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This page is about the Japanese musician and doll maker. For the band, see Shizuka (band). For other uses, see Shizuka.

Shizuka Miura
三浦静香
Died(2010-01-31)31 January 2010
Japan
Cause of deathSuicide
NationalityJapanese
Occupations
Years active–2010
Spouse
  • Maki Miura (−c. 2010)
Relatives
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Years activec. 1992–c. 2010
Labels
  • PSF
  • Persona Non Grata
  • Last Visible Dog
  • Fra, Inc.

Shizuka Miura (三浦 静香, Miura Shizuka, IPA: [ɕizɯᵝka̠ mʲiɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]; died c. 31 January 2010) was a Japanese ball-jointed doll maker, singer, songwriter, and guitarist.[1][2] She, having first been a protégée of Katan Amano, was well known in Japan for her doll work. Worldwide, Shizuka is best known for having been the permanent vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Shizuka (静香), which she founded with musician Maki Miura, her then-husband.[3][4][5]

In c. 1992, Shizuka started her musical career by adapting some of her poetry into songs.[6] Her first known musical performance was at 20000V (a live venue in Tokyo) on 21 November 1992. It was posteriorly released in a C54 self-titled compact cassette with a total of five tracks.[7] Other three cassette tapes were also released under the title 静香 (Shizuka), most of them had portraits of Shizuka as their cover art.[8][9][10] With the band, she has worked on the release of a studio album,[11] three live albums,[3][12][13][14] and three video albums,[15][16][17] besides having made live performances in Japan and in the United States.[4][18][19]

Musically, her vocals were often ethereal, reverberated, slow and tremulous, characteristics which expressed or suggested, among other things, sadness, a sense of "haunting" and a "gothic atmosthere".[3][18][20]

On c. 31 January 2010, she died by suicide.[1][3] Medication was pointed out by Mason Jones on his blog as one of the possible methods or risk factors,[a] but it remains unknown.[4] Late on 25 April, a DVD-Video album was released by PSF Records as a visual tribute to Shizuka, which contains one of the last live performances by her group recorded at ShowBoat (a Tokyo live venue) on 30 December 2008.[1][17][b]

Biography

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Shizuka Miura, having first been a protégée of doll master Katan Amano,[6][21] was a recognized ball-jointed doll author in Japan.[3][4] She kept some of her dolls in the apartment where she lived with Maki Miura, her then-husband.[4] Mason Jones comments on his visit to Shizuka and Maki:


It's also known that Shizuka wrote poetry,[6] although it's unknown if she ever published them in formats other than music.

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  1. ^ The "one of the possible methods or risk factors" excerpt is an interpretation of Mason Jones' text. This interpretation may not be accurate. Mason wrote on Ongakublog: "(...) it was a suicide. Apparently it may have been due to medication, but at this point we’ll simply never know".[4]
  2. ^ a b The releases catalog on the PSF Records website have described Owari no Nai Yume as "the last ever performance by her [(Shizuka's)] group".[1] However, on 11 April 2017, Maki Miura did a post on his Facebook profile announcing the Tokyo Flashback P.S.F. compilation album release containing the 狂気の真珠 (Kyōki no Shinju) Shizuka's song, which was, according to Maki, recorded at Kameido Hardcore (a Tokyo live house now closed) in March 2009.[22]
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Shizuka / Owarino nai yume (DVD)". PSF Records. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "PSFD-178 Shizuka / Live/Traditional Aesthetics". PSF Records. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c d e Cummings, Alan (11 March 2010). "Shizuka Miura". The Wire. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f Jones, Mason (15 February 2010). "Shizuka R.I.P." Ongakublog. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Thores (15 February 2010). "弔月". Goo. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b c ethereal (6 November 2005). "最接近天國的異界之音──靜香" Zuì jiējìn tiānguó de yì jiè zhī yīn - Jìngxiāng [The sound of the outer world closest to heaven - Shizuka] (Interview) (in Chinese/Japanese). Chinese translation by seat. Pixnet. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018. {{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  7. ^ "Release "静香" by 静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Release "静香 II" by 静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Release "静香 III" by 静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Release "No.4" by 静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Release "天界のペルソナ" by 静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Release "Live Shizuka" by Shizuka". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Release "Tokyo Underground 20, Jul'95" by Shizuka". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Release "伝承美学" by 静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Release "静香" (VHS) by 静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Release "Hikyoku no Seiseki: Live at Manda-La2 1993 & Studio Ams 1994" by 静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Release "終わりのない夢" by 静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  18. ^ a b Aquarius Records; Eclipse Records. "Shizuka Tokyo Underground '95". Last Visible Dog Records. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "静香". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  20. ^ McFarlane, Dean. "AllMusic Review by Dean McFarlane". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Sakamo (6 September 1997). "港湾労働者達の怒りが今こそ爆発する" [The anger of the harbor workers is now exploding] (in Japanese). YOUテレビ. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ Miura, Maki. "Tokyo Flashback: P.S.F. — Psychedelic Speed Freaks release announcement". Facebook. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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