# 2022 in Japanese music

The year 2022 in Japanese music.

## Debuting
### Debuting groups

* &Team
* Boysgroup
* Classy
* ExWhyZ
* Fruits Zipper
* Golden Child
* Ive
* Kep1er
* The Last Rockstars
* Lil League from Exile Tribe
* Metamuse
* Ocha Norma
* Omega X
* OnlyOneOf
* Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe
* STAYC
* TFN
* Travis Japan
* Verivery
* WEi
* XG

### Debuting soloists

* Akari Akase
* Hanna Ishikawa
* Kang Daniel
* Kent Itō
* Miru Shiroma
* Onew
* SennaRin
* Yoshino Aoyama
* Yuki Yomichi

## Returning from hiatus
### Returning groups

* Doping Panda
* Mrs. Green Apple

### Returning soloists
## Number-ones

* Oricon number-one albums
* Oricon number-one singles
* Hot 100 number-one singles

## Awards

* 64th Japan Record Awards
* 2022 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

## Albums released
### January

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 5 | City | SixTones |
| 5 | Placebo | ASP |
| 12 | We are Girls² | Girls² |
| 12 | Ichi | Yuuri |
| 12 | OnlyOneOf Japan Best Album | OnlyOneOf |
| 19 | Bad Mode | Hikaru Utada |
| 25 | Ray of Light | The Rampage from Exile Tribe |
| 26 | Mirror | Scandal |
| 26 | Kyōgen | Ado |

### February

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 1 | Love Cycle | Ayaka |
| 2 | 1518 | @onefive |
| 2 | 26/27 | Airi Suzuki |
| 2 | Blue Cresc. | Cynhn |
| 2 | Visions | Milet |
| 9 | Fo(u)r YuU | Liyuu |
| 16 | Team | Team Shachi |
| 23 | Dream | Ai |
| 23 | Tokyo | Super Beaver |

### March

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 4 | Queendom | Awich |
| 9 | Gundam Song Covers 3 | Hiroko Moriguchi |
| 9 | Collage | Masaki Suda |
| 9 | Flare | Milet |
| 9 | Our Teen: Blue Side | T1419 |
| 16 | 1 or 8 | Eito |
| 16 | #Twice4 | Twice |
| 16 | Epitaph | Tohoshinki |
| 23 | Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku | Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku |
| 23 | Umibe | Sid |
| 30 | Pinky Swear | CIX |
| 30 | Oh My Girl Best | Oh My Girl |
| 30 | Adapt | Sakanaction |

### April

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 6 | Bloom | Red Velvet |
| 13 | Dignified | SennaRin |
| 20 | Terzo | Juice=Juice |
| 20 | Journey | Little Glee Monster |
| 20 | L.S. | Lyrical School |
| 22 | Shunka Ryougen | Haru Nemuri |

### May

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 11 | Antidote | Taichi Mukai |
| 17 | Shukuten | Momoiro Clover Z |
| 18 | Assort | Novelbright |
| 18 | Reflection | Tofubeats |
| 25 | Kizuna | JO1 |
| 25 | Break and Cross the Walls II | Man with a Mission |
| 25 | Beyond: Zero | Ateez |
| 27 | She's the Boss | The Boyz |
| 30 | The Greatest | BoA |

### June

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 1 | The Highlight | Sexy Zone |
| 8 | Harukakanatae | Haruka Fukuhara |
| 15 | Sono Ichi | Ho6la |
| 15 | Phalaris | Dir En Grey |
| 17 / 20 | Marumaru to Ninomiya to | Kazunari Ninomiya |
| 22 | Circus | Stray Kids |
| 22 | Softly | Tatsuro Yamashita |
| 29 | Made In | King & Prince |
| 29 | Mikansei no Mirai | NGT48 |
| 29 | The Best: Dear Fantasy | SF9 |

### July

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 6 | Nonnegative | Coldrain |
| 6 | Delighted Reviver | Nana Mizuki |
| 6 | Life Goes On | Onew |
| 8 | Unity | Mrs. Green Apple |
| 13 | But Wait. Cats? | Alexandros |
| 13 | 1st Love | Naniwa Danshi |
| 20 | First Snow First Love | Yuki Yomichi |
| 20 | Dempark!!! | Dempagumi.inc |
| 27 | Plasma | Perfume |
| 27 | Celebrate | Twice |

### August

| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. |
| 3 | As You Know? | Sakurazaka46 | |
| 3 | Nocturnal | Tokyo Girls' Style | ‌ |
| 10 | Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red | Ado | |
| 10 | Weather | B.O.L.T | |
| 10 | Highway X | B'z | |
| 11 | Youth | WEi | |
| 17 | Falling Into Your Eyes Record | Aimyon | |
| 17 | We are Cats. | The World Standard | |
| 17 | Savior | AB6IX | |
| 17 | Vocalo Zanmai 2 | Wagakki Band | |
| 24 | Genesis | Arcana Project | |
| 24 | Stand Up! | Omega X | |
| 31 | Be: 1 | Be First | |

### September

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 2 | Japan Activity Best | EXID |
| 9 | Luxury Disease | One Ok Rock |
| 14 | Feelin' Like | Pentagon |
| 21 | Unleash | Band-Maid |
| 21 | Snow Labo. S2 | Snow Man |
| 21 | For. | Sumika |
| 28 | Beyooooo2nds | Beyooooonds |

### October

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 5 | Joy Ride | Kang Daniel |
| 5 | Doki Doki Love | Rocket Punch |
| 12 | Quarter | Anly |
| 12 | Hitori Toiro | Karin Miyamoto |
| 26 | Sadame | Enhypen |

### November

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 2 | XYZ | ExWhyZ |
| 9 | Dream | Seventeen |
| 16 | Lander | LiSA |
| 18 | E-Side 2 | Yoasobi |
| 23 | Dopamine | Oneus |
| 30 | The World EP. Paradigm | Ateez |

### December

| Date | Album | Artist |
| 14 | Deep Down | Aimer |
| 14 | Hotel Insomnia | For Tracy Hyde |
| 14 | Magnetic | Kaela Kimura |
| 14 | Seize the Fate | Nemophila |

## Disbanding and retiring artists
### Disbanding

* Empire
* Go to the Beds
* Predia
* HO6LA

### Going on hiatus

* Kiyoshi Hikawa
* Mary's Blood
* Hikaru Yaotome
* Yoshimotozaka46