Masa Karasu Team

Position: Founder, Masa Karasu Manager, Webmaster, Forum Administrator

Goal: My main goal for Masa Karasu is to create a website and community for all miyavi fans throughout the world. Fandom extends far and reaches all boundaries between age, location, language, etc. At Masa Karasu, we hope to cross those boundaries to form a union among all miyavi fans.

Email address: cynthia@masakarasu.net

Country: USA

Birthdate: March 26

Current: Systems Analyst II for the University of Texas at San Antonio Library; English version Co-Manager and Spanish version Manager for JaME (Japanese Music Entertainment)

Languages: English

Last.fm: damaen

Favorite artists: The Smashing Pumpkins, miyavi, MUCC, La Vie En Rose

Position: Masa Karasu Co-Manager, Head English Translator, Editor

Goal: My reason for working with Masa Karasu is to spread the brilliant and inspirational ideas that Miyavi conveys to his fans, with as much accuracy and honesty as I can. In doing so, I would like to also bring international fans together and promote good morality and respect among fans and between fan and artist. My hope is that these ideals - from Miyavi and from us at MK - will not only inspire people in being a fan, but also inspire them to be more ambitious, sincere, and faithful in their lives as well.

Email address: childlike.goddess@gmail.com

Country: USA; currently living in Japan

Birthdate: February 22

Current: Artist Booking for Blue Note Japan, Tokyo

Languages: English, Japanese

LiveJournal: miyabina_hime

Favorite artists: miyavi, Kagrra,, L'arc~en~Ciel, Judy and Mary, YUKI, Alice Nine., DEPAPEPE, Kuramoto Yuki, Kimura Kaela, SID, GReeeeN, The Offspring, The Smashing Pumpkins

Position: Spanish Translator, Forum Administrator

Goal: I want our work as translators to reach any miyavi fan, bringing those who support him accurate information as much as possible about that wonderful man.

Email address: shamandalie06@gmail.com

Country: Spain

Birthdate: January 20

Current: Full-time student of Illustration at an Art School

Languages: Spanish, English

LiveJournal: uchihashamey

Favorite artists: miyavi, Due'le Quartz, LM.C, An Cafe, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Gackt, hide, David Bowie, Sonata Arctica, Ankhara

Position: Masa Karasu Assistant

Goal: My goal is to assist in the running of the Masa Karasu site and alleviate the workload of others, so that the site can function more efficiently. Furthermore, I also hope to help with the launch, success and continuation thereafter of the fanclub. At the end of the day, my main goal is to make the MK site a continued success, so as to aid in bringing in more people to spread miyavi's music and messages far and wide.

Email address: cyaneyed@masakarasu.net

Country: England

Birthdate: January 1

Current: Part-time model

Languages: English

Last.fm: damaen

Favorite artists: miyavi, Tori Amos, Rammstein, Oomph!, Nine Inch Nails

Position: Forum Moderator

Goal: I want to help spread the love for miyavi's music and make Masa Karasu a wonderful fan community.

Email address: Lhunuial@gmail.com

Country: The Netherlands

Birthdate: November 16

Current: Bookstore employee

Languages: Mestreechs, Dutch, English, German

LiveJournal: lhunuial

Favorite artists: miyavi, Gackt, the GazettE, D, X Japan, Lifehouse

Position: Video Manager

Goal: As part of Masa Karasu, I want to help spread miyavi's awesomeness by helping subtitle his promotional videos. After all, what better way to enjoy his music than to watch a video of him singing, with on-screen subtitles and translations to go along with it?

Email address: hashi.kei@hotmail.com

Country: Canada

Birthdate: October 9

Current: Full-time student attending the University of Toronto

Languages: English, Filipino

Last.fm: hashikei

Favorite artists: miyavi, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Gackt, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, RADWIMPS, girugamesh, alice nine., Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Position: Forum Moderator

Goal: To do whatever is needed to help make Masa Karasu the best English-language miyavi fansite.

Email address: tennyo_gurlie@hotmail.com

Country: Canada

Birthdate: November 20

Current: Full-time Barista

Languages: English

LiveJournal: tennyo_gurlie

Favorite artists: miyavi, alice nine., xTRiPx, HIM

Position: Assistant English Translator

Goal: My goals here at Masa Karasu are threefold; to improve my own language skills and translation abilities (linguistic translation is my chosen career path), to amplify miyavi's message to the world by translating his words and ideas as accurately and respectfully as possible, and to promote a sense of community, cooperation and respect among miyavi's foreign fan base by cultivating a deeper bond of love and support not only between miyavi and his fans, but within the his fanbase itself.

Email address: myv382rocks@gmail.com

Country: USA

Birthdate: July 22

Current: Full-time student (Japanese/English double-major)

Languages: English, Japanese, French

LiveJournal: ko-miyavi-3500

Favorite artists: miyavi, Green Day, The Clay People, Sublime, Pinhead Gunpowder, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Giovanni Palestrina, Preston Reed, Mindless Self Indulgence, Crosby Stills & Nash