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Mana

1969 - Today

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Mana (Japanese: 魔名) is a Japanese musician, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer, best known as guitarist of the visual kei rock band Malice Mizer from their formation in 1992 until their indefinite hiatus in 2001. A year later, Mana formed the gothic metal band Moi dix Mois as his solo project. Mana founded the independent record label Midi:Nette in 1994. In addition to signing electronic music duo Schwarz Stein, it has released the majority of Malice Mizer's musical output and all of Moi dix Mois' material as well as 2 albums and 2 singles by Kanon Wakeshima. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Mana is the 1,419th most popular musician (up from 1,498th in 2024), the 1,332nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,336th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mana ranks 1,419 out of 3,175. Before him are Jon Hiseman, Leslie West, Jānis Cimze, Pixinguinha, František Ondříček, and Arthur Crudup. After him are Kate Pierson, Abraham Laboriel, Andrei Gavrilov, Richard Fortus, Marty Balin, and Herbie Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Mana ranks 228. Before him are Ben Mendelsohn, Adam Riess, Erlend Loe, José Chamot, Lucy Hawking, and Wagner Lopes. After him are Uhm Jung-hwa, Ben Chaplin, Christopher Scarver, Vanderlei de Lima, Eusebio Di Francesco, and Pierluigi Casiraghi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mana ranks 1,330 out of 6,245. Before him are Toru Kamikawa (1963), Keiko Takemiya (1950), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), and Shōhei Ōoka (1909). After him are Akina Nakamori (1965), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), Daisuke Gōri (1952), Uchida Kōsai (1865), Taeko Kawasumi (1972), Shu Kamo (1939), Shinji Okazaki (1986), and Mihoko Iwaya (1964).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Mana ranks 13. Before him are Hide (1964), Haruomi Hosono (1947), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Yoshiki (1965), and Mitski (1990). After him are Gackt (1973), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Nujabes (1974), Masaharu Fukuyama (1969), Hyde (1969), and Miyavi (1981).

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