Mana ( マ ナ ナ ) - Japanese musician and composer, fashion designer, model. He is one of the founders of the Malice Mizer , after the collapse of which, in 2002, he organized his own solo project Moi dix Mois . Mana is one of the most significant individuals, as well as one of the main ideologists of Visual kei .
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| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Hiroshima |
| A country | Japan |
| Professions | Musician composer fashion designer |
| Instruments | guitar synthesizer drums |
| Genres | Gothic metal art rock gothic rock progressive rock punk rock visual kei |
| Collectives | ?? - ?? - Girl'e 1990-1992 - Matenrou 1992-2001 - Malice Mizer 2002-present Time - Moi dix Mois 2008-present Time - Canon Wakashima |
| Labels | Midi: Nette Moi-meme-moitie |
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Mana owns many tools. Of these, the most actively used are electric guitar, drums, synthesizer, piano. He is known primarily as a guitarist, but he began his musical career as a bass player in a punk rock band.
Mana’s style changed at an early stage in the development of the Malice Mizer group, but now an elegant female image has been established. His clothes, stage image and almost all the music of the groups - everything was done by him. Mana is also quite a successful fashion designer. He has his own label Moi-meme-Moitie , releasing clothes in the style of EGL .
Mana is considered an unusually talented person and is very popular among girls and guys. His talent is vast. At the same time, the personal life of the musician remains a mystery.
Since 2008, is the producer of Japanese vocalist and cellist Canon Wakashima, for whom she also writes music and arrangements.
Personal life
Little is known about Mana's personal life. In particular, Mana doesn’t speak in public, preferring to convey her words in the ear to a vocalist who passes them on to journalists. The exact birth year of Mana is also unknown. Birthday is March 19th, and all concerts and album releases usually take place in March. Mana's real name is also unknown, and although numerous rumors suggest that his name is Sato Manabu, this is not officially confirmed. It was this manner of hiding all the features of his life outside the stage that gave rise to many rumors regarding this artist.
The name of the official fan club is Mon amour.
See also
- Gothic & lolita
Links
- Official Mana Site (Japanese)