～
04.春になったら
05.hys-
06.オトシモノ
07.Dear days
08.醒めない夢
09.chAngE
10.めぐろ川＜strings version＞
11.ハツナツ
12.リトルガール
13.僕らの未来
14.つよくなりたい

Featured

Cover album - WE LOVE MACKEY
2011.01.12 | SRCL-7484
11. Kitakaze ~Kimi ni Todokimasu you ni~ (北風 ～君にとどきますように～) - Noriyuki Makihara cover

DVD/Bluray
miwa ~live tour 2011 "guitarissimo"~
2011.12.21 | SRBL-1502 / SRXL-24
01.ありえない!!
02.リトルガール
03.ハツナツ
04.you can do it!
05.friend～君が笑えば～
06.オトシモノ
07.don't cry anymore
08.ウソつき
09.hys-
10.Dear days
11.醒めない夢
12.chAngE
13.あなたがいないと世界はこんなにつまらない
14.Wake Up, Break Out
15.春になったら
-encore-
16.めぐろ川
17.441
18.僕らの未来
-2nd encore-
19.Chasing hearts
20.つよくなりたい