Miwa

miwa is a singer-songwriter and actress. She belongs to the Tristone Entertainment agency and signed a contract with the Sony Records label. Her official fan club is "yaneura-no-neko".

miwa made her major debut in 2010 with the single "don't cry anymore", which was used as the theme song for the drama Nakanai to Kimeta Hi.

Prior to major debut
miwa was born on June 15, 1990, in Hayama Town, Miura District, Kanagawa Prefecture, and then moved to Tokyo. Since her father loved music, she naturally listened to the music her father listened to from an early age.

miwa started composing her own song when she was 15 years old, and after entering high school she started playing the guitar on her own, but she didn't improve much, so she went to study more.

miwa produced "Wake Up, Break Out!" when she was in the first year of high school. While attending high school, she performed live activities mainly in the live house "Shimokitazawa Loft" in Tokyo and in Okinawa Prefecture (mainly Chatan) where her father's parents' house is located during summer vacation. Since the high school she attended was prohibited her from performing arts activities, she kept her activities secretly from her friends. During that period, two self-produced singles "Song for you/TODAY" and "Soba ni Itai Kara" (そばにいたいから) was released in a limited number. After that, since the major debut was decided, miwa started full-scale music production from the winter of the third year of high school.

Personality
miwa's favorite artists are Sheryl Crow, Avril Lavigne, Carole King, Deep Purple, Taylor Swift, etc. in Western music, and Angela Aki, aiko, YUKI, RADWIMPS, etc. in Japanese music. She is also a fan of Momoiro Clover Z and has collaborated on live shows and TV programs as "miwa Kuro", she also provides music for the group.

miwa used to play the guitar and piano and was being practiced the electric guitar at the time of her debut, but she has been used to since "chAngE". She is also the first Japanese woman to be introduced on the official Gibson US website. She started playing the guitar at the age of 15, and she thought it was cool to see a woman playing the guitar when she saw Sheryl Crow.

Discography
Indie Releases=

Indies
Albums=
 * 1) [2007.12.24] Song for you/TODAY
 * 2) [2008.05.03] Soba ni Itai Kara (そばにいたいから; I Want to Be by Your Side)
 * 3) [Unknown] message

Studio Albums

 * 1) [2011.04.06] guitarissimo
 * 2) [2012.03.14] guitarium
 * 3) [2013.05.22] Delight
 * 4) [2015.04.08] ONENESS
 * 5) [2017.02.22] SPLASH☆WORLD

Compilation Albums

 * 1) [2016.01.20] miwa ballad collection ~graduation~

Best Albums
Singles=
 * 1) [2018.07.11] miwa THE BEST

Singles

 * 1) [2010.03.03] don't cry anymore
 * 2) [2010.06.23] Little Girl (リトルガール)
 * 3) [2010.09.01] chAngE
 * 4) [2010.12.01] Otoshimono (オトシモノ)
 * 5) [2011.02.23] Haru ni Nattara (春になったら; When the Spring Comes)
 * 6) [2011.06.29] 441
 * 7) [2011.09.21] FRiDAY-MA-MAGiC
 * 8) [2012.02.01] Kataomoi (片想い; Unrequited Love)
 * 9) [2012.08.15] Hikari e (ヒカリヘ; Into the Light)
 * 10) [2013.01.16] Whistle ~Kimi to Sugoshita Hibi~ (ホイッスル〜君と過ごした日々〜; Whistle ~Days Spent With You~)
 * 11) [2013.04.24] Miracle (ミラクル)
 * 12) [2013.09.04] Faraway/Kiss you
 * 13) [2014.02.12] Faith
 * 14) [2014.07.02] Kimi ni Deaeta Kara (君に出会えたから; Since I Met You)
 * 15) [2014.11.12] Kibou no WA/Gesshoku ~winter moon~ (希望の環（WA）/.0食 〜winter moon〜; Ring of Hope/Lunar Eclipse ~winter moon~)
 * 16) [2015.01.28] fighting-φ-girls
 * 17) [2015.02.25] 360°
 * 18) [2015.08.19] Yozora. feat.Hazzie→/Stress Free (夜空. feat.ハジ→/ストレスフリー)
 * 19) [2015.11.11] 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)
 * 20) [2016.06.22] Princess/ShanRanRan (Princess/シャンランラン)
 * 21) [2016.10.05] Yui (結 -ゆい-; Bond)
 * 22) [2017.05.24] Shiny (シャイニー)
 * 23) [2017.10.25] We are the light
 * 24) [2018.05.09] Update (アップデート)
 * 25) [2019.08.14] Reboot (リブート)
 * 26) [2019.12.25] Storyteller/Teenage Dream (Storyteller/ティーンエイジドリーム)
 * 27) [2020.09.09] DAITAN!

Digital singles
Videos=
 * 1) [2010.08.16] Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni (僕が僕であるために; To Be What I Am)
 * 2) [2010.08.16] Aozora (青空; Blue Sky)
 * 3) [2011.11.16] Futari no Saturday (ふたりのサタディ)
 * 4) [2017.02.09] Aiokuri/Kimi to Hyakkai-me no Koi (アイオクリ/君と100回目の恋; Aiokuri/The 100th Love With You)
 * 5) [2017.02.15] SPLASH
 * 6) [2017.04.25] Shiny (シャイニー)
 * 7) [2017.08.01] Under the Sea
 * 8) [2017.10.21] We are the light
 * 9) [2018.01.11] Live Fast Die Young
 * 10) [2018.03.14] Yume de Aetara (夢で逢えたら; If We Meet In a Dream)
 * 11) [2018.05.29] Unchained Love
 * 12) [2018.06.11] Acoustic Story (アコースティックストーリー)
 * 13) [2018.11.02] Title (タイトル)
 * 14) [2019.02.01] RUN FUN RUN
 * 15) [2019.08.02] Reboot (リブート)
 * 16) [2019.11.03] Teenage Dream (ティーンエイジドリーム)
 * 17) [2020.03.08] Look At Me Now
 * 18) [2020.03.20] Who I Am

Video releases

 * 1) [2011.12.21] miwa live tour 2011 "guitarissimo"
 * 2) [2012.06.06] miwa clips vol.1
 * 3) [2012.12.05] miwa concert tour 2012 "guitarium"
 * 4) [2013.07.24] miwa live at Budokan ~Graduation Ceremony~ (miwa live at 武道館 〜卒業式〜)
 * 5) [2014.01.08] miwa concert tour 2013 "Delight"
 * 6) [2014.08.13] miwa spring concert 2014 "Shibuya Monogatari ~Complete~" (miwa spring concert 2014 “渋谷物語〜完〜”)
 * 7) [2015.09.30] miwa live at Budokan ~acoguissimo~ (miwa live at 武道館〜acoguissimo〜)
 * 8) [2016.06.15] miwa "ballad collection" tour 2016 ~graduation~
 * 9) [2017.09.27] miwa ARENA tour 2017 "SPLASH☆WORLD"
 * 10) [2018.03.07] miwa concert tour 2015 "ONENESS" ~Complete Version~ (miwa concert tour 2015“ONENESS” ～完全版～)
 * 11) [2018.03.07] miwa live at Budokan Graduation Ceremony/acoguissimo (miwa live at 武道館 卒業式/acoguissimo)
 * 12) [2018.10.10] miwa live tour 2018 38/39DAY / acoguissimo 47 Prefectures ~Complete~ (miwa live tour 2018 38/39DAY / acoguissimo 47都道府県〜完〜)
 * 13) [2019.06.26] miwa concert tour 2018-2019 "miwa THE BEST"

Concerts

 * miwa "very first tour" miwa yade! miwa dagah! miwa dayo! (2010)
 * miwa live tour 2011 "guitarissimo" (2011)
 * miwa acoustic live tour "acoguissimo" (2011)
 * miwa concert tour 2012 "guitarium" (2012)
 * miwa acoustic live tour 2012 "acoguissimo 2" (2012)
 * miwa -39 live tour- "miwanissimo 2012" (2012)
 * miwa concert tour 2013 "Delight" (2013)
 * miwa acoustic live tour 2014 "acoguissimo 3" (2014)
 * miwa -39 live ARENA tour- "miwanissimo 2014" (2014)
 * miwa concert tour 2015 "ONENESS" (2015)
 * miwa -39 live tour- "yaneura-no-neko" (2015)
 * miwa "ballad collection" tour 2016 ~graduation~ (2016)
 * miwa -39 live tour- "yaneura-no-neko 2016" (2016)
 * miwa ARENA tour 2017 "SPLASH☆WORLD" (2017)
 * miwa -39 live tour- "yaneura-no-neko 2017" (2017)
 * miwa acoustic live tour 2018 "acoguissimo 4" (2018)
 * miwa concert tour 2018-2019 "miwa THE BEST" (2018-2019)

Other Appearances
Radio=

Radio
TV=
 * miwa's All Night Nippon R (April 18, 2010 - March 20, 2011, Nippon Broadcasting System) - Third Sunday (Saturday midnight) personality
 * miwa's All Night Nippon (April 6, 2011 - March 27, 2013, Nippon Broadcasting System)
 * Muse Note (April 1, 2015 - December 2019, NHK-FM Broadcast)
 * miwa's All Night Nippon Premium (January - March 2018, Nippon Broadcasting System)

Dramas

 * Kohaku ga Umareta Hi (紅白が生まれた日; The Day When Red and White Was Born) [March 21, 2015, NHK General TV] as Namiki Michiko
 * Tamiou (民王; Prime Minister) (July - September 2015, TV Asahi) cameo
 * Youkai Sharehouse (妖怪シェアハウス) Final Episode (September 19, 2020, TV Asahi) cameo

Animations

 * Doraemon Year-end Special (December 30, 2014, TV Asahi) as Whammy (voice only), cameo appearance as herself.
 * Doraemon (January 9, 2015, TV Asahi) as Whammy (voice only), cameo appearance as herself.

Commercials

 * Benesse Corporation "Shinkenzemi" (2015)
 * Morinaga & Co., Ltd. "Beiku" "Yaichatten Janai no", "Mata Yaichatta" (2016)

Movies

 * Maestro! (January 31, 2015) as heroine Tachibana Amane
 * Kimi to Hyakkai-me no Koi (君と100回目の恋; The 100th Love With You) (February 4, 2017) as heroine Hinata Aoi

NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen

 * 64th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2013) - performed Hikari e (ヒカリヘ)
 * 65th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2014) - performed Faith
 * 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2015) - performed fighting-φ-girls
 * 67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2016) - performed Yui (結 -ゆい-)