List of J-pop artists

This is a list of J-pop artists and groups. Originally an evolution of jazz, and coined New Music, the style went on to become known as City Pop, music with an urban theme. Later called Japan-made Pop, the term was shortened to J-pop and now encompasses a wide range of musical styles and genres. J-pop represents modern pop culture music originating from the country or musical talent of Japan.

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A

• Aa!
• AAA
• Abe, Mao
• Abe, Natsumi
• Abe, Yasuhiro
• Abe, Yoshiharu
• Access
• Acid Black Cherry
• Aco
• Ado
• Ai
• Aiba, Masaki
• Aida, Shoko
• Aikawa, Hiroki
• Aikawa, Nanase
• Aiko
• Aimer
• Aimyon
• Air
• Aira, Mitsuki
• Aiso, Haruhi
• Aiuchi, Rina
• Ajico
• Akanishi, Jin
• Akashi, Momoka
• AKB48
• Akeboshi
• Akishibu Project
• Aki, Angela
• Akiyama, Satoko
• Alan
• The Alfee
• Ali Project
• Alma Kaminiito
• Ami Suzuki
• Amiaya
• Amuro, Namie
• Anai, Yuko
• Angela
• Angerme
• Anly
• Anna S
• Anzenchitai
• Aonishi, Takashi
• Aoyama, Thelma
• Aqua Timez
• Aragaki, Yui
• Arashi
• Arashiro, Beni
• Arioka, Daiki
• Asakura, Daisuke
• Asaoka, Megumi
• Asian Kung-Fu Generation
• Atarashii Gakko!
• Ayabie
• Ayaka
• Ayana
• AZU

B

• B'z
• Babamania
• BaBe
• Babymetal
• Back-On
• Back Number
• Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome
• Base Ball Bear
• BE:FIRST
• BeForU
• Bennie K
• Berryz Koubou
• Beyooooonds
• Bis
• Bish
• Bluem of Youth
• BoA
• Bon-Bon Blanco
• Bonnie Pink
• Boys and Men
• Bright
• The Brilliant Green
• Bullet Train
• bump.y
• Bump of Chicken
• Buono!
• Buzy

C

• Candies
• Capsule
• Carry Loose
• CHAGE and ASKA
• Chara
• Charcoal Filter
• Chatmonchy
• Chemistry
• Che'Nelle
• Cheeky Parade
• Chiba, Saeko
• Chihara, Minori
• Chinen, Rina
• Chinen, Yuri
• The Cinderella Project
• ClariS
• Clear's
• Coconuts Musume
• College Cosmos
• Cool Joke
• CooRie
• Core of Soul
• Country Musume
• Crystal Kay
• CY8ER
• CYNHN

D

• D-51
• D&D
• D DATE
• Da-iCE
• Da Pump
• DAOKO
• Danceroid
• Dancing Dolls
• Naniwa Danshi
• Day After Tomorrow
• Deen
• Dempagumi.inc
• DEPAPEPE
• Dicot
• Dish
• Diva
• Dizon, Leah
• DJ Ozma
• Do As Infinity
• Dohzi-T
• Dōmoto, Kōichi
• Dōmoto, Tsuyoshi
• Dream
• Dream Morning Musume
• Dreams Come True
• DRM

E

• E-girls
• E.mu
• Earth
• Ebichu
• Eightranger
• Eito
• Elisa
• Empire
• Emyli
• Eto, Rie
• Etsuko Yakushimaru
• Eu Phoria
• Eve (Japanese singer)
• Every Little Thing
• EXILE

F

• Fairies
• Faky
• Favorite Blue
• Faylan
• Fayray
• FictionJunction Yuuka
• Field of View
• Flap Girls' School
• Flipper's Guitar
• FLOW
• flumpool
• Folder 5
• Four Leaves
• French Kiss
• fripSide
• Fu, Rie
• Fujii, Fumiya
• Fukada, Kyoko
• Fukuda, Saki
• Fukusaki, Eric
• Fukuyama, Masaharu
• Funky Monkey Babys
• Furukawa, Yūta

G

• Gackt
• Gang Parade
• Garnet Crow
• Generations from Exile Tribe
• Girl Next Door
• Glay
• Globe
• Go-Bang's
• Godiego
• Gold, Taro
• Golden Bomber
• Goto, Maki
• Go to the Beds
• GReeeeN
• Guardians 4

H

• H-wonder
• Hajime, Chitose
• Hal
• HALCALI
• Hamada, Mari
• Hamasaki, Ayumi
• Hanazawa, Kana
• hANGRY&ANGRY
• Yuko Hara
• Harada, Shinji
• Haruna, Luna
• Hata, Motohiro
• Hatsune Miku
• Hayashi, Asuca
• Hayashi, Nobutoshi
• Hayashibara, Megumi
• Hearts Grow
• Heartsdales
• Hello! Project All Stars
• Hey! Say! JUMP
• High-King
• Hikashu
• Himeka
• Hinatazaka46
• Ken Hirai
• Hinoi, Asuka
• Hinoi Team
• Hinouchi, Emi
• Hirahara, Ayaka
• Hirai, Ken
• Hirano, Aya
• Hirose, Kōmi
• Hisakawa, Aya
• Hitomi
• Hitoto, Yō
• HKT48
• Hōkago Princess
• Ho-kago Tea Time
• Home Made Kazoku
• Honda, Minako
• Horie, Mitsuko
• Horie, Yui
• Hoshimura, Mai
• Gen Hoshino
• Hotch Potchi
• HY
• Hysteric Blue

I

• I WiSH
• Ice Creamusume
• Iceman
• Ichii, Sayaka
• Idol College
• Idol Renaissance
• Idoling!!!
• Iijima, Mari
• Iizuka, Mayumi
• Ikeda, Ayako
• Ikimonogakari
• Imai, Miki
• Inaba, Koshi
• The Indigo
• INI
• Inoo, Kei
• Inoue, Kazuhiko
• Inoue, Kikuko
• Irino, Miyu
• Ishida, Yoko
• Ishii, Tatsuya
• Ishikawa, Chiaki
• Ishikawa, Rika
• Isoya, Yuki
• Itano, Tomomi
• Itō, Yuna
• Iwata, Sayuri
• i☆Ris
• Iz*One

J

• J Soul Brothers
• JAM Project
• Janne Da Arc
• Jasmine
• Jay'ed
• Jero
• JO1
• Johnny's West
• Judy and Mary
• Juice=Juice
• JUJU
• June
• Jungle Smile
• Jyongri
• Jyukai

K

• K
• Kageyama, Hironobu
• Kahala, Tomomi
• Kahimi Karie
• kalafina
• Kaji, Meiko
• Kamiki, Aya
• Kazuya Kamenashi
• Kame to Yamapi
• Kanjani Eight
• Kanno, Yoko
• KAT-TUN
• Katakiri, Rekka
• Kato, Miliyah
• Kawabe, Chieko
• Kawada, Mami
• Kawase, Tomoko
• Kawashima, Ai
• Kawasumi, Ayako
• Kayo, Aiko
• Ketsumeishi
• Keyakizaka46
• Kick the Can Crew
• Kids Alive
• Kikkawa, Kōji
• kitaro
• Kimeru
• Kimura, Kaela
• King Gnu
• King & Prince
• KinKi Kids
• Kotani, Kinya
• Kirinji
• Kitaro
• Kis-my-ft2
• Kishimoto, Hayami
• Kitade, Nana
• Kiyokiba Shunsuke
• Kiyotaka Sugiyama
• Kobukuro
• Kōda, Kumi
• Kōda, Mariko
• Kokia
• Kolme
• Komatsu, Miho
• Kome Kome Club
• Kosaka, Riyu
• KOTOKO
• Koyanagi, Yuki
• Kudo, Shizuka
• Kumaki, Anri
• Kuraki, Mai
• Kuroki, Meisa
• Kushida, Akira
• Kusumi, Koharu
• Kuwata, Keisuke
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

L

• L'Arc-en-Ciel
• Ladybaby
• Last Idol
• Lead
• Leo Ieiri
• Lia
• Lindberg
• Ling Tosite Sigure
• LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987)
• Little by Little
• Little Glee Monster
• LM.C
• Love
• Love Psychedelico
• Lufkin, Olivia
• =Love

M

• M-Flo
• Maeda, Ai
• Maeda, Atsuko
• Maeda, Yuki
• Magnolia Factory
• Mai
• Maison Book Girl
• Makihara, Noriyuki
• Makino, Yui
• Mameshiba no Taigun
• Mano, Erina
• marble
• Masuda, Keiko
• Masuda, Yuri
• Matsu, Takako
• Matsuda, Seiko
• Matsui, Jurina
• Matsui, Rena
• Matsumoto, Jun
• Matsushita, Yuya
• Matsutoya, Yumi
• Matsuura, Aya
• Mawatari, Matsuko
• MAX
• May J.
• May'n
• Mell
• Mellow Mellow
• Melocure
• melody.
• Melon Kinenbi
• Metis
• MiChi
• Mie
• mihimaru GT
• Nana Mizuki
• MilkyWay
• Minawo
• Minekawa, Takako
• Mini Moni
• Mink
• Minmi
• MIQ
• Misato, Aki
• Misia
• misono
• Miura, Daichi
• Miyano, Mamoru
• Miyavi
• Miyazaki, Ayumi
• Shinji Miyazaki
• Miz
• Mizca
• Mizuki, Nana
• Momoi, Haruko
• MONGOL800
• MONKEY MAJIK
• Moriguchi, Hiroko
• Morikawa, Miho
• Moritaka, Chisato
• Moriyama, Naotarō
• Momoiro Clover Z
• Monkey Majik
• Morning Musume
• Motohiro Hata
• moumoon
• m.o.v.e
• Mr. Children
• Myco
• My Little Lover

N

• Nakagawa, Shōko
• Nakahara, Mai
• Nakajima, Miyuki
• Nakajima, Yuto
• Nakamori, Akina
• Nakanishi, Toshio
• Nakashima, Mika
• Nakayama, Miho
• Nakayama, Uri
• Nakayama, Yuma
• Natsukawa, Rimi
• Nemuri, Haru
• NEWS
• Matsuri Nine
• Ninomiya, Kazunari
• Nishikawa, Takanori
• Nishino, Kana
• NiziU
• NGT48
• NMB48
• no3b
• Nobodyknows+
• Nogizaka46
• Nomiya, Maki
• Not yet
• NYC
• N Zero
• NCT Wish

O

• Oda, Kazumasa
• Odani, Misako
• Official Hige Dandism
• Ogata, Megumi
• Ogura, Kei
• Ohguro, Maki
• Ohno, Satoshi
• Okada, Yukiko
• Okamoto, Keito
• Okazaki, Ritsuko
• Okuda, Tamio
• Okui, Masami
• Onitsuka, Chihiro
• Ono, Erena
• Ono, Lisa
• On/Off
• OnePixcel
• Orange Pekoe
• ORANGE RANGE
• Oshima, Hanako
• Oshima, Yuko
• Oshio, Kotaro
• Otsuka, Ai
• Ozaki, Ami
• Ozaki, Yutaka
• Ozawa, Kenji

P

• Paradises
• Paris match
• Pasocom Music Club
• Passcode (group)
• Passpo
• Perfume
• Piggs
• Piko
• PINK CRES.
• Pink Lady
• Pistol Valve
• Pizzicato Five
• Plastics
• Porno Graffitti
• The Possible
• Princess Princess
• PrizmaX
• Prizmmy☆
• Psychic Lover
• PUFFY

Q

• Quruli

R

• Radwimps
• Rag Fair
• Rake
• Rats & Star
• Ray
• Naoto Inti Raymi
• Remioromen
• Rinoie, Joe
• Rip Slyme
• RIRI
• Romantic Mode
• Round Table
• Run Girls, Run!
• Run&Gun
• Rurutia
• Rythem
• Ryutist

S

• S/mileage
• Sada, Masashi
• Saiga, Mitsuki
• Saijo, Hideki
• Saito, Yuki
• Sakai, Mikio
• Sakai, Noriko
• Sakakibara, Yui
• Sakamoto, Kyu
• Sakamoto, Maaya
• Sakamoto, Miu
• Sakamoto, Ryuichi
• Sakura Gakuin
• Sakurai, Sho
• Sakurai, Tomo
• Sakurazaka46
• Salyu
• Sandaime J Soul Brothers
• Sandii & the Sunsetz
• Sano, Motoharu
• Saori@destiny
• Sashihara, Rino
• Satō, Hiromi
• savage genius
• Sayuri
• Sid
• SAWA
• Sawada, Kenji
• Erika Sawajiri
• SCANDAL
• The Scanty
• School Food Punishment
• SDN48
• Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
• Seamo
• See-Saw
• Sekai no Owari
• Sexy Zone
• Sharam Q
• Shibasaki, Kou
• Shibata, Jun
• Subaru Shibutani
• Shiina, Ringo
• Shimabukuro, Hiroko
• Shimamiya, Eiko
• Shimatani, Hitomi
• Shimizu, Ai
• Shota Shimizu
• Shimokawa, Mikuni
• Shinohara, Tomoe
• Shintani Ryōko
• Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
• Shirota, Yū
• Shishido, Rumi
• Shugo Chara Egg!
• Shuchishin
• Sifow
• Silent Siren
• SixTones
• SKE48
• SMAP
• Snow
• Snow Man
• Sonim
• Sophia
• Sora tob sakana
• SoulJa
• Sowelu
• SPEED
• Spitz
• Stereopony
• Suga, Shikao
• Straightener
• Sukima Switch
• Sunmyu
• Sunny Day Service
• SunSet Swish
• Super Girls
• Super Monkey's
• Supercar
• supercell
• Superfly
• Suzuki, Airi
• Suzuki, Ami
• Suzuki, Masayuki
• Suzumura, Kenichi
• SweetS

T

• T-Bolan
• Tackey and Tsubasa
• Tadokoro, Azusa
• Tainaka, Sachi
• Takahashi, Hitomi
• Takahashi, Minami
• Takahashi, Naozumi
• Takahashi, Yoko
• Takaki, Yuya
• Tamaki, Nami
• Tamura, Eriko
• Tamura, Yukari
• Tamurapan
• Tanimura Nana
• Tanaka, Rie
• Tange, Sakura
• Tanpopo
• Team Syachihoko
• Tegomass
• Teriyaki Boyz
• Terra
• Teshima, Aoi
• Tetsuya
• Teresa Teng
• TiA
• tiaraway
• The World Standard
• TM Network
• T.M.Revolution
• Tofubeats
• Togawa, Jun
• 東方神起
• Tokio (band)
• Tokumaru, Shugo
• Tokyo Girls' Style
• Tokyo Jihen
• Toru Kitajima
• TRF
• TrySail
• Tsuchiya, Anna
• Tsuchiya, Masami
• Tsunku
• Tsuyuzaki, Harumi (Lyrico)
• Tube (band)
• Twinklestars
• Two-Mix
• Twice

U

• U-ka saegusa IN db
• UA
• Uchida, Maaya
• Uchida, Yuki
• Uehara, Azumi
• Uehara, Takako
• Kana Uemura
• Uijin
• Ulfuls
• Unison Square Garden
• Utada, Hikaru
• Utatsuki, Kaori
• Ukka
• Utoku, Keiko
• Uverworld

V

• v-u-den
• V6
• Valshe
• Van, Tomiko
• Vaundy
• Vivid

W

• W
• w-inds.
• Wada, Kōji
• Wagakki Band
• WANDS
• WaT
• Watanabe, Mayu
• Watanabe, Misato
• Watarirouka Hashiritai
• Weather Girls
• White Ash
• Whiteberry
• WHY@DOLL
• Wink
• Wino
• Wyse

Y

• Ya-ya-yah
• Yabu, Kota
• Yaida, Hitomi
• Yamada, Keiko
• Yamada, Ryosuke
• Yamaguchi, Momoe
• Yamashita, Tatsuro
• Yamashita, Tomohisa
• Yamazaki, Masayoshi
• Yanagi, Nagi
• Yano, Maki
• Yaotome, Hikaru
• Yazumi, Kana
• Yellow Generation
• Yoasobi
• Yoji Biomehanika
• Yonekura, Chihiro
• Kenshi Yonezu
• Yorico
• Yorushika
• Yōsei Teikoku
• Yoshida, Miwa
• Yoshida, Takuro
• You'll Melt More!
• Younha
• YUI
• YUKA
• Yukana
• Yuki
• Yuko Anai
• Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow
• Yumemiru Adolescence
• Yuna Ito
• YURIA
• Yusa, Mimori
• Yuzu
• Yumi Shizukusa

Z

• ZARD
• Zebra Queen
• Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.
• ZOC
• Zone
• Zoo
• ZYX
• ZZ

See also

• List of musical artists from Japan
• List of Bemani musicians

References

1. List of K-pop artists
2. List of Japanese rock music groups
3. List of city pop artists
4. List of dance-pop artists
5. List of C-pop artists
6. List of indie pop artists
7. List of sunshine pop artists
8. List of dream pop artists
9. Lists of musicians
10. List of avant-pop artists
11. J-pop
12. List of power pop artists and songs
13. List of synth-pop artists
14. City pop
15. List of musical artists from Japan
16. List of Thai pop artists
17. List of Sub Pop artists
18. Kayōkyoku
19. Japanese rock
20. List of alternative rock artists