| Artist: | Miliyah Kato |
| Studio: | 11 |
| Ep: | 2 |
| Compilation: | 5 |
| Video: | 14 |
| Singles: | 51 |
| 1Option: | 1 |
| 1Option Name: | Remix albums |
| Option: | 1 |
| Option Name: | Collaborative albums |
| 2Option: | 15 |
| 2Option Name: | Cover albums |
| 3Option: | 1 |
| 3Option Name: | Tribute albums |
| 4Option: | 15 |
| 4Option Name: | Promotional singles |
Japanese singer and songwriter Miliyah Kato has released eleven studio albums, six compilation albums, two EPs, one remix album, one cover album, one tribute album, 51 singles, and 15 promotional singles. She has sold over 9 million records in Japan, making her one of the best-selling and most-downloaded artist in the country of all time.[1] [2] Kato has been named as "the charisma of the high school girls" and "the queen of the unrequited love songs" by several media.[3] [4] [5]
Kato's career began as the featured vocalist on Reggae Disco Rockers' song "Cherry Oh! Baby" in 2003.[6] In October 2005, she released her debut album, Rose. It debuted at number two on the Oricon weekly albums chart and produced the singles "Never Let Go", "Yozora", "Beautiful", "Dear Lonely Girl", and "Jōnetsu". The latter two singles has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). Her second studio album, Diamond Princess (2007) was a moderate hit, peaking at number five on the Oricon and produced the singles "Sotsugyō", "Last Summer", "I Will", and "Eyes on You". In October 2007, Kato released "Lalala" featuring Wakadannna, which became her first top ten and double platinum-certified song. The song was later included on her third studio album Tokyo Star (2008), which produced the singles "Love Is...", "Lalala", "Futurecheka", and the double platinum single, "19 Memories". Kato's first compilation album, Best Destiny (2008) became her first number one hit, and was later certified platinum.
Her fourth studio album Ring (2009) marked Kato's commercial breakthrough, peaking at number two and selling over 380,000 copies nationwide. It produced the four singles, "Sayonara Baby", "Koi Shiteru", "20 -Cry-", and "Love Forever", all of which reached top ten on the Oricon chart. The collaborative single with Shota Shimizu, "Love Forever", became her first number-one single on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, and was later certified million in Japan. The promotional single from the album, "Aitai" topped on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart and was certified triple-platinum. As of June 2020, the ringtone of the song has sold over 3.3 million units nationwide.[7] Kato's fifth studio album, Heaven was released in July 2010 and debuted atop on the Oricon chart. The album's first two singles, "Why" and "Bye Bye", both reached the top ten on the Oricon chart, whilst the third single "Last Love" was certified platinum, while peaking at number 13 on the Oricon chart. Kato's second collaborative single with Shota Shimizu, "Forever Love" was released in 2010 and reached number three on the Japan Hot 100. Kato released her second compilation album, M Best in August 2011, which debuted atop on the Oricon chart and became the 19th best-selling album in the year in Japan.
Kato's sixth studio album True Lovers (2012), which peaked at number two on the Oricon chart, produced five singles, including the two top-ten singles "Yūsha Tachi" and "Heart Beat". In February 2014, Kato released her seventh studio album, Loveland, which reached number three in Japan. The album's highest charting single was "Love/Affection", which peaked at number ten on the Japan Hot 100, whilst its second single "Lonely Hearts" has been certified gold in Japan. Kato released her first and last collaborative album with Shimizu, The Best in April 2014, which peaked at number four on the Oricon chart. The singles from the album has sold over 8 million digital units, including the ringtone sales.[8] Kato's eighth studio album Liberty (2016) debuted at number four on the Oricon chart. The album produced four singles, including the two top-forty hits, "Shonen Shojo" and "Future Lover -Mirai Koibito-". Kato's ninth studio album Utopia was released in April 2017. The album peaked at number five in Japan and produced two singles "Saikouna Shiawase" and the Japanese theme song to the film Moana, "Dokomademo: How Far I'll Go", which peaked at number 12 on the Japan Hot 100. Kato's tenth studio album Femme Fatale (2018) reached number eight on the Oricon chart. The album produced two singles "Shinyaku Dear Lonely Girl" and "Romance". Kato's fourth compilation album M Best II was released in November 2019 and produced two singles, including the top-forty hit "Ai ga Furu". In October and November 2020, Kato released her first cover album and tribute album, Covers -Woman & Man- and Inspire, both reaching number fifty on the Oricon chart. Her eleventh studio album Who Loves Me was released in October 2021, managing to peak at number 25 in Japan.
| Album details | Peak positions | Sales[9] | Certifications | ||
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| JPN Oricon [10] | JPN Hot [11] | ||||
| Rose |
| 2 | — |
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| Diamond Princess |
| 5 | — |
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| Tokyo Star |
| 4 | — |
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| Ring |
| 2 | — |
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| Heaven |
| 1 | — |
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| True Lovers |
| 2 | — |
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| Loveland |
| 3 | — |
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| Liberty |
| 4 | 6 |
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| Utopia |
| 5 | 6 |
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| Femme Fatale |
| 8 | 12 |
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| Who Loves Me |
| 25 | 24 |
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| Blonde16 |
| 24 | 27 |
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| Album details | Peak positions | Sales | Certifications | |||
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| JPN | JPN Hot | |||||
| Best Destiny |
| 1 | — |
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| M Best |
| 1 | — |
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| Muse |
| 9 | — |
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| M Best II |
| 20 | 22 |
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| M Best -Fan's Selection- |
| — | — | |||
| Album details | Peak positions | Sales | ||
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| JPN | ||||
| The Best |
| 4 |
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| Album details | Peak positions | Sales | |||
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| JPN | JPN Hot | ||||
| Covers -Woman & Man- |
| 46 | 37 |
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| Album details | Peak positions | Sales | |||
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| JPN | JPN Hot | ||||
| Kato Miliyah M-Mix: Mastermix Vol.1 |
| 22 | 29 |
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| Album details | Peak positions | Sales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | JPN Hot | ||||
| Inspire |
| 43 | 40 |
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| Album details | Peak positions | ||
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| JPN DVD | JPN Blu-ray | ||
| Diamond Princess Tour 2007 |
| 22 | — |
| Tokyo Star Tour 2008 |
| 11 | — |
| Ring Tour 2009 |
| 2 | — |
| Eternal Heaven Tour 2010–2011 |
| 4 | — |
| Miliyah the Clips 2004–2010 |
| 2 | 16 |
| M Best Tour 2011 |
| 5 | 31 |
| True Lovers Tour 2013 |
| 4 | 29 |
| Loveland Tour 2014 |
| 13 | 81 |
| The Best 2 Man Tour 2014 |
| 7 | 69 |
| 10th Anniversary "A Muse" Tour 2015 |
| 10 | 41 |
| Dramatic Liberty Tour 2016 |
| 5 | 32 |
| Utopia Tour 2017 |
| 14 | 29 |
| Celebration Tour 2018 |
| 13 | 61 |
| 15th Anniversary Miliyah Budokan 2020 |
| 16 | 48 |
| EP details | Peak positions | Sales | |||
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| JPN | JPN Hot | ||||
| M's X'Mas |
| — | — | ||
| I Hate You |
| 37 | 46 |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||||
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| JPN Oricon | JPN Hot 100 [21] | RIAJ Digital Track Chart† [22] | ||||||
| "Never Let Go" | 2004 | 15 | — | — |
| --44,712--> | Rose | |
| "Yozora" | — | — | ||||||
| "Beautiful" | 26 | — | — |
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| "Dear Lonely Girl" | 2005 | 15 | — | 80 |
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| "Jōnetsu" | 11 | — | — |
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| "Sotsugyō" | 2006 | 23 | — | — |
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| Diamond Princes | |
| "Last Summer" | 30 | — | — |
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| "I Will" | 17 | — | 44 |
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| "Eyes on You" | 2007 | 13 | — | 70 |
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| "My Girl" (featuring Color) | 29 | — | 42 |
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| "Love Is..." | 11 | — | 33 |
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| Tokyo Star | ||
| "Lalala" (featuring Wakadanna) | 7 | — | 5 |
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| "Futurechecka" (featuring Simon, Coma-Chi and Taro Soul) | — | — |
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| "19 Memories" | 2008 | 16 | 17 | 6 |
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| "Saigo no I Love You" | — | — | 28 |
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| "Sayonara Baby" | 9 | 10 | 9 |
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| Ring | ||
| "Koi Shiteru" | 76 | 43 |
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| "20 -Cry-" | 2009 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
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| "Love Forever" (with Shota Shimizu) | 5 | 1 | 2 |
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| Ring The Best | ||
| "Why" | 10 | 8 | 2 |
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| Heaven | ||
| "Forever Love" (with Shota Shimizu) | 2010 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
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| The Best | |
| "Bye Bye" | 8 | 4 | 1 |
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| Heaven | ||
| "Last Love" | 13 | 40 | 2 |
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| "Yūsha Tachi" | 2011 | 8 | 13 | 7 |
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| M Best True Lovers | |
| "Desire" | 13 | 41 | 26 |
| --9,270--> | M Best | ||
| "Baby | Baby! Baby | " | — | 10 | ||||
| "Believe" (with Shota Shimizu) | 9 | 11 | 2 |
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| Journey M Best The Best | ||
| "Roman" | 19 | 18 | 31 |
| True Lovers | |||
| "Aiaiai" | 2012 | 16 | 54 | 7 |
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| "Heart Beat" | 14 | 8 | 1 |
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| "Lovers Part II" (featuring Wakadanna) | 15 | 13 | — |
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| "Love Story" (with Shota Shimizu) | 2013 | 26 | 10 | — |
| The Best | ||
| "Emotion" | 26 | 27 | — |
| Loveland | |||
| "Lonely Hearts" | 17 | 13 | — |
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| "Love/Affection" | 2014 | 23 | 10 | — |
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| "Kamisama" | — | — | ||||||
| "Fighter" (with Mika Nakashima) | 13 | 19 | — |
| --10,158--> | Muse | ||
| "Gift" (with Mika Nakashima) | — | — | ||||||
| "You" (with Izumi Nakasone) | 13 | 15 | — |
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| "Shonen Shojo" | 2015 | 27 | 36 | — |
| Liberty | ||
| "Piece of Cake -Ai wo Sakebou-" (featuring Kazunobu Mineta) | 54 | — | — |
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| "Lipstick" | 44 | 76 | — |
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| "Future Lover -Mirai Koibito-" | 2016 | 42 | 30 | — |
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| "Saikouna Shiawase" | 49 | 57 | — |
| Utopia | |||
| "Dokomademo: How Far I'll Go" | 2017 | 49 | 12 | — |
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| "Shinyaku Dear Lonely Girl" | 53 | — | — |
| M Best II | |||
| "Romance" | 2018 | 50 | 55 | — |
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| "Holy Happy Family" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Ai Ga Furu" | 2019 | 37 | — | — |
| M Best II | ||
| "Honto no Boku wo Shitte" | 57 | — | — |
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| "Parade" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Sayonara Baby" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Wing" | 2020 | — | — | — | Who Loves Me | |||
| "Shukumei" | 2021 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Kono Yume ga Sameru Made" (featuring Yoshida Brothers) | 44 | — | — |
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| "Lie Lie Lie" | 2022 | — | — | — | Blonde16 | |||
| "Goodbye Darling" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Cry Me a River" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Be My Baby" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Kill My Love" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Wild & Free" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Otona Hakusho" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Prayer" | 2023 | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | |||
| "Rock Your Body" | — | — | — | |||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||||
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| JPN Oricon | JPN Hot 100 | RIAJ Digital Track Chart† | ||||||
| "Shōri no Megami" (Dohzi-T featuring Miliyah Kato) | 2004 | 84 | — | — |
| Dōmu | ||
| "Better Days" (Dohzi-T featuring Miliyah Kato and Roma Tanaka) | 2006 | 30 | — | — |
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| Warabest: The Best of Dohzi-T | |
| "My People" (Zeebra featuring Miliyah Kato) | 2007 | 44 | — | — |
| World of Music | ||
| "Stronger" (Ai featuring Miliyah Kato) | 2010 | 26 | 30 | 4 |
| The Last Ai | ||
| "Lovers" (Wakadanna featuring Miliyah Kato) | 2012 | — | 35 | — | Life is Mountain | |||
| "Lover" (m-flo featuring Miliyah Kato) | 2013 | 81 | 15 | — |
| Neven | ||
| "One Day" (Thelma Aoyama featuring Miliyah Kato, Ai) | 2016 | — | — | — | Pink Tears Smoke & Tears | |||
| "Run 100" (Run the Floor featuring Miliyah Kato and Sway) | 2019 | — | — | — | THE 4CE | |||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Hot 100 | RIAJ Digital Track Chart† | |||||
| "At the Fever" (featuring Twigy, Nipps, Dev Large, Shinnosk8) | 2005 | — | — | Eyes on You | ||
| "24 Hours" (featuring Twigy) | 2006 | — | — | Last Summer | ||
| "For So Long" | — | — | ||||
| "Kono Mama Zutto Asa Made" | 2007 | — | 92 |
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| Diamond Princess |
| "Only Holy" | 2010 | — | 10 | Miliyah the Clips 2004–2010 M's X'Mas | ||
| "Konya wa Boogie Back" (featuring Shota Shimizu and Shun) | 2012 | 11 | — |
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| True Lovers |
| "Run Free" (with Ai and Verbal) | 2013 | — | — | Motto Moriagaro | ||
| "One Night Only" | 2014 | — | — | Loveland | ||
| "Unique" | — | — | ||||
| "Sakura Melody" (with Shota Shimizu) | 42 | — | The Best | |||
| "Escape" (with Shota Shimizu) | — | — | ||||
| "I'll Be There with You" (featuring AI and Thelma Aoyama) | — | — | Muse | |||
| "For You" | — | — | Utada Hikaru no Uta | |||
| "H.I.K.A.R.I." | 2016 | — | — | Liberty | ||
| "Tabibito" | 2017 | — | — | Utopia | ||
| "Eien" | — | — | ||||
| "Utopia" | — | — | ||||
| "Walk to the Dream" | 2018 | — | — | Romance | ||
| "Atashi no Saibo" | — | — | Femme Fatale | |||
| "Honto no Boku wo Shitte" | 2020 | — | — | Who Loves Me | ||
| "Aitai" | — | — | ||||
| "Honnō" | — | — | Covers -Woman & Man- | |||
| "Teenage Forever" | — | — | ||||
| "Joyride" | 2021 | — | — | Who Loves Me | ||
| "Devil Kiss" | — | — | ||||
| "Respect Me" | 2023 | — | — | Blonde16 | ||
| "One Night Party" | — | — | ||||
| "Sayonara Baby" | — | — | ||||
| "Devil Kiss" | — | — | ||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Hot 100 | RIAJ Digital Track Chart† | |||||
| "Better Days -Sweet Love Side-" | 2007 | — | — |
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| Tokyo Star |
| "I'm Your Angel" (featuring Shota Shimizu) | — | — |
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| Céline Dion Tribute | |
| "Ai ga Kieta Hi" | 2008 | — | 31 | Best Destiny | ||
| "Aitai" | 2009 | 59 | 1 |
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| Ring |
| "Sensation" | 2010 | — | 46 | Bye Bye | ||
| "Koi ga Owaru Sono Toki ni" | — | 35 | ||||
| "Tomorrow" | — | 61 | Last Love | |||
| "Fallin'" | — | 72 | ||||
| "X.O.X.O." | 39 | 2 |
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| Heaven | |
| "Baby I See You" (featuring Verbal) | — | 44 |
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| "I Miss You" | — | 89 | ||||
| "Me" | 2011 | — | 49 | M Best | ||
| "Rainbow" | — | 80 | ||||
| "Baby Tell Me" | — | 22 | Roman | |||
| Year | Other artist(s) | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Cherry Oh | Baby" | 2003 | Reggae Disco Rockers | Reggae Magic |
| "Paradise" | 2005 | Heartsdales | Super Star | |
| "In the Night" | We Love Dance Classics Vol.1 | |||
| "Sunshine" | KM-MARKIT | Vivid | ||
| "One Day" | m-flo | Beat Space Nine | ||
| "Righ' Now | " | 2006 | Twigy, You the Rock★ | Thing Twice |
| "Michelle" | Yuji Ohno, Lupintic Five | Lupin III TV Special Seven Days Rhapsody Original Soundtrack | ||
| "Me & My..." | KM-MARKIT | Mark Out | ||
| "Hikaru Mirai" | 2007 | Dohzi-T | One MIC | |
| "Turn It Up" | 2009 | m-flo, Verbal, Little, Kohei Japan | M-Flo Inside: Works Best III | |
| "I Miss You" | 2013 | Daishi Dance | New Party! | |
| "Last Forever" | 2015 | Spicy Chocolate, SKY-HI | Shibuya Junai Monogatari 2 | |
| "poppin'" | 2018 | Aoyama Thelma | Highschool Gal | |
| "NAO" | Chanpuru Story: HY Tribute | |||
| "Sunshine" | Miyavi | Samural Sessions Vol.3: Worlds Collide |