# List of musical artists from Japan

This list tries to include all artists/bands from all genres originating from Japan. This list does not include artists/bands who perform in Japanese but are of different origin.
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* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
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* P
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* R
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## 0–9 and symbols

* 12012
* 175R
* 2o Love to Sweet Bullet
* 44 Magnum
* The 5.6.7.8's
* 88Kasyo Junrei
* 9mm Parabellum Bullet
* 9Goats Black Out
* @onefive

## A

* AAA
* Abingdon Boys School
* A.B.'s
* Aburadako
* Access
* Acid
* Acid Android
* Acid Black Cherry
* Acid Mothers Temple
* Acidman
* ACO
* Ado
* Afilia Saga
* Ai Otsuka
* Aice5
* aiko
* Aimer
* Aimyon
* Aion
* Aira Mitsuki
* Ajico
* Akanishi Jin
* AKB48
* Akeboshi
* Aki Misato
* Akiko Suwanai
* Akiko Yano
* Akino Arai
* Akira Ifukube
* Akira Kushida
* Akishibu Project
* Aldious
* Alexandros
* ALI
* Alice Nine
* Aliene Ma'riage
* Ali Project
* Alma Kaminiito
* Ami Onuki
* Ami Suzuki
* Amoyamo
* AMWE
* An Cafe
* Angela
* Angela Aki
* Angelo
* Animetal
* Annabel
* Anna S
* Anri
* Anthem
* Anti Feminism
* Aphasia
* Aqua Timez
* Arashi
* Asa-Chang & Junray
* Asian Kung-Fu Generation
* Astro
* Aska
* Atsushi Sakurai
* Aural Vampire
* Ayabie
* Aya Hirano
* Aya Kamiki
* Aya Ueto
* Ayaka
* Ayaka Hirahara
* Ayana
* Ayumi Hamasaki
* Ayumi Miyazaki

## B

* Baad
* BaBe
* Babylon
* Babymetal
* The Back Horn
* Back Number
* Back-On
* Baiser
* Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome
* Balflare
* Balzac
* Band-Maid
* Banzai Japan
* Base Ball Bear
* Bathtub Shitter
* Baroque
* BBQ Chickens
* Beat Crusaders
* The Beatniks
* BeForU
* Bellzlleb
* Bennie K
* Berryz Koubou
* Bi Kyo Ran
* BIN
* The Birthday
* Bis (Japanese rock band)
* Bite a Shock
* The Black Mages
* Blam Honey
* Blankey Jet City
* Bleach
* Blood
* Bloodthirsty Butchers
* Blood Stain Child
* The Blue Hearts
* Blues Creation
* Bomb Factory
* Bon-Bon Blanco
* Bonnie Pink
* The Boom
* Boom Boom Satellites
* Boøwy
* Boredoms
* Boris
* Bow Wow
* Boys and Men
* Brahman
* Bright
* The Brilliant Green
* Buck-Tick
* Buffalo Daughter
* Bump of Chicken
* Buono!
* By-Sexual
* B'z

## C

* C-ute
* The Cabs
* Candies
* Candy Go!Go!
* The Candy Spooky Theater
* C.C.C.C.
* Cali Gari
* Camino
* Camellia
* The Candy Spooky Theater
* Candy Tune
* Capsule
* The Captains
* Casiopea
* Chaba
* Char
* Chara
* Champloose
* Charcoal Filter
* Charlotte
* Chage
* Chage and Aska
* Chatmonchy
* Cherryblossom
* The Chewinggum Weekend
* Chieko Kawabe
* Chihara Minori
* Chihiro Onitsuka
* Chirinuruwowaka
* Chisato Moritaka
* Chitose Hajime
* Chocolat
* Chottokyuu
* Chu-Z
* Church of Misery
* Cibo Matto
* Cinema Staff
* Clammbon
* ClariS
* Clear’s
* Cö Shu Nie
* Coaltar of the Deepers
* Cocco
* Cocobat
* Coldrain
* Color
* Cool Joke
* Complex
* Concerto Moon
* Core of Soul
* Cornelius
* Corrupted
* Crack Fierce
* Crossfaith
* Cross Vein
* The Cro-Magnons
* Crystal Lake
* Curio
* Cutie Street
* CY8ER
* Cymbals
* Cyntia
* Czecho No Republic

## D

* D
* D-51
* D=Out
* D'erlanger
* D'espairsRay
* The Dance for Philosophy
* Day After Tomorrow
* Dead End
* Deen
* The Dead Pop Stars
* Deadman
* Dear Kiss
* Deathgaze
* Def Tech
* Defspiral
* Deluhi
* Demon Kakka
* Denki Groove
* Depapepe
* Der Zibet
* Destrose
* Devil Anthem.
* Devil Kitty
* Diaura
* Die in Cries
* Diesel Guitar
* Dio – Distraught Overlord
* Dir En Grey
* Disclose
* DJ Kentaro
* DJ Krush
* DJ Sharpnel
* Do As Infinity
* Doa
* Does
* Dolly
* Doom
* Doopees
* Double
* Double Dealer
* Dragon Ash
* Dragon Head
* Dream
* Dreams Come True
* Dué le Quartz
* DuelJewel
* Duran

## E

* Earthshaker
* Eastern Youth
* Edge of Spirit
* Ego-Wrappin'
* Eiichi Ohtaki
* Eir Aoi
* Eikichi Yazawa
* Elephant Kashimashi
* Ellegarden
* Envy
* Especia
* Eternal Elysium
* Eve
* Eve of Destiny
* Every Little Thing
* Exile
* Exist Trace
* eX-Girl
* E-girls
* Ezo

## F

* Fact
* Fade
* Fake?
* Fantastic Plastic Machine
* Festive
* FictionJunction
* Field of View
* Filament
* Fire Bomber
* Fishmans
* Flap Girls' School
* Flame
* Flipper's Guitar
* Flow
* Flower Travellin' Band
* Flumpool
* For Tracy Hyde
* Freenote
* French Kiss
* Friction
* Fruits Zipper
* Fujifabric
* Fujii Kaze
* Fujiwara Hiroshi
* Fuki
* Fukuyama Masaharu
* Funkist
* Funky Monkey Babys
* Fushitsusha
* Fuzzy Control

## G

* Gacharic Spin
* Gackt
* GaGaGa SP
* Galileo Galilei
* Gallhammer
* Galneryus
* Gari
* Garlic Boys
* Garnet Crow
* Garo
* Gastunk
* Gauze
* The Gazette
* Gedō
* Geinoh Yamashirogumi
* Gen Hoshino
* Genkaku Allergy
* The Gerogerigegege
* Ghost (1984 band)
* Ghost (2004 band)
* Girugamesh
* Girl Next Door
* GISM
* Glay
* Globe
* GO!GO!7188
* Gō Hiromi
* Going Under Ground
* Golden Bomber
* The Golden Cups
* Gollbetty
* Good Morning America
* Gore Beyond Necropsy
* Government Alpha
* GPKism
* Granrodeo
* Greeeen
* Greenmachine
* Grief of War
* Ground Zero
* Guitar Vader
* Guitar Wolf
* Guniw Tools

## H

* Halcali
* Hanako Oku
* Hanatarash
* Hangry & Angry
* Happy End
* Haruka to Miyuki
* Haru Nemuri
* Head Phones President
* Heartsdales
* Hearts Grow
* Heath
* Heidi.
* Hello Sleepwalkers
* Hey! Say! JUMP
* Hi-Standard
* The Hiatus
* Hibari Misora
* Hidari
* Hide
* Hidehiko Hoshino
* Hideki Saijo
* High and Mighty Color
* The High-Lows
* Hijokaidan
* Hikaru Kotobuki
* Hikaru Utada
* Hikashu
* Himiko Kikuchi
* Himitsu Kessha Kodomo A
* Hinatazaka46
* Hinoi Team
* Hiroko Moriguchi
* Hironobu Kageyama
* Hiroshi Kitadani
* Hiroshi Itsuki
* Hisashi Imai
* Hitomi Shimatani
* Hitomi Takahashi
* Hitomi Yaida
* Hitoto Yo
* Hitsujibungaku
* Hizaki
* HKT48
* Hōkago Princess
* Home Made Kazoku
* Husking Bee
* HY
* Hyde

## I

* I Don't Like Mondays.
* Iceman
* Ichirou Mizuki
* Ichiko Aoba
* Idoling!!!
* Idol College
* Idol Renaissance
* Ikimono-gakari
* Incapacitants
* Inoue Joe
* Inoran
* Inugami Circus-dan
* Inuwasi
* IOSYS
* Ippu-Do
* Isao Sasaki
* Isao Tomita
* Hideki Ishima
* Izabel Varosa

## J

* J
* JAM Project
* Jacks
* Jagatara
* Janne Da Arc
* Jasmine You
* Jazztronik
* Jealkb
* Jero
* Jimsaku
* Jinn
* Jiros
* JO1
* Johnny's West
* Juice=Juice
* Judy and Mary
* Juju
* Jun
* JUNNA
* Justin Heathcliff
* Jyongri
* Jyukai

## K

* K.A.Z
* Kagerou
* Kagrra,
* Kahimi Karie
* Kalafina
* Kamaitachi
* Kamen Joshi
* Kami
* Kamijo
* Kamiyado
* Kana Nishino
* Kana Ueda
* Kanjani Eight
* Kannivalism
* Kanon Wakeshima
* Kaori Mochida
* KAT-TUN
* Kazumasa Hashimoto
* Keiichi Suzuki (Moonriders)
* Keiji Haino
* Keiko Masuda
* Kelun
* Kemuri
* Ken
* Ken Hirai
* Ken Ishii
* Ken Lloyd
* Kenji Ohtsuki
* Kenji Ozawa
* Kenshi Yonezu
* Ketsumeishi
* Keyakizaka46
* Keytalk
* The Kiddie
* Kikuo
* Shoukichi Kina
* 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
* Kome Kome Club
* Korekyojinn
* Koshi Inaba
* Kotani Kinya
* Kotoko
* Kousokuya
* Közi
* Kra
* Kumi Koda
* Kuroyume
* Kusumi Koharu
* Kwon Rise
* Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
* Kyosuke Himuro
* Kyu Sakamoto

## L

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

## M

* MAA
* Maaya Sakamoto
* Macdonald Duck Eclair
* Kō Machida
* The Mad Capsule Markets
* Maher Shalal Hash Baz
* Mai
* Mai Kuraki
* Make-Up
* Maki Asakawa
* Maki Nomiya
* Makiko Hirabayashi
* Malice Mizer
* Mami Kawada
* Mamoru Miyano
* 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
* Megamasso
* Mejibray
* Melt-Banana
* Melody
* Merengue
* Merry
* Merzbow
* Metalucifer
* Metronome
* M-Flo
* Michiro Endo
* Midori Takada
* Mie
* Mihimaru GT
* Mika Arisaka
* Mika Nakashima
* Mikuni Shimokawa
* Miliyah Kato
* Minako Honda
* Minmi
* Misia
* Missile Innovation
* Mitski
* Miwa
* Mix Speaker's,Inc.
* Miyavi
* Moi dix Mois
* Momoiro Clover Z
* Monde Bruits
* Monkey Majik
* Mono
* Monoral
* The Mops
* Morning Musume
* Motohiro Hata
* Motoi Sakuraba
* Move
* Mr. Children
* Mucc
* Mute Beat
* Myco

## N

* Nagisa ni te
* Nagi Yanagi
* Masaya Nakahara
* Meiko Nakahara
* Nami Tamaki
* Namie Amuro
* Nanase Aikawa
* Nana Kitade
* Nana Mizuki
* Naoki Satō
* Nemophila
* Neo Japonism
* NEWS
* Nightmare
* Nil
* Ningen Isu
* Nine Miles
* NiziU
* NMB48
* No Regret Life
* 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
* N Zero

## O

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

## P

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

## Q

* Qp-Crazy
* Queen Bee
* Qumali Depart
* Quruli

## R

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

## S

* Sabbat
* Saber Tiger
* Sadie
* Sadistic Mika Band
* Sads
* Sakanaction
* Saki Kubota
* Sakura
* Sakura Gakuin
* Sambomaster
* Sandii & the Sunsetz
* Saori@destiny
* Sarina Suno
* Satsuki
* Sayuri
* Scanch
* Scandal
* The Scanty
* Scha Dara Parr
* Schaft
* School Food Punishment
* Schwarz Stein
* Schwein
* Screw
* The Something
* Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
* 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
* Sigh
* Silent Poets
* Silk Road
* Skeletons
* SKE48
* Skin
* SMAP
* Snowkel
* Softball
* Soft Ballet
* Soil & "Pimp" Sessions
* Solmania
* Sons of All Pussys
* Sophia
* Soul Flower Union
* Soulhead
* Sound Horizon
* Southern All Stars
* Sowelu
* SpecialThanks
* The Spiders
* Spitz
* Splay
* Spyair
* The Stalin
* Stance Punks
* Stereopony
* Stomu Yamashta
* Sug
* Sugizo
* Suga Shikao
* Suneohair
* Sunmyu
* Sunny Day Service
* SunSet Swish
* Supercar
* Super Beaver
* Super Bell"Z
* Super Junky Monkey
* Surf Coasters
* Susumu Hirasawa
* Sweet Steady
* The System of Alive
* Syu

## T

* T-Square
* Taiji Sawada
* Takagi Masakatsu
* Takako Minekawa
* Takayuki Miyauchi
* Tak Matsumoto
* Takeshi Terauchi
* Taki Rentaro
* Tamurapan
* Tanpopo
* Tackey & Tsubasa
* Taeko Onuki
* Taia
* Taj Mahal Travellers
* Tatsuya Ishii
* Team Syachihoko
* Tears of Tragedy
* Tegomass
* The Tempters
* Tenniscoats
* Teppei Koike
* Teriyaki Boyz
* Terra
* Terra Rosa
* Teru
* Tetra-Fang
* Tetsu Takano
* Tetsuya
* Tetsuya Komuro
* Theatre Brook
* Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
* Thug Murder
* Thyme
* The Tigers
* TM Network
* TM Revolution
* 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
* Tourbillon
* Towa Tei (of Deee-Lite)
* Tricot
* TrySail
* Tsunku
* Tujiko Noriko
* TUBE
* TUYU (band)
* Two-Mix
* Tyrant

## U

* Ua
* Yuya Uchida
* Ulfuls
* Ultra Living
* Umineco Sounds
* Under Graph
* United
* United Future Organization
* Unsraw
* Urbangarde
* Uverworld

## V

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

## W

* W
* Wada Kouji
* Wands
* Wasuta
* WaT
* White Ash
* Whiteberry
* Wink
* Wino
* World's End Girlfriend
* World Order
* Wyse
* W-inds

## X

* X Japan

## Y

* 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
* Yui Aragaki
* Yui Horie
* YuiKaori
* Yui Makino
* Yukari Fresh
* Yuki Isoya
* Yukihiro
* Yumemiru Adolescence
* Yumi Yoshimura
* Yuna Ito
* Yura Yura Teikoku
* Yuri Kasahara
* Yūta Furukawa
* Yutaka Higuchi
* Yuya Matsushita
* Yūzō Kayama
* Yuzu

## Z

* Zard
* Zazel
* Zazen Boys
* Zeebra
* Zelda
* Zeni Geva
* Zeppet Store
* Zi:Kill
* Zigzo
* Zone
* Zoobombs
* Zoro
* Zutomayo
* Zwei
* ZZ