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'''Mizrock''' is a Japanese poprock singer, currently under [[Universal]]. She originally debuted in 1999 under [[Universal]] under her real name, '''Watanabe Mizuki''' (渡辺みづき), and released only two singles. In 2003 she begun to work with Swedish producer Tord Backstrom, and debuted under [[Victor Entertainment|Victor Entertainment]] with the pseudonym '''Miz''' in 2004. In the same year she released an English album that was released in Sweden, with the lead single [[Waiting]] reaching #8 on the Hitlistan Swedish singles chart. In 2007 Mizrock returned to Universal, releasing the mini-album [[Good Bye, Yesterday|Good bye, yesterday]]. Her biggest hits in Japan are [[New Day (Miz)|New Day]] (#20 on Oricon charts) and the theme song for the [[Squaresoft|Squaresoft]] game [[Grandia III|Grandia III]], [[In the Sky|In The Sky]].
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[[Image:mizrockpepperkeibupromo.jpg|thumb|250px|Mizrock promoting "[[Pepper Keibu (Mizrock)|Pepper Keibu]]" (2008)]]
  
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'''Miz''' (ミズ) is a [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]]-[[J-Rock|rock]] singer currently signed with [http://www.mammoth-pro.com/ Mammoth Pro] agency. She originally debuted in 1999 under [[Universal Music Japan]] using her real name, '''Watanabe Mizuki''' releasing two singles. In 2003 she begun to work with Swedish producer [[Tord Backstrom]], and debuted under [[Victor Entertainment Inc.|Victor Entertainment]] with the pseudonym '''Miz''' in 2004. That same year, Watanabe released an English album in Sweden, with the lead single "[[Waiting (Miz)|Waiting]]" reaching #8 on the Hitlistan Swedish singles chart. In 2007 Watanabe returned to [[Universal Music Japan]], changed her stage name to '''Mizrock''', and released her first mini-album ''[[Good Bye, Yesterday (Mizrock mini-album)|Good bye, yesterday]] '' and three singles, however in 2009 she announced on her official blog she changed her stage name back to '''Miz'''. Her biggest hits in Japan are "[[New Day (Miz)|New Day]]" and "[[In the Sky|In The Sky]]", the theme song for the [[Wikipedia:Square Enix|Square Enix]] role-playing video game ''[[Wikipedia:Grandia III|Grandia III]]''.
  
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==Profile==
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* '''Birth Name''': Watanabe Mizuki (渡辺みづき)
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<div id="contentSub"></div><div id="jump-to-nav">Jump to: [[wiki/#column-one|navigation]], [[wiki/#searchInput|search]]</div><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 312px">[[Image:Miz2.jpg|[[Image:310px-Miz2.jpg|310px|Mizrock promoting Good bye, yesterday (2007)]]]]<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="float: right">[[Image:Miz2.jpg|[[Image:magnify-clip.png]]]]</div>Mizrock promoting [[Good Bye, Yesterday|Good bye, yesterday]] (2007)</div></div></div>
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* '''Stage Names''': Mizrock <small>(2007 - 2008)</small>, Miz <small>(2004 - 2006, 2010 - Present)</small>
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* '''Place of Birth''': [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]]
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* '''Date of Birth''': {{bda|1981|03|06|mf}}
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* '''[[Blood Type]]''': B
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* '''Family:''' Husband
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 232px">[[Image:Miz Swed.jpg|[[Image:230px-Miz_Swed.jpg|230px|Miz promoting Story Untold (2004)]]]]<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="float: right">[[Image:Miz Swed.jpg|[[Image:magnify-clip.png]]]]</div>Miz promoting [[Story Untold]] (2004)</div></div></div>
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** [[MCA Victor]] (1999-2002)
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* '''Stage Names'''<nowiki>: Mizrock, Miz </nowiki>
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** [[Victor Entertainment]] (2004-2007)
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* '''Real Name'''<nowiki>: Watanabe Mizuki (渡辺みづき) </nowiki>
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** [[NAYUTAWAVE RECORDS]] (2007-2014)
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* '''Hometown'''<nowiki>: Hokkaido </nowiki>
 
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* '''Birthdate'''<nowiki>: 1981.03.06 </nowiki>
 
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* '''[[Blood Type]]'''<nowiki>: B </nowiki>
 
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* '''Favorite Artists'''<nowiki>: Anastacia, Blondie, Fiona Apple, Lauryn Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Natalie Imbruglia, Sarah Brightman, The Cardigans, The Corrs, The Cranberries, The Rasmus, Toni Braxton, U2 </nowiki>
 
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Mizrock first started to like music through the soundtracks of [[Miyazaki Hayao]] films. She first wanted to become a singer after watching [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauryn_Hill Lauryn Hill] perform in the movie [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Act_2 Sister Act 2]. In mid-1999 Mizrock entered the nation-wide beauty contest "'99 Princess Audition", and was the grand winner out of the 3,200 entrants. Due to this, in mid-1999 she debuted under [[Unviersal|Unviersal]] using her real name '''Watanabe Mizuki''' with the single [[I Will (Watanabe Mizuki)|I WILL]] ([[TX|TX]] TV show [[Ren'ai Slot Kurukuru TV|Ren'ai Slot Kurukuru TV]]'s ending theme song). Five months she released a second single [[Ambition]] (Playstation game [[Kukuro Sea Toro|Kukuro Sea Toro: Eternal Eyes]]' theme song), though neither single charted in the top 100 singles. Mizrock wrote the lyrics to all four of the songs featured on these singles. Nothing would be heard from her until August 2001 when a song of hers, Aoi Kioku (青い記憶; ''Blue Memory'') was used as the image song in the PC game [[Hello, world|Hello, world]]. This song would not surface until October the following year, when it was released on the soundtrack for the game.
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[[Image:IWILLMIZUKIPROMO.jpg|thumb|220px|Mizrock promoting "[[I Will (Watanabe Mizuki)|I WILL]]" (1999)]]
  
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From 2003, she worked in cooperation with Swedish producer Tord Backstrom and his staff, and in February of 2004, she debuted through [[Victor Entertainment|Victor Entertainment]] with the single [[New Day (Miz)|New Day]] under the pseudonym '''Miz'''. New Day was used in commercials promoting the Victor record label, which featured herself. The single debuted at #20, and is currently her biggest single. Five months later, Miz's second single, [[Waiting For|Waiting for]].
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Mizrock first started to like music through the soundtracks of [[Miyazaki Hayao]] films. She first wanted to become a singer after watching [[Wikipedia:Lauryn Hill|Lauryn Hill]] perform in the movie [[wikipedia:Sister Act 2|Sister Act 2]]. In mid-1999, Mizrock entered the nation-wide beauty contest "'99 Princess Audition", and was the grand winner out of the 3,200 entrants. Due to this, in mid-1999 she debuted under [[Universal Music Japan]] using her real name '''Watanabe Mizuki''' with the single "[[I Will (Watanabe Mizuki)|I WILL]]" ([[TX]] TV show [[Renai Slot Kuru Kuru V]]'s ending theme song). Five months she released a second single "[[Ambition]]" ([[Wikipedia:PlayStation|PlayStation]] game [http://www.sun-denshi.co.jp/ ''Kouklo Theatro'']'s theme song), though neither single charted in the top 100 singles. Mizrock wrote the lyrics to all four of the songs featured on these singles. Nothing would be heard from her until August 2001 when a song of hers, "[[Aoi Kioku]]" was used as the image song in the PC game ''[[Hello, world]]''. This song would not surface until October the following year, when it was released on the soundtrack for the game.
  
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 232px">[[Image:Miz1.jpg|[[Image:230px-Miz1.jpg|230px|Miz promoting In The Sky (2005)]]]]<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="float: right">[[Image:Miz1.jpg|[[Image:magnify-clip.png]]]]</div>Miz promoting [[In the Sky|In The Sky]] (2005)</div></div></div>
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From 2003, she worked in cooperation with Swedish producer [[Tord Backstrom]] and his staffs, and in February of 2004, she debuted through [[Victor Entertainment Inc.|Victor Entertainment]] with the single "[[New Day (Miz)|New Day]]" under the pseudonym '''Miz'''. New Day was used in commercials promoting the Victor record label, which featured herself. The single debuted at #20, and is currently her biggest single. Five months later, Miz's second single, "[[Waiting For|Waiting for]]".
  
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At the same time, Miz was busy with a separate career in Sweden, making an English album. In September Miz released the English version of Waiting for, simply titled [[Waiting]] (and featuring a different arrangement). This single reached #8 on the Swedish singles charts, although it dropped out the week later. Later in the month in Japan, Miz's debut album [[Say It's Forever]] was released. Much like her debut, the album reached #20 in Japan (however went to #1 for two weeks in Taiwan)). Half of the album featured Miz's own lyrics. Shortly after in November, Miz released a separate, English language in Sweden called [[Story Untold]] (however it did not chart in the top 60 albums). A special version was released featuring the entire [[Say Its Forever|Say Its Forever]] album on a bonus disc.
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[[Image:INTHESKYMIZPROMO.jpg|thumb|220px|left|Miz promoting "[[In the Sky|In The Sky]]" (2005)]]
  
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To start off 2005, Miz released her third album in a row, [[Dreams (Miz)|Dreams]], in Japan. The album featured the bulk of Miz's Swedish release album, however had a few omissions and new songs. In August Miz released two items: a photobook called [[An Ordinary Day|An Ordinary Day]] featuring Miz in Sweden and the [[In the Sky|In The Sky]] single (the game [[Grandia III|Grandia III]]'s theme song). In the Sky was the Japanese version of a song from [[Story Untold]] called "Amazing" (interestingly, for the English language release of the game a separate English version was recorded with different lyrics)
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At the same time, Miz was busy with a separate career in Sweden, making an English album. In September Miz released the English version of "[[Waiting For|Waiting for]]", simply titled
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"[[Waiting (Miz)|Waiting]]" (and featuring a different arrangement). This single reached #8 on the Swedish singles charts, although it dropped out the week later. Later in the month in Japan, Miz's debut album ''[[Say It's Forever]]'' was released. Much like her debut, the album reached #20 in Japan (however went to #1 for two weeks in Taiwan)). Half of the album featured Miz's own lyrics. Shortly after in November, Miz released a separate, English language in Sweden called ''[[Story Untold]]'' (however it did not chart in the top 60 albums). A special version was released featuring the entire ''[[Say It's Forever]]'' album on a bonus disc.
  
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Two new singles were quickly released in the following months: a Japanese version of [[Backseat Baby]] from her Swedish album in late 2005 and a completely new song, [[Bittersweet]], in 2006. These were followed by her second album, [[Mizrock (album)|Mizrock]].
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To start off 2005, Miz released her third album in a row, ''[[Dreams (Miz album)|DREAMS]]'', in Japan. The album featured the bulk of Miz's Swedish release album, however had a few omissions and new songs. In August Miz released two items: a photobook called "[[An Ordinary Day]]" featuring Miz in Sweden and the "[[In the Sky|In The Sky]]" single (the game [[Wikipedia:Square Enix|Square Enix]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Grandia III|Grandia III]]'' theme song). "[[In the Sky|In The Sky]]" was the Japanese version of a song from ''[[Story Untold]]'' called "[[Amazing (Miz)|Amazing]]" (interestingly, for the English language release of the game a separate English version was recorded with different lyrics).
  
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Miz went on hiatus for a short time after the album's release, afterwards returning in July 2007 with the new mini-album [[Good Bye, Yesterday|Good bye, yesterday]] under the new name '''Mizrock'''. This new release is under her original music label, [[Universal]].
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Two new singles were quickly released in the following months: a Japanese version of "[[Backseat Baby]]" from her Swedish album in late 2005 and a completely new song, "[[Bittersweet]]", in 2006. These were followed by her second album, ''[[Mizrock (album)|Mizrock]]''.
  
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Miz went on hiatus for a short time after the album's release, afterwards returning in July 2007 with the new mini-album ''[[Good Bye, Yesterday (Mizrock mini-album)|Good bye, yesterday]]'' under the new name '''Mizrock'''. This new release is under her original music label, [[Universal Music Japan|Universal]]. After the release of several singles and a short hiatus, she changed her name back to '''Miz''' and released a new single entitled "[[Faraway (Miz)|Faraway]]" on the 26th of May, 2010.
 
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==Japanese Discography==
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[[Image:MIZROCKMIZPROMO.JPG|thumb|220px|Miz promoting ''[[Mizrock (album)|Mizrock]]'' (2006)]]
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 232px">[[Image:Miz Backseprom.jpg|[[Image:230px-Miz_Backseprom.jpg|230px|Miz promoting Backseat Baby (2005)]]]]<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="float: right">[[Image:Miz Backseprom.jpg|[[Image:magnify-clip.png]]]]</div>Miz promoting [[Backseat Baby]] (2005)</div></div></div>
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[[Image:goodbyeyesterday.png|thumb|220px|Miz promoting ''[[Good Bye, Yesterday (Mizrock mini-album)|Good bye, yesterday]]'' (2007)]]
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* [2004.07.21] [[Say It's Forever]] ('''Miz''')
 
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* [2006.02.22] [[Mizrock (Miz)|Mizrock]] ('''Miz''')
 
  
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===Albums===
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* [2004.07.21] [[Say It's Forever]]
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* [2005.03.09] [[Dreams (Miz album)|DREAMS]]
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* [2006.02.22] [[Mizrock (album)|Mizrock]]
  
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* [2004.09.22] [[Story Untold]] ('''Miz''') (Swedish Release Album)
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* [2005.03.09] [[Dreams (Miz)|Dreams]] ('''Miz''') (English Album)
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* [2007.07.25] [[Good Bye, Yesterday (Mizrock mini-album)|Good bye, yesterday]] <small>('''Mizrock''')</small>
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* [2007.07.25] [[Good Bye, Yesterday|Good bye, yesterday]] (Mini-Album)
 
  
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===Singles===
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* [1999.06.18] [[I Will (Watanabe Mizuki)|I WILL]] <small>('''Watanabe Mizuki''')</small>
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* [1999.11.24] [[Ambition]] <small>('''Watanabe Mizuki''')</small>
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* [2004.02.18] [[New Day (Miz)|New Day]]
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* [2004.07.21] [[Waiting For|Waiting for]]
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* [2005.08.03] [[In the Sky|In The Sky]]
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* [2005.11.30] [[Backseat Baby]]
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* [2006.01.25] [[Bittersweet]]
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* [2007.10.24] [[Best Friend (Mizrock)|Best Friend]] <small>('''Mizrock''')</small>
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* [2008.02.20] [[Thank You xxx]] <small>('''Mizrock''')</small>
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* [2008.07.02] [[Pepper Keibu (Mizrock)|Pepper Keibu]] (ペッパー警部; ''Inspector Pepper'') <small>('''Mizrock''')</small>
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* [2010.05.26] [[Faraway (Miz)|Faraway]]
  
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* [1999.06.18] [[I Will (Watanabe Mizuki)|I WILL]] ('''Watanabe Mizuki''')
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* [1999.11.24] [[Ambition]] ('''Watanabe Mizuki''')
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* [2011.08.24] [[JUST TRY]]
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* [2004.02.18] [[New Day (Miz)|New Day]] ('''Miz''')
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* [2011.09.21] [[Winning Winds|WINNING WINDS]]
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* [2004.07.21] [[Waiting For|Waiting for]] ('''Miz''')
 
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* [2004.09.13] [[Waiting]] ('''Miz''') (Sweden Release)
 
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* [2005.08.03] [[In the Sky|In The Sky]] ('''Miz''')
 
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* [2005.11.30] [[Backseat Baby]] ('''Miz''')
 
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* [2006.01.25] [[Bittersweet]] ('''Miz''')
 
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* [2007.10.24] [[Best Friend (Mizrock)|Best Friend]]
 
  
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===Split Singles===
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* [2001.08.03] [[Aoi Kioku (single)|Aoi Kioku]] (青い記憶) <small>('''Watanabe Mizuki''' & [[Ito Kanako]])</small>
  
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* [2005.08.04] [[An Ordinary Day|An Ordinary Day]]
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* [2002.10.25] ''[[Hello World Original Soundtrack|"Hello, world." Original Sound Track]]'' (Disc 3 #7 "Aoi Kioku (Image version)")
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* [2008.02.27] ''[[Romeo x Juliet Original Soundtrack]]'' (#33 "Good bye, yesterday (TV Size)")
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* [2009.01-28] ''[[Lala Pipo A Lot of People Official Compilation Album|Lala Pipo a lot of people official compilation album]]'' (#7 "BABY MARIA")
  
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* [2004.09.22] [[Story Untold]]
  
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* [2003.06.30] [[garp|garp]] - "[[Garp2|garp2]]" (''<nowiki>#4 Say It's Forever</nowiki>'')
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* [2004.09.13] [[Waiting]]
  
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* [2005.08.04] [[An Ordinary Day]]
  
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* [http://www.mizrock.com Miz Official Website]
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* [http://www.little-voodoo.net/miz/index.php GORGEOUS LiTTLE THiNGS] (Miz Fansite) (English)
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* [http://www.universal-music.co.jp/mizrock/ Universal Music Official Profile]
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* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miz Japanese Wikipedia]
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* [http://twitter.com/MIZ_BICH Official Twitter]
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* [http://ameblo.jp/mizrock/ Official Blog]  
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* [http://www.instagram.com/miz_chan0306/ Official Instagram]
  
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Mizrock promoting "Pepper Keibu" (2008)

Miz (ミズ) is a Japanese pop-rock singer currently signed with Mammoth Pro agency. She originally debuted in 1999 under Universal Music Japan using her real name, Watanabe Mizuki releasing two singles. In 2003 she begun to work with Swedish producer Tord Backstrom, and debuted under Victor Entertainment with the pseudonym Miz in 2004. That same year, Watanabe released an English album in Sweden, with the lead single "Waiting" reaching #8 on the Hitlistan Swedish singles chart. In 2007 Watanabe returned to Universal Music Japan, changed her stage name to Mizrock, and released her first mini-album Good bye, yesterday and three singles, however in 2009 she announced on her official blog she changed her stage name back to Miz. Her biggest hits in Japan are "New Day" and "In The Sky", the theme song for the Square Enix role-playing video game Grandia III.

Profile

Information

Mizrock promoting "I WILL" (1999)

Mizrock first started to like music through the soundtracks of Miyazaki Hayao films. She first wanted to become a singer after watching Lauryn Hill perform in the movie Sister Act 2. In mid-1999, Mizrock entered the nation-wide beauty contest "'99 Princess Audition", and was the grand winner out of the 3,200 entrants. Due to this, in mid-1999 she debuted under Universal Music Japan using her real name Watanabe Mizuki with the single "I WILL" (TX TV show Renai Slot Kuru Kuru V's ending theme song). Five months she released a second single "Ambition" (PlayStation game Kouklo Theatro's theme song), though neither single charted in the top 100 singles. Mizrock wrote the lyrics to all four of the songs featured on these singles. Nothing would be heard from her until August 2001 when a song of hers, "Aoi Kioku" was used as the image song in the PC game Hello, world. This song would not surface until October the following year, when it was released on the soundtrack for the game.

From 2003, she worked in cooperation with Swedish producer Tord Backstrom and his staffs, and in February of 2004, she debuted through Victor Entertainment with the single "New Day" under the pseudonym Miz. New Day was used in commercials promoting the Victor record label, which featured herself. The single debuted at #20, and is currently her biggest single. Five months later, Miz's second single, "Waiting for".

Miz promoting "In The Sky" (2005)

At the same time, Miz was busy with a separate career in Sweden, making an English album. In September Miz released the English version of "Waiting for", simply titled "Waiting" (and featuring a different arrangement). This single reached #8 on the Swedish singles charts, although it dropped out the week later. Later in the month in Japan, Miz's debut album Say It's Forever was released. Much like her debut, the album reached #20 in Japan (however went to #1 for two weeks in Taiwan)). Half of the album featured Miz's own lyrics. Shortly after in November, Miz released a separate, English language in Sweden called Story Untold (however it did not chart in the top 60 albums). A special version was released featuring the entire Say It's Forever album on a bonus disc.

To start off 2005, Miz released her third album in a row, DREAMS, in Japan. The album featured the bulk of Miz's Swedish release album, however had a few omissions and new songs. In August Miz released two items: a photobook called "An Ordinary Day" featuring Miz in Sweden and the "In The Sky" single (the game Square Enix's Grandia III theme song). "In The Sky" was the Japanese version of a song from Story Untold called "Amazing" (interestingly, for the English language release of the game a separate English version was recorded with different lyrics).

Two new singles were quickly released in the following months: a Japanese version of "Backseat Baby" from her Swedish album in late 2005 and a completely new song, "Bittersweet", in 2006. These were followed by her second album, Mizrock.

Miz went on hiatus for a short time after the album's release, afterwards returning in July 2007 with the new mini-album Good bye, yesterday under the new name Mizrock. This new release is under her original music label, Universal. After the release of several singles and a short hiatus, she changed her name back to Miz and released a new single entitled "Faraway" on the 26th of May, 2010.

Japanese Discography

Miz promoting Mizrock (2006)
Miz promoting Good bye, yesterday (2007)

Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

Digital Releases

Split Singles

Compilations / Other

Swedish Discography

Albums

Single

Works

Photobook

External Links

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