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.

0-9 and symbols

 * -OZ-
 * °C-ute
 * 12012
 * 175R (Inago Rider)
 * 44 Magnum
 * 8-Ball
 * 9mm Parabellum Bullet
 * 9Goats Black Out

A

 * AAA
 * Abingdon Boys School
 * A.B.'s
 * Aburadako
 * Access
 * Acid
 * Acid Android
 * Acid Black Cherry
 * Acid Mothers Temple
 * Acidman
 * ACO
 * Afilia Saga
 * Ai Otsuka
 * Aice5
 * Aimer
 * Aion
 * Aira Mitsuki
 * Ajico
 * Akanishi Jin
 * AKB48
 * Akeboshi
 * Aki Misato
 * Akiko Suwanai
 * Akiko Yano
 * Akino Arai
 * Akira Ifukube
 * Akira Kushida
 * Akishibu Project
 * Aldious
 * 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
 * Anthem
 * Anti Feminism
 * Aphasia
 * Aqua Timez
 * Arashi
 * Asa-Chang & Junray
 * Asian Kung-Fu Generation
 * Astro
 * Atsushi Sakurai
 * Aural Vampire
 * Ayabie
 * Aya Hirano
 * Aya Kamiki
 * Aya Ueto
 * Ayaka
 * Ayana
 * Ayumi Hamasaki
 * Ayumi Miyazaki

B

 * Baad
 * BaBe
 * Babylon
 * Babymetal
 * Back Number
 * Back-On
 * Baiser
 * Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome
 * Balflare
 * Balzac
 * Band-Maid
 * Base Ball Bear
 * Bathtub Shitter
 * Baroque
 * BBQ Chickens
 * Beat Crusaders
 * The Beatniks
 * BeForU
 * Bellzlleb
 * Bennie K
 * Berryz Koubou
 * Bi Kyo Ran
 * The Birthday
 * BIS
 * 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 (°C-ute)
 * Candies
 * C.C.C.C.
 * Cali Gari
 * Camino
 * The Candy Spooky Theater
 * Capsule
 * The Captains
 * Casiopea
 * Chaba
 * Chara
 * Champloose
 * Changin' My Life
 * Charcoal Filter
 * Charlotte
 * Chatmonchy
 * Cherryblossom
 * The Chewinggum Weekend
 * Chieko Kawabe
 * Chihara Minori
 * Chihiro Onitsuka
 * Chirinuruwowaka
 * Chitose Hajime
 * Chocolat
 * Church of Misery
 * Cibo Matto
 * Clammbon
 * Clear’s
 * Coaltar of the Deepers
 * Cocco
 * Cocobat
 * Coldrain
 * Color
 * Cool Joke
 * Complex
 * Concerto Moon
 * Core of Soul
 * Cornelius
 * Corrupted
 * Crack Fierce
 * Crossfaith
 * The Cro-Magnons
 * Crystal Lake
 * Curio
 * Cymbals
 * Cyntia
 * Czecho No Republic


 * Chottokyuu

D

 * D
 * D-51
 * D=Out
 * D'erlanger
 * D'espairsRay
 * Day After Tomorrow
 * Dead End
 * Deen
 * The Dead Pop Stars
 * Deadman
 * Deathgaze
 * Def Tech
 * Defspiral
 * Deluhi
 * Demon Kogure
 * Denki Groove
 * Depapepe
 * Der Zibet
 * 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
 * El Dorado
 * Envy
 * Especia
 * Eternal Elysium
 * Eve of Destiny
 * Every Little Thing
 * Exile
 * Exist Trace
 * eX-Girl
 * Ezo

F

 * Fact
 * Fade
 * Fake?
 * Fantastic Plastic Machine
 * FictionJunction
 * Field of View
 * Filament
 * Fire Bomber
 * Fishmans
 * Flap Girls' School
 * Flame
 * Flipper's Guitar
 * Flow
 * Flower Travellin' Band
 * Flumpool
 * Freenote
 * French Kiss
 * Friction
 * Fujifabric
 * Fujiwara Hiroshi
 * 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
 * Gazette
 * Gedō
 * Geinoh Yamashirogumi
 * Gen Hoshino
 * Genkaku Allergy
 * Ghost (1984 band)
 * Ghost (2004 band)
 * Girugamesh
 * Girl Next Door
 * GISM
 * Glay
 * Globe
 * GO!GO!7188
 * Gō Hiromi
 * Going Under Ground
 * Golden Bomber
 * 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
 * Head Phones President
 * Heartsdales
 * Hearts Grow
 * Heath
 * Heidi.
 * Hey! Say! JUMP
 * Hi-Standard
 * Hibari Misora
 * Hidari
 * Hide
 * Hidehiko Hoshino
 * Hideki Saijo
 * High and Mighty Color
 * Hijokaidan
 * Hikaru Kotobuki
 * Hikaru Utada
 * Hikashu
 * Himitsu Kessha Kodomo A
 * Hinoi Team
 * Hitomi Shimatani
 * Hitomi Takahashi
 * Hitomi Yaida
 * Hitoto Yo
 * Hironobu Kageyama
 * Hiroshi Kitadani
 * Hisashi Imai
 * Hizaki
 * HKT48
 * Hōkago Princess
 * Home Made Kazoku
 * Husking Bee
 * HY
 * Hyde

I

 * I Don't Like Mondays.
 * Iceman
 * Ichirou Mizuki
 * Idoling!!!
 * Idol College
 * Idol Renaissance
 * Ikimono-gakari
 * Incapacitants
 * Inoue Joe
 * Inoran
 * Inugami Circus-dan
 * IOSYS
 * Ippu-Do
 * Isao Sasaki
 * Isao Tomita
 * Ken Ishii
 * Izabel Varosa
 * Shigeru Izumiya

J

 * J
 * JAM Project
 * Jacks
 * Jagatara
 * Janne Da Arc
 * Jasmine You
 * Jazztronik
 * Jealkb
 * Jero
 * Jimsaku
 * Jindou
 * Jinn
 * Jiros
 * 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
 * Kana Nishino
 * Kana Ueda
 * Kanjani Eight
 * Kannivalism
 * Kanon Wakeshima
 * Kaori Mochida
 * KAT-TUN
 * Kazumasa Hashimoto
 * Keiichi Suzuki (Moonriders)
 * Keiji Haino
 * Kelun
 * Kemuri
 * Ken
 * Ken Hirai
 * Ken Ishii
 * Ken Lloyd
 * Kenji Ohtsuki
 * Kenji Ozawa
 * Kenshi Yonezu
 * Ketsumeishi
 * Keyakizaka46
 * Keytalk
 * Killer Bug
 * Shoukichi Kina
 * King Brothers
 * KinKi Kids
 * Osamu Kitajima
 * Kinniku Shōjo Tai
 * Kis-My-Ft2
 * KK Null
 * Klaha
 * Knotlamp
 * Kobukuro
 * Kōenji Hyakkei
 * Kohei Mihara
 * 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
 * Lareine
 * Laputa
 * Last Alliance
 * Lazy
 * Lead
 * Leo Ieiri
 * LiSA
 * Lia
 * Lindberg
 * Ling tosite Sigure
 * Lite
 * Little by Little
 * LM.C
 * Logic System
 * Long Shot Party
 * Love Psychedelico
 * Loudness
 * Luke Takamura
 * Luna Sea
 * Luna Haruna
 * Lynch

M

 * MAA
 * Maaya Sakamoto
 * Macdonald Duck Eclair
 * 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
 * Kō Machida
 * Masaaki Endoh
 * Masami Okui
 * Masayuki Suzuki
 * Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
 * Masonna
 * Matenrou Opera
 * Yumi Matsutoya
 * Maximum the Hormone
 * Meg
 * Megamasso
 * Mejibray
 * Melt-Banana
 * Melody
 * Merengue
 * Merry
 * Merzbow
 * Metalucifer
 * Metronome
 * M-Flo
 * Michiro Endo
 * Midori Takada
 * Mihimaru GT
 * Mika Arisaka
 * Mika Nakashima
 * Mikuni Shimokawa
 * Miliyah Kato
 * Minako Honda
 * Minmi
 * Misia
 * Missile Innovation
 * Mitski
 * Miwa
 * Mix Speakers, Inc
 * Miyavi
 * Moi dix Mois
 * Momoiro Clover Z
 * Monde Bruits
 * Monkey Majik
 * Mono
 * Monoral
 * Morning Musume
 * Motohiro Hata
 * Motoi Sakuraba
 * Move
 * Mr. Children
 * Mucc
 * Mute Beat
 * Myco

N

 * Nagisa ni te
 * Nagi Yanagi
 * Masaya Nakahara (Violent Onsen Geisha, Hair Stylistics)
 * Meiko Nakahara
 * Nami Tamaki
 * Namie Amuro
 * Nanase Aikawa
 * Nana Kitade
 * Nana Mizuki
 * Naoki Satō
 * NEWS
 * Nightmare
 * Nil
 * Nine Miles
 * NMB48
 * No Regret Life
 * Nobodyknows
 * Nobukazu Takemura
 * Nobuo Uematsu
 * Nobuo Yamada
 * Nobuteru Maeda
 * Nogizaka46
 * Nogod
 * Nokko
 * Nookicky
 * 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
 * Orange Range
 * OreSkaBand
 * One Ok Rock
 * OOIOO
 * Otomo Yoshihide
 * Outrage

P

 * P-Model
 * Panic Channel
 * Paris Match
 * Party Rockets GT
 * Pata
 * Pay Money to My Pain
 * Peelander-Z
 * Penicillin
 * Perfume
 * Phantasmagoria
 * Pierrot
 * Piko
 * Pizzicato Five
 * Plastic Tree
 * Plastics
 * Plenty
 * Plus-Tech Squeeze Box
 * Polysics
 * Porno Graffitti
 * Potshot
 * Prague
 * predia
 * Princess Princess
 * Prism
 * Psy-S
 * Psycho le Cému
 * Puffy AmiYumi
 * Pyg

Q

 * Qp-Crazy
 * Queen Bee
 * Question?
 * Quruli

R

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

S

 * Sabbat
 * Saber Tiger
 * Sadie
 * Sadistic Mika Band
 * Sads
 * Sakanaction
 * Sakura
 * Sakura Gakuin
 * Sambomaster
 * Sandii & the Sunsetz
 * Saori@destiny
 * Satsuki
 * Sayuri
 * Scanch
 * Scandal
 * Scha Dara Parr
 * Schaft
 * School Food Punishment
 * Schwarz Stein
 * Schwein
 * Screw
 * Seamo
 * 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
 * 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
 * Sky Hawks
 * 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
 * Spitz
 * Splay
 * Spyair
 * 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
 * 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
 * Taia
 * Taj Mahal Travellers
 * Tatsuya Ishii
 * Team Syachihoko
 * Tegomass
 * Tenniscoats
 * Teppei Koike
 * Teriyaki Boyz
 * Terra
 * Terra Rosa
 * Teru
 * Tetra-Fang
 * Tetsu Takano
 * Tetsuya
 * Tetsuya Komuro
 * The 5.6.7.8's
 * The Back Horn
 * The Candy Spooky Theater
 * The Gazette
 * The Gerogerigegege
 * The Golden Cups
 * The Hiatus
 * The High-Lows
 * The Kiddie
 * The Mad Capsule Markets
 * The Mass Missile
 * The Mops
 * The Pees
 * The Piass
 * The Pillows
 * The Predators
 * The Rodeo Carburettor
 * The Roosters
 * The Scanty
 * The Spiders
 * The Stalin
 * The Tempters
 * The Yellow Monkey
 * 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 Deyama
 * Tourbillon
 * Towa Tei (of Deee-Lite)
 * Tricot
 * TrySail
 * Tsunku
 * Tujiko Noriko
 * TUBE
 * Two-Mix
 * Tyrant

U

 * Ua
 * Ulfuls
 * Ultra Living
 * Umineco Sounds − indie rock band
 * Under Graph
 * United
 * United Future Organization
 * Unsraw
 * Urbangarde
 * Utada Hikaru
 * Uverworld

V

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

W

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

X

 * X Japan

Y

 * Yahyel
 * Yamaguchi Kappei
 * Yann Tomita
 * Yellow Generation
 * Yellow Magic Orchestra
 * Yoichiro Yoshikawa
 * Yoko Kanno
 * Yoko Ono
 * Yoko Takahashi
 * Yōsei Teikoku
 * Yoshida Brothers
 * Yoshiki Fukuyama
 * Yoshiki Hayashi
 * Yoshino Nanjo
 * Yoshinori Sunahara
 * Yoshioka Yui
 * Yuria
 * Yui
 * Yui Aragaki
 * Yui Horie
 * 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
 * Zoro
 * Zwei
 * ZZ