| Fujiya & Miyagi | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Years Active: | 2000-present |
| Origin: | Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Label: | Impossible Objects of Desire Yep Roc Records Full Time Hobby Deaf Dumb & Blind Groenland Records Tirk Records Massive Advance |
| Current Members: | David Best Steve Lewis Ed Chivers Ben Adamo Ben Faresuedt |
| Past Members: | Matthew Hainsby Lee Adams Matthew Collins Matthew Avery |
| Website: | www.fujiya-miyagi.co.uk |
Fujiya & Miyagi is a British group formed in Brighton, East Sussex, England, in 2000. The current line-up consists of David Best (vocals and guitar), Stephen Lewis (synths and vocals), Ed Chivers (drums), Ben Adamo and Ben Farestuedt (bass and vocals).
They have released nine studio albums: Electro Karaoke in the Negative Style (2002), Transparent Things (2006), Lightbulbs (2008), Ventriloquizzing (2011), Artificial Sweeteners (2014), Fujiya & Miyagi (2017), Different Blades from the Same Pair of Scissors (2017), Flashback (2019), and Slight Variations (2022).[1] They are currently signed to Impossible Objects of Desire worldwide.
The band were the subject of an episode of the MTV2 documentary series This is Our Music in 2006.[2]
Their song "Uh" was featured in an episode of Breaking Bad [3] and an episode of British sci-fi series Misfits. "Collarbone" was featured on an episode of the US adaptation of the British teen drama Skins,[4] while "Vagaries of Fashion" was featured on an episode of How To Get Away With Murder.[5] "Collarbone" was featured in Skate It and Skate 2 in 2008 and 2009 respectively as part of both games' soundtracks. "Sore Thumb" was featured in NBA 2K10.
Best has explained that "Fujiya" refers to Fujiya, a Japanese manufacturer of record players, and "Miyagi" refers to the character of Mr Miyagi from the film The Karate Kid,[6] because the two names together "just looked really nice written down. And ["Fujiya and Miyagi"] was the only name we came up with."[7]