# List of Japanese idols

This is a list of Japanese idols; a type of celebrity in Japan. The following list includes both female and male idols as well as both solo idols and idol groups.

## Others

* =LOVE (group)
* ≠Me (group)
* ≒Joy (group)
* °C-ute (group)
* 3776 (group)
* 22/7 (group)
* 2o Love to Sweet Bullet (group)
* 3B Junior (group)
* 9nine (group)
* μ's (group)
* &TEAM (group)
* @onefive (group)

## A

* Aa! (group)
* AAA (group)
* A.B.C-Z (group)
* AKB48 (group)
* Akishibu Project (group)
* Arcana Project (group)
* Ali Project (group)
* Angerme (group)
* Arashi (group)
* Athena & Robikerottsu (group)
* Ayumikurikamaki (group)
* Asami Abe
* Nagisa Abe
* Natsumi Abe
* Shizue Abe
* Yumi Adachi
* Shoko Aida
* Masaki Aiba
* Himika Akaneya
* Jin Akanishi
* Sayaka Akimoto
* Mari Amachi
* Jun Amaki
* Chihiro Anai
* Yuko Anai
* Sakura Andō
* Anza
* Hiroko Anzai
* Maria Anzai
* Yui Aragaki
* Tsugumi Aritomo
* Momoka Ariyasu
* Miyoko Asada
* Nao Asahi
* Yui Asaka
* Nana Asakawa
* Aiko Asano
* Megumi Asaoka
* Mamiko Asō
* Aqours (group)
* Haruka Ayase
* Rion Azuma

## B

* B.I Shadow (group)
* BaBe (duo)
* Babyraids Japan (group)
* Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome (group)
* Band Ja Naimon! (group)
* Batten Showjo Tai (group)
* Ballistik Boyz (group)
* Banzai Japan (group)
* Beatcats (group)
* Be First (group)
* BeForU (group)
* Berryz Kobo (group)
* Beyooooonds (group)
* Bis (group)
* BiS Kaidan (group)
* Bish (group)
* Bite a Shock (group)
* Bon-Bon Blanco (group)
* Boysgroup (group)
* Boys and Men (group)
* Bullet Train (group)
* bump.y (group)
* Buono! (group)
* Buzy (group)
* Bonnie Pink (post-idol)
* B.O.L.T (group)

## C

* Camellia Factory (group)
* Canary Club (group)
* Candies (group)
* Candy Go!Go! (group)
* Candy Tune (group)
* Candye Syrup (group)
* Checkicco (group)
* Cheeky Parade (group)
* Chinpara (group)
* Chocolove from AKB48 (group)
* Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu (group)
* Chu-Z (group)
* Ciao Bella Cinquetti (group)
* ClariS (duo)
* Clear’s (group)
* CoCo (group)
* Cocoa Otoko (group)
* Coconuts Musume (group)
* College Cosmos (group)
* Country Musume (group)
* Cross Gene (group)
* Crown Pop (group)
* Cutie Street (group)
* CY8ER (group)
* Cymbals (band) (group)
* Cynhn (group)
* Agnes Chan
* Naomi Chiaki
* Yuri Chinen
* Choucho

## D

* D&D (group)
* D-Date (group)
* Da Pump (group)
* Da-ice (group)
* The Dance for Philosophy (group)
* Danceroid (group)
* Dancing Dolls (group)
* Dear Kiss (group)
* Def.Diva (group)
* Dempagumi.inc (group)
* Devil Anthem. (group)
* Dialogue (group)
* DISH// (group)
* DIVA (group)
* Doll Elements (group)
* Dorothy Little Happy (group)
* Dream5 (group)
* Dream Morning Musume (group)
* DXTeen
* Alisa Durbrow

## E

* Earth (group)
* Ebisu Muscats (group)
* Ecomoni (group)
* E-girls (group)
* Empire (group)
* Especia (group)
* Enako
* Kanako Enomoto
* ExWhyZ

## F

* Faky (group)
* Fantastics (group)
* Festive (group)
* First Place (group)
* Flame (group)
* Flap Girls' School (group)
* Folder5 (group)
* Four Leaves (group)
* French Kiss (group)
* Fruits Zipper (group)
* Fudanjuku (group)
* Kano Fujihira
* Miki Fujimoto
* Kyoko Fukada
* Kanon Fukuda
* Mizuki Fukumura

## G

* Gackt (post-idol)
* GAM (duo)
* Gang Parade (group)
* Garnidelia (duo)
* GAM
* Generations
* Girls² (group)
* Go to the Beds (group)
* Golf & Mike (duo)
* Gomattō (group)
* Guardians 4 (group)
* Maki Goto

## H

* Hachimitsu Rocket (group)
* Halna (group)
* Hello Pro Kenshusei (group)
* Hello! Project Kids (group)
* Hey! Say! JUMP (group)
* High-King (group)
* Hikaru Genji (group)
* Hinatazaka46 (group)
* Hinoi Team (group)
* HKT48 (group)
* Ho6la (group)
* Hōkago Princess (group)
* Hotch Potchi (group)
* HR (group)
* Mai Hagiwara
* Chitose Hajime
* Chisaki Hama
* Ayumi Hamasaki
* Yu Hasebe
* Kanna Hashimoto
* Hatsune Miku
* Hiroko Hayashi
* Aya Hirano
* Kusano Hironori
* Ryōko Hirosue
* Mieko Hirota
* Kanata Hongo
* Yui Horie

## I

* INI (group)
* I Ris (group)
* Ice Creamusume (group)
* Idol College (group)
* Idol Renaissance (group)
* Idoling!!! (group)
* Iginari Tohoku San
* Sayaka Ichii
* Yuri Ichii
* Miori Ichikawa
* Kaori Iida
* Raura Iida
* Riho Iida
* Haruna Iikubo
* Rina Ikoma
* Akiko Ikuina
* Erika Ikuta
* Erina Ikuta
* Toma Ikuta
* Miyuki Imori
* IMP.
* Kei Inoo
* Mao Inoue
* Waka Inoue
* Inuwasi (group)
* Saaya Irie
* Anna Iriyama
* Ayumi Ishida (b. 1948)
* Ayumi Ishida (b. 1997)
* Haruka Ishida
* Aya Ishiguro
* Kaori Ishihara
* Yujiro Ishihara
* Rika Ishikawa
* Mako Ishino
* Yōko Ishino
* Sayaka Isoyama
* Tomomi Itano
* Maiko Itō
* Ran Ito
* Sakiko Ito
* Yuna Ito
* Yukiko Iwai
* Misaki Iwasa
* Hiromi Iwasaki
* Yoshimi Iwasaki
* Karen Iwata

## J

* J Soul Brothers (group)
* J-Friends (group)
* Janne Da Arc (group)
* The Jet Boy Bangerz (group)
* JO1 (group)
* Johnnys (group)
* Johnny's Jr (group)
* Johnny's West (group)
* Juice=Juice (group)

## K

* Kamen Joshi (group)
* Kamen Rider Girls (group)
* Kamiyado (group)
* Kanjani Eight (group)
* Karen Girl's (group)
* KAT-TUN (group)
* Keyakizaka46 (group)
* King & Prince (group)
* Kids Alive (group)
* KinKi Kids (duo)
* Kira Pika (duo)
* Kis-my-ft2 (group)
* Kiss Kiss (group)
* Kitty GYM (group)
* Reon Kadena
* Keekihime
* Kazuya Kamenashi
* Moe Kamikokuryo
* Tomohiro Kamiyama
* Miyuki Kanbe
* Sayaka Kanda
* Shigeaki Kato
* Yukie Kawamura
* Tomoko Kawase
* Umika Kawashima
* Aiko Kayo
* Naoko Ken
* Noriko Kijima
* You Kikkawa
* Moa Kikuchi
* Ayumi Kinoshita
* Midori Kinouchi
* Kumi Koda
* Kyōko Koizumi
* Ayaka Komatsu
* Miho Komatsu
* Keiichiro Koyama
* Haruka Kudō
* Chiaki Kuriyama
* Koharu Kusumi
* Minako Kotobuki

## L

* Last Idol (group)
* Lazy (group)
* Lead (group)
* Liella! (group)
* Lil League
* LinQ (group)
* Lip's (group)
* LiSA
* Little Glee Monster (group)
* LinQ (group)
* Lip's (group)
* LM.C (duo)
* Lovely Doll (group)
* LoveSick (group)
* Lyrical School (group)
* Ann Lewis

## M

* Magnolia Factory (group)
* Mameshiba no Taigun (group)
* MAX (group)
* Me:I (group)
* Melon Kinenbi (group)
* Metamuse (group)
* Mercuro (group)
* MilkyWay (group)
* Mini-Moni (group)
* MiSaMo (group)
* Momoiro Clover Z (group)
* Morning Musume (group)
* Morning Musume Otomegumi (group)
* Morning Musume Sakuragumi (group)
* Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai (group)
* Musubizm (group)
* Musukko Club (group)
* Atsuko Maeda
* Yui Makino
* Erina Mano
* Ryuhei Maruyama
* Takahisa Masuda
* Seiko Matsuda
* Jurina Matsui
* Rena Matsui
* Yuya Matsushita
* Jun Matsumoto
* Aya Matsuura
* Megumi
* Sayumi Michishige
* Mihiro
* Saori Minami
* Ayaka Miyoshi
* Nana Mizuki
* Yui Mizuno
* Moga Mogami
* Kanako Momota
* Masako Mori
* Momoe Mori
* Hiroko Moriguchi
* Chisato Moritaka
* Osamu Mukai
* Shingo Murakami
* Ayami Mutō
* Myco

## N

* N Zero (group)
* Naniwa Danshi (group)
* NCT Wish (group)
* Negicco (group)
* Neo Japonism (group)
* NEWS (group)
* Neverland (group)
* NGT48 (group)
* Nice Girl Project! (group)
* NiziU (group)
* NMB48 (group)
* No Sleeves (group)
* Nochiura Natsumi (group)
* Nogizaka46 (group)
* Not Yet (group)
* Nyangilas (group)
* NYC (group)
* Shoko Nakagawa
* Yuto Nakajima
* Yukie Nakama
* Yuichi Nakamaru
* Akina Nakamori
* Suzuka Nakamoto
* Miho Nakayama
* Yuma Nakayama
* Jun Natsukawa
* Miyabi Natsuyaki
* Kazunari Ninomiya
* Hikaru Nishida
* Ryo Nishikido

## O

* Ocha Norma (group)
* Ongaku Gatas (group)
* Onyanko Club (group)
* Orbit (group)
* Osaka Performance Doll (group)
* Otome Shinto (group)
* Mina Ōba
* Chieko Ochi
* Megumi Odaka
* Haruna Ogata
* Makoto Ogawa
* Mana Ogawa
* Natsumi Ogawa
* Noriko Ogawa
* Yōko Oginome
* Yui Ogura
* Yuko Ogura
* Kumiko Ohba
* Satoshi Ohno
* Takako Ohta
* Nana Okada (b. 1959)
* Nana Okada (b. 1997)
* Yukiko Okada
* Junichi Okada
* Chisato Okai
* Keito Okamoto
* Ai Okawa
* Momoko Okazaki
* Chiyo Okumura
* Makoto Okunaka
* Tadayoshi Okura
* Reiko Ōmori
* Ayano Ōmoto
* Judy Ongg
* Yuka Onishi
* Erena Ono
* Mikiyo Ōno
* Itsumi Osawa
* Mai Oshima
* Ryoka Oshima
* Yuko Oshima
* Aika Ota
* Hiromi Ōta
* Takako Ōta
* Shinobu Otake
* Ai Otsuka
* Nana Owada
* Shizuka Ōya

## P

* Paradises (group)
* Party Rockets GT (group)
* Passcode (group)
* Passpo (group)
* Perfume (group)
* Petitmoni (group)
* Phantom Siita (group)
* Piggs (group)
* Pink Babies (group)
* Pink Lady (duo)
* PureBoys (group)
* Predia (group)
* PrizmaX (group)
* Prizmmy (group)
* Psychic Fever (group)

## Q

* Qumali Depart

## R

* Rag Fair (group)
* Rainych
* Rakutenshi (group)
* The Rampage (group)
* Ray (group)
* Rev. from DVL (group)
* Ribbon (group)
* Ringwanderung (group)
* Rinrin & Ranran (duo)
* Rihwa
* Rock A Japonica (group)
* Romans (group)
* Run&Gun (group)

## S

* Sakurazaka46 (group)
* Sakura Gakuin (group)
* SDN48 (group)
* Sexy Zone (group)
* Ships (duo)
* Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku (group)
* Shonentai (group)
* Shuchishin (group)
* Shugo Chara Egg! (group)
* Shūji to Akira (duo)
* SixTones (group)
* SKE48 (group)
* Snow Man (group)
* SPEED (group)
* Sphere (group)
* Starmarie (group)
* STU48 (group)
* Suitei Shoujo (duo)
* Sunmyu (group)
* Super Girls (group)
* Super Monkey's (group)
* SweetS (group)
* Sweet Steady (group)
* Noriko Sakai
* Ikue Sakakibara
* Maaya Sakamoto
* Junko Sakurada
* Sho Sakurai
* Ayaka Sasaki
* Rino Sashihara
* Hinata Satō
* Masaki Sato
* Miyu Sawai
* Erika Sawajiri
* Riho Sayashi
* Subaru Shibutani
* Daiki Shigeoka
* Pikarin Shiina
* Rumi Shishido
* Yumi Sugimoto
* Airi Suzuki
* Kanon Suzuki
* Ranran Suzuki

## T

* Tackey & Tsubasa (duo)
* Tacoyaki Rainbow (group)
* Taiyō to Ciscomoon (group)
* Tanpopo (group)
* Team Shachi (group)
* Team Syachihoko (group)
* Tegomass (duo)
* The Checkers (group)
* The Hoopers (group)
* The Peanuts (duo)
* TOKIO (group)
* Tokyo Girls' Style (group)
* Tokyo Performance Doll (group)
* Toraji Haiji (duo)
* Travis Japan (group)
* Triangle (group)
* TrySail (group)
* Tsuri Bit (group)
* TVXQ (duo)
* Twinklestars (group)
* Kana Tachibana
* Junnosuke Taguchi
* Mizue Takada
* Reni Takagi
* Ayahi Takagaki
* Ai Takahashi
* Yuya Takaki
* Shiori Tamai
* Yukari Tamura
* Koki Tanaka
* Reina Tanaka
* Yuya Tegoshi
* Takuya Terada
* Erika Toda
* Haruka Tomatsu
* Aki Toyosaki
* Kana Tsugihara
* Momoko Tsugunaga

## U

* Up Up Girls (Kakko Kari) (group)
* Yuki Uchida
* Tatsuya Ueda
* Aya Ueto
* Takako Uehara
* Uijin (group)
* Ukka
* Kan Usuki

## V

* V6 (group)
* v-u-den (group)
* Vanilla Beans (duo)
* Vanilla Mood (group)

## W

* W (duo)
* Wake Up, Girls!
* Wasuta (group)
* WaT (duo)
* Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 (group)
* w-inds (group)
* Wink (duo)
* Weather Girls (group)
* Whiteberry (group)
* Mayu Watanabe

## X

* X21 (group)

## Y

* Ya-ya-yah (group)
* YuiKaori (duo)
* Yumemiru Adolescence (group)
* Kota Yabu
* Hiroko Yakushimaru
* Takayuki Yamada
* Ryosuke Yamada
* Momoe Yamaguchi
* Linda Yamamoto
* Tomohisa Yamashita
* Wakana Yamashita
* Hikaru Yaotome
* Shota Yasuda
* You Yokoyama
* Soyoka Yoshida
* Miho Yoshioka
* Yui Yoshioka
* Hitomi Yoshizawa

## Z

* Z-1 (group)
* Zone (group)
* ZYX (group)

## Best selling

The following is a list of the 20 all-time best-selling Japanese idols in Japan as of 2011, according to the Japanese music television program Music Station.
| Rank | Artist | Records sold |
| 1 | SMAP | 32,310,000 |
| 2 | Seiko Matsuda | 29,510,000 |
| 3 | Akina Nakamori | 25,340,000 |
| 4 | KinKi Kids | 24,670,000 |
| 5 | Speed | 19,530,000 |
| 6 | Arashi | 19,140,000 |
| 7 | Morning Musume. | 16,700,000 |
| 8 | Momoe Yamaguchi | 16,220,000 |
| 9 | Hiromi Go | 15,780,000 |
| 10 | Kenji Sawada | 15,700,000 |
| 11 | The Checkers | 15,380,000 |
| 12 | Miho Nakayama | 14,970,000 |
| 13 | Shizuka Kudō | 14,870,000 |
| 14 | Kyōko Koizumi | 14,260,000 |
| 15 | Pink Lady | 13,330,000 |
| 16 | Hideki Saijo | 13,290,000 |
| 17 | Toshihiko Tahara | 12,700,000 |
| 18 | Masahiko Kondō | 12,670,000 |
| 19 | Hikaru Genji | 12,220,000 |
| 20 | Tomomi Kahara | 12,190,000 |