Miwa Yoshida

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Miwa Yoshida
Born May 6, 1965 (1965-05-06) (age 46)
Origin Ikeda, Hokkaidō, Japan
Genres Pop, R&B
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Years active 1988–present
Labels Universal Music Japan (as Dreams Come True),
DCT records (solo),
Toshiba EMI (Funk The Peanuts)
Associated acts Masato Nakamura, Dreams Come True, Rinko Urashima (as Funk The Peanuts), Misia
Website Official site

Miwa Yoshida (吉田 美和 Yoshida Miwa?, born May 6, 1965 in Ikeda, Hokkaidō) is a Japanese musician, and the lead singer for the band Dreams Come True.

Yoshida also fronts a Dreams Come True side-project called "Funk the Peanuts", and has released two solo albums, Beauty and Harmony and Beauty and Harmony 2. Both albums took their name from the English translation of the name Miwa.

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[edit] Life and music career

Miwa Yoshida formed Dreams Come True in 1988 with Masato Nakamura whom she met in Tokyo, and Takahiro Nishikawa who was her old friend from high school days in Hokkaido.[citation needed]

In 1995, she started musical activities as Funk the Peanuts, and debuted as a solo singer with the album Beauty and Harmony.

She started the record company "DCT Records" with Nakamura in July, 2002. They serve as the executive producer now.[citation needed]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

  • Namida no Mangekyō (涙の万華鏡 Kaleidoscope of Tears?) -m.yo mix- (May 6, 2003)

[edit] Albums

  • Beauty and Harmony (December 18, 1995)
  • Beauty and Harmony 2 (May 6, 2003)

[edit] External links

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