| Yuto Miyazawa | |
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Yuto performing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yuto Miyazawa |
| Born | February 21, 2000 |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | heavy metal |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Relix |
| Website | http://www.yutoguitar.com/ |
Yuto Miyazawa (Japanese: 宮澤佑門 Miyazawa Yūto) is a Japanese child prodigy in music. Miyazawa was born on February 21, 2000, in Tokyo, Japan and currently lives there with his parents. Miyazawa was named "The Youngest Professional Guitarist" by Guinness Book of World Records in August, 2008.
Since his discovery, Miyazawa has performed with numerous music legends over the past year including G. E. Smith, Les Paul, Galactic, Deep Banana Blackout, and Ozzy Osbourne.
He has appeared at Madison Square Garden, the famous B. B. King's, Chris Noth and Steve Walter's The Cutting Room, Rodeo Bar in New York City, and at the Gathering of the Vibes festival this past summer.
In May 2009, Miyazawa appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where he performed "Crazy Train" playing guitar and singing lead vocals. He named his musical idols as Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads, and showed his guitar to be an official Rhoads edition polka-dot Flying V.[1] After the performance, Ozzy Osbourne came on stage to give words of encouragement and awarded him with a signed plaque of Ozzy and Randy performing at a concert. Yuto appeared on stage at Blizzcon 2009 with Ozzy to play "Crazy Train" as the first encore performance.[2] In 2010, Yuto came back on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and played "Paranoid." He also played "Crazy Train" with Ozzy Osbourne at Ozzfest 2010.[3]