Japanese Modern Popular Music

early Japanese popular music/ryukoka/enka/Kayōkyoku:

Shinpei Nakayama

Sumako Matsui

Chiyako Sato

Yoshie Fujiwara

Ichiro Fujiyama

Ichimaru

Katsutaro Kouta

taro shoji

Ryōichi Hattori

Noriko awaya

Bin Uehara

Hamako Watanabe

Akiko Futaba

Shizuko Kasagi

Haruo Oka

Yoshio tabata

Chiemi Eri

Izumi Yukimura

Hibari Misora

Hachiro Kasuga

Michiya Mihashi

Chiyoko Shimakura 

Haruo Minami

Hideo Murata

Michiya Mihashi

Haruo minami

toru funamura

Saburō Kitajima

chiyoko shimakura

60s Japanese pop:

Kyu Sakamoto

the Peanuts

the tempters

the tigers

the golden cups

the spiders

the jaguars

the ox

the village singers

the carnabeats

the wild ones

the mops

candies

pink lady

Seiko Matsuda

junko Sakurada

the checkers

onyanko club

Shinichi mori

Kiyoshi hikawa

pyg

southern all stars

hiroko yakushimaru

Japanese experimental rock/punk rock & hardcore/new wave/post punk/synth pop/industrial/gothic rock/alternative rock/noise rock/stoner rock and their roots:

flower travellin' band

Isao tomita

yellow magic orchestra

friction

lizard

totsuzen danball

boowy

shonen knife

the stalin

p-model

the plastics

auto-mod

inu

gaseneta

jagatara

hijokaidan

hanatarashi

ss

GISM

gauze

G-schmitt

boredoms

aburadako

uchoten

the blue hearts

mute beat

jun togawa

melt banana

the pillows

buck tick

bomb factory

merzbow

polysics

capsule

boris

acid mothers temple

perfume

kyary pamyu pamyu

Japanese heavy metal/speed metal/extreme metal:

bow wow

loudness

earthshaker

anthem

44 magnum

ezo

dead end

show-ya

terra rosa

united

outrage

doom (Japan)

sabbat (Japan)

bellzlleb

sigh

Abigail

gallhammer

boris

baby metal

Shibuya-kei:

flipper's guitar

fishmans

satellite lovers

spank happy

pizzicato five

oh Penelope

platinum 900

Supercar

Haku.

j-pop:

Ayumi hamasaki

haruomi hosono

happy end

yosui Inoue

Southern All Stars

RC Succession

Anzen Chitai

The Checkers

The Alfee

The Blue Hearts 

yellow magic orchestra

pink lady

Seiko mutsada

princess princess

Mari Amachi

Saori Minami

Momoe Yamaguchi

Candies 

Akina Nakamori

Yukiko Okada

Kyōko Koizumi

Yoko Minamino

Momoko Kikuchi

Yōko Oginome

Miho Nakayama

Minako Honda

Chisato Moritaka

B'Z

hiraku utada

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu