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Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. This list does not include artists/bands who perform in
Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...
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12012 is a Japanese visual kei rock band. Formed in 2003 in Osaka Prefecture, the group centers its work around the concept of "madness inside a human" (人間の内面における狂気 '). 12012 is also the penal code for the possession of a dange ...
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2o Love to Sweet Bullet 2o Love to Sweet Bullet is a Japanese girl group formed in 2015. They made their debut with the single, "Ai no Hana", in August 2015. They went on hiatus from March 2025. History Originally formed in May 2014 as a three-member girl group und ...
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The 5.6.7.8's The 5.6.7.8's are a Japanese rock band from Tokyo with a retro-inspired sound that draws heavily from the 1960s garage rock scene. They first started performing as a quartet in Tokyo, and recruited guest performers during their Australian tour ...
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9mm Parabellum Bullet is a Japanese Rock music, rock band, formed in March 2004 in Yokohama. It consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Takuro Sugawara, guitarist and backing vocalist Yoshimitsu Taki, bassist Kazuhiko Nakamura, and drummer Chihiro Kamijo, who ca ...
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9Goats Black Out 9Goats Black Out (stylized as 9GOATS BLACK OUT) was a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in 2007. The band was signed with the independent label Dalli. History The band was formed in 2007. After the breakup of the band Gullet in 2004, Ryo focu ...
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AAA AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming * AAA (video game industry) - a category of high budget video games *'' TripleA'', an open source wargame Mu ...
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Abingdon Boys School Abingdon Boys School (stylized as abingdon boys school and abbreviated a.b.s.) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005. It consists of vocalist Takanori Nishikawa, guitarists Sunao and Hiroshi Shibasaki, and keyboardist Toshiyuki Kishi. They have ...
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A.B.'s AB'S (often written "A.B.'s" in the UK) is a male Japanese rock musical ensemble, band formed in Tokyo in 1982. Their song "Deja Vu (A.B.'s song), Deja Vu" was released in the U.K. and often categorized as instrumental and or jazz funk, but the ...
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Access Access may refer to: Companies and organizations * ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network * Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom * Access Co., a Japanese software company * Access International Advisors, a hed ...
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Acid An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. Hydron, hydrogen cation, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis ...
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Acid Android Acid Android (stylized as ACID ANDROID and formerly as acid android) is the solo project of yukihiro, drummer of the Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. While yukihiro provides the vocals and many of the instruments himself, he also utilizes many ...
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Acid Black Cherry Acid Black Cherry (abbreviated as ABC) is the solo project of the former lead vocalist of Janne Da Arc, Yasu. The group was formed after Janne Da Arc announced their indefinite hiatus. Information Acid Black Cherry is the solo project of Yasun ...
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Acid Mothers Temple Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., commonly shortened to Acid Mothers Temple or AMT, is a Japanese rock music, rock band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career feat ...
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Afilia Saga ''Afilia'' is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae described by William Schaus William Schaus (January 11, 1858, in New York City – June 20, 1942) was an American Entomology, entomologist who became known for his major contribution to ...
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Ai Otsuka is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit " Sakuranbo", which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks. A piano player ...
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Aice5 is an all-female Japanese pop group that comprises five voice actresses: Yui Horie, Chiaki Takahashi, Akemi Kanda, Masumi Asano and Madoka Kimura. Yui Horie founded the group on October 29, 2005. Two of the songs they produced, "Yūjō Mo ...
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aiko is a feminine Japanese given name. is a Japanese surname, also romanized as Aikoh or Aiko. Aiko or Ayko is also a traditional masculine given name in northern Germany and parts of Scandinavia. In Germany, it can also be spelled Aik or Aike a ...
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Aimer is a J-pop, Japanese pop singer and lyricist signed to Sacra Music and managed by Agehasprings. Her stage name comes from the French verb 'to love'. Aimer uses the name aimerrhythm for lyrics credits. Debuting in 2011, she has released seven ...
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Aimyon is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Her agency is ENS Entertainment, and her label is Unborde under Warner Music Japan. Career Aimyon was influenced to become a singer-songwriter, because her grandmother aspired to be a singer or actress, ...
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Aira Mitsuki is a Japanese singer. She debuted on August 8, 2007 with "Colorful Tokyo Sounds No. 9" and released her debut album, '' Copy'' on September 3, 2008. Musical background and releases Aira was chosen as the winner of Mega Trance 2007 from 6,325 ...
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Ajico Ajico is a Japanese rock band, formed as a side project by Japanese singer Ua, and Kenichi Asai of Blankey Jet City. In the summer of 1999 after supplying music for two of Ua's songs, Asai and Ua decided to create a music group, and Ajico was b ...
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AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...
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Aki Misato is a female Japanese J-pop singer from Saitama, Japan. Most of her songs are theme songs for anime and video games. She made her debut in 2004 with her first single Kimi ga Sora Datta (君が空だった), which was featured as the ending theme ...
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Akiko Suwanai is a Japanese classical violinist. At the age of 18, she became the youngest winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990. In addition, she was awarded second prize in the Paganini Competition in 1988 and Queen Elisabeth Competi ...
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Akiko Yano is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer born in Tokyo and raised in Aomori and later began her singing career in the mid-1970s. She has been called "one of the major musical talents of the Japanese popular music world", and her vocals an ...
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Akino Arai is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and lyricist for various anime theme songs and shows, including '' Record of Lodoss War'', ''Please Save My Earth'', ''Macross Plus'', ''Outlaw Star'', '' Kaze no Stigma'', ''Maoyu'', and ''Aria The Origination'' ...
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Akira Ifukube was a Japanese composer. He is best known for composing several entries in the Godzilla (franchise), ''Godzilla'' franchise as well as developing the Godzilla, titular monster's roar. Biography Early years in Hokkaido Akira Ifukube was born o ...
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Akira Kushida is a Japanese singer who is well known for his work in the soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions, most notably '' Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan'', ''Kinnikuman'', and '' Space Sheriff Gavan''. His nickname from his fans is . His real given ...
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Akishibu Project is a Japanese idol girl group. They aim to "bring the cultures of Shibuya and Akihabara together". The group was formed by a former member of BiS and there are currently eight active members. The group performs regularly at TwinBoxAkihabara, in ...
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Aldious is a Japanese heavy metal band from Osaka, formed in 2008 by guitarist Yoshi and vocalist Rami. After a few member changes, they released their debut EP ''Dear Slave'' the following year and soon after formed their own record label, Bright S ...
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ALI Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib an ...
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Alice Nine is a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in Tokyo in 2004. They were a part of PS Company until 2014. The band had King Records as its record label until 2010, when they joined Tokuma Japan. Then, in 2013, the band joined Universal Music Grou ...
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Aliene Ma'riage Aliene Ma'riage was a Japanese visual kei rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places Uni ...
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Ali Project Ali Project (typeset as ALI PROJECT) is a Japanese rock band with a strong Japanese aristocrat-style image, consisting of and . The band's work is divided into two styles, which lead singer/lyricist Arika Takarano has termed for the band's ...
* Alma Kaminiito *Ami Onuki *
Ami Suzuki is a Japanese recording artist, DJ, and actress from Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. Following her late 90s fame as a popular teen idol, Suzuki went on to become known for her self-penned lyrics and music production. In 2000, Suzuki entered a legal bat ...
* Amoyamo * AMWE *
An Cafe is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 2003 and signed to Sony Music Japan. Their visual image is Japanese street fashion#Oshare kei, oshare kei,''Shoxx Bis'' No 3 October 2004 issue, pg 69 and they describe their music as "Harajuku Dance-rock, D ...
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Angela Aki known professionally as , is a Japanese pop singer, songwriter and pianist. Biography Early life Aki was born in the small town of Itano in Tokushima Prefecture, in the mostly rural island of Shikoku. Her mother is Italian American and her fa ...
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Animetal was a Japanese heavy metal band who specialized in metal covers of theme songs from classic and modern Japanese anime and tokusatsu television series. They were composed of several luminaries of the Japanese metal scene, most notably vocalis ...
* Annabel *
Anna S Anna S (styled ANNA☆S) is a Japanese girl group. Their single "命短し走れよ乙女/くるくるりん" reached the eleventh place on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is ...
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Anri , better known as , is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Yamato, Kanagawa, Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture. In a career spanning more than 40 years, she achieved commercial success and popularity in the city pop music scene during the 1980s. She ...
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Anthem An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to sho ...
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Anti Feminism Anti Feminism (stylized as ∀NTI FEMINISM) is the Japanese crossover thrash solo musical project started by vocalist Kenzi in 1991. None of the other members are considered official.
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Aphasia Aphasia, also known as dysphasia, is an impairment in a person's ability to comprehend or formulate language because of dysfunction in specific brain regions. The major causes are stroke and head trauma; prevalence is hard to determine, but aph ...
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Aqua Timez Aqua Timez is a Japanese rock band signed to Epic Records. Overview Futoshi and OKP-Star met on with9.com in 2000 and attempted to start a band together. Unable to agree on the band's future, the two disbanded. In 2003, the current band members ...
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Arashi is a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency. The members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi officially formed on September 15, 199 ...
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Asa-Chang & Junray ASA-CHANG & Junray is a band founded by Japanese percussionist ASA-CHANG, who was the founder and original bandmaster of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. After leaving the group in 1993, he formed ASA-CHANG & Junray in 1998 with programmer and guit ...
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Asian Kung-Fu Generation (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama in 1996. For its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotoh, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada (musician), Takahiro Yamada, and dr ...
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Astro Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (born Terence Wilson) (1957–2021), rapper and member of the British reggae band UB40 * Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie ro ...
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Atsushi Sakurai was a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Buck-Tick from 1985 until his death in 2023. Initially joining as their drummer in 1983, Sakurai fronted the band for 38 years and 2 ...
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Aural Vampire is a Japanese group (formerly duo) led by EXO-CHIKA (vocals/lyrics) and RAVEMAN (music) from Tokyo, Japan. History EXO-CHIKA and RAVEMAN met at high school, where they experimented with writing songs. They recorded several tapes together, ...
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Ayabie is a Japanese visual kei rock band signed to the label Tokuma Japan Communications. Their music consisted of a wide variety of sounds and moods, ranging from catchy and upbeat to heavy and hard-edged punk songs. Many of the band's costumes wer ...
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Aya Hirano is a Japanese actress and singer. Beginning in the entertainment industry as a child actor in television commercials, she appeared in her first Voice acting in Japan, voice acting role in the anime television series ''Angel Tales'' (2001). In ...
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Aya Kamiki is a Japanese singer, actress and model. Her music ranges from pop, rock to R&B. She resides in Osaka, and is signed with Tokyo-based AVEX recording label. She is the vocalist of the rock band Uroboros and the rock duo Sonic Lover Reckless with ...
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Aya Ueto is a Japanese actress, singer and television personality. In 1997, Ueto participated in the seventh Japan Bishōjo Contest, where she won the special jury prize. Soon thereafter, Ueto joined the talent agency Oscar Promotion and began taking s ...
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Ayaka , known simply by the mononym Ayaka, is a female Japanese singer, songwriter and record producer formerly signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February ...
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Ayaka Hirahara is a Japanese pop singer. She was affiliated with the Dreamusic label until 2013 when she moved to Universal Music Japan. Biography Hirahara comes from a musical family; her father, Makoto Hirahara, is a saxophone player, her grandfather, T ...
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Ayana Ayana may refer to: * Ayana (singer), female Japanese singer-songwriter * Ayana (given name), given name (and list of people with that name) * "Ayana" (short story), a short story by Stephen King * ''Ayana'' (film), a 2018 Indian film * AYAN ...
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Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and producer. Nicknamed the "Empress of Pop" on account of her influence throughout Asia, she is widely recognized for her versatile music production, songwriting, and live performances. Hamasaki is the List of ...
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Ayumi Miyazaki , also credited as , is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Miyazaki has sung several songs in the Digimon series. He sang the evolution theme song for '' Digimon Adventure'' called "Brave Heart" and its ''Digimon Adventure Tri'' and '' Digimon Adv ...


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Baad Baad (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese rock band that formed in 1992 and debuted in February 1993 under label Zain Records, currently signed under Giza Studio. As of 2023, its members are vocal Kyouji Yamada, drummer Kazuyoshi Aoki, guitarist ...
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BaBe Babe may refer to: * Babe, a term of endearment * A newborn baby * An attractive (especially female) person People * Babe (nickname), a list of people * Jerome Babe (1837–1893), American inventor and miner * Thomas Babe (1941–2000), Ame ...
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Babylon Babylon ( ) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-s ...
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Babymetal (stylized in all caps as BABYMETAL) is a Japanese kawaii metal band consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal", Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" and Momoko Okazaki as "Momometal". The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse Inc., Amuse talent a ...
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The Back Horn is a Japanese rock band, formed in Tokyo in 1998. History The band got started around April in 1998, when the original members all came to Tokyo from the countryside where they all lived, all for different reasons. They met, and decided to sta ...
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Back Number is a Japanese rock power trio formed in 2004. The band consists of Iyori Shimizu (lead vocals, guitar), Kazuya Kojima (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Hisashi Kurihara (drums, percussion. The group signed to independent record label Idolsmith ...
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Back-On Back-On (stylized as BACK-ON) is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo, Japan. They are known for performing opening themes to anime and games, such as the '' Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2'' opening theme, "fly away"; the ''Air Gear'' opening ...
* Baiser * Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome *
Balflare Balflare is a Japanese power metal band formed in 2004. Biography Balflare was formed in 2004 by guitarist Syuta Hashimoto and vocalist Hideki Tada. Together, they began recording a demo, Sound of Silence. During the recording of this demo, d ...
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Band-Maid Band-Maid is a Japanese Rock music, rock band formed in 2013, comprising singer Saiki Atsumi, guitarist/singer Miku Kobato, lead guitarist Kanami Tōno, bassist Misa, and drummer Akane Hirose. The band combines hard rock music with costumes mode ...
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Base Ball Bear Base Ball Bear is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo that made its major debut in 2006 with EMI Music Japan. Although assembled in autumn 2001, the band formally began in 2002, and started off with self-produced releases. Their style influences in ...
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Bathtub Shitter Bathtub Shitter is a Japanese grindcore band formed in 1996. The lyrical content includes many references to nature conservation, politics and feces. Bathtub Shitter have released three albums, two compilation albums, one live album, eight sing ...
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Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
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BBQ Chickens BBQ Chickens (often stylized as BBQ CHICKENS) is a Japanese hardcore punk band, created in 2000 by former Hi-Standard member Ken Yokoyama. All four members have been "buddies since childhood", and convened to form the band when Ken announced t ...
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Beat Crusaders were a Japanese rock band active from 1997 to 2010. During all promotional appearances, their faces are masked by drawings resembling themselves as printed by a dot-matrix printer. History Beat Crusaders, commonly abbreviated BECR, was founded ...
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BeForU BeForU was a Japanese pop girl group that performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. Their 2000 debut song "Dive" was particularly notable as being the first Japanese-language pop song in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' seri ...
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Bellzlleb Bellzlleb (stylized as BELLZLLEᗺ) was a Japanese heavy metal band, formed in 1985 by Tetsu and Yuji in Chiba. The band's sound was heavily influenced by elements from black metal, doom metal and hardcore with philosophical influences from Al ...
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Bennie K Bennie K was an Urban Contemporary female duo formed in 1999 that consists of vocalist Yuki and rapper Cico. They met while Yuki was in Los Angeles undergoing voice training with Roger Burnley. They made their debut in January 2001 with the si ...
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Berryz Koubou was a Japanese idol girl group formed by Up-Front Group, Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members consisted of Hello! Project Kids members Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Chinami Tokun ...
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Bis (Japanese rock band) Bis ("bis" for "visual", ヴィジュアル) was a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in July 2004
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Blankey Jet City Blankey Jet City was a Japanese rock trio from Aichi Prefecture, active from 1987 to 2000. It consisted of Kenichi Asai on vocals and guitar, Toshiyuki Terui on bass, and Tatsuya Nakamura on drums. History Blankey Jet City was formed in 1987, ...
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Bleach Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning. It often refers specifically t ...
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Blood Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood is com ...
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Bloodthirsty Butchers Bloodthirsty Butchers was a long-running indie rock and punk rock band from Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Although little-known in the West, they have contributed to two compilations on the Olympia, Washington based Yoyo Records, Yoyo label. The ban ...
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Blood Stain Child Blood Stain Child (stylised as BLOOD STAIN CHILD) is a Japanese melodic death metal band from the city of Osaka. The band's musical style combines melodic death metal with electronic and trance. The band formed under the name "Visionquest" in ...
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The Blue Hearts was a Japanese punk rock band active from 1985 to 1995. They have been compared to such bands as the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Ramones.
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Blues Creation is a Japanese rock band led by guitarist/singer Kazuo Takeda. Formed as in Tokyo in January 1969, they were the country's first blues band before adopting a more blues rock sound in 1971. That year, they simultaneously released the albums '' ...
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Bon-Bon Blanco Bon-Bon Blanco (sometimes B3 or B3) is a Japanese rock group during 2002–2009. The group used to belong to Columbia Music Entertainment, but has moved to Bouncy Records in 2006. Members Its members are: * Anna Santos (サントス・ア ...
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Bonnie Pink , known by her stage name Bonnie Pink, is a Japanese people, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. She writes and composes all her songs, and plays guitar and piano. Asada has said that the name Bonnie Pink is random and has no special meanin ...
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The Boom The Boom is a Japanese rock band. Its members are Kazufumi Miyazawa (vocals), (guitar), Yamakawa Hiromasa (bass guitar), and Tochigi Takao (drums). History The four musicians, friends from Yamanashi Prefecture, formed the band in 1986 as a ...
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Boom Boom Satellites were a Japanese electronic music duo consisting of guitarist and vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima and bassist and programmer Masayuki Nakano. They were signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan, with whom they released all of their albums in Japan. ...
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Boøwy Boøwy ( ; stylized as BOØWY) was a Japanese rock band formed in Takasaki, Gunma in 1981. The classic lineup of vocalist Kyosuke Himuro, guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei, bassist Tsunematsu Matsui, and drummer Makoto Takahashi reached legendary stat ...
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Boredoms Boredoms () (later known as V∞redoms) is a rock band from Osaka, Japan formed in 1986. The band's sound is often referred to as noise rock, or sometimes Japanoise (Japan's noise music scene), though their more recent records have moved towar ...
* Boris * Bow Wow * Boys and Men *
Brahman In Hinduism, ''Brahman'' (; IAST: ''Brahman'') connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality of the universe.P. T. Raju (2006), ''Idealistic Thought of India'', Routledge, , page 426 and Conclusion chapter part XII In the ...
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Bright Bright may refer to: Common meanings *Bright, an adjective meaning giving off or reflecting illumination; see Brightness *Bright, an adjective meaning someone with intelligence People * Bright (surname) * Bright (given name) *Bright, the stage na ...
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The Brilliant Green is a Japanese rock band from Kyoto formed in 1995. They were signed to Sony Music Records. Their major debut single under Sony, " Bye Bye Mr. Mug", was released in 1997. Their contract with Sony ended in 2008, and on December 1, 2009, the ban ...
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Buck-Tick Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The classic lineup of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and drum ...
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Buffalo Daughter Buffalo Daughter is a Japanese rock band formed in 1993. The three main members are suGar Yoshinaga (ex-Havana Exotica) on guitar, Yumiko Ohno (ex-Havana Exotica) on bass, and Moog (later changed to MoOog) Yamamoto on turntables and graphic desi ...
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Bump of Chicken is a Japanese alternative rock group from Sakura, Chiba. The band members are Motoo Fujiwara (Vocalist, vocals, Rhythm guitar, rhythm), Hiroaki Masukawa (guitar), Yoshifumi Naoi (Bass guitar, bass) and Hideo Masu (Drum kit, drums). Since their c ...
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Buono! Buono! was a subgroup of the Japanese girl groups Berryz Kobo and Cute, formed in 2007 by Up-Front Promotion and associated with Hello! Project. The members consisted of Momoko Tsugunaga and Miyabi Natsuyaki from Berryz Kobo, and Airi Suzuki ...
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By-Sexual By-Sexual (stylized as BY-SEXUAL) was a Japanese visual kei punk rock band from Osaka. They were active from 1988 to 1995, when vocalist Sho left the band and they went on hiatus. In August 1996, the remaining members restarted the group under ...
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B'z is a Japanese rock duo consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba,佐伯明『B'z ウルトラクロニクル』ソニー・マガジンズ、2003年。新型光B'zはなぜ ...


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Cali Gari Cali Gari (stylized as cali≠gari) is a Japanese visual kei experimental rock band formed with the concept erotic grotesque.
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Camellia ''Camellia'' (pronounced or ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in tropical and subtropical areas in East Asia, eastern and South Asia, southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are ...
* The Candy Spooky Theater * Candy Tune * Capsule * The Captains *
Casiopea , is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, drummer Tohru "Rika" Suzuki, and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki ( ja) replaced Koik ...
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Champloose , is a Japanese rock musician and politician. He, along with his band Champloose, played a large role in the Okinawan home-grown "folk rock" scene in the 1970s and 1980s. His first big hit was " Haisai Ojisan" ("Hey, old man") in 1972, which he wr ...
* Charcoal Filter * Charlotte * Chage *
Chage and Aska were a Japanese popular music duo composed of male singer-songwriters from Fukuoka Prefecture: and . To date they have sold over 31 million albums and singles in Japan. History They were formed in the late 1970s at the suggestion of the A& ...
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Chatmonchy was a three-piece all-female rock band which consisted of Eriko Hashimoto (guitar, vocals), Akiko Fukuoka (bass, chorus), and formerly Kumiko Takahashi (drums, chorus) who are from Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, Japan. From 200 ...
* Cherryblossom *The Chewinggum Weekend *
Chieko Kawabe , born February 24, 1987, in Tokyo, is a Japanese singer, model and actress. She played Sailor Mercury in the Sailor Moon musicals and was Naru Osaka in the live action adaptation of Sailor Moon. Several of her songs have been used in anime ser ...
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Chihiro Onitsuka (born October 30, 1980) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. In 2000, Onitsuka released her debut single "Shine" and gained recognition when its follow-up "Gekkou" became a hit. ''Insomnia (Chihiro Onitsuka album), Insomnia'', her first studio a ...
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Chisato Moritaka (born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group.
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Chitose Hajime is a Japanese singer from Amami Ōshima. She sings in the shima-uta style particular to that region, with distinctive falsetto effects. History Early life Chitose Hajime began learning shamisen under her mother's encouragement from a young a ...
* Chocolat * Chottokyuu * Chu-Z * Church of Misery *
Cibo Matto Cibo Matto (, Italian language, Italian for "crazy food") was an American alternative rock band formed by Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori in New York City in 1994. Their first album, ''Viva! La Woman'' (1996), had lyrics primarily concerned with food. ...
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Cinema Staff Cinema Staff (stylized as cinema staff) are a Japanese alternative rock band from Gifu Prefecture, formed in 2003. Originally formed as Real when the band members were still in high school, they made their major debut on the label Pony Canyon in J ...
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Clammbon is a Japanese musical trio, consisting of vocalist/keyboardist Ikuko Harada, bassist Mito and drummer Daisuke Itou. The group, originally formed in 1996 when the three were students of the jazz department at , made their major label debut on War ...
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ClariS Claris International Inc., formerly FileMaker Inc., is a computer software development company formed as a subsidiary company of Apple Inc., Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) in 1987. It was given the source code and copyrights to several program ...
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Cö Shu Nie is a Japanese rock band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 2011. The group consists of Miku Nakamura (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Shunsuke Matsumoto (bass); previously in the band were Kōjirō Yamazaki (drums) and Ryōsuke Fujita (drums). Cö shu ...
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Coaltar of the Deepers Coaltar of the Deepers are an alternative rock band from Japan. They formed in May 1991. Although primarily influenced by shoegaze and post-rock sound, their sound incorporates musical elements as diverse as thrash metal, electronica, neo-acoust ...
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Cocobat Cocobat is a Japanese heavy metal band, named after Bobo Brazil's finishing move ''Coco Butt''. The band formed in 1991 with four members: bassist Take-Shit, vocalist Ryuji, guitarist Suzuki Shinichi and drummer Matsuzaki. Their first album, ' ...
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Coldrain Coldrain (stylized in all lowercase) are a Japanese rock band from Nagoya, Japan, who were formed in 2007. The band combines melodic singing with screams typical of the post-hardcore genre. Although the band is Japanese, all of their songs are w ...
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Color Color (or colour in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though co ...
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Complex Complex commonly refers to: * Complexity, the behaviour of a system whose components interact in multiple ways so possible interactions are difficult to describe ** Complex system, a system composed of many components which may interact with each ...
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Concerto Moon is a Japanese neoclassical metal/power metal band formed in 1996 and led by guitarist Norifumi Shima. The band's first two albums were reissued by InsideOut Music in 2003. History 1996–1997: Formation and early days In 1995, Shima met Takao ...
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Crossfaith Crossfaith ( Japanese: クロスフェイス) is a Japanese metalcore band from Osaka that was formed in 2006, which currently consists of vocalist Kenta Koie, guitarists Kazuki Takemura and Daiki Koide, drummer Tatsuya Amano, and keyboardist T ...
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Cross Vein Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hindw ...
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The Cro-Magnons is a Japanese rock band founded in July 2006 by Hiroto Kōmoto (vocals) and Masatoshi Mashima (guitar), both previously of The Blue Hearts and The High-Lows, with Masaru Kobayashi (bass) and Katsuji Kirita (drums). History After The High-Low ...
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Curio Curio may refer to: Objects *Bric-à-brac, lesser objets d'art for display *Cabinet of curiosities, a room-sized collection or exhibit of curios or curiosities *Collectables *Curio cabinet, a cabinet constructed for the display of curios People * ...
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CY8ER CY8ER (pronounced as "cyber") was a Japanese alternative idol girl group. Formed by Ichigo Rinahamu and Nicamoq as BPM15Q in 2015, the group expanded and had five members by the time of their dissolution in January 2021. Their music was chara ...
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Cymbals A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sou ...
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Cyntia Cyntia was a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 2011. They are believed to have been the first act from the Girls Metal Band Boom to have signed to a major record label when they joined Victor Entertainment in 2013. Drummer and co-founder Kan ...
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Czecho No Republic is a Japanese band. Their album ''Santa Fe'' reached the 19th place on the Weekly Oricon Albums Chart and their singles "For You" and "Oh Yeah!!!!!!!" reached the 24th place on the Weekly Oricon Singles Chart. "Oh Yeah!!!!!!!" was also the third ...


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D-51 is a Japanese pop music band. D-51 is group consisting of two men, Yu and Yasu. They are signed under Pony Canyon label. According to its members, the name D-51 came from Japanese National Railways' D51 steam locomotive class. In 2005, they ha ...
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D'erlanger D'erlanger (stylized as D'ERLANGER) is a Japanese rock band from Kyoto Prefecture, formed in 1983 by guitarist Cipher and bassist Seela. While they originally played speed and power metal, after recruiting drummer Tetsu and vocalist Kyo they s ...
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D'espairsRay D'espairsRay (formerly stylized as DéspairsRay or +DéspairsRay+) was a Japanese visual kei heavy metal band active from 1999 to 2011. The lineup of Hizumi on vocals, Karyu on guitar, Zero on bass and Tsukasa on drums remained the same, with t ...
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The Dead Pop Stars The Dead Pop Stars (stylized as THE DEAD P☆P STARS) is a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in 1992 by ex-Kamaitachi drummer Kenzi. Its current line-up consists of original members Aki and Kenzi on vocals and drums respectively, Hideto and K ...
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Deadman Deadman or Deadman's may refer to: * "Deadman" or "dead man", are alternative terms for a dead man's switch * "Deadman's foot" is another name for a Salamander (metallurgy), Salamander in metallurgy * "Deadman anchor" is a buried object (log, con ...
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Deathgaze is a Japanese visual kei metal band formed in 2003. History Deathgaze was formed in the summer of 2003 by Hazuki, Ai, Naoki, and Kanna. After releasing their first EP called ''「294036224052」'', Hazuki, the band's vocalist, left in spring ...
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Def Tech Def Tech is a Japanese pop band signed to 2VOX Ltd, an independent label. Career Jesse, the vocalist from Rize, named the band, the members of which did their own songwriting, arranging, and production. Def Tech had the 3rd best-selling album ...
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Defspiral Defspiral (stylized as defspiral, and briefly existing under the name Wilma-Sidr) is a Japanese visual kei alternative metal band composed of most of the former members of the Underneath. When the Underneath disbanded in 2010, January 23rd, 201 ...
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Demon Kakka , previously known as , is a Japanese musician, songwriter, entertainer, journalist, sumo sportscaster, commentator, actor and Voice acting in Japan, voice actor. He first gained fame in the 1980s as vocalist of the Heavy metal music, heavy meta ...
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Denki Groove is a Japanese music group founded in 1989. It consists of Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Taki. History Denki Groove was founded in 1989 by Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Taki, both of whom are natives of Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. They ...
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Depapepe is a music group originating from Japan. The acoustic guitar duo is composed of Takuya Miura (born 5 April 1983) and Yoshinari Tokuoka (born on 15 July 1977), who formed in 2002. They made their major debut in 2005 with their album "Let's Go! ...
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Der Zibet Der Zibet (stylized as DER ZIBET) was a Japanese rock band formed in 1984. The group was made up of vocalist Issay, guitarist Hikaru, bassist Hal, and drummer Mayumi upon formation. Together, they released ten singles and twelve studio albums bef ...
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Diaura is a four-member Japanese visual kei rock band, currently signed to their own record label, called NDG, they were formerly under Galaxy Inc. and then Ains. The band formed in December 2009 by yo-ka (ex-Valluna and Megamasso roadie), Kei (ex-Vall ...
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Dio – Distraught Overlord was a Japanese visual kei heavy metal music, metal band from Tokyo, formed on 14 May 2006. Rather than following the usual sound of visual kei, they were a darker, heavier band, which combined metal with melodious tones. History Guitarist Eri ...
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Dir En Grey Dir En Grey (stylized as DIR EN GREY and previously as Dir en grey) is a Japanese Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in February 1997 and currently signed to Firewall Div., a sub-division of Free-Will. With a consistent lineup of guitari ...
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Disclose Disclose were a Japanese D-beat band from Kōchi City, heavily influenced by Discharge. Their sound heavily replicates Discharge's style, with an increased use of fuzz and distortion guitar effects. The subject matter is also similar to Dis ...
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DJ Kentaro Kentaro Okamoto (born c.1982), better known as DJ Kentaro, is a Japanese musician and DJ.''Tuff Kuts'' review, ''The Wire'', 2008, vol. 293-298, p. 70 He won third place in the Technics category of the DMC World DJ Final in 2001 and won it in 200 ...
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DJ Krush , better known by his stage name DJ Krush, is a Japanese record producer and DJ. He is known for his atmospheric instrumental production which incorporates sound elements from nature, and extensive use of jazz and soul samples. Early life Ishi ...
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Do As Infinity Do As Infinity is a Japanese pop and rock band that formed in 1999 with three members: vocalist Tomiko Van, guitarist Ryo Owatari, and guitarist and composer Dai Nagao. The band's name is sometimes abbreviated as DAI, alluding to the fact tha ...
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Does Does may refer to: * A form of the English verb '' do'' * Deer, a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae * plural of John Doe, a number of unnamed individuals * ''Does'' (album), an album by rock/jazz band The Slip * Does (band) is ...
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Doom Doom is another name for damnation. Doom may also refer to: People * Doom (professional wrestling), the tag team of Ron Simmons and Butch Reed * Daniel Doom (1934–2020), Belgian cyclist * Debbie Doom (born 1963), American softball pitche ...
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Double Double, The Double or Dubble may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Multiplication by 2 * Double precision, a floating-point representation of numbers that is typically 64 bits in length * A double number of the form x+yj, where j^2=+1 * A ...
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Dragon Ash is a Japanese rap rock group founded in 1996 by Kenji "KJ" Furuya and Makoto Sakurai. They were one of the first groups to popularize hip hop in Japan. Dragon Ash is a member of Mob Squad, which is an affiliation with the bands Source and Endi ...
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Dragon Head is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minetaro Mochizuki. It was published by Kodansha in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1994 to 1999 and was collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was licensed in English by Kodansha US ...
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Dream A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensation (psychology), sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around ...
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Dreams Come True Dreams Come True or Dream Come True may refer to: Organizations * Dreams Come True (British charity) * Dreams Come True (American non-profit) Film and television * ''Dreams Come True'' (film), a 1936 British musical film * " "Dreams Come True" ...
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Dué le Quartz was a Japanese visual kei rock band that formed in December 1998"Dué le quartz HISTORY 1999-2000" (VHS) PS Company, 2002 and signed to PS Company, a sub-division of Free-Will. The band opened a fanclub on August 1, 2000 known as "Baby Merry". ...
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DuelJewel is a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in January 1997. History DuelJewel began in 1997; during their early beginnings they released several demos. The vocalist Hayato joined in 1997, left, and returned in 1999. The band released their f ...
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Eastern Youth Eastern Youth is a Japanese punk rock trio formed in 1989 in Hokkaidō. Their sound blends many different styles, and is especially complex for a three-piece band. Their lyrics express the helplessness of Japanese youths. Their influences include ...
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Eiichi Ohtaki was a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He first became known as a member of the rock band Happy End, but was better known for his solo work which began in 1972. In 2003, Ohtaki was ranked by HMV at number 9 on their l ...
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Eir Aoi is a Japanese singer from Sapporo, Hokkaido, signed to Sacra Music. After being discovered through the Japanese video sharing website Niconico, Aoi made her major debut in 2011 with the release of her first single "Memoria", which was used as t ...
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Eikichi Yazawa is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and a prominent figure in Japanese popular music. Yoko Yazawa of The Generous is his daughter. He has been nicknamed as Ei-chan (永ちゃん), Boss or The King of Rock. Biography Sources: 1949-1967: Early Li ...
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Ellegarden Ellegarden (stylized as ELLEGARDEN and abbreviated ) is a Japanese rock band formed in December 1998 in Chiba Prefecture. Its lineup consists of vocalist/guitarist Takeshi Hosomi, guitarist Shinichi Ubukata, bassist Yuichi Takada, and drummer H ...
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Envy Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's quality, skill, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it. Envy can also refer to the wish for another person to lack something one already ...
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Eternal Elysium are a Japanese doom metal band founded in 1991. History Eternal Elysium have recorded six albums and six splits/EPs over their career. They were formed in 1991 by guitarist/vocalist Yukito Okazaki and have gone through numerous line-up changes ...
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Eve Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and there ...
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Exile Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons ...
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Exist Trace is a Japanese visual kei rock band, consisting entirely of female members. The members originate from Tokyo, and initially formed in June 2003. The founding members are Jyou, Naoto, and Mally, who met Miko and Omi after placing an advertisement ...
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eX-Girl Ex-Girl (stylized as eX-Girl) is a Japanese female noise rock trio. The band's lineup currently consists of Kirilola (bass, vocals), Hiromi (drums, vocals) and Yuka (guitar, vocals). Overview Ex-Girl claims to hail from the planet Kero Kero. Th ...
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E-girls E-girls (sometimes stylized as E-Girls or e-girls; stands for Exile Girls) was a Japanese collective girl group created and managed by LDH while signed to music label Rhythm Zone from Avex. As of 2017, the band consisted of 11 members; 8 of wh ...
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Ezo is the Japanese term historically used to refer to the people and the lands to the northeast of the Japanese island of Honshu. This included the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, which changed its name from "Ezo" to "Hokkaidō" in 1869, Nu ...


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Fact A fact is a truth, true data, datum about one or more aspects of a circumstance. Standard reference works are often used to Fact-checking, check facts. Science, Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement by ...
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Fake? Fake? is a Japanese rock musical project led by vocalist Ken Lloyd. Originally a duo, guitarist Inoran left in 2005. Lyrics are mainly in English and sometimes in Japanese. History In late 2001 Oblivion Dust vocalist Ken Lloyd joined up with L ...
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Festive A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival constitutes ...
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FictionJunction FictionJunction is the solo project of Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura featuring guests musicians, mainly singers. Historically, works between Kajiura and a vocalist were referenced by adding the singer's name after "FictionJunction". Although bo ...
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Field of View The field of view (FOV) is the angle, angular extent of the observable world that is visual perception, seen at any given moment. In the case of optical instruments or sensors, it is a solid angle through which a detector is sensitive to elec ...
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Filament The word filament, which is descended from Latin ''filum'' meaning " thread", is used in English for a variety of thread-like structures, including: Astronomy * Galaxy filament, the largest known cosmic structures in the universe * Solar filament ...
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Fire Bomber Fire Bomber is a fictional rock band from the anime series '' Macross 7'' (and related projects such as '' Macross 7 Trash'', '' Macross 7 Encore'', and ''Macross Dynamite 7''). In real life, Fire Bomber's music was performed by Yoshiki Fukuya ...
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Fishmans are a Japanese band formed in Minato, Tokyo in 1987. They were founded by vocalist Shinji Sato, guitarist Kensuke Ojima, and drummer Kin-Ichi Motegi. Bassist Yuzuru Kashiwabara joined the band in 1988, followed by keyboardist Hakase-Sun in 19 ...
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Flame A flame () is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic chemical reaction made in a thin zone. When flames are hot enough to have ionized gaseous components of sufficient density, they are then considered plasm ...
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Flipper's Guitar Flipper's Guitar (フリッパーズ・ギター) was a Tokyo-based rock band led by (and later a duo of) Keigo Oyamada and Kenji Ozawa. The band was influenced by the chirpy sound of British 80s pop and post-punk groups like Haircut 100, E ...
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Flow Flow may refer to: Science and technology * Fluid flow, the motion of a gas or liquid * Flow (geomorphology), a type of mass wasting or slope movement in geomorphology * Flow (mathematics), a group action of the real numbers on a set * Flow (psyc ...
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Flower Travellin' Band was a Japanese rock band that was formed in 1967. They were connected to Japan's counterculture movement and noted for their mixture of early heavy metal with psychedelic and progressive rock. They received wide acclaim from critics but fail ...
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Flumpool Flumpool (stylized as flumpool) are a Japanese rock band. The band, originally from Osaka Prefecture, was formed in January 2007. The band's name is a portmanteau of the words ''four'' (from the number of members in the band), ''lump'', and '' ...
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Freenote Freenote is a Japanese Rock band that consisted of three (formerly four, with the member Shusako sato leaving) members: Chikako Hata (Vocals, Piano/Keyboard, Guitar), Masaya Sakamoto (Guitar), and Shingo Ōta(Drums). Formed in Kansai University ...
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French Kiss A French kiss, also known as cataglottism or a tongue kiss, is an amorous kiss in which the participants' tongues extend to touch each other's lips or tongue. A kiss with the tongue stimulates the partner's lips, tongue and mouth, which are sens ...
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Friction Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other. Types of friction include dry, fluid, lubricated, skin, and internal -- an incomplete list. The study of t ...
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Fruits Zipper Fruits Zipper (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese girl group that formed in 2022. They debuted with the digital single "Kimi no Akarui Mirai o Oikakete" in April 2022 and released their first album ''New Kawaii'' in April 2024. History 2022–p ...
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Fujifabric is a Japanese rock band formed in 2000. While their music can be mostly categorized as alternative rock or power pop, their music usually consists of an eclectic mix of genres, including jazz, disco and progressive rock. Name origin Before the ...
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Fujii Kaze is a Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist. Born and raised in Satoshō, Okayama, he began uploading piano covers of pop songs to YouTube at 12. Signed to Universal Sigma's Hehn Records, Fujii released his debut single, "Nan-Nan", in 2019 ...
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Fuki ''Petasites japonicus'', also known as butterbur, giant butterbur, great butterbur and sweet-coltsfoot, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to China, Japan, Korea and Sakhalin and introduced in Europe and Nor ...
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Funkist Funkist, stylized as FUNKIST, is a Japanese rock band signed to the Powerplay label. The band is best known for performing two opening theme songs, "Snow Fairy" and "Ft.", for the anime series ''Fairy Tail''. History Funkist was formed in 2001 ...
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Funky Monkey Babys is a Japanese band formed in 2004 under the record company Dreamusic Incorporated. Their music is mostly hip hop, but is also inspired by pop and rock music. All members in the group are from Hachiōji, Tokyo. They are known for featuring cele ...
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Fushitsusha Fushitsusha (不失者) is a Japanese rock band specialising in experimental and psychedelic rock genres. The band consists of guitarist and singer Keiji Haino, and a shifting cast of complementary musicians. The group released the majority of i ...
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Gacharic Spin Gacharic Spin is a Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo in 2009. Initially releasing music independently, they later signed with Victor Entertainment then Nippon Crown. Known for their flamboyant, aggressive performances, they have toured Japa ...
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Gackt , better known as Gackt (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Born in Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa to a Ryukyuan people, Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was rai ...
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GaGaGa SP GaGaGa SP (Japanese: ガガガSP, also referred to as GAGAGA or TaTaTa) are a Japanese punk band from Kobe, Japan. GaGaGa SP's music has reached a large audience in North America due to their songs being used in popular anime such as ''Sgt. Frog ...
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Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei ( , , ) or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a poly ...
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Gallhammer Gallhammer () were a Japanese extreme metal group that drew on blackened crust, black metal, doom metal and crust punk. They formed in Tokyo in 2003 and released three studio albums. The final group lineup consisted of Vivian Slaughter (vocals, ...
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Galneryus is a Japanese power metal band, formed in Osaka in 2001 by guitarist Syu and vocalist Yama-B.Artist.cdjourn ...
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Garlic Boys Garlicboys is a Japanese punk band from Osaka. The current lineup is Peta (lead vocals), Larry (guitar, vocals), Pessin (bass, vocals) and Ryo (drums, vocals). They are known in Japan's "trendy" underground music scene as the "godfathers of new ...
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Garnet Crow Garnet Crow (stylized as GARNET CROW) was a Japanese pop/rock band formed in 1999 and associated with the Giza Studio record label. Members included Yuri Nakamura (singer), Yuri Nakamura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Nana Azuki, and Hirohito Furui, with Nak ...
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Garo Garo may refer to: People and languages * Garo people, a tribal people in India ** Garo language, the language spoken by the Garo tribe Places * Kingdom of Garo, a former kingdom in southern Ethiopia * Garo, Colorado * Garo Hills, part of the ...
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Gastunk Gastunk (stylized as GASTUNK) is an influential Japanese Rock music, rock band, first active from 1983 to 1988. Initially a hardcore punk band, guitarist Tatsu later recalled that when Gastunk made their major label debut they were dubbed Heavy ...
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Gauze Gauze is a thin, translucent Textile, fabric with a wikt:loose, loose open Weaving, weave. In technical terms, "gauze" is a weave structure in which the weft yarns are arranged in pairs and are crossed before and after each Warp (weaving), w ...
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Geinoh Yamashirogumi is a Japanese musical collective founded on January 19, 1974 by Tsutomu Ōhashi, consisting of hundreds of people with different occupations. They are known for both their re-creations of globally-known folk music, along with music combining tr ...
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Gen Hoshino is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and writer. Career Music From its formation in 2000 until its disbandment in 2015, Hoshino led the instrumental band Sakerock, where he played marimba and guitar. They released over ten albums. ...
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Genkaku Allergy was a Japanese visual kei Rock music, rock band formed in 1992 by ex-Kamaitachi (band), Kamaitachi members Sceana and Kazzy. Its sound mixes elements from hardcore punk, Heavy metal music, heavy metal, Noise music, noise and Industrial music, i ...
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The Gerogerigegege () (derived from Japanese terms for vomiting, diarrhea and onomatopoeia for an expression of disgust) is a Japanese experimental music project, founded in 1985 by . Though they are often categorized with Japanese harsh noise acts such as Me ...
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Ghost (1984 band) Ghost was an experimental rock group formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1984. History Core-member Masaki Batoh grew up in Kyoto, Japan where he attended a private school. During this time, he became interested in American and British rock music rangi ...
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Girugamesh is a Japanese rock band, formed in 2003. Their name is sometimes stylized with a metal umlaut as girugämesh and is derived from the ''Final Fantasy'' character. They disbanded on July 10, 2016, although announced a new song, to celebrate lab ...
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Girl Next Door The girl next door is a young female stock character who is often used in Romance novel, romantic stories. She is named so because she often lives next door to the protagonist or is a childhood friend. They start out with a friendship that late ...
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GISM was a Japanese punk metal band formed in Tokyo in 1981. Although the guitar style resembled heavy metal in many aspects, GISM was one of the first Japanese hardcore bands, while at the same time drawing influence from the early industrial/ava ...
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Glay Glay (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese Rock music, rock band formed in Hakodate in 1988. The core four members, vocalist Teru (singer), Teru, guitarists Takuro (musician), Takuro and Hisashi (musician), Hisashi, and bassist Jiro (musician), ...
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Globe A globe is a spherical Earth, spherical Model#Physical model, model of Earth, of some other astronomical object, celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. Globes serve purposes similar to maps, but, unlike maps, they do not distort the surface ...
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GO!GO!7188 Go!Go!7188 (Go Go Nana Ichi Hachi Hachi), also known simply as Go!Go!, was a Japanese rock band with influences spanning from surf rock to punk rock to J-pop. History In June 1998, Yumi Nakashima (nicknamed Yuu) and Akiko Hamada (nicknamed ...
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Golden Bomber is a Japanese visual kei "air" rock band formed in 2004 and signed to the independent label Euclid Agency (sublabel ''Zany Zap''). Despite not actually performing the instruments themselves during concerts, they have gained popularity through t ...
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The Golden Cups are a Japanese pop and rock band, who were one of the top bands performing in the Group Sounds scene in the late 1960s. Career The band formed in November 1966 in Yokohama, and initially comprised locally born singer Tokimune "Dave" Hirao (Nove ...
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Good Morning America ''Good Morning America'', often abbreviated as ''GMA'', is an American breakfast television, morning television program that is broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends wit ...
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Gore Beyond Necropsy Gore Beyond Necropsy (GBN) (currently known as Noise A-Go-Go's) is a Japanese band formed in 1989 in Hadano, Kanagawa, Hadano city, Kanagawa prefecture. The group have had a prolific output of releases. They play a hybrid style of chaotic grindc ...
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Granrodeo Granrodeo (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese rock band, specializing in creating music in Japanese animation, anime soundtracks. Career In 2005 Voice acting in Japan, voice actor Kishō Taniyama ("Kishow") and musician :ja:飯塚昌明, Masa ...
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Greeeen Gre4n Boyz (stylized as GRe4N BOYZ), until March 2024 named Greeeen (stylized as GReeeeN), is a Japanese all-male vocal group from Kōriyama in Fukushima Prefecture, comprising the four members: HIDE, navi, 92 (read as "kuni"), and SOH. They de ...
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Ground Zero A hypocenter or hypocentre (), also called ground zero or surface zero, is the point on the Earth's surface directly below a nuclear explosion, meteor air burst, or other mid-air explosion. In seismology, the hypocenter of an earthquake is its p ...
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Guitar Wolf Guitar Wolf (Japanese language, Japanese: Wikt:ギ, ギ Wikt:タ, タ Wikt:ー, ー Wikt:ウ, ウ Wikt:ル, ル Wikt:フ, フ) is a Japanese garage rock power trio founded in Tokyo in 1987. They coined the phrase "jet rock 'n' roll", which they ...
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Guniw Tools are a Japanese visual kei rock band. The band's theme is "Integrated Art Direction featuring visual images that come forth from sound."Halcali , were a Japanese J-pop duo consisting of Halca and Yucali from Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. Its name is a portmanteau of and . Their debut album, ''Halcali Bacon'', reached #5 on the Oricon charts, making it the first album by a female hip-hop artist ...
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Hanako Oku is a pop singer famous in her native Japan for her piano ballads. She rose to fame after performing the end-title track for the Madhouse (company), Madhouse film ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006 film), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' in ...
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Hanatarash Hanatarashi (), meaning "sniveler" or "snot-nosed" in Japanese, was a noise band created by later Boredoms frontman Yamantaka Eye in Osaka, Japan in 1983. The other core member during the early years was later Zeni Geva drummer and Boredoms co-fo ...
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Hangry & Angry Hangry & Angry-f (stylized as HANGRY & ANGRY-f, previously known as hANGRY & ANGRY) was a Japanese female pop and rock duo created in 2008, consisting of former Morning Musume members Hitomi Yoshizawa ("Hangry") and Rika Ishikawa ("Angry"). Th ...
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Haru Nemuri , known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and "poetry rapper". Her musical style mixes influences from J-pop, rap, post-hardcore, experimental pop, art rock, and electronica. She is currently based in Tokyo. Life and career K ...
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Head Phones President Head Phones President (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese metal band formed in Tokyo in 1999. Their sound has been described as alternative metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal, and nu metal. They have played various music festivals, ...
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Heartsdales Heartsdales was a Japanese-American hip pop duo composed of sisters and , known by their stage names Rum and Jewels, respectively. Yumi was born on December 17, 1981, and Emi on December 4, 1976, in Tokyo, Japan. Their family moved to the Yon ...
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Hearts Grow Hearts Grow was a Japanese band from Motobu, Okinawa. Their first single ''Grow!!'' was released independently (in limited quantities) on 19 April 2006. Hearts Grow made their major label debut on 18 October 2006, with the release of their firs ...
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Heath A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a coole ...
* Heidi. * Hello Sleepwalkers *
Hey! Say! JUMP Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is an nine-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Smile-Up (formerly known as Johnny & Associates). The group is split into two sub-groups: Hey! Say! BEST and Hey! Say! 7. In Japan they sold more ...
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Hi-Standard Hi-Standard (stylized as Hi-STANDARD) is a Japanese punk rock band formed in 1991 by bassist and lead vocalist Akihiro Nanba, guitarist and vocalist Ken Yokoyama, and drummer Akira Tsuneoka. The release '' Making the Road'' sparked sold-out Japa ...
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The Hiatus The Hiatus is a Japanese rock supergroup formed by Takeshi Hosomi, lead vocalist of Ellegarden. Members * – vocals, guitar ( Ellegarden, MONOEYES) * Masasucks – guitar (Fullscratch) * – bass (Radio Caroline, ex- Thee Michelle Gun Eleph ...
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Hibari Misora was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon. She received a Medal of Honor for her contributions to music and for improving the welfare of the public, and was the first woman to receive the People's Honour Award, which was conferred posth ...
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Hidehiko Hoshino , nicknamed "Hide", is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the rhythm guitarist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. Following the October 2023 death of vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, Hoshino began sharing lead vocal du ...
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Hideki Saijo was a Japanese singer, composer, actor, drummer, voice actor, and television and radio show host. Due to his numerous pioneering achievements throughout Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, he is considered an icon amongst Shōwa era idols. With on- ...
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High and Mighty Color High and Mighty Color (stylized as HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR and abbreviated as H&MC) was a Japanese rock band active from 2003 to 2010. They had two vocalists; a male and a female. History Formation and Anti-Nobunaga The band started in Okinawa w ...
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The High-Lows were a popular Japanese punk rock band that was formed in 1995. The band stopped all activities in November 2005 and broke up. Members * Hiroto Kōmoto – vocals, harmonica, occasional rhythm guitar * Masatoshi Mashima –guitar, backing voca ...
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Hijokaidan is a Japanese noise and free improvisation group with a revolving lineup that has ranged from two members to as many as fourteen in its early days. The group is the project of guitarist , its one constant member, who is head and owner of the O ...
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Hikaru Kotobuki is a Japanese musician who worked with artists like Susumu Hirasawa (P-Model), and Jun Togawa. In the early 1980s, Kotobuki joined Morio Agata's tour as a keyboard player and guitarist. After Agata's tour, Kotobuki and Agata formed a band which t ...
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Hikaru Utada , also known mononymously as Utada, is a Japanese and American singer, songwriter, and producer. She is considered to be one of the most influential and best-selling musical artists in Japan. She is best known by international audiences for w ...
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Hikashu Hikashu (ヒカシュー) are a Japanese experimental/prog rock band led by pseudo-Kabuki vocalist, Makigami Koichi, known for their highly experimental music. They are often referred to by their alternative English moniker, Hikasu. The group's m ...
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Himiko Kikuchi is a Japanese jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer and arranger. Early life Kikuchi was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 2, 1953. Raised in Shiogama, she began studying classical piano at the age of 7, under the tutelage of Ruiko Kog ...
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Hinatazaka46 is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was established as a subgroup of Sakurazaka46, Keyakizaka46 named Hiragana Keyakizaka46 on 30 November 2015, and was renamed and spun off into its own group on 11 February 2019. ...
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Hinoi Team was a Japanese female pop group formed around Asuka Hinoi with supporting members Keika Matsuoka, Hikaru Koyama, and Rina Takenaka. Most of their releases are covers of Eurobeat songs. Discography Ike Ike The Hinoi team's debut "Ike Ike ...
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Hiroko Moriguchi (born June 13, 1968, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan), better known by her stage name is a female Japanese singer and tarento. Moriguchi is affiliated with the talent agency NoReason Inc., where she also serves as Second Production Departm ...
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Hironobu Kageyama is a Japanese musician, singer and composer. He is best known for his work on anime, video game and ''tokusatsu'' soundtracks. Kageyama first rose to prominence as a teenager in the 1970s as lead singer of the rock band Lazy. Following their br ...
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Hiroshi Kitadani is a Japanese singer, who primarily performs theme songs and other songs in anime. He also works behind the scenes of many songs. He currently works with JAM Project. He is most known for singing the first, fifteenth, nineteenth (with Kishidan), ...
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Hiroshi Itsuki is a Japanese singer and composer. As of 1987, he had sold 20 million singles and 4 million LP albums. Itsuki is usually regarded as an ''enka'' singer, but he has also released a cover version of Southern All Stars' J-pop song "Tsunami". Care ...
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Hisashi Imai is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. Following the October 2023 death of vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, Imai began sharing lead vocal duties in the band with fe ...
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Hitomi Shimatani is a Japanese pop singer. Formerly signed to the Avex Trax label for 22 years, Shimatani started her career as an Enka singer with the release of her debut single in 1999, but later decided to get into the dance/ pop style for her music. Shim ...
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Hitomi Yaida is a Japanese pop/folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. She often goes by the nickname Yaiko. Yaida is an established musical artist in Japan and has also had minor club hits in the United Kingdom. Career 2000 Born in Toyonaka, Osaka, ...
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Hitsujibungaku is a Japan, Japanese alternative rock band formed by Moeka Shiotsuka (vocals, guitar, songwriting), Yurika Kasai (bass) and Hiroa Fukuda (drums). Career Moeka Shiotsuka grew up in a strict household, where she spent her childhood focused ...
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HKT48 HKT48 (read "H.K.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. HKT48 is named after the Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Hakata-ku ward of Fukuoka, where Akimoto originally intended to base the group. The group currently performs at ...
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Home Made Kazoku is a Japanese hip hop trio from Nagoya, formed in 1996. They are signed to Ki/oon Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music. The group has been on hiatus since 2016. History Home Made Kazoku is a trio consisting of members Micro, Kuro, and DJ U- ...
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Husking Bee Husking Bee are a Japanese powerpop/punk band formed in 1994. According to Oricon, HUSKING BEE’s member were Isobe Masafumi (on Vocals), Kudo "Tekkin" Tetsuya(on Bass) and Hiramoto Leona (on Drums). They debuted in 1995 by "NOT SUPERSTITIOUS III ...
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* I Don't Like Mondays. * Iceman *
Ichirou Mizuki , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu. For over 50 years, he had recorded over 1,200 songs for Japanese film, televisio ...
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Ichiko Aoba is a Japanese folk singer and songwriter. Her main instrument is guitar, with which she composes most of her music. She also plays the piano, clarinet, accordion, and flute. Aoba is known for her acoustic sound and songwriting, which are inspir ...
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Idoling!!! was a Japanese TV show with an attached female idol group created by Fuji TV. The concept of the group was to watch as the girls grow as idols and experience various things. Idoling's main source of exposure was their TV show, which aired s ...
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Idol Renaissance was a Japanese idol girl group under Sony Music Artists and T-Palette records. The group was debuted in 2014 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of SMA. They participated in the 2014-2017 Tokyo Idol Festival. Their single "Funny Bunny" reached th ...
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Ikimono-gakari The romanization of the group's name does not have the hyphen according to Sony's websites for their albums. is a Japanese pop rock duo from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan consisting of Yoshiki Mizuno and Kiyoe Yoshioka. The group started in Februa ...
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Incapacitants are a Japanese noise music group formed in 1981. Initially a solo project of Toshiji Mikawa, Fumio Kosakai joined upon the project's relocation to Tokyo. The duo's stated aim is to produce "pure" noise, uninfluenced by musical ideas or even huma ...
* Inoue Joe *
Inoran , better known exclusively by his stage name Inoran, is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Luna Sea since 1986. He started his solo career in 1997. Luna Sea disba ...
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Inuwasi Inuwasi (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese alternative idol girl group A girl group is a music act featuring two or more women in music, female singers who generally vocal harmony, harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a ...
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IOSYS is a Japanese musical ensemble and ''doujin'' circle from Sapporo, Japan. The group is primarily known for producing rearrangements of music from the '' Touhou Project'' series of shoot 'em up video games. They are not signed to a label, inst ...
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Ippu-Do was a Japanese electronic music group of the early 1980s, led by singer-songwriter Masami Tsuchiya. History Ippu-Do debuted in 1979 with ''Normal'', made up of Tsuchiya on vocals and guitar, Akira Mitake on keyboards, and Shoji Fujii on drum ...
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Isao Sasaki is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer. Career Sasaki has had voice roles in anime such as ''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'', ''Space Battleship Yamato'', and ''Gatchaman''. He has also performed the opening themes for anime such as ''Y ...
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Isao Tomita , often known simply as Tomita, was a Japanese composer, regarded as one of the pioneers of electronic music and space music, and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements. In addition to creating note-by-note realiza ...
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Hideki Ishima is a Japanese musician, known primarily for his work with Flower Travellin' Band and for creating the sitarla instrument. A guitarist and sitar player for nearly forty years, he now exclusively plays the sitarla, an instrument he invented in ...
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JAM Project JAM Project ("JAM" standing for "Japan Animationsong Makers") are a Japanese Music in Japanese animation, anison band founded on July 19, 2000, by anison singer Ichirou Mizuki. The band is composed of many vocal artists well known in the anime mu ...
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Janne Da Arc Janne Da Arc was a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in Hirakata, Osaka in 1991. Although inactive since 2007, they officially announced that they had disbanded on April 1, 2019. The band's name is often shortened to or "JDA". Career The ...
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Jazztronik Jazztronik is a Japanese music group by the Tokyo-based DJ/producer/pianist Ryota Nozaki, that does not have fixed members. Jazztronik has released two albums and two EPs since 1998 on label Flower Records. In 2001 Jazztronik also released ...
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Jealkb Jealkb (ジュアルケービー ''juarukeebii'') is a Japanese visual kei rock band made up of seven members, all of them comedians including London Boots Ichi-go Ni-go's Atsushi Tamura. History Their debut single ''Metronome'' hit number 1 ...
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Jero Jerome Charles White Jr. (born September 4, 1981), better known by his stage name , is an American enka singer of African-American and Japanese descent who is the first black enka singer in Japanese music history. In 2018, Jero announced that h ...
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Jimsaku is a Japanese drum and bass duo formed by Akira Jimbo and Tetsuo Sakurai in 1990, after they left the jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and ear ...
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Jinn Jinn or djinn (), alternatively genies, are supernatural beings in pre-Islamic Arabian religion and Islam. Their existence is generally defined as parallel to humans, as they have free will, are accountable for their deeds, and can be either ...
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JO1 is a Japanese boy band formed through the first season of '' Produce 101 Japan'' by Lapone Entertainment. The group is composed of eleven members: Issei Mamehara, Ren Kawashiri, Takumi Kawanishi, Shosei Ohira, Shion Tsurubo, Ruki Shiroiwa, ...
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Johnny's West West. (stylized as WEST.), formerly known as (stylized Johnny's WEST), is a boy band consisting of seven members formed under the Starto Entertainment talent agency. The members are Daiki Shigeoka, Junta Nakama, Takahiro Hamada, Akito Kiriyama ...
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Juice=Juice Juice=Juice, pronounced "Juice Juice", is a ten-member Japanese idol girl group formed in 2013. The group originally consisted of six trainee members of Hello! Project. They have released three studio albums and seventeen singles. Juice=Juice w ...
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Judy and Mary Judy and Mary (often stylized as JUDY AND MARY) was a Japanese rock band formed in 1991 in Japan by bassist Yoshihito Onda and vocalist Yuki, with drummer Kohta Igarashi and guitarist Taiji Fujimoto completing the lineup in 1992. Guitarist Takuy ...
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JUNNA Junna Sakai (境 純菜 ''Sakai Junna,'' born November 2, 2000), better known by her stage name JUNNA (じゅんな), is a Japanese singer managed by Cube Inc. and signed to FlyingDog. Career JUNNA made her singing career debut as the singing ...
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* K.A.Z * Kagerou *
Kagrra, was a Japanese visual kei folk rock band. They were originally signed to the now defunct Key Party Records under the name "Crow". The group changed its name when they signed to PS Company in 2000. History The band's major debut was in 2004 w ...
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Kahimi Karie , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, songwriter and photographer. Her music is closely associated with the Shibuya-kei aesthetic. Karie sings in English, French and Japanese, among other languages. Karie began her music career ...
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Kalafina is a Japanese vocal group formed by composer Yuki Kajiura in 2007, mainly to perform theme songs for the anime ''The Garden of Sinners'', but later expanded to include many other theme songs for other anime shows and films including the '' Puel ...
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Kamaitachi is a Japanese yōkai from the oral tradition of the Kōshin'etsu region. It can also refer to the strange events that this creature causes. They appear riding on dust devils and cut people using their sickle-like front claws, delivering shar ...
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Kamen Joshi is a Japanese female idol group consisting of four teams. The name refers to the members of the group wearing masks which cover their faces during the performances of most songs and much of the promotional material, with the type of mask varying ...
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Kami are the Deity, deities, Divinity, divinities, Spirit (supernatural entity), spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the traditional Shinto religion of Japan. ''Kami'' can be elements of the landscape, forc ...
* Kamijo *Kamiyado *Kana Nishino *Kana Ueda *Kanjani Eight *Kannivalism *Kanon Wakeshima *Kaori Mochida *KAT-TUN *Kazumasa Hashimoto *Keiichi Suzuki (composer), Keiichi Suzuki (Moonriders) *Keiji Haino *Keiko Masuda *Kelun *Kemuri *Ken (musician), Ken *Ken Hirai *Ken Ishii *Ken Lloyd *Kenji Ohtsuki *Kenji Ozawa *Kenshi Yonezu *Ketsumeishi *Keyakizaka46 *Keytalk *The Kiddie *Kikuo (musician), Kikuo *Shoukichi Kina *King Brothers (Japanese group), King Brothers *KinKi Kids *Osamu Kitajima *Kinniku Shōjo Tai *Kis-My-Ft2 *KK Null *Klaha *Knock Out Monkey *Kobukuro *Kōenji Hyakkei *Kohei Mihara *Koichi Yamadera *Kōji Kondō *Kokia (singer), Kokia *Kome Kome Club *Korekyojinn *Koshi Inaba *Kotani Kinya *Kotoko (singer), Kotoko *Kousokuya *Közi *Kra (band), Kra *Kumi Koda *Kuroyume *Kusumi Koharu *Kwon Ri-se, Kwon Rise *Kyary Pamyu Pamyu *Kyosuke Himuro *Kyu Sakamoto


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*L'Arc-en-Ciel *La'cryma Christi *Lama (Japanese band), Lama *Lamp (band), Lamp *Lareine *Laputa (band), Laputa *Last Alliance (band), Last Alliance *Lazy (band), Lazy *Lead (band), Lead *Leo Ieiri *LiSA (Japanese singer, born 1987), LiSA *Lia (Japanese singer), Lia *Light Bringer (band), Light Bringer *Lindberg (band), Lindberg *Ling Tosite Sigure *Lite (band), Lite *Little by Little (band), Little by Little *LM.C (Japanese band), LM.C *Hideki Matsutake, Logic System *Long Shot Party *Love Psychedelico *Lovebites (band), Lovebites *Loudness (band), Loudness *Luke Takamura *Luna Sea *Luna Haruna *Lynch (band), Lynch


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*MAA (singer), MAA *Maaya Sakamoto *Macdonald Duck Eclair *Kō Machida *The Mad Capsule Markets *Maher Shalal Hash Baz (band), Maher Shalal Hash Baz *Mai (singer), Mai *Mai Kuraki *Make-Up (Japanese band), Make-Up *Maki Asakawa *Maki Nomiya *Makiko Hirabayashi *Malice Mizer *Mami Kawada *Mamoru Miyano *Mana (Japanese musician), Mana *Mao Abe *Marbell *Mardelas *Mari Hamada *Mary's Blood *Masaaki Endoh *Masami Okui *Masayuki Suzuki *Mass of the Fermenting Dregs *Masonna *The Mass Missile *Matenrou Opera *Yumi Matsutoya *Maximum the Hormone *Meg (singer), Meg *Megamasso *Mejibray *Melt-Banana *Melody (Japanese singer), Melody *Merengue (band), Merengue *Merry (band), Merry *Merzbow *Metalucifer *Metronome (band), Metronome *M-Flo *Michiro Endo *Midori Takada *Mie (singer), Mie *Mihimaru GT *Mika Arisaka *Mika Nakashima *Mikuni Shimokawa *Miliyah Kato *Minako Honda *Minmi *Misia *Missile Innovation *Mitski *Miwa (singer), Miwa *Mix Speaker's,Inc. *Miyavi *Moi dix Mois *Momoiro Clover Z *Monde Bruits *Monkey Majik *Mono (Japanese band), Mono *Monoral *The Mops *Morning Musume *Motohiro Hata *Motoi Sakuraba *Move (Japanese band), Move *Mr. Children *Mucc *Mute Beat *Myco (singer), Myco


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*Nagisa ni te *Nagi Yanagi *Masaya Nakahara *Meiko Nakahara *Nami Tamaki *Namie Amuro *Nanase Aikawa *Nana Kitade *Nana Mizuki *Naoki Satō *Nemophila (band), Nemophila *Neo Japonism *News (band), NEWS *Nightmare (Japanese band), Nightmare *Nil (band), Nil *Ningen Isu *Nine Miles *NiziU *NMB48 *No Regret Life *Nobodyknows (band), Nobodyknows *Nobukazu Takemura *Nobuo Uematsu *Nobuo Yamada *Nobuteru Maeda *Nogizaka46 *Nogod *Nokko *Nookicky *Noriko Tadano *Nothing's Carved in Stone *Number Girl *Nico Touches the Walls *Nujabes *NYC (band), NYC *N Zero


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*Oblivion Dust *Oceanlane *Off Course *Okuda Tamio *Oldcodex *Onmyo-Za *On/Off (Japanese band), On/Off *The Oral Cigarettes *Orange Range *Oreskaband *One Ok Rock *OOIOO *Otomo Yoshihide *Outrage (band), Outrage


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*P-Model *Panic Channel *Paris Match *Party Rockets GT *Pasocom Music Club *Pata (musician), Pata *Pay Money to My Pain *Peelander-Z *The Pees *Penicillin (band), Penicillin *Perfume (Japanese band), Perfume *Phantasmagoria (band), Phantasmagoria *Phantom Siita *The Piass *Pierrot (band), Pierrot *Piggs *Piko (singer), Piko *The Pillows *Pink Lady (duo), Pink Lady *Pizzicato Five *Plastic Tree *Plastics (band), Plastics *Plenty (band), Plenty *Plus-Tech Squeeze Box *Polysics *Porno Graffitti *Potshot (band), Potshot *Prague (band), Prague *The Predators (Japanese band), The Predators *predia *Princess Princess (band), Princess Princess *Prism (Japanese band), Prism *Psy-S *Psycho le Cému *Puffy AmiYumi *PYG (band), Pyg


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*Qp-Crazy *Queen Bee (band), Queen Bee *Qumali Depart *Quruli


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*Radwimps *Rain (Japanese band), Rain *Rami (singer), Rami *Rankin' Taxi *Raphael (band), Raphael *Ray (Japanese singer), Ray *Ray (girl group), Ray *RC Succession *Rebecca (band), Rebecca *Rei Harakami *Remioromen *Rentrer en Soi *Rice (band), Rice *Rie fu *Rikiji *Rimi Natsukawa *Rina Aiuchi *Rina Sawayama *Ringo Sheena *Ringwanderung *Rip Slyme *Ritual Carnage *Riyu Kosaka *Rize (band), Rize *The Rodeo Carburettor *Rolly Teranishi *The Roosters *Round Table (band), Round Table *Rovo *Ruins (Japanese band), Ruins *Run&Gun *Rurutia *Ryuichi Kawamura *Ryuichi Sakamoto


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*Sabbat (Japanese band), Sabbat *Saber Tiger (band), Saber Tiger *Sadie (band), Sadie *Sadistic Mika Band *Sads (band), Sads *Sakanaction *Saki KubotaAkane Maruyama
"大ヒットから40年 二人の「異邦人」の心の旅"
w:ja:論座, 論座 (Ronza). (Asahi Shimbun's website "Webronza"). 30 March 2019. *Sakura (musician), Sakura *Sakura Gakuin *Sambomaster *Sandii & the Sunsetz *Saori@destiny *Sarina Suno *Satsuki (musician), Satsuki *Sayuri (singer), Sayuri *Scanch *Scandal (Japanese band), Scandal *The Scanty *Scha Dara Parr *Schaft *School Food Punishment *Schwarz Stein *Schwein *Screw (band), Screw *The Something *Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her *See-Saw (group), See-Saw *Seiichi Yamamoto *Seiji Ozawa *Seikima-II *Serial TV Drama *Sex Machineguns *Sexy Zone *Shakkazombie *Shanadoo *Sharam Q *Sheena & The Rokkets *Shigeru Izumiya *Shiina Ringo *Shilfee and Tulipcorobockles *Shinichi Ishihara *Shinichi Osawa *Shinya Yamada *Shonen Knife *Show-Ya *Showtaro Morikubo *Shugo Tokumaru *Siam Shade *Sid (band), Sid *Sigh (band), Sigh *Silent Poets *Silk Road *Skeletons *SKE48 *Skin (Japanese band), Skin *SMAP *Snowkel *Softball *Soft Ballet *Soil & "Pimp" Sessions *Solmania *Sons of All Pussys *Sophia (Japanese band), Sophia *Soul Flower Union *Soulhead *Sound Horizon *Southern All Stars *Sowelu *SpecialThanks *The Spiders (Japanese band), The Spiders *Spitz (band), Spitz *Splay (Japanese band), Splay *Spyair *The Stalin *Stance Punks *Stereopony *Stomu Yamashta *Sug *Sugizo *Suga Shikao *Suneohair *Sunmyu *Sunny Day Service *SunSet Swish *Supercar (band), Supercar *Super Beaver *Super Bell"Z *Super Junky Monkey *Surf Coasters *Susumu Hirasawa *Sweet Steady *The System of Alive *Syu


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*T-Square *Taiji Sawada *Takagi Masakatsu *Takako Minekawa *Takayuki Miyauchi *Tak Matsumoto *Takeshi Terauchi *Taki Rentaro *Tamurapan *Tanpopo (band), Tanpopo *Tackey & Tsubasa *Taeko Onuki *Taia (band), Taia *Taj Mahal Travellers *Tatsuya Ishii *Team Syachihoko *Tears of Tragedy *Tegomass *The Tempters *Tenniscoats *Teppei Koike *Teriyaki Boyz *Terra (group), Terra *Terra Rosa (band), Terra Rosa *Teru (guitarist), Teru *Tetra-Fang *Tetsu Takano *Tetsuya (musician), Tetsuya *Tetsuya Komuro *Theatre Brook *Thee Michelle Gun Elephant *Thug Murder *Thyme (band), Thyme *The Tigers (Japanese band), The Tigers *TM Network *TM Revolution *Toe (band), Toe *Jun Togawa *Tohoshinki *TOKIO *Toko Yasuda *Tokyo Jihen *Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra *Tokyo Yankees *Toll Yagami *Tommy February6 *Tommy Heavenly6 *Tatsuro Yamashita *Tomohisa Yamashita *Tomoyasu Hotei *Toshi (musician), Toshi *Tourbillon *Towa Tei (of Deee-Lite) *Tricot (band), Tricot *TrySail *Tsunku *Tujiko Noriko *Tube (band), TUBE *TUYU (band) *Two-Mix *Tyrant (Japanese band), Tyrant


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*Ua (singer), Ua *Yuya Uchida (singer), Yuya Uchida *Ulfuls *Ultra Living *Umineco Sounds *Under Graph *United (band), United *United Future Organization *Unsraw *Urbangarde *Uverworld


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*V6 (band), V6 *Vajra *Valshe *Vamps (band), Vamps *Varuna *Vaundy *Versailles (band), Versailles *Vidoll *Violet UK *Vistlip *Vivid (band), Vivid *Vivisick *Vodka Collins (band), Vodka Collins


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*W (group), W *Wada Kouji *Wands (band), Wands *Wasuta *WaT *White Ash (band), White Ash *Whiteberry (music group), Whiteberry *Wink (Japanese band), Wink *Wino (band), Wino *World's End Girlfriend *World Order (band), World Order *Wyse (band), Wyse *W-inds


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*X Japan


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*Yahyel *Mai Yajima *Yamaguchi Kappei *Joe Yamanaka *Yann Tomita *Yellow Generation *Yellow Magic Orchestra *The Yellow Monkey *Yoasobi *Yoichiro Yoshikawa *Yoko Kanno *Yoko Ono *Yoko Takahashi *Yorushika *Yōsei Teikoku *Yoshida Brothers *Kazuya Yoshii *Yoshiki Fukuyama *Yoshiki Hayashi *Yoshino Nanjo *Yoshinori Sunahara *Yoshioka Yui *Yuria *Yui (singer), Yui *Yui Aragaki *Yui Horie *YuiKaori *Yui Makino *Yukari Fresh *Yuki Isoya *Yukihiro (musician), Yukihiro *Yumemiru Adolescence *Yumi Yoshimura *Yuna Ito *Yura Yura Teikoku *Yuri Kasahara *Yūta Furukawa *Yutaka Higuchi (musician), Yutaka Higuchi *Yuya Matsushita *Yūzō Kayama *Yuzu (band), Yuzu


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*Zard *Takehito Koyasu, Zazel *Zazen Boys *Zeebra *Zelda (band), Zelda *Zeni Geva *Zeppet Store *Zi:Kill *Zigzo *Zone (band), Zone *Zoobombs *Zoro (band), Zoro *Zutomayo *Zwei (band), Zwei *ZZ (band), ZZ


See also

*J-pop *Japanese hardcore *Japanese hip hop *Japanese metal *Japanoise *List of J-pop artists *List of Japanese hip hop musicians *Music of Japan *Shibuya-kei *Visual kei


References

{{Musicians by country Lists of Japanese musicians,