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

 * ℃-ute
 * 12012
 * 175R (Inago Rider)
 * 4 Bonjour's Parties
 * 403 Forbiddena
 * 54-71
 * The 5.6.7.8's
 * 8-ball
 * 80kidz
 * 9Goats Black Out
 * 9mm Parabellum Bullet

A

 * AAA
 * A.B.C.-Z
 * Abingdon Boys School
 * Access
 * Addict
 * Acid
 * Acid Android
 * Acid Black Cherry
 * Acid Mothers Temple
 * Acidman
 * ACO
 * Afromania
 * Ai Otsuka
 * Aice5
 * Ajico
 * AKB48
 * Akeboshi
 * Aki Tsuyuko
 * Akitaka Tohyama
 * Alice Nine
 * Aliene Ma'riage
 * Ali Project
 * Alma
 * Amethyst
 * Amulet
 * AMWE
 * Angela Aki
 * Angelo
 * Animetal
 * An Cafe (アンティック-珈琲店-)
 * Anthem
 * AOKI takamasa
 * Apui
 * Aqua Timez
 * Arashi
 * Art-School
 * Asa-Chang & Junray
 * Asuka Sakai
 * Asian Kung-Fu Generation
 * Attic
 * Aucifer
 * Aural Vampire
 * Ayabie (彩冷える)
 * Ayana
 * Ayumi Hamasaki

B

 * BaBe
 * Babylon
 * The Back Horn
 * Back-On
 * Baiser
 * Balzac
 * Base Ball Bear
 * Baroque (バロック)
 * Beat Crusaders
 * BeForU
 * Bennie K
 * Bergerac
 * Berryz Koubou
 * Bi Kyo Ran (美狂乱)
 * The Birthday
 * BIS
 * Black
 * The Black Mages
 * Blam Honey
 * Blast
 * Blood
 * Bloodthirsty Butchers
 * Blood Stain Child
 * The Blue Hearts
 * Blues Creation
 * Bomb Factory (ボム・ファクトリー)
 * Bon-Bon Blanco
 * Bonnie Pink
 * The Boom
 * Boom Boom Satellites
 * Boøwy
 * Boredoms
 * Boris
 * Brahman
 * The Brilliant Green
 * Buck-Tick
 * Buffalo Daughter
 * Bugy Craxone
 * The Bumps
 * Bump of Chicken
 * Buono!
 * B'z

C

 * Cali Gari
 * The Candy Spooky Theater
 * The Captains (Japanese band)
 * Casiopea
 * Celluloid
 * Chaba
 * Chara
 * Champloose
 * Changin' My Life
 * Charcoal Filter
 * Charlotte (しゃるろっと)
 * Chatmonchy
 * Chemical Pictures (ケミカルピクチャーズ)
 * Cherryblossom
 * The Chewinggum Weekend
 * Chihara Minori
 * Chihiro Onitsuka
 * Chitose Hajime
 * Church of Misery
 * Clammbon
 * ClearVeil
 * Coaltar of the Deepers
 * Cocco
 * COCOBAT
 * Color
 * Cool Joke
 * Concerto Moon
 * CORE OF SOUL
 * Cornelius
 * Creature Creature
 * Crunch
 * Crush 40
 * Curio

D

 * D-51
 * D
 * DANGER GANG
 * DaizyStripper
 * Day After Tomorrow
 * Deadman
 * The Dead Pop Stars
 * Deathgaze
 * Deflina Ma'riage
 * Def Tech
 * DELUHI
 * D'erlanger
 * D'espairsRay
 * Devil Kitty
 * Die in Cries
 * Dio - Distraught Overlord
 * Dir en grey
 * Disconformity
 * DJ Kentaro
 * DJ Krush
 * Doa
 * DOES
 * Dolly
 * Do As Infinity
 * Double
 * D=OUT
 * Downy
 * Dragon Ash
 * Dragon Head
 * Dué le Quartz
 * Duel Jewel
 * Du:plikate
 * DRM

E

 * Earl Grey
 * Eastern Youth
 * eimy
 * Ellegarden
 * Elldorado
 * Envy
 * Escape
 * Eve of Destiny
 * Every Little Thing
 * Exile
 * Exist†trace
 * eX-Girl

F

 * FACT
 * Fairy Fore
 * Fake?
 * Fanfare
 * Filament
 * Fishmans
 * FLOW
 * Flower Travelin' Band
 * fra-foa
 * fragments
 * Freenote
 * Friction
 * Fushitsusha
 * Flame

G

 * Gackt
 * Gallhammer
 * Galneryus
 * Garnet Crow
 * Garo
 * The Gazette
 * Geinoh Yamashirogumi
 * The Gerogerigegege
 * Gethsemane
 * Ghost
 * Girugamesh (ギルガメッシュ)
 * Globe
 * GO!GO!7188
 * Going Under Ground
 * The Golden Cups
 * GReeeeN
 * Greenmachine
 * Ground Zero
 * Guitar Vader
 * Guitar Wolf
 * Guniw Tools
 * Gutevolk

H

 * Haino Keiji
 * HALCALI
 * Hanako Oku
 * Happy End
 * Hawaiian6
 * Head Phones President
 * Heart Bazaar
 * Heartsdales
 * Hearts Grow
 * Heidi.
 * Hero
 * Hey! Say! 7
 * Hey! Say! Jump
 * Hi-Standard
 * Hidari
 * The High-Lows
 * High and Mighty Color
 * Hijokaidan
 * Hikaru Utada
 * Hikashu
 * Hinoi Team
 * Hirano Aya
 * Hitomi Takahashi
 * Hitomi Yaida
 * Hitoto Yo
 * Hime ichigo
 * Home Made Kazoku
 * Husking Bee
 * HY
 * Hyde

I

 * Iceman
 * Inago Rider (175R)
 * Ikimonogakari
 * Inugami Circus-dan (犬神サーカス団)
 * Irokui.
 * Izabel Varosa
 * Inoue Joe

J

 * Janne Da Arc
 * Jazztronik
 * Jealkb
 * Jetki
 * Jimsaku
 * Jindou
 * Jinn
 * Judy and Mary
 * Juliadoll
 * Justin Heathcliff

K

 * Kahimi Karie
 * Kain
 * Kagerou
 * Kagrra
 * Kalen
 * Kana
 * Kanjani8
 * Kannivalism
 * Kanon Wakeshima
 * KAT-TUN
 * Kazumasa Hashimoto
 * Kelun
 * Kenji Ohtsuki
 * Ketsumeishi
 * Kinki Kids
 * Kinniku Shōjo Tai
 * Klaha
 * Kobukuro
 * Kumi Koda
 * Koenji Hyakkei
 * KOKIA
 * Kome Kome Club
 * Kotani Kinya
 * Kotoko
 * Kousokuya
 * Közi
 * Kra
 * Kuroyume
 * Kusumi Koharu
 * Kemuri
 * Knotlamp

L

 * Lareine
 * Lacrimosa
 * Laputa
 * L'Arc~en~Ciel
 * Last Alliance
 * Lead
 * Lia
 * Lindberg
 * Lite
 * LITTLE CREATURES
 * LM.C
 * Lolita 23Q
 * Long Shot Party
 * Love Psychedelico
 * Loudness
 * Luna Sea
 * Lynch

M

 * Maaya Sakamoto
 * The Mad Capsule Markets
 * Maher Shalal Hash Baz
 * Maki Nomiya (野宮真貴 Nomiya Maki)
 * Mai Kuraki
 * Mai Fukuta
 * Malice Mizer
 * Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
 * Maximum the Hormone (マキシマム ザ ホルモン Makishimamu za horumon)
 * MEG
 * Megamasso (メガマソ Megamaso)
 * Melt-Banana
 * Merengue
 * Merry (メリー Merī)
 * Merzbow (メルツバウ Merutsubau)
 * Metal Safari
 * Metronome (メトロノーム Metoronōmu)
 * M-Flo
 * Miaou
 * Midori Hirano
 * Mihara
 * mihimaru GT
 * Mika Arisaka
 * Mika Nakashima
 * Missile Innovation
 * Mix Speakers, Inc
 * Miyavi (雅-Miyavi-)
 * Mizuki Nana
 * Moi dix Mois
 * Mono (物)
 * Monoral
 * The Mops (ザ・モップス Za Moppusu)
 * Morning Musume (モーニング娘. Mōningu Musume.)
 * m.o.v.e
 * Mr. Children
 * Mucc (ムック Mukku)

N

 * Nagisa ni te
 * Nami Tamaki
 * Namie Amuro
 * Nana Kitade
 * Nana Mizuki
 * Naoki Maeda
 * Naoki Sato
 * News
 * Nightmare (ナイトメア)
 * Nil
 * Nine Miles
 * Ningen Isu
 * No High Roller
 * No Regret Life
 * Nobodyknows
 * Nobukazu Takemura
 * Nookicky
 * Number Girl
 * NICO Touches the Walls
 * Nujabes

O

 * Oblivion Dust
 * Oceanlane
 * ON/OFF
 * Onmyouza
 * Orange Range
 * Ore Ska Band
 * One Ok Rock
 * OOIOO
 * -OZ-

P

 * P-Model
 * PANIC☆ch
 * Peelander Z
 * Penicillin
 * Penpals
 * Perfume
 * Phantasmagoria
 * PIERROT
 * the pillows
 * Pizzicato Five
 * Plastic Tree
 * Polysics
 * Porno Graffitti
 * Psycho le Cému
 * Puffy AmiYumi
 * Pyg

Q

 * Quruli
 * Question?
 * QP Crazy
 * Quaff

R

 * Radwimps
 * Rainstick Orchestra
 * Raise
 * Raphael
 * RC Succession
 * Rei Harakami
 * Remioromen
 * Rentrer en Soi
 * Rice
 * Rie fu
 * Rip Slyme
 * Riyu Kosaka
 * RIZE
 * ROACH
 * The Rodeo Carburettor
 * Rolly
 * Room
 * The Roosters
 * Rovo
 * Ruins
 * Run&Gun
 * Ruppina
 * Rurutia

S

 * Sadie
 * Sadistic Mika Band
 * Sads
 * Sambo Master
 * Satsuki
 * Scanch
 * Scandal
 * Schaft
 * Schwarz Stein
 * Schwein
 * Screw
 * Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
 * See-Saw
 * The Seeker
 * Seiichi Yamamoto
 * Seikima-II
 * Serial TV Drama
 * Sex Machineguns
 * Shakkazombie
 * Shaka Labbits
 * Shanadoo
 * Shiina Ringo
 * Shilfee and Tulipcorobockles
 * Shinichi Osawa
 * Shonen Knife
 * Show Ya
 * Shugo Tokumaru
 * Shuta Hasunuma
 * Siam Shade
 * Sid (シド)
 * Sigh
 * Silent Poets
 * Silk Road
 * Skeletons
 * Skin
 * Sky Hawks
 * SLEEP WALKER
 * sleepy.ab
 * SMAP
 * Snowkel
 * Softball
 * Soft Ballet
 * Soil & "Pimp" Sessions
 * Sons of All Pussys
 * Sophia
 * Soul Flower Union
 * Sound Horizon
 * Southern All Stars
 * Sowelu
 * Spangle Call Lilli Line
 * The Spiders
 * Spitz
 * Spread Beaver
 * Stance Punks
 * Stomu Yamash'ta
 * SuG
 * Splay
 * Suga Shikao
 * Suneohair
 * SunSet Swish
 * Super Bell"Z
 * Susumu Hirasawa
 * The System of Alive

T

 * T-Square
 * Takagi Masakatsu
 * Takako Minekawa
 * Tamurapan
 * Tanpopo
 * Tackey & Tsubasa
 * Taia
 * Taj-Mahal Travelers
 * Tegomass
 * Tenniscoats
 * Teriyaki Boyz
 * Tetra Fang
 * TETSU69
 * The Gazette
 * Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
 * The Tempters
 * The Candy Spooky Theater
 * The Pillows
 * The Tigers
 * Tigarah
 * TM Network
 * TM Revolution
 * toddle
 * toe
 * Tokyo Jihen
 * Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
 * Tokyo Yankees
 * Tommy February6
 * Tommy Heavenly6
 * Tomohisa Yamashita
 * Tomoyasu Hotei
 * Tosinn
 * Tujiko Noriko
 * Two-Mix

U

 * UA
 * Ulfuls
 * Ultra Living
 * Under graph
 * United Future Organization
 * Unsraw
 * Utada Hikaru
 * Uverworld
 * Uzumaki (宇頭巻)

V

 * V6
 * Vajra
 * Varuna
 * Versailles
 * Vidoll (ヴィドール)
 * ViViD
 * Vodka Collins
 * Vola and the Oriental Machine
 * Voyage
 * v. NEU

W

 * W
 * Wada Kouji
 * WaT
 * Whiteberry
 * World's End Girlfriend
 * W-inds.

X

 * Xinlisupreme
 * XodiacK
 * X Japan

Y

 * Yamaguchi Kappei
 * Yellow Cherry
 * Yellow Generation
 * Yellow Magic Orchestra
 * Yellow Machinegun
 * The Yellow Monkey
 * Yoko Takahashi
 * Yoshida Brothers
 * Yoshihide Otomo
 * Yui
 * Yui Aragaki
 * Yui Horie
 * Yui Makino
 * Yuki
 * Yuna Ito
 * Yura Yura Teikoku

Z

 * Zard
 * Zazen Boys
 * Zeebra
 * Zeni Geva
 * Zeppet Store
 * Zi:Kill
 * Zip.er
 * Zigzo
 * ZONGAMIN
 * ZORO
 * Zwei
 * ZZ