is a Japanese singer, songwriter, dancer, and choreographer. He also directs his own concerts. He belongs to Rising Production and has a record contract with

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. He is from

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, Japan. He has an official fan club called "Daichishiki
大知識
.

Music

Influences

When Miura was eight years old, he bought a CD for the first time ( ''HIStory'' by

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). Daichi Miura, like Michael Jackson, debuted as a child and later became a solo artist. When Miura saw Jackson dance in various countries on the video of "

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", he noticed Jackson kept his uniqueness in everything. Although still a child, Miura admired Jackson's originality. He later said he aspired to climb a different mountain but reach the same height as Jackson. During the hiatus after leaving the group Folder, Miura was given an

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album by a staff member. The style of Usher's dancing and singing became the foundation for his solo career. Miura has also mentioned

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as one of his influences. In addition, the lyrics of " Chicken Rice" written by

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taught him the artistic possibilities of

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Live Performance

During the solo concerts, besides dance and vocals, while singing, he has played

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, and

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. He also performed using Ableton Push.

Career

Before debut

When Miura was six, his mother saw him dance to the theme songs of TV shows such as various anime, '' The Super Sentai Series'', and ''

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''. This gave her the idea of bringing him to the

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. At the school, they taught him to sing and dance. In 1996, a television program ( NHK Education's ''Yumediago Kodomojuku'') featured Miura commuting to the dance school 90 minutes by bus from home. Due to Miura's father’s job as a member of Self-Defense Force, the family moved often. First they moved to another part of

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, then to

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. Before Miura left the group Folder, they moved to Ayase city in

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Debut as a member of Folder

In 1997, Miura started his career as a member of Folder. At age nine, he debuted as the main vocalist "DAICHI" and the group released the single " Parachuter". He also became a regular in the TV show ''Ponkikkies''. Afterwards, as "Daichi Miura", he released solo singles such as " Big Heart ~Theme of Microman~" . In 2000, he took a hiatus from Folder due to his voice change. The group's name was changed to

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. (Miura did not participate in Folder5.) During the hiatus, Miura refrained from voice training and concentrated on dance practice. During the same period, he went to a junior high school where he became a member of the volleyball team (it involved harsh physical training).

2004: Comeback concert as Daichi Miura

2004

On 1 August, at Harajuku Astro Hall (VISION FESTA vol.2), he changed his stage name back to Daichi Miura and held a comeback concert. In the summer, J.Que ( Patrick J.Que Smith, the composer of

's " Yeah!") came to Japan to write songs for Miura. During the week in the studio, they produced a few songs together. Miura was amazed by Smith's world class songwriting. J.Que nicknamed Miura "D-ROCK". On 9 December, Miura traveled to Los Angeles to shoot the music video of the debut song "

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". On 16 December, Miura danced with top dancers including the backup dancers for Beyonce,

etc. as well as the Hip-Hop legend Crazy Legs of

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in his music video.

2005 - 2006: Solo debut ~ ''D-ROCK with U''

2005

On 19 January, at Shibuya O-WEST, the first solo concert Chapter-O was held. On 30 March, the first solo debut single "

" was released. Miura said "I want to popularize a solo style of R&B singing and dancing that is still rare in Japan". On 1 April, he was chosen as the first "Advance Artist" by MTV's ''Advanced Warning''. On 22 April, Chapter-1 national tour started. On 1 June, the 2nd single " Free Style" was released. On 17 July, the solo concert Summer Seminar 2005 ~Eve of Marine Day Festival~ was held. On 12 October, the 3rd single "

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" was released.

2006

On 11 January, the 4th single " No Limit featuring Utamaru (from RHYMESTER)" was released. On 25 January, the first album ''D-ROCK with U'' was released. On 5 February, the live tour Chapter-2 D-ROCK with U started. On 29 March, the live DVD ''LIVE D-ROCK with U ~DAICHI MIURA LIVE Chapter-2~'' was released. The monthly concert D-ROCK JAM started.

2007- 2009：''Who's The Man''

2007

On 29 April, the national tour covering eight cities started. ON 18 July, the 5th single "

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" was released. On 29 July, Miura performed at the anniversary event of the legendary breaking and hip hop group

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30th Anniversary in New York. On 24 August, SUMMER SEMINAR '07 ~Jump into the 20th~ was held. On 22 November, Miura performed on the popular TV dance program ''Super Chample''. The show featured

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as a guest and Daichi danced his own choreography to " Gimme That" in front of Chris Brown himself.

2008

On 9 July, the 12-inch analog record including the remix of "Inside Your Head" by FORCE OF NATURE's DJ KENT was released. On 23 July, the 6th single " Inside Your Head" was released. Starting with this song, Miura continued to choreograph most of his own songs. He also started writing music and lyrics frequently for himself around this time. On 26 November, the remix CD ''WHAT'S R&B?'' that included the remix of "Inside Your Head" by DJ KOMIRI was released.

2009

On 11 Feb., the 7th single "Your Love feat.

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" was released. On 20 May, the 8th single "Delete My Memories" was released. On 18 July, the solo concert SUMMER SEMINAR ~Encore of Our Love was held. KREVA was invited as a guest. On 16 September, the second album ''Who's The Man'' and the concert DVD ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE 2009 -Encore of Our Love-'' was released simultaneously. The concert event at LAZONA Kawasaki was held. On 18 October, the national tour Who's The Man started. On 9 December, ''Mellow Disney -R&B Revisited-'' in which Miura participated was released. On 29 December, J-WAVE YEAH END SPECIAL LIVE DAICHI MIURA "Who's The Man; Returns" was held.

2010 - 2011: ''D.M.''

2010

On 1 February, Miura was nominated for SPACE SHOWER MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 10 in THE BEST CHOREOGRAPHY category. On 10 February, BoA's album ''

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'' including "Possibility duet with Daichi Miura" was released. In May, the solo concert DAICHI MIURA LIVE 2010 ~Emotion~ was held. On 18 August, the 9th single "The Answer" was released. In August, the live concert DAICHI MIURA SUMMER SEMINAR’10 ~The Answer?~ was held. On 31 October, the concert tour in 10 cities ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2010 ~GRAVITY~'' started. On 15 December, the 10th single "Lullaby" was released. On 29 December, YEAR END SPECIAL LIVE DAICHI MIURA "Zero GRAVITY" was held.

2011

On 9 March, the

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’s mini album ''Hakofune -ballads in me-'' including the collaboration song "First Sight feat. Daichi Miura" was released. On 3 August, The SUGAR SHACK FAMILY's album ''SUGAR SHACK FACTORY'' featuring Miura was released. On 6 August, the national tour ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2011 ~Synesthesia~'' started. On 24 August, the 11th single "

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" was released. The song was written by lecca. On 8 September, the

's album ''GO'' including "Shinkirō featuring Daichi Miura" was released. On 30 November, the third album ''D.M.'' was released. On 14 December, the charity song "H♡PE" featuring Miura was released.

2012 - 2013: The first Nippon Budokan concert The Entertainer

2012

On 2 May, the 12th single "Two Hearts" was released. "Two Hearts" was used as the theme song of the drama series ''Answer~Keishicho Kensho Sousakan''. This was the first time Miura's song was used for a drama. On 3 May, the first

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concert was held. On 12 December, the 13th single "Right Now/Voice" was released.

2013

On 10 July, the 14th single "GO FOR IT" was released. On 31 July and 1 August, Miura participated in

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The 80th Celebration Live in JAPAN at The Tokyo International Forum. On 8 September, the first

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concert was held. 12,000 people attended. On 20 November, the 4th album ''The Entertainer'' was released.

2014 - 2015: ''Fever''

2014

On 5 March, the 15th single "Anchor" was released. "Anchor" was used as the theme song of the drama ''Yoru no Sensei''. On 14 March, the Western music cover album ''Covers EP'' was released. On 1 April, the national tour ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2014 - THE ENTERTAINER'' started. On 18 June,

's ‘Best Of’ album ''KX'' including "Zensokuryoku (feat. Daichi Miura)" was released. On 23 October, Miura won the MTV EMA 2014 Best Japan Act. On 3 December, the 16th single " Fureau dakede ~Always with you~/IT'S THE RIGHT TIME" was released.

2015

On 25 February, the 17th single "Unlock" was released. On 28 February and 1 March, LIVE -En Dance Studio × Daichi Miura- was held. On 1 April, the DREAM COMES TRUE's cover album ''WATASHI TO DORIKAMU 2 -DORIKAMU WONDERLAND 2015 KAISAI KINEN BEST COVERS-'' including Miura’s cover of "Mirai Yosouzu II" was released. On 17 June, the 18th single "music" was released. On 2 September, the 5th album ''FEVER'' was released. On 10 September, the national tour ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2015 "FEVER"'' started. 22 - 23 November, Miura participated in the nation's largest scale street dance event Shibuya Street Dance Week 2015. This event was produced by SHOTA, one of Miura's exclusive dancers. Miura's song "music" was used as the theme song of the event.

2016 - 2017: The first appearance on Music Station and Kohaku Uta Gassen ~ ''HIT''

2016

On 30 March, the 19th single " Cry & Fight" was released. On 6 May, Miura appeared on ''

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'' (

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) for the first time. On 15 September, the national tour ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2016 (RE)PLAY'' started. On 4 November, the music video of the 20th single " (RE)PLAY" was released. On 23 November, the 20th single "(RE)PLAY" was released.

2017

On 18 January, the 21st single " EXCITE" was released. "EXCITE" was used as the theme song of the TV drama series ''

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''. On 22 January 12,000 people attended the special encore concert from the (RE)PLAY tour at

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. On the same date, Miura appeared on the ''KanJam Kanzen Nen SHOW''. On 22 March, the 6th album ''HIT'' and the concert ''DVD DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2016 (RE)PLAY'' was released simultaneously. On 15 April, Miura participated in the concert event AbemaTV 1st ANNIVERSARY LIVE. On 13 May, the invitational concert Daichi Miura X TSUTAYA Premium Acoustic Live was held. On 2 August, the 22th single " U" was released. "U" was used as the theme song of the drama ''Nou ni Sumaho ga Umerareta!''. On 16 September, the national tour ''DAICHI MIURA BEST HIT TOUR 2017'' started. On 14 October, Miura was featured on the TV show "Okamura Offer Series" of ''Mechax2 Iketeru!'' (

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). On 31 December, Miura performed on the '' 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' (NHK) for the first time.

2018 - : ''BEST'', ''Kyutai (Sphere)''

2018

On 20 February, Miura appeared on the cover of ''Music Magazine'', March issue. On 7 March, the first ‘Best Of’ album ''BEST'' was released. From April, Miura was featured in the promotional contents as a campaign character for ''NHK World Japan'' on NHK World. On 9 May, the SOIL&"PIMP" SESSION's album ''DRAPPER'' including "comrade feat. Daichi Miura" was released. On 11 July, the album ''Kyutai (Sphere)'' was released. On 22 August, the 23rd single " Be Myself" was released. On 22 September, the national tour ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2018 ONE END'' started. On 26 September, the Lekishi's 6th album ''Mukishi'' including "GOEMON feat. Bigmonzaemon (Daichi Miura)" was released. On 10 October, Miura participated as a guest on the

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's original show ''Tokyo, Music & Us 2017-2018'' hosted by

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. On 19 December, the 24th single "

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" was released. "Blizzard" was used as the theme song of the animation film '' Dragon Ball Super: Broly''. On 31 December, Miura participated in the ''69th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen'' for the second time.

2019

On 7 February, the encore arena concert tour ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2018-2019 ONE END'' started. In February, Miura became the ambassador for the sports brand

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. On 24 February, Miura participated in The Commemoration Ceremony of the Thirtieth Anniversary of His Majesty the Emperor's Accession to the Throne, held by the Japanese government. Miura sang "Utagoe no Hibiki" (Lyrics written by the Emperor Akihito, Music composed by the Empress Michiko) to commemorate. On 12 June, the 25th single "Katasumi/Corner" and the concert DVD ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR ONE END in

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'' were released. On 29 July, Miura participated in the

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-Japan Music Festival 2019 in

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―prayer for peace―. The event was produced by the actor Ryotaro Sugi who is also the Japan-Vietnam and the Japan-ASEAN Special Ambassador. On 1 August, the new campaign "Runs in the Family" by

featuring the brand ambassador Daichi Miura and the supporting dancers started. On 16–18 August, Miura performed at the Reading Orchestra Concert ~Hikari wo Kike~:

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’s Honeybees and Distant Thunder, winner of the Naoki Award and Bookstore. On 12 September, at

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2019, it was announced that Miura would appear as one of the preppers in the video game ''DEATH STRANDING'' by director Kojima Hideo, (8 November release). From 21 September, starting from the Makuhari Event Hall in Chiba, to 5 November at

in Tokyo (a the total of four venues), six arena concerts of ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2019-2020 COLORLESS'' were held. On 31 December, Miura performed on the ''70th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen'' for the third time.

2020

On 15 January, the 26the single “ I’m Here” was released. “I’m Here” was written for the TBS Friday Drama Series '' Byoshitsu de Nembutsu o Tonaenaide Kudasai''. On January 31, its music video was released on YouTube. On 31 January, the encore hall concert tour ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2019-2020 COLORLESS'' started. On 28 February, Miura started singing on Instagram on the dates ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2019-2020 COLORLESS'' was scheduled but was postponed indefinitely for the fans who were planning to go to his concerts. Later, he started a project titled “1 Song Home Live” where he released a video of himself singing one song at his home on each concert date. On 18 March, '' DJ DAISHIZEN Presents Daichi Miura NON STOP DJ MIX Vol.2'' was released. On 9 April, due to the spread of Covid-19, 31 shows (out of 36) from ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR 2019-2020 COLORLESS'' tour from February 28 to June 17 were indefinitely postponed. From 29 April to 28 May, '' DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR ONE END in Osakajo Hall'' was viewable on YouTube as a part of the event titled ''YouTube Music Week STAY HOME #Withme''. On 17 June, ''DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR COLORLESS at Yoyogi National Gymnasium'' was released digitally on

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. On 18 June, the digital distribution of “Yours” started. On 7 July, the digital distribution of “Negaiboshi” (a collaboration song with

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) started. On 23 July, “''Sphere” Solo Performance'' was shown on YouTube Premiere for the second time. On 24 August (Miura’s birthday), “Yours” Choreo Video was released. On 10 September, Miura became the ambassador for Shibuya StreetDance Week 2020. “Yours” was used as the theme song. On 29 September, it was announced that “Not Today” is the tie-in song for BS-NHK’s

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animation project ''“AnimeXPara”

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Edition''. On 10 October, his first online concert ''DAICHI MIURA Online LIVE The Choice is_____'' was held. On 11 November, the 27th single “Antelope” was released. The single contains two other tracks: “Yours” and “Not Today”.

Image

He often writes the lyrics and music to his songs, himself. Most of his songs were choreographed by himself since "Inside Your Head" was released.

Personal life

Miura announced his marriage to a non-celebrity woman on 1 January 2015. His first son was born on 9 December 2016.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles

Videography

Collaborative works

* ajapai "声をかさねて… feat.DAICHI MIURA" (Single, Album "unaffected", 2006) * "Wishing on a groove" (Album, V.A. " CHRISTMAS HARMONY ~VISION FACTORY presents", 2007) * "Special Story" (Album, V.A. " FLOWER FESTIVAL~VISION FACTORY presents", 2008) * 千晴]"STOP!! feat. Daichi Miura" (Album, "バカ正直", 2009) * "SUGAR SHACK feat. Full of Harmony, LL BROTHERS, 三浦大知, HI-D, LEO" (Album "SUGAR SHACK Official soundz mixed by DJ HAL ", 2009) * "When She Loved Me oy Story 2 (Album, V.A. "Mellow Disney ~R&B Revisited~", 2009) * BoA "Possibility duet with Daichi Miura" (Album "IDENTITY", 2010) *

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"年下の君に duet with Daichi Miura" (Album "Love & I .~恋愛遍歴~", 2010) * "Can't Help Falling in Love ilo & Stitch (Album, V.A. "Urban pop Disney", 2010) * SUGAR SHACK "君がいるなら ~White Love Song~" (Single, 2010) *Digital Single *

"First Sight feat.三浦大知" (Album "箱舟～ballads in me～", 2011) * SUGAR SHACK ALL STARS "明日の太陽" (Single, 2011) *Digital Single * "熱帯夜" (Album "SUGAR SHACK FACTORY ", 2011) *

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"蜃気楼 feat. 三浦大知" (Album "GO", 2011) * MAJOR MUSIC "HOPE" (Single, 2011 *''a charity song, for "

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"'') * 福原みほ(Miho Fukuhara) "Dream on feat. 三浦大知" (Single,　Album "The Best of Soul Extreme", 2012) * DJ Deckstream "HOLIDAY feat.三浦大知" (Album "DECKSTREAM.JP", 2013) *

"全速力 feat. 三浦大知" (Best Album "KX", 2014) * 黒沢薫 "Supernova duet with 三浦大知" (Single, 2015) *

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"輝く未来 with 三浦大知" (Album "May J. sings Disney", 2015) * "愛を感じて ''Can you feel the love tonight'' " (Album, V.A. "ドリーム～ディズニー・グレイテスト・ソングス～邦楽盤 ''DREAM -DISNEY GREATEST SONGS- HOUGAKUHEN'' ", 2015) * "決戦は金曜日" (Album, V.A. "The best covers of DREAMS COME TRUE ドリウタ Vol.1", 2017) * "星に願いを" (Album, V.A. "Thank You Disney", 2017) *

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vs 三浦大知 "Dancing with My Fingers", (Album,

"SAMURAI SESSIONS vol.2", 2017) * 千晴 "NAMIDA feat. 三浦大知", (Album "始まり", 2018) * 千晴 "始まり feat. 三浦大知", (Album "始まり", 2018) * 絢香(Ayaka)＆三浦大知 "ハートアップ" (Single, 2018) * "すべりだい" (Album, V.A. 椎名林檎(Ringo Sheena) tribute "アダムとイヴの林檎", 2018) *

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"comrade feat. 三浦大知" (Album, Soil & "Pimp" Sessions "DAPPER", 2018) * レキシ(Rekishi) "GOEMON feat. ビッグ門左衛門" (Album, レキシ "ムキシ", 2018) *

vs 三浦大知 "Rain Dance" (Album, MIYAVI "Samurai Sessions, Vol. 3: Worlds Collid", 2018) * 絢香(

)&三浦大知 "ねがいぼし" (Digital distribution only, 2020) *

"Fall in Love Again feat. 三浦大知" (Single, 2020) * "キャンディ (原田真二)''(Candy (Harada Shinji)'' " (Album, V.A. "松本隆作詞活動50周年トリビュート「風街に連れてって!」", 2021) * Among Colorful - Ai,

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, Daichi Miura,

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Miyavi , better known by his stage name Miyavi (雅, stylized as MIYAVI), 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 guitaris ...

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, Ayumu Imazu, Blue Vintage, Mizki, Sanari and Chikuzen Sato (Sing Like Talking) "Colorful" (Digital distribution only, 2021) * Ai " In the Middle" (Digital distribution only, 2021)

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External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miura, Daichi 1987 births Living people Avex Group artists English-language singers from Japan Japanese child singers Japanese dance musicians Japanese hip hop singers Japanese male pop singers Japanese multi-instrumentalists Japanese philanthropists Japanese record producers Japanese rhythm and blues singers Japanese male singer-songwriters Musicians from Okinawa Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese singers MTV Europe Music Award winners