About 三浦大知

Daichi Miura (三浦大知) was born on 24th Aug 1987, in Okinawa. He is the former lead singer of Folder - seven dance unit with two boys and five girls, from Aug 1997. Their debut single "Parachuter" was sold more than 10 million copies. When he was only nine, Daichi Miura was dubbed "Japan's Smallest Soulman" thanks to his strong dancing and vocal abilities. Debut at the age of ten and was praised by MISIA as "Japanese Michael Jackson" because of his outstanding singing ability. Daichi took a break from the music business at the age of 12 when his voice began to change and members of Folder went on to become Folder5. Staying away from the stage's lights but he still continued in training in guitar, vocal and dancing. 01st Aug 2004, he declared a return to show business when he was just seventhteen. In January 2005, he hold his fisrt live "Live Chapter-0" in Osaka and Tokyo went with his own full name "Daichi Miura". 30th Mar 2005 he debut as a solo artist with the single "Keep it goin' on" under avex trax label. This single is like a message to his fans showing his unchanging love for music and unstoppable effort to stand in this strict industry. Primarily an R&B artist, his first album has impressed even ZEEBRA (considered to be the godfather of Japanese R&B), and his influences include Usher and Justin Timberlake. Daichi Miura is now 24 years old and has released eight singles, two full length albums and two live DVDs. He also participated in many big live music events in Japanese and oversea like ROCK STEADY CREW 30th Anniversary Festival, Summer Sonic, a-nation... His second full album was released on 16th Sep 2009.