Japanese Music Artists
Name↕ | Type↕ | Country↕ | Active From↕ | Active To↕ | Genres↕ | Relevance↕ | Description↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
コナミ矩形波倶楽部 | Group | JP | N/A | Present | vgm, castlevania, bogus artist | 100 | sound team |
Falcom Sound Team jdk | Group | JP | 1988 | Present | falcom, soundtrack, vgm | 98 | |
モーニング娘。 | Group | JP | 1997 | Present | hello project, j-pop, japanese | 96 | |
Merzbow | Group | JP | 1979 | Present | noise, harsh noise, drone | 94 | Japanese noise project |
AKB48 | Group | JP | 2005 | Present | j-pop, pop, idol | 93 | |
THE ALFEE | Group | JP | 1973 | Present | progressive rock, folk rock, j-rock | 92 | |
新世界楽曲雑技団 | Group | JP | N/A | Present | N/A | 91 | |
ZUNTATA | Group | JP | 1987 | Present | electronic, progressive trance, electronica | 89 | |
DIR EN GREY | Group | JP | 1997 | Present | japanese, metal, visual kei | 89 | |
MUCC | Group | JP | 1997 | Present | japanese, rock, metal | 88 | Japanese rock band |
Bach Collegium Japan | Group | JP | 1990 | Present | classical | 88 | |
コロムビアオルゴール | Group | JP | N/A | Present | N/A | 87 | |
SCANDAL | Group | JP | 2006 | Present | rock, pop rock, alternative rock | 86 | Japanese all‐female pop rock band |
私立恵比寿中学 | Group | JP | 2009 | Present | dance, rock, j-pop | 86 | |
BUCK‐TICK | Group | JP | 1984 | Present | rock, alternative rock, industrial rock | 86 | |
乃木坂46 | Group | JP | 2011 | Present | j-pop, idol, related-akb48 | 86 | |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | Group | JP | 1978 | Present | synth-pop, electronic, synthpop | 86 | |
BABYMETAL | Group | JP | 2010 | Present | kawaii metal, metal, alternative metal | 85 | |
BiSH | Group | JP | 2015 | 2023 | pop rock, idol, wack | 85 | Japanese idol group |
アトラスサウンドチーム | Group | JP | N/A | Present | vgm, bogus artist | 85 | |
アンジュルム | Group | JP | 2009 | Present | j-pop, girl group, hello project | 85 | |
UVERworld | Group | JP | 2003 | Present | hard rock, alternative rock, industrial rock | 85 | |
AAA | Group | JP | 2005 | Present | j-pop, sillyname | 84 | Attack All Around |
LOUDNESS | Group | JP | 1981 | Present | heavy metal, metal, hard rock | 84 | Japanese heavy metal band |
SEGA Sound Team | Group | JP | N/A | Present | software company as artist, composer group, fixme | 84 | See annotation before use. |
Casiopea | Group | JP | 1976 | Present | jazz fusion, jazz, fusion | 84 | Japanese jazz fusion band; known as Casiopea-P4 since 2022 |
the pillows | Group | JP | 1989 | 2025 | j-rock, japanese, rock | 84 | Japanese band |
Boris | Group | JP | 1992 | Present | drone, doom metal, sludge metal | 84 | Japanese experimental doom/sludge/drone/psych/metal band |
℃‐ute | Group | JP | 2005 | 2017 | j-pop, つんく♂プロデュース, hello project kids | 83 | |
Pizzicato Five | Group | JP | 1984 | 2001 | indie pop, shibuya-kei, dance | 83 | |
TAMUSIC | Group | JP | 2005 | Present | touhou, doujin circle, 同人 | 83 | |
T‐SQUARE | Group | JP | 1976 | Present | jazz fusion, jazz, contemporary jazz | 83 | |
FLOW | Group | JP | 1998 | Present | pop punk, alternative rock, indie rock | 83 | Japanese rock band |
HKT48 | Group | JP | 2011 | Present | j-pop, girl group, 48 | 83 | |
東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ | Group | JP | 1985 | Present | ska, big band, jazz | 83 | |
ALI PROJECT | Group | JP | 1985 | Present | progressive rock, japanese, darkwave | 83 | |
IOSYS | Group | JP | 1998 | Present | touhou, doujin, 東方project | 83 | |
Elements Garden | Group | JP | 2004 | Present | j-pop | 83 | |
ハロー！プロジェクト | Group | JP | 1997 | Present | hello project, つんく♂プロデュース | 83 | Up-Front Group idol projects |
Berryz工房 | Group | JP | 2004 | 2015 | j-pop, hello project, idol | 83 | Hello! Project idol girl group |
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