Toshiya Miyata


Toshiya Miyata is a Japanese singer, actor, TV personality, voice actor, and novelist. He is a member of boyband Kis-My-Ft2 and its derivative group Busaiku under Starto Entertainment. His nickname is Miyacchi.

History

Miyata was born in 1988 in Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture. He comes from the same hometown as Hiroshi Nagano of V6, a senior in his talent agency Johnny & Associates. Miyata attended the same elementary and junior high schools that Nagano had attended, and as a child, he received his first bicycle—purchased by his parents—from the bicycle shop run by Nagano's family, which is well known for operating a bike store.
Since Miyata's mother was a big fan of Koichi Domoto of the Kinki Kids and hoped her son would become a prince-like star like Koichi, she sent Miyata's resume to the Johnny & Associates. After auditioning, Miyata joined Johnny & Associates on February 4, 2001. Wataru Yokoo and Takashi Nikaido, who would later become members of Kis-My-Ft2, also participated in the same audition.
After joining several groups as a trainee, he was selected as a member of Kis-My-Ft2 in 2005 and made his CD debut with Everybody Go on August 10, 2011, seven years after their formation.
In April 2012, he made his first appearance in a drama series on Nippon Television's Shiritsu Bakaleya Kōkō, and in October of the same year, he made his first film appearance in its film version, Shiritsu Bakaleya Kōkō
the Movie.
In May 2013, he played his first starring role on stage in Adventure in the Land of Kifsham.
In December of the same year, Busaiku was formed from Kis-My-Ft2 with Kento Senga, Wataru Yokoo and Takashi Nikaido produced by Masahiro Nakai who was a member of SMAP.
Even before his debut, he professed his love of anime, which was unusual for an idol at the time. He has also appeared in animated productions as a voice actor, playing the lead role in 2024.
In 2020, Miyata made his voice acting debut in the animated film BEM: Become Human. To prepare for the role, he received professional voice acting training from veteran voice actor Daisuke Namikawa. The lessons were sometimes held late at night due to Miyata's busy schedule with other work. Following this experience, Miyata officially began pursuing a career as a voice actor. Since then, Miyata, who had openly referred to Namikawa as his mentor, expressed his joy in 2024 when he had the opportunity to work alongside Namikawa in the dubbed version of IF, saying he was deeply moved to appear in the same project with him.
The music video for his solo song Nemophila, released on YouTube in May 2021, featured Miyata and Tokiya Ichinose, a character from the multimedia franchise Uta no Prince-sama. As it was unusual for an idol and a character from a game/anime to perform together on the same screen, the music video received a strong response from anime fans.
On August 4, 2023, he opened his personal official X account.
In January 2024, he opened his personal official Instagram. He made his debut as an author with his novel Boundary Melody, in May of the same year.
In June 2025, Miyata made his first solo overseas appearance at Anisama World 2025 in Manila, held in Philippines. He performed the theme song "Meramera" from the anime Cardfight!! Vanguard, in which he stars as the lead voice actor. He also reunited on stage with Tokiya Ichinose, a character from Uta no Prince-sama, with whom he had previously garnered attention for co-starring in a music video titled "Nemophila". For this appearance, Miyata wore his own Kis-My-Ft2 stage costume, stating that it was driven by his desire to introduce Kis-My-Ft2 to a global audience.

Anime-related activities

Wotagei performances

Miyata has publicly described himself as an anime enthusiast and is known for performing wotagei, a type of choreographed dance associated with Japanese idol fan culture. In 2015, during Kis-My-Ft2's appearance on the music program Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ, when asked by hosts Downtown if he had a special skill, Miyata stepped forward and suddenly began performing wotagei. The other group members pretended to stop him but then joined in, and host Hitoshi Matsumoto also participated, entertaining the audience.
In 2016, during Kis-My-Ft2's concert tour Kis-My-Ft2 Concert Tour 2016 "I Scream", his solo song "Otaku dattatte It's All Right!", composed by Kenichi Maeyamada, featured a performance in which Miyata, accompanied by then–Johnny's Jr. members led by Daisuke Sakuma, energetically showcased wotagei dance moves. The unconventional staging for an idol under Johnny & Associates attracted significant attention at the time.

Love for Nana Mizuki and ''Love Live!''

Miyata is a big fan of Nana Mizuki, a voice actress and singer, and professed to be a member of her fan club, always carrying his fan club membership card in his wallet.
He is also a fan of the popular anime Love Live! and has been selected to host a related program.
One winter in 2014, Miyata stood in line for four hours in heavy snow to buy penlights and merchandise for merchandise at a Love Live! event Due to the snow, trains shut down, forcing Miyata to spend an extra three hours at the station.
Another day during the Spring of 2016, Miyata lied to his agent to take a day-off and attend a Love Live! concert wearing a tee-shirt from the anime. Miyata's attendance was discovered by his own fans at the concert, who posted about his appearance on social media. Upon returning, Miyata was scolded by his managers who told him "You are the one whom your fans being obsessed with, so it's not right for you are obsessed with someone else". Miyata had plans to attend a Nana Mizuki concert the following week and still went without notifying his agency, resulting in another scolding from them.
Aside from these well-known stories, he is often seen making private visits to Comiket venues and anime events. He is close with Daisuke Sakuma of Snow Man due to their shared love for anime, and have been since their trainee days. Miyata and Sakuma have been called the "Miyata faction". Since beginning his voice acting activities, Miyata is said to have hit it off with several fellow voice actors, most notably anime song singer Masayoshi Ōishi and voice actor Shugo Nakamura. He has also appeared with them on streaming programs and radio shows that he hosts.

Cosplay

Miyata has also ventured into full-fledged cosplay, a popular form of costume play among Japanese anime fans. Ahead of the photoshoot, Miyata solicited cosplay ideas from his followers on X. For the October 2025 issue of Cosplay Mode magazine, released in September 2025, he appeared dressed as an original character with silver hair, wearing a purple costume inspired by his own Kis-My-Ft2 member color. The photoshoot received positive feedback from fans, leading to his appearance as a special guest at the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival 2025, one of Japan’s largest cosplay events, held on October 25, 2025, in Tokyo. Miyata appeared in costume as the same original character, delighting both cosplay enthusiasts and his own fans in attendance. The event was also attended by the mayor of Toshima Ward, who joined dressed as Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
In 2017, Miyata appeared as Ruby Kurosawa, a female character from the anime Love Live! Sunshine!!, when all members of Kis-My-Ft2 performed on a TV music program dressed as women. At the time, the reaction from those around him was reportedly not very positive. At the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival 2025, Miyata heard fans express interest in seeing more of his cosplay, and he stated that he hoped to one day portray characters from his favorite works, such as the Final Fantasy video game series or Kurapika from the manga Hunter × Hunter.

Regarding Vanguard starring

It was announced in December 2023 that Miyata would voice Akina Myodo, the lead character for the anime Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez, which would air from January of the following year. Bushiroad President Takaaki Kidani said that he first became aware of Miyata at a 2016 Love Live! event at a 2016 Sunshine City, Tokyo, where he heard about a TV personality who stood in line for three hours to buy merchandise, and that is how he came to know him. He also said that the story starring Miyata had been warming up for a year, but when the Johnny & Associates held a press conference in September 2023 admitting the founder's guilt, Miyata's appointment was temporarily in jeopardy since the anime would broadcast around the world. However, Kidani said that Japanese animation industry has so far been indebted to Miyata, and that although many people in the world suddenly change their attitudes for the talent of Johnny's, he wanted to deal with Miyata as a human being, not as "J", and decided to appoint him as originally planned. Miyata talked about this story on his radio program Burn! Radio, he revealed that he had been spending anxious days at the time, and that he was "really saved" when Kidani said he wanted to work with him on the project.

Discography

Solo and small group songs

Filmography

Films

  • Shiritsu Bakaleya Kōkō — The Movie, Junichi Koba
  • Tsugaru Lacquer Girl, Naoto Suzuki
  • ''Romantic Killer''

    Television drama

  • Shiritsu Bakaleya Kōkō – Junichi Koba
  • Sekai ni Bizarre Story '13 Autumn Special Edition "0.03 Frame Woman" – Satoshi Kariya
  • Shinbei with Child – – Seizaburo Enokido
  • Shinbei with Child season2 – Seizaburo Enokido
  • Monday Golden Public Prosecutor's Office Clerk, Kuroyuri – Naoki Munakata
  • Monday Golden Private Forensic Investigation: Kirino Mai's Murder Appraisal – – Kenta Asakura
  • XXX People's Lives – – as Yoichi Mano, the group lead
  • Yasuragi no Toki – Michi – – as Kouji Negoro
  • Midsummer Boy – 19452020 Final Episode
  • Karei-naru Ichizoku – Kazuya Hosokawa
  • Doctor White – – Junpei Okumura
  • Doctor White Special Edition
  • Nice Flight! -Final episode – Ryo Enomoto
  • Smiling Lady episode 4 – Kanzaki Doguma