Yuto Miyazawa
| Yuto Miyazawa | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Yuto Miyazawa |
| Born | February 21, 2000 |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Rock, hard rock, heavy metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Relix |
| Associated acts | The Robotix |
| Website | http://www.yutoguitar.com/ |
Yuto Miyazawa (Japanese: 宮澤佑門 Miyazawa Yūto, born February 21, 2000) is a Japanese rock musician.
Biography
Miyazawa was born on February 21, 2000, in Tokyo, Japan and currently lives there with his parents. Miyazawa was named "The Youngest Professional Guitarist" by Guinness Book of World Records in August 2008.
Since his discovery, Miyazawa has performed with numerous music legends over the past year including G. E. Smith, Les Paul, Galactic, Deep Banana Blackout, and Ozzy Osbourne.
He has appeared at Madison Square Garden, the famous B. B. King's, Chris Noth and Steve Walter's The Cutting Room, Rodeo Bar in New York City, and at the Gathering of the Vibes festival this past summer.
In May 2009, Miyazawa appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where he performed "Crazy Train" playing guitar and singing lead vocals. He named his musical idols as Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads, and showed his guitar to be an official Rhoads edition polka-dot Flying V.[1] After the performance, Ozzy Osbourne came on stage to give words of encouragement and awarded him with a signed plaque of Osbourne and Rhoads performing at a concert. Miyazawa appeared on stage at Blizzcon 2009 with Osbourne to play "Crazy Train" as the first encore performance.[2] In 2010, Miyazawa came back on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and played "Paranoid." He also played "Crazy Train" with Osbourne at Ozzfest 2010.[3]
In 2012, Miyazawa joined rock band, The Robotix, with other young musicians including Logan Robot Gladden, Angelina Baez, Brendan James, Jared Devino and Jon Casel.[4]
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