Japanese Music

A thread to sum up ALL J-Anything music. My list is a list from a japanese person who lived in Japan during the 90's.

The purpose of this thread is to post japanese bands that you enjoy or like to suggest.

Please don't repeat bands, we all know about High and Mighty Color, Orange Range, and all Bleach/Naruto related bands.

[Unless you want to actually suggest their other songs. Then specify.]

I'll add to the list as time goes by.

Also, if you just want to suggest one song and not the whole artist, do so. so we can listen to the suggested song and not the rest of their discography.

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So my list:


Matsuda Seiko
Every Little Thing
B'z
Southern All Stars
Spitz
Yuzu
Sasuke
Kobukuro
Sharan Q
Kinki Kids
Smap
Hamasaki Ayumi
Utada Hikaru
Tokunaga Hideaki
Koda Kumi
Shounan no Kaze
Porno Graffiti
Exile
Def Tech
Bump of Chicken
175R
Mihimaru GT
Dream Come True
Globe
D-51
Ketsumeishi
Zard
Day After Tomorrow
Gospellers
Hirai Ken
Mr.Children
Speed
Chemistry
Judy and Mary
Kubota Toshinobu
Field of View
Class
Bakufu Slump
Tube
Oda Kazumasa
Funky Monkey Babys
SEAMO

Most of these are anime-featured J-artists and OST composers plus few other Jpop/Jrock artists as well, minus seiyus:

Suga Shikao
Kotoko
Lia
Mami Kawada
MELL
I've Sound
Undergraph
angela
Angela Aki
FictionJunction
T.M.Revolution
Yoji Biomehanika
Bennie K
Heartsdales
Crystal Kay
Dream
See-Saw
Two-Mix
Tommy Heavenly6
Tomiko Van
Paradise Go! Go!
V6
the pillows
the Brilliant Green
Shimokawa Mikuni
Kuribayashi Minami
Nami Tamaki
Rina Auchi
Do As Infinity
Hashimoto Miyuki
Takahashi Yoko
Ishida Yoko
savage genius
Takahashi Hitomi
Nightmare
Yousei Teikoku
Sachi Tainaka
eufonius
Maaya Sakamoto
Rie Fu
SunSet Swish
Arashi
Julia Mazda
Nana Kitade
Ali Project
FLOW
Jyukai
the indigo
BACK-ON
HAL
Mizuki Nana
Itou Kanako
Beat Crusaders
Yoriko
Iwasaki Taku
Yuji Kajiura
Ishikawa Chiaki
Fukuyama Yoshiki
Saeko Chiba
Riya
Kosaka Riyu
access
Sowelu
Abingdon School Boys
Stephanie
UVerworld
Surface
Nirgilis
Antic Cafe
COOLON
Invoice
Yellow Generation
L'Arc~en~Ciel
Cool Joke
Asian Kung-fu Generation
Changin' My Life
Tomoko Tane
Buck Tick
Kelun
Redballoon
Snowkel
Yo-King
Does
Yozuca
YURIA
Toshihiko Sahashi
Lisa
Shocking Lemon
Mori Naoya
nobuko
Yo Hitoto
Kids alive
Imai Chihiro
Senri Manaka
Kiuji Saori
Brace;D
Shinya
Tarantula
Uura Saeka
Road of Major
Arashiro Beni
CooRie
KAORI
Kita Shuuhei
Last Alliance
DEL
Merry
Shounen Kamikaze
Mizrock
12012
Kukui
Minmi
Tsujabes
Force of Nature
Midicronica
Sakai Mikio
Ide Yasuaki
Snow*
Koike Joanna
hitomi
meg rock
AKINO
Kiyoura Natsumi
COACH
Afromania
Nakagawa Shouko
HIGH VOLTAGE
Aiko Kayou
M.C.A.T.
Acid
Katou Miliyah
Kinya
Kudou Aki
SiLC
Bana
Hitomi Mieno
RYTHEM
SOUL'd OUT
2AM
Transtic Nerve
The Birthday
MUCC
Tenmon
Satou Naoki
Face 2 Fake

I didn't look too well, but it seems you missed Dir en Grey and Maximum The Hormone ^^

I have too much Japanese songs in my Comp, and it seems that a large number of it has been posted by G-money. (20gb of songs. :lol: )

i would post all of my favourites but i cant be bothered so here are a few
dj ozma
uverworld
tm revolution

Lets see
Abungton Boys School
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Bump of Chicken
Dir En Grey(I'm shocked no one has said this band yet)
Do As Infinity
Gackt
Hysteric Blue
L'arc En Cel
Malice Mizer
Miyavi
MUCC
Orange Range(I'm partial to Kirkirimai)
The Pillows
Rei Fu
Rei Tanaka
Remioromen
Round Table
SMAP
Takacha
Tokyo Jihen
UVERWorld
V6
YUI

Lol well g-money posted the ones I know about.. soo all I have is Kotoko,
Several good songs I recommend listening to from her are We Survive, Love A Riddle, Face of Fact.

Shimokawa Mikuni, Selenite, Silly-Go-Round, Amakakeruryu No Hirameki, Crow -KARAS-

Note that the last two songs I posted are Instrumental only

Sex Machineguns
Galneryus
Anna Tsuchiya
Sound Horizon
9mm Parabellum Bullet
animetal
Eiko Shimamiya
the GazettE
Mika Nakashima
Tokito Ami
Mayumi Kojima
Kalafina
X Japan

There, now all the songs are on the first post.

I'll update it if you post more songs.

I need to add to my list
Doping Panda
Luna Sea

hey my list maybe tiny but i know how to use it :D

I named Dir En Grey!!! the second reply dammit >.<

Not when I Ctrl+F the page.

I do hope we stay away from listing seiyus as actual J-artists. In my eyes, if they don't produce their own albums, then they shouldn't be considered part of the J-music mainstream. After all, that would add another 100+ names to this ever growing list.

@Angelus Lapsus: You mean Rie Tanaka and Rie Fu. Rie Tanaka would fall under the category of seiyus who sing songs exclusively for the anime.

To add some more:
JAM Project
HALICALI
fripside
Round Table
Nitro
Flying Kids
AACHINO
Sunbrain
Yugo Kanno
Iwasaki Tarou
Yasunori Iwasaki
Mitsumune Nobuyoshi
Tsutchie
Sawada Kan

Goddamn, G-money is into never heard of artists O.O

i'll post my list when i can commandeer my other computer from my dad and his evil soitarie playing ways...

Hmm, pretty damn exhaustive list. Well, without repeating anyone already mentioned (unless its for clarification)...

BoA
ELISA (refer to Nabari no Ou ED)
ELLEGARDEN
Mai Hoshimura
Puffy AmiYumi - K2G
ROUND TABLE ft Nino
Straightener
Tomoko Kawase (who also goes under tommy february6/tommy heavenly6)
the brilliant green (lead vocals by Tomoko Kawase)
Younha

And that's all folks!

A while back, a friend of mine gave me a ton of Japanese music, from bands I had never heard of before. Here are a few good ones:

Art-School
Electric Eel Shock
Guitar Wolf
Halcali
Shiina Ringo

And something I got from a translator friend of mine, a really kick-ass Japanese hip-hop group:

MSC

Yeah, the Pillows!

I usually just listen to J pop from anime ops and eds. Some OSTs and really nothing else...