Table of Contents
506 relations: AAA (band), Ado (singer), Adult contemporary music, Ai Otsuka, Aira Mitsuki, AKB48, Akina Nakamori, Album-oriented rock, All caps, All the Best! 1999–2009, All-female band, AllMusic, Alternative rock, American folk music revival, Ami Suzuki, Amii Ozaki, Anime, Anime and hip hop, Anime Central, Anime song, Anzen Chitai, Aomori, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Arashi, Ariana Grande, Ark (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), Art music, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Ashita ga Arusa, AsiaOne, Aska (singer), Atomic Heart (album), Au (mobile phone company), Avex Inc., Avex Trax, Ayumi Hamasaki, B Zone, B'z, B'z The Best "Pleasure", B.B.Queens, BaBe, Bangkok, Beat Crusaders, Beatlemania, Benzaiten, Best Fiction Tour, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Global 200, Blue Blood (X Japan album), ... Expand index (456 more) »
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AAA (band)
AAA (pronounced Triple A; also an acronym for Attack All Around) is a Japanese pop group signed to the label Avex Trax which debuted in September of 2005.
Ado (singer)
Ado (アド, born October 24, 2002) is a Japanese singer.
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence.
See J-pop and Adult contemporary music
Ai Otsuka
is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Aira Mitsuki
is a Japanese singer.
AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced A.K.B. Forty-Eight) is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located.
See J-pop and AKB48
Akina Nakamori
is a Japanese singer and actress.
Album-oriented rock
Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM radio format created in the United States in the late 1960s that focuses on the full repertoire of rock albums and is currently associated with classic rock.
See J-pop and Album-oriented rock
All caps
In typography, text or font in all caps (short for "all capitals") contains capital letters without any lowercase letters.
All the Best! 1999–2009
All the Best! 1999–2009 (stylized as ALL the BEST! 1999–2009) is the third greatest hits album by Japanese pop boy band Arashi.
See J-pop and All the Best! 1999–2009
All-female band
An all-female band is a musical group in popular music that is exclusively composed of female musicians.
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. J-pop and alternative rock are 1980s in music, 1990s in music and 2000s in music.
See J-pop and Alternative rock
American folk music revival
The American folk music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s.
See J-pop and American folk music revival
Ami Suzuki
is a Japanese recording artist, DJ, and actress from Zama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Amii Ozaki
, real name, is a Japanese singer songwriter born on 19 March 1957 in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan.
See J-pop and Anime
Anime and hip hop
Anime in hip hop is the amalgamation of anime and hip hop music.
See J-pop and Anime and hip hop
Anime Central
Anime Central (ACen) is an annual three-day anime convention held during May at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare & Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.
Anime song
is a genre of music originating from Japanese pop music.
Anzen Chitai
is a Japanese rock band, formed in 1973 by five musicians in Asahikawa, Hokkaido.
Aomori
, officially Aomori City (label), is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan.
See J-pop and Aomori
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley.
Apple Music
Apple Music is an audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users select music to stream to their device on-demand, or they can listen to existing playlists.
Arashi
is a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency.
See J-pop and Arashi
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Ark (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)
Ark is the sixth album by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on July 1, 1999, simultaneously with Ray.
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Art music
Art music (alternatively called classical music, cultivated music, serious music, and canonic music) is music considered to be of high phonoaesthetic value.
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
See J-pop and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Ashita ga Arusa
is a Japanese song that was performed by Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto, with music by Hachidai Nakamura and lyrics by Yukio Aoshima.
AsiaOne
AsiaOne.com is a Singaporean news and lifestyle website and news aggregator.
Aska (singer)
Shigeaki Miyazaki (宮﨑 重明, Miyazaki Shigeaki; born February 24, 1958), known professionally as Aska, is a Japanese singer-songwriter.
Atomic Heart (album)
Atomic Heart is the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band Mr. Children, released in September 1994.
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Au (mobile phone company)
au, or au by KDDI, is a Japanese mobile phone operator.
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Avex Inc.
Avex Inc. (Eibekkusu kabushiki gaisha, commonly known as Avex and stylized as avex) is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate led by founder Max Matsuura and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Avex Trax
is a record label owned by Japanese entertainment conglomerate Avex Inc. The label was launched in September 1990, and was the first label by the Group.
Ayumi Hamasaki
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, spokesperson, and entrepreneur.
B Zone
B ZONE Incorporated (aka B ZONE Group), formerly known as Being Incorporated (aka Being Giza Group), is a Japanese private entertainment conglomerate and recording label based in Tokyo's Roppongi district, founded on November 1, 1978 by music producer Daiko Nagato.
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B'z
is a Japanese rock duo consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba,佐伯明『B'z ウルトラクロニクル』ソニー・マガジンズ、2003年。新型光「 」 R25、2005年12月15日。（参照：2007年5月1日。） known for their energetic hard rock tracks and pop rock ballads.
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B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B'z The Best "Pleasure" is the third compilation album by the Japanese rock duo B'z and released in 1998.
See J-pop and B'z The Best "Pleasure"
B.B.Queens
were a 1990s J-pop group whose debut single "Odoru Pompokolin" was the #1 song in 1990 on the Oricon charts, won the 32nd Japan Record Awards, was listed as the 3rd song on the JASRAC lists for 1991, and certified as a Million Record.
BaBe
Babe (ベイブ pronounced "Babe"), stylized "BaBe", was a Japanese pop duo, composed of Tomoko Kondo and Yukari Nikaido.
See J-pop and BaBe
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.
Beat Crusaders
were a Japanese rock band active from 1997 to 2010.
Beatlemania
Beatlemania was the fanaticism surrounding the English rock band the Beatles from 1963 to 1966. J-pop and Beatlemania are 1960s in music.
Benzaiten
Benzaiten (shinjitai: 弁才天 or 弁財天; kyūjitai: 辯才天, 辨才天, or 辨財天, lit. "goddess of eloquence", Benten, Chinese: 辯才天, Biancaitian) is an East Asian Buddhist goddess (technically a Dharmapala, "Dharma protector") who originated mainly from the Hindu Indian Saraswati, goddess of speech, the arts, and learning.
Best Fiction Tour
Namie Amuro Best Fiction Tour 2008–2009 was the tenth concert tour by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro in support of her greatest hits album, Best Fiction (2008).
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Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Billboard Global 200
The Billboard Global 200 is a weekly record chart published by Billboard magazine.
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Blue Blood (X Japan album)
Blue Blood is the second studio album by Japanese rock band X Japan, then known as simply X. It was released on April 21, 1989, by CBS/Sony as the band's major label debut.
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Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.
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BoA
Kwon Bo-ah (born November 5, 1986), known professionally as BoA, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, dancer, producer and actress.
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Boøwy
Boøwy (stylized as BOØWY) was a Japanese rock band formed in Takasaki, Gunma in 1981.
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Boogie-woogie
Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities since the 1870s.
Breakbeat
Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that tends to use drum breaks sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B.
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War.
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Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983.
C-pop
C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese popular music, a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (the Greater China region). J-pop and c-pop are popular music by country.
See J-pop and C-pop
Can You Celebrate?
"Can You Celebrate?" (stylized in all caps) is the ninth single by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro.
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Candies (group)
was a Japanese idol trio formed in 1973, their first single being "Anata ni Muchū".
Cantonese
Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta, with over 82.4 million native speakers.
Cantopop
Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") is a genre of pop music sung in Cantonese.
Capsule (band)
is a Japanese electronica band consisting of producer Yasutaka Nakata and vocalist Toshiko Koshijima.
Cashbox (magazine)
Cashbox, also known as Cash Box, is an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996.
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Central Park
Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City that was the first landscaped park in the United States.
Chage and Aska
were a Japanese popular music duo composed of male singer-songwriters from Fukuoka Prefecture: and.
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Charlie Nagatani
Masateru Nagatani, known professionally as Charlie Nagatani, is a Japanese country music singer-songwriter.
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Chūkyō Television Broadcasting
JOCH-DTV, branded as, is the Chūkyō metropolitan area flagship station of the Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System (NNS), owned by Nippon Television Holdings through.
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Chemistry (band)
Chemistry (styled as CHEMISTRY) is a Japanese pop duo, consisting of and.
See J-pop and Chemistry (band)
Chiemi Eri
, was a Japanese singer and actress.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
See J-pop and China
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a communist victory and control of mainland China.
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Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Chinese language
Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.
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Chisato Moritaka
(born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter.
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Chosuke Ikariya
was a Japanese comedian and film actor, and leader of the comedy group The Drifters.
City pop
is a loosely defined form of Japanese pop music that emerged in the late 1970s and peaked in popularity during the 1980s.
Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
CoCo (band)
CoCo was a Japanese pop group which consisted of Mikiyo Ohno, Azusa Senou, Rieko Miura, Erika Haneda, and Maki Miyamae.
Computer Music Journal
Computer Music Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers a wide range of topics related to digital audio signal processing and electroacoustic music.
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Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music.
See J-pop and Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. J-pop and Contemporary R&B are 1980s in music, 1990s in music, 2000s in music and 2010s in music.
See J-pop and Contemporary R&B
Cool Japan
refers to the aspects of Japanese culture that non-Japanese people perceive as "cool".
Copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.
Cornelius (musician)
, also known by his moniker, is a Japanese musician and producer who co-founded Flipper's Guitar, an influential Shibuya-kei band, and subsequently embarked on a solo career.
See J-pop and Cornelius (musician)
Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest. J-pop and country music are 1960s in music, 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 1990s in music, 2000s in music and 2010s in music.
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song.
Creepy Nuts
Creepy Nuts is a Japanese hip hop duo consisting of DJ Matsunaga and R-Shitei.
Crooner
A crooner is a singer that performs with a smooth, intimate style that originated in the 1920s.
Crossover music
Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers who appeal to different types of audiences.
Culture of Japan
The culture of Japan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world.
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Deen (band)
is a Japanese popular music band that formed in 1992.
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. J-pop and Disco are 1970s in music.
See J-pop and Disco
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
"Do not stand by my grave and weep" is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem "Immortality", presumably written by Clare Harner in 1934.
See J-pop and Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
Dohzi-T
is a Japanese rapper, singer and songwriter who has been active since 1989.
Dragon Ash
is a Japanese rap rock group founded in 1996 by Kenji "KJ" Furuya and Makoto Sakurai.
Dreams Come True (band)
is a Japanese pop band formed in 1988 by Miwa Yoshida (lead vocals), Masato Nakamura (bass) and Takahiro Nishikawa (keyboards).
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Drummer
A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums.
Duke University Press
Duke University Press is an academic publisher and university press affiliated with Duke University.
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Eikichi Yazawa
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and a prominent figure in Japanese popular music.
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar.
Electro (music)
Electro (or electro-funk).
Electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation.
See J-pop and Electronic music
Electronic rock
Electronic rock (also known as electro rock and synth rock) is a music genre that involves a combination of rock music and electronic music, featuring instruments typically found within both genres.
Electropop
Electropop is a popular music fusion genre combining elements of the electronic and pop styles. J-pop and Electropop are 1980s in music, 1990s in music, 2000s in music and 2010s in music.
Elsevier
Elsevier is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content.
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.
EMI Music Japan
, formerly, was one of Japan's leading music companies.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Enka
is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically.
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Eternity: Love & Songs
Eternity ~Love & Songs~ (stylized as ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~) is the first cover album by Japanese pop-R&B singer-songwriter Kumi Koda.
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Eurobeat
Eurobeat refers to two styles of dance music that originated in Europe: one is a British variant of Italian Eurodisco-influencedAng, Ien & Morley, David (2005). J-pop and Eurobeat are 1980s in music, 1990s in music and 2000s in music.
Exile (Japanese band)
Exile (stylized in all caps as EXILE) is a 17-member Japanese boy band.
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Extasy Records
Extasy Records is a Japanese record label founded in April 1986 by Yoshiki Hayashi, co-founder of the heavy metal band X Japan.
Famitsu
, formerly, is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa.
FanimeCon
FanimeCon is an annual four-day anime convention held during May at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, over Memorial Day weekend.
Far East Network
The Far East Network (FEN) was a network of American military radio and television stations, primarily serving U.S. Forces in Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines, and Guam.
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Fashion Monster
is the third physical single by Japanese pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.
Field of View
(the) Field of View (フィールド・オブ・ビュー Fīrudo obu Byū) are a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1994 by vocalist U-ya Asaoka, guitarist Takashi Oda, keyboardist Jun Abe and drummer Takuto Kohashi, with Jun Abe leaving and Kenji Niitsu joining the following year.
First Love (Hikaru Utada album)
First Love is the debut Japanese-language studio album (second overall) by Japanese-American recording artist Hikaru Utada, released on March 10, 1999, by Toshiba-EMI.
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Flavor of Life
"Flavor of Life" is Hikaru Utada's 18th Japanese single (25th single overall).
Flipper's Guitar
Flipper's Guitar (フリッパーズ・ギター) were a Tokyo-based rock band led by (and later a duo of) Keigo Oyamada and Kenji Ozawa.
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
Folk rock
Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music.
Foreign relations of Meiji Japan
During the Meiji period, the new Government of Meiji Japan also modernized foreign policy, an important step in making Japan a full member of the international community.
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Fruits Zipper
Fruits Zipper (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese girl group that formed in 2022.
Gacha game
A is a video game that implements the gachapon machine style mechanics.
Game (Perfume album)
Game (stylised in all caps) is the debut studio album Japanese girl group Perfume.
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Geek Monthly
Geek Monthly was an American print magazine that was launched in 2006 under the guidance of editor-in-chief Jeff Bond by CFQ Media, who was previously responsible for relaunching the classic science fiction/fantasy magazine Cinefantastique and its sister publication Femme Fatales.
Glay
Glay (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese rock band formed in Hakodate in 1988.
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Globe (album)
Globe (stylized as globe) is the debut studio album by Japanese band Globe.
Globe (band)
was a dance-oriented Japanese pop band, formed in 1995 by the producer and songwriter Tetsuya Komuro.
Gospel music
Gospel music is a genre of Christian Music that spreads the word of God and a cornerstone of Christian media.
Grateful Days
"Grateful Days" is the fourth maxi single by Japanese group Dragon Ash, released in 1999.
Greeeen
Gre4n Boyz (stylized as GRe4N BOYZ), formerly Greeeen (stylized as GReeeeN) is a Japanese vocal group from Kōriyama in Fukushima Prefecture, comprising the all-male four members: HIDE, navi, 92 (read as "kuni"), and SOH.
Group sounds
, often abbreviated as GS, is a genre of Japanese rock music which became popular in the mid to late 1960s and initiated the fusion of Japanese kayōkyoku music and Western rock music.
Grunge
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture which emerged during the in the U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. J-pop and Grunge are 1990s in music.
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Guilty (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
Guilty (capitalized as GUILTY) is the ninth studio album by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Guitar
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.
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Halcali
, were a Japanese J-pop duo consisting of Halca and Yucali from Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
Happy End (band)
was a Japanese folk rock band active from 1969 to 1972.
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Harajuku
is a district in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Harmonica
The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock.
Haruomi Hosono
, sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Hatsune Miku
, officially code-named CV01, is a Vocaloid software voicebank developed by Crypton Future Media and its official anthropomorphic mascot character, a 16-year-old girl with long, turquoise twintails.
Heartbreak Hotel
"Heartbreak Hotel" is a song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. J-pop and Heavy metal music are 1970s in music.
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Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group.
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is an eight-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Smile-Up (formerly known as Johnny & Associates).
Hi-Standard
Hi-Standard (stylized as Hi-STANDARD) is a Japanese punk rock band formed in 1991 by bassist and lead vocalist Akihiro Nanba, guitarist and vocalist Ken Yokoyama, and drummer Akira Tsuneoka.
Hibari Misora
was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon.
Hide (musician)
, known professionally as hide, was a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Hide Your Face
Hide Your Face is the debut album by Japanese musician hide, released on February 23, 1994.
Hideaki Tokunaga
is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and actor.
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Hikaru Genji (band)
was a Japanese pop music idol group named after the character Hikaru Genji of The Tale of Genji.
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Hikaru Utada
, also known by the mononym Utada, is an American and Japanese singer, songwriter and producer.
Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
Hiromi Go
, is a Japanese singer, part of Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
Hitomi (singer)
, known professionally as, is a Japanese singer-songwriter.
HMV
HMV is a music and entertainment retailer, founded in the United Kingdom in 1921.
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Hokkien pop
Hokkien pop, also known as Taiwanese Hokkien popular music, T-pop, Tai-pop, Minnan Pop and Taiwanese folk, is a popular music genre sung in Hokkien, especially Taiwanese Hokkien and produced mainly in Taiwan and sometimes in Fujian in Mainland China or Hong Kong or even Singapore in Southeast Asia.
Home (Mr. Children album)
HOME is the twelfth studio album by Mr. Children, released on March 14, 2007.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
Hong Kong University Press
Hong Kong University Press (abbreviated as HKU Press) is the university press of the University of Hong Kong.
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Hypernymy and hyponymy
Hypernymy and hyponymy are the semantic relations between a generic term (hypernym) and a specific instance of it (hyponym).
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I Want to Hold Your Hand
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
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Ichirō Fujiyama
, born, was a Japanese singer and composer, known for his contribution to Japanese popular music called ryūkōka by his Western classical music skills.
Idol (Yoasobi song)
is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their third EP, The Book 3 (2023).
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Image song
An image song or character song is a song on a tie-in single or album (often called an image album or character album) for an anime, game, dorama, manga, or commercial product that is sometimes sung by the voice actor or actor of a character, in character with backing vocals.
Immi
Mayu Nakazawa (中澤真由 Nakazawa Mayu), known by the stage name immi, is a Japanese Electronica singer and songwriter.
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Imperial Japanese Army
The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.
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Independent music
Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedoms, low-budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation, which originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Indian pop
Indian pop music, also known as Indi-pop, refers to pop music produced in India that is independent from filmi soundtracks for Indian cinema.
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide.
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International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune (IHT) was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France, for international English-speaking readers.
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Isao Tomita
, often known simply as Tomita, was a Japanese composer, regarded as one of the pioneers of electronic music and space music, and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements.
Izumi Yukimura
is a Japanese popular singer and actress.
J Storm
currently known as Storm Labels is a Japanese music and film company owned by Smile Up, formerly known as Johnny & Associates.
J-Wave
J-Wave is a commercial radio station based in Tokyo, Japan, broadcasting on 81.3 FM from the Tokyo Skytree to the Tokyo area.
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Ja, Zoo
Ja, Zoo is the third album by Japanese musician hide, released on November 21, 1998.
JANJAN
JANJAN, short for Japan Alternative News for Justices and New Cultures, was a Japanese online newspaper started by Ken Takeuchi, journalist and former mayor of Kamakura, Kanagawa.
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Japan Composer's Association
The Japan Composer's Association, or JACOMPA (日本作曲家協会 in Japanese) is an organization of Japanese composers, established in 1959.
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Japan Record Awards
is a major music awards show, held annually in Japan that recognizes outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association.
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Japanese asset price bubble
The was an economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated.
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Japanese hardcore
Japanese hardcore is the hardcore punk scene in Japan, which originated to protest the social and economic changes sweeping the country in the 1980s.
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Japanese hip hop
Japanese hip hop is hip hop music from Japan.
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Japanese idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture.
Japanese language
is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.
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Japanese popular culture
Japanese popular culture includes Japanese cinema, cuisine, television programs, anime, manga, video games, music, and doujinshi, all of which retain older artistic and literary traditions; many of their themes and styles of presentation can be traced to traditional art forms.
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Japanese reggae
Japanese reggae is reggae music originating from Japan.
Japanese rock
, sometimes abbreviated to, is rock music from Japan.
Japanese ska
Japanese ska is ska music made in Japan.
Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers
The, often referred to as JASRAC, is a Japanese copyright collection society.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
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Jazz at the Philharmonic
Jazz at the Philharmonic, or JATP (1944–1983), was the title of a series of jazz concerts, tours and recordings produced by Norman Granz.
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Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion, jazz rock, and jazz-rock fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. J-pop and jazz fusion are 1960s in music.
Jazz kissa
Jazz kissa, sometimes transliterated as jazu kissa, are cafés that specialise in the playing and appreciation of recorded jazz music.
Jealousy (X Japan album)
Jealousy is the third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, then known as simply X. The album was released on July 1, 1991, by Sony, as the band's second major label release.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.
Johnny & Associates
was a Japanese talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which managed groups of male idols known as The company had a significant impact on pop culture with male idols and boy bands in Japan since the 1980s.
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Juju (singer)
(born February 14, 1976) is a Japanese jazz and jpop singer.
Junko Yagami
, is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Aichi Prefecture.
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile delinquency, also known as juvenile offending, is the act of participating in unlawful behavior as a minor or individual younger than the statutory age of majority.
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JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment
, known as just in Japan, is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan.
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K-On!
is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Kakifly.
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K-pop
K-pop, short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. J-pop and k-pop are popular music by country.
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Kanjani Eight
, previously known as is a five-member Japanese boy band from Japan's Kansai region.
KAT-TUN
is a Japanese boy band formed under Smile-Up (formerly known as Johnny & Associates) in 2001.
Katy Perry
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality.
Kawaii metal
Kawaii metal (also known as idol metal, cute metal, J-pop metal, or kawaiicore) is a musical genre that blends elements of heavy metal and J-pop that was pioneered in Japan in the early 2010s.
Kayōkyoku
is a Japanese pop music genre, which became a base of modern J-pop.
Kazumasa Oda
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and composer.
Kazuo Taoka
was one of the most prominent yakuza godfathers.
Kazuya Kosaka
was a Japanese singer and actor.
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known simply as Kōhaku, is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
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Kōri no Sekai
is the third studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released in December 1973.
Keiko Fuji
(5 July 1951 – 22 August 2013), known primarily by the stage name was a Japanese enka singer and actress.
Keisuke Kuwata
is a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and frontman for the Southern All Stars, as well of his own solo band, the Kuwata band.
Ken Hirai
is a Japanese R&B and pop singer.
Ketsumeishi
is a four-member Japanese pop and hip hop group that incorporates singing and rapping into their music.
Kimi ga Iru Dake de
Kimi ga Iru Dake de (君がいるだけで, lit. "Just by you being here") is a Japanese song by Kome Kome Club released on May 4, 1992.
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KinKi Kids
is a Japanese duo consisting of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto under the talent agency Johnny & Associates.
Kiseki (Greeeen song)
is the 7th single released by Greeeen on May 28, 2008.
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Kobukuro
, a Japanese band, formed in 1998 and made its major label debut in 2001.
Koda Kumi
, known professionally as, is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs.
Kome Kome Club
is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1982 which achieved commercial success by blending soul and funk musical styles.
Koshi Inaba
is a Japanese singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
, known professionally as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Hiragana: きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ), is a Japanese tarento, singer, and model.
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Kyoko Koizumi
(born February 4, 1966) is a Japanese singer and actress.
Kyosuke Himuro
is a former Japanese musician and singer-songwriter.
Kyu Sakamoto
, legally registered as since 1956, was a Japanese singer and actor.
L'Arc-en-Ciel
, stylized as L'Arc〜en〜Ciel and abbreviated as Laruku, is a Japanese rock band formed in Osaka in 1991 by bassist Tetsuya and vocalist Hyde.
Latin music
Latin music (Portuguese and música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America, which encompasses Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Latino population in Canada and the United States, as well as music that is sung in either Spanish and/or Portuguese.
Liberty Times
The Liberty Times is a national newspaper published in Taiwan.
Little Texas (Tokyo restaurant)
is a honky-tonk and Texan cuisine restaurant in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
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Livetune
Livetune (stylized as livetune) is a Japanese electro band which formed in 2007 as a dōjin music circle signed to Toy's Factory.
London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist.
Love the World
"Love the World" (stylized as "love the world") is Perfume's 7th major single.
Luna Sea
Luna Sea (stylized as LUNA SEA) is a Japanese rock band formed in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1986.
Mai Kuraki
(born October 28, 1982) is a Japanese pop and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer.
Mainichi Shimbun
The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the Mainichi Shimbun, which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English-language news website called The Mainichi (previously Mainichi Daily News, abbreviated MDN), and publishes a bilingual news magazine, Mainichi Weekly.
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Mainland China
Mainland China is the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War.
Major second
In Western music theory, a major second (sometimes also called whole tone or a whole step) is a second spanning two semitones.
Maki Ohguro
is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter from Sapporo, Hokkaido under B-Gram Records label.
Makuhari Messe
is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba City, in the northwest corner of Chiba Prefecture.
Mambo (music)
Mambo is a genre of Cuban dance music pioneered by the charanga Arcaño y sus Maravillas in the late 1930s and later popularized in the big band style by Pérez Prado.
Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music.
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Mari Amachi
is a Japanese female singer and actress, who was famous in 1970s' Japan.
Mariya Takeuchi
is a Japanese singer and songwriter.
Marketing effectiveness
Marketing effectiveness is the measure of how effective a given marketer's go to market strategy is toward meeting the goal of maximizing their spending to achieve positive results in both the short- and long-term.
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Masafumi Akikawa
is a Japanese tenor singer.
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Masami Mitsuoka
is a Japanese pop singer.
MAX (group)
MAX (pronounced "Max") is a Japanese female vocal group.
Me:I
is a Japanese girl group formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan The Girls.
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Meiji era
The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.
Microphone
A microphone, colloquially called a mic, or mike, is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal.
Miho Nakayama
is a Japanese singer and actress.
Miliyah Kato
(born June 22, 1988), better known by her stage name of is a Japanese pop and urban singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and author.
Minako Honda
, better known as, was a Japanese idol and musical singer.
Mini-Moni
was a sub-unit of the Japanese idol girl groups Morning Musume and Coconuts Musume.
Misia
commonly known as and stylized in all caps, is a Japanese singer and songwriter.
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MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Miyuki Nakajima
(born February 23, 1952, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and radio personality.
Modern portfolio theory
Modern portfolio theory (MPT), or mean-variance analysis, is a mathematical framework for assembling a portfolio of assets such that the expected return is maximized for a given level of risk.
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Momoe Yamaguchi
, known by her maiden name, is a Japanese former singer, actress, and idol whose career lasted from 1972 to 1980.
Momoiro Clover Z
is a Japanese idol girl group, commonly abbreviated as MCZ or.
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Momoko Kikuchi
is a Japanese actress, entertainer, singer, and scholar who was formerly represented by the talent agency, Parfit Production.
Morning Musume
, formerly and commonly known as and colloquially referred to as, is a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top-ten singles, having 64 of them.
Mothra (film)
is a 1961 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
Mr. Children
, commonly referred to by their contracted nickname, are a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1989.
Mrs. Green Apple
Mrs.
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.
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MTV Unplugged
MTV Unplugged is an American television series on MTV.
Music industry of East Asia
The music industry of East Asia, a region that includes Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan is a rapidly growing economic sector that is home to some of the world's largest music markets.
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Music of Japan
In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern.
Music recording certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.
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MusiQ
musiQ is the third album by Japanese rock band Orange Range released on December 1, 2004.
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Namie Amuro
Namie Amuro (Amuro Namie; born September 20, 1977) is a retired Japanese singer.
Namonaki Uta
"" is the tenth single by Mr. Children, released by Toy's Factory on February 5, 1996.
Nana Mizuki
, better known by the stage name, is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator from Niihama, Ehime.
Naniwa Danshi
is a Japanese boy band formed by Starto Entertainment (formerly Johnny & Associates) on October 6, 2018.
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007.
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Naughty Boys (album)
is the sixth album by Yellow Magic Orchestra, recorded from October 1982 to March 1983, and released on May 24, 1983.
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New Romantic
New Romantic was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. J-pop and New Romantic are 1980s in music.
New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. J-pop and New wave music are 1970s in music and 1980s in music.
NEWS (band)
NEWS (acronym for "North East West South") is a Japanese boy band consisting of Keiichiro Koyama, Takahisa Masuda and Shigeaki Kato.
NHK
, also known by its romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster.
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Niconico
, known before 2012 as, is a Japanese video sharing service based in Tokyo, Japan.
Nikkei Business Publications
, commonly known as, is a book and magazine publisher based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Ninja Re Bang Bang
is the fifth single by Japanese singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.
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Nippon Budokan
The, often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.
Nishinippon Shimbun
The is a Japanese language daily newspaper published by the.
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NiziU
NiziU (ニジュー; 니쥬) is a Japanese girl group formed by JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan through the reality-survival program Nizi Project (2020).
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Noriko Awaya
was a Japanese female soprano chanteuse and popular music (ryūkōka) singer.
NTT Communications
is a Japanese telecommunications company owned by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.
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Nujabes
, better known by his stage name, was a Japanese record producer, audio engineer, DJ, composer and arranger best known for his atmospheric instrumental mixes sampling from hip hop, soul, and jazz, as well as incorporating elements of trip hop, breakbeat, downtempo, and ambient music.
Number i
is a Japanese boy band associated with Tobe, formed in October 2023.
Occupation of Japan
Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952.
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Off Course
Off Course was a Japanese folk rock band formed by Kazumasa Oda and Yasuhiro Suzuki.
Okinawa Actors School
is a school in Ginowan, Okinawa which has another branch in Osaka.
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Onna no Michi
is the debut single by Shiro Miya & Pinkara Trio released on May 10, 1972, in Japan.
Onyanko Club
was a large all-girl Japanese pop idol group in the 1980s.
Open Computer Network
OCN (オーシーエヌ), or Open Computer Network(オープン・コンピュータ・ネットワーク:Ōpun Konpyūta nettowāku), is the largest Japanese Internet service provider, with over 7 million subscribers.
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Opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.
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Orange Range
are a 5-member Japanese rock band, based in Okinawa, Japan.
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music.
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Osamu Kitajima
Osamu Kitajima (喜多嶋 修), also known by the pseudonym Justin Heathcliff, is a Japanese musician, producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.
P.O.A: Pop on Arrival
P.O.A.: Pop on Arrival is the fifth album released by Japanese band Beat Crusaders, and the 1st full-length album released under the DefSTAR Records Label.
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Pentatonic scale
A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to heptatonic scales, which have seven notes per octave (such as the major scale and minor scale).
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Pepper Keibu (song)
is the debut single by the Japanese hit duo Pink Lady.
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Perfume (Japanese band)
is a Japanese pop techno girl group from Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, consisting of Ayano Ōmoto ("Nocchi"), Yuka Kashino ("KASHIYUKA") and Ayaka Nishiwaki ("a-chan").
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Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
Pink Lady (duo)
are a Japanese female pop music duo of the late 1970s and early 1980s, featuring Mie (Mitsuyo Nemoto, born March 9, 1958) and Keiko Masuda (formerly Kei, born September 2, 1957).
Pink Spider
is the ninth single by Japanese musician hide, the second to bear the hide with Spread Beaver name, released on May 13, 1998, eleven days after his death.
Pinoy pop
Pinoy pop (also known as Philippine pop; an abbreviated form of "Pinoy popular music" or "Philippine popular music") refers to popular music in the Philippines originating from the OPM genre. J-pop and Pinoy pop are popular music by country.
Pizzicato Five
Pizzicato Five (formerly typeset as Pizzicato V and sometimes abbreviated to P5)Yang Jeff, Dina Can, Terry Hong, (1997) Eastern Standard Time pg 277 New York: Mariner Books was a Japanese pop band formed in Tokyo in 1979 by multi-instrumentalists Yasuharu Konishi and Keitarō Takanami.
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box are a Japanese electronic music/shibuya-kei duo formed by Tomonori Hayashibe and Takeshi Wakiya.
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Politics of China
In China, politics functions within a communist state framework based on the system of people's congress under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with the National People's Congress (NPC) functioning as the highest organ of state power and only branch of government per the principle of unified power.
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Pon Pon Pon
Pon Pon Pon (stylized in all uppercase) is a song and debut single by Japanese singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the United Kingdom and the United States during the mid- to late-1950s.
Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. J-pop and pop music are 1960s in music.
Pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music. J-pop and pop rock are 1960s in music, 1980s in music and 2000s in music.
Pop-punk
Pop-punk (also punk-pop, alternatively spelled without the hyphen) is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. J-pop and pop-punk are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 1990s in music, 2000s in music and 2010s in music.
Popular music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.
Princess Princess (band)
was a five-piece Japanese pop/rock girl band active from 1983 to 1996.
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Progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. J-pop and Progressive rock are 1970s in music.
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Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.
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Ranma ½
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi.
Ray (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)
Ray is the seventh album by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on July 1, 1999, simultaneously with Ark.
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RC Succession
was an influential Japanese rock band from Tokyo, formed in 1968.
Real Face
"Real Face" is a song written by Shikao Suga, Joker, Tak Matsumoto and Chokkaku for the debut single and debut album of the Japanese boy band, KAT-TUN.
Recording Industry Association of Japan
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry.
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Request (Juju album)
Request is a cover album by Japanese recording artist Juju, released on September 29, 2010.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Review (Glay album)
Review is the first greatest hits album by Japanese rock band Glay.
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Rhythm Zone
(RZN) is a record label in the Avex Group that releases urban contemporary Japanese music.
Ringo Sheena
, known by her stage name, is a Japanese singer, songwriter and musician.
Riot police
Riot police are police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots.
Rip Slyme
Rip Slyme (often stylized as RIP SLYME) is a Japanese hip hop group.
Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Rock festival
A rock festival is an open-air rock concert featuring many different performers, typically spread over two or three days and having a campsite and other amenities and forms of entertainment provided at the venue.
Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music.
Rokusuke Ei
was a Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist, and television personality of Chinese descent.
Ryōichi Hattori
was a Japanese pop and jazz composer.
Ryōko Shinohara
is a Japanese singer and actress.
Ryūkōka
is a Japanese musical genre.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
was a Japanese composer, pianist, record producer, and actor who pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO).
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Saki Fujita
, known professionally as, is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo.
Samishii Nettaigyo
is the fifth single by Japanese idol duo Wink.
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Sampler (musical instrument)
A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples (portions of sound recordings).
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Sampling (music)
In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording.
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Samurai Champloo
is a 2004 Japanese historical adventure anime television series.
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Sankei Sports
is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper published by Sankei Shimbun.
Saori Minami
(real name Akemi Shinoyama (篠山 明美), née Akemi Uchima (内間 明美); Christian name Cynthia) is a Japanese retired J-pop singer-songwriter.
Saori@destiny
Saori@destiny (pronounced "Saori at Destiny"; born June 10, 1986) is a Japanese singer-lyricist.
Sarasota Journal
The Sarasota Journal was an American daily newspaper published in Sarasota, Florida, from 1952 until 1982.
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Sawa (singer)
, known mononymously as SAWA, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, music producer, and DJ.
Say Yes (Chage and Aska song)
"Say Yes" is a Japanese single by Chage and Aska, released by Pony Canyon on July 24, 1991.
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Seiko Matsuda
, known professionally as, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, known for being one of the most popular Japanese idols of the 1980s.
Sengoku period
The, is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Shanghai
Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China.
Sharam Q
was a Japanese rock band composed of lead singer, on guitar, on drums and on keyboards.
Shibuya-kei
is a microgenre of pop music or a general aesthetic that flourished in Japan in the mid-to-late 1990s.
Shidaiqu
Shidaiqu is a type of Chinese popular music that is a fusion of Chinese folk, American jazz and Hollywood film music that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s.
Shikao Suga
is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter from Tokyo known for writing the theme songs for several anime, movies and commercial ads.
Shiro Miya
was a Japanese enka singer, lyricist and composer.
Shizuka Kudo
, known by her maiden name, is a Japanese singer, actress and former idol, born in Hamura, Tokyo, Japan.
Shizuko Kasagi
was a Japanese jazz singer and actress.
Shota Shimizu
is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician from Yao, Osaka, Japan, who debuted in 2008.
Sign (Mr. Children song)
"Sign" is the twenty-sixth single released by Mr. Children on May 26, 2004.
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Singapore Press Holdings
Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) was an organisation with businesses in property and aged care in Singapore.
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SMAP
was a Japanese boy band, composed of Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori.
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Snow Man
Snow Man is a Japanese idol boy band formed by Starto Entertainment (formerly known as Johnny & Associates) in 2012.
Soba ni Iru ne
is a song recorded by Japanese singer Thelma Aoyama featuring Japanese rapper SoulJa, released on January 23, 2008, via Universal J. It is an answer song to her previous collaboration with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo." The B-side of the single, "My Dear Friends", was used as the ending theme to anime ''Shion no Ō'', and the opening theme to television show Ryuuha-R.
Solid State Survivor
Solid State Survivor is the second album by Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, released in 1979.
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Sony Music Entertainment Japan
, often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as SonyMusic), is a Japanese music arm for Sony.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
Southern All Stars
, also known by the abbreviations and SAS, are a Japanese rock band that first formed in 1974.
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Speed (Japanese band)
Speed (stylized in all caps) was a Japanese female vocal/dance group comprising Hiroko Shimabukuro, Eriko Imai, Takako Uehara and Hitoe Arakaki.
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Stylus Magazine
Stylus Magazine was an American online music and film magazine, launched in 2002 and co-founded by Todd L. Burns.
Sukiyaki (song)
, alternatively titled "Sukiyaki", is a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961.
Super Eurobeat
is a CD compilation series of Eurobeat music in Japan.
Supercell (album)
Supercell (stylized as supercell) is the eponymous debut studio album of Japanese J-pop band Supercell, released on March 4, 2009 by Sony Music.
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Supercell (band)
Supercell (stylized as supercell) is an 11-member Japanese pop rock band led by musician and songwriter Ryo, which formed in 2007 as a dōjin music band.
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Superfly (band)
Superfly is a Japanese rock act that debuted on April 4, 2007.
Sweet Vacation
Sweet Vacation（スウィート・バケイション）is a Japanese music unit made of members Hayakawa Daichi and Thai vocalist May.
Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. J-pop and synth-pop are 1970s in music, 1980s in music, 1990s in music, 2000s in music and 2010s in music.
Synthesizer
A synthesizer (also synthesiser, or simply synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals.
T-Bolan
T-Bolan is a Japanese rock band which debuted in 1991.
Tackey & Tsubasa
were a Japanese idol duo consisting of Hideaki Takizawa and Tsubasa Imai from the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates.
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Taishō era
The was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō.
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
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Tak Matsumoto
is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer.
Takeshi Terauchi
, also known as Terry, was a Japanese instrumental rock guitarist.
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Takuro Yoshida
is a Japanese male singer-songwriter.
Takuya Kimura
is a Japanese actor, singer, and radio personality.
Tatsumi Yoda
is a Japanese business magnate.
Tatsuro Yamashita
, occasionally referred to as Tatsu Yamashita or Tats Yamashita, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer, who is known for pioneering the city pop style of music.
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Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.
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Techno
Techno is a genre of electronic dance music which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range of 120 to 150 beats per minute (BPM).
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Television personalities in Japan
Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows.
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Tennessee Waltz
"Tennessee Waltz" is a popular country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in January 1948.
Tenor
A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.
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Tetrachord
In music theory, a tetrachord (τετράχορδoν; tetrachordum) is a series of four notes separated by three intervals.
Tetsuya Komuro
is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer.
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.
The Alfee
The Alfee (formerly spelled Alfie) is a Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo in 1973.
The Asahi Shimbun
is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan.
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The Blue Hearts
was a Japanese punk rock band active from 1985 to 1995.
The Checkers (Japanese band)
The Checkers (Japanese: チェッカーズ) was a very popular Japanese band in the 1980s.
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The Drifters (Japanese band)
are a Japanese rock and roll band and comedy group.
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The Folk Crusaders
, also known as simply, was a Japanese folk group, popular in Japan in the later half of the 1960s.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The Japan Times
The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.
The Nikkei
The Nikkei, also known as, is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies.
The Peanuts
were a Japanese vocal group consisting of twin sisters Emi (Itō Emi) and Yumi Itō (Itō Yumi).
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Straits Times
The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust.
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The Swinging Star
The Swinging Star is the fifth studio album by the Japanese band Dreams Come True.
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The Ventures
The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in Tacoma, Washington, in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle.
The Way We Are (Chemistry album)
The Way We Are is an album by the Japanese R&B duo Chemistry, released on November 7, 2001 by Sony Music Japan.
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The Wire (magazine)
The Wire (or simply Wire) is a British music magazine publishing out of London, which has been issued monthly in print since 1982.
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Thelma Aoyama
is a Japanese pop and R&B singer.
Tie-in
A tie-in work is a work of fiction or other product based on a media property such as a film, video game, television series, board game, web site, role-playing game or literary property.
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Till I Waltz Again with You
"Till I Waltz Again with You" is a popular song written by Sid Prosen.
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TM Network
TM Network is a Japanese rock/new wave/pop musical band, made up by Tetsuya Komuro (keyboardist), Takashi Utsunomiya (vocalist) and Naoto Kine (guitarist).
Tokio (band)
Tokio is a Japanese rock/pop band formed by Johnny & Associates that debuted in 1994.
Tokyo
Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.
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Tomi Fujiyama
is a Japanese country music singer-songwriter.
Tomomi Kahara
(formerly Tomomi Kahala) born on August 17, 1974 in Tokyo), is a Japanese pop singer. She is famous for working with Tetsuya Komuro who gave her much success in the 1990s, which led to her deep dip in popularity after 1999, the year in which she released her first non-TK produced album, One Fine Day.
Tomorrow Never Knows (Mr. Children song)
"Tomorrow Never Knows" is the sixth single released by Mr. Children on November 10, 1994.
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Tomoyasu Hotei
, also known simply as Hotei, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and actor.
Toshiba
is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Tower Records
Tower Records is an international retail franchise and online music store that was formerly based in Sacramento, California, United States.
Traditional Japanese music
Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan.
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Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged from EBM in Frankfurt, Germany, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and quickly spread throughout Europe.
TRF (group)
TRF (an abbreviation of Tetsuya Komuro Rave Factory) is a Japanese pop band.
Tsunku
, known professionally as, is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter.
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Tube (band)
is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1985.
Ulfuls
is a Japanese rock band from Osaka.
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Ultimate Diamond
Ultimate Diamond is the seventh studio album released by Japanese voice actress and pop singer Nana Mizuki on June 3, 2009.
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Underground music
Underground music is music with practices perceived as outside, or somehow opposed to, mainstream popular music culture.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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Universal Music Japan
, often referred to as just Universal Music Japan or UMJ, is a Japanese subsidiary of the Universal Music Group founded in 1990.
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University of Hawaiʻi Press
The University of Hawaiʻi Press is a university press that is part of the University of Hawaiʻi.
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V6 (band)
was a six-member Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates.
Vanishing Vision
Vanishing Vision is the debut studio album by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, then known as simply X. It was released on April 14, 1988 by Extasy Records, topped the Oricon indies chart and reached number 19 on the main chart.
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Vehicle audio
Vehicle audio is equipment installed in a car or other vehicle to provide in-car entertainment and information for the occupants.
Violin
The violin, colloquially known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family.
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Visual kei
, abbreviated, is a category of Japanese musicians that have a strong focus on extravagant stage costumes that originated in Japan during the early 1980s.
Vocaloid
is a singing voice synthesizer software product.
Voice acting in Japan
Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs.
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VTuber
A or is an online entertainer who uses a virtual avatar generated using computer graphics.
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Wands (band)
(stylized as WANDS) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1991 and active until 2000 under the label B-Gram Records.
Wax Poetics
Wax Poetics is a global music platform for music collectors, with its roots as a music magazine dedicated to vintage and contemporary jazz, funk, soul, Latin, hip-hop, reggae, blues, and R&B in the crate-digger tradition; the name of the magazine is itself an allusion to vinyl records.
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.
Wildflower (Superfly song)
"Wildflower" is a song by Japanese musical act Superfly.
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Wink (duo)
was a Japanese idol duo in the late 1980s and early-to-mid-1990s composed of and.
X Japan
is a Japanese rock band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi.
X∞Multiplies
is a mini-album and the third studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra released in 1980.
Yakuza
, also known as, are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan.
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Yasutaka Nakata
is a Japanese music producer and DJ.
Yōko Oginome
, married name, is a former pop idol, actress and voice actress, who gained popularity in the mid-1980s.
Yōsui Inoue
is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, guitarist and record producer, who is an important figure in Japanese music.
Yūjirō Ishihara
was a Japanese actor and singer born in Kobe.
Yūzō Kayama
is a Japanese popular musician, singer-songwriter and actor.
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra (abbreviated to YMO) was a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals, occasional keyboards) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals).
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Yellow Magic Orchestra (album)
Yellow Magic Orchestra is the first official studio album by Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, who were previously known as the Yellow Magic Band.
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Yellow music
Yellow Music is a genre of popular music.
Yoasobi
Yoasobi is a Japanese pop duo formed in 2019 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
Yoko Minamino
, also known as Nanno (ナンノ), is a Japanese actress and singer.
Yoshimoto Kogyo
is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate.
YouTube Music
YouTube Music is a music streaming service developed by the American video platform YouTube, a subsidiary of Google.
Yuki Uchida
(born November 16, 1975) is a Japanese actress and former idol singer.
Yukihiro Takahashi
was a Japanese musician, singer, record producer, and actor, who was best known internationally as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band.
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Yukiko Okada
was a Japanese singer and actress, active in the mid-1980s.
Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow
is a J-pop group under Johnny & Associates, made up of five members.
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Yumi Matsutoya
, nicknamed, is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist.
Yutaka Ozaki
was a Japanese musician.
Yuya Uchida (singer)
was a Japanese singer, record producer, and actor.
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Yuzu (band)
is a Japanese pop rock duo who debuted in 1997.
Zard
(stylized as ZARD) were a Japanese pop rock group, originally with five members, with lead vocalist Izumi Sakai as its only constant member.
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Zeebra
, known professionally as, is a Japanese hip hop rapper and DJ who made his first appearance in 1995.
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Zen-On Music Company Ltd
is a music publishing company based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, in Japan.
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(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones.
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12 Love Stories
12 Love Stories is an album released by Japanese rapper Dohzi-T. The album came in 2 versions: CD only and CD+DVD.
12th Japan Record Awards
The 12th Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1970, starting at 7:00PM JST.
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19 (band)
was a Japanese pop/folk duo of Kenji Okahira and Keigo Iwase.
1960s in music
This article includes an overview of the events and trends in popular music in the 1960s.
30th Japan Record Awards
The 30th Japan Record Awards were held on December 31, 1988, and were broadcast live on TBS.
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31st Japan Record Awards
The 31st Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 31, 1989, starting at 7:00PM JST.
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46th Japan Record Awards
The 46th Japan Record Awards were held on December 31, 2004, and were broadcast live on TBS.
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5296
5296 is Kobukuro's 7th album released under Warner Music Japan, released on December 19, 2007.
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60s 70s 80s
60s 70s 80s is a triple A-side single by Japanese singer Namie Amuro from her third greatest hits album, Best Fiction (2008).
See also
Popular music by country
- African popular music
- American popular music
- British popular music
- C-pop
- Croatian popular music
- French popular music
- Italian popular music
- J-pop
- K-pop
- Música Popular Brasileira
- Música popular brasileira
- Malaysian popular music
- New Zealand popular music
- Nordic popular music
- Pakistani popular music
- Philippine popular music
- Pinoy pop
- Pop melayu
- Popular music in Croatia
- Popular music in Sweden
- Popular music in Yugoslavia
- Popular music of Vietnam
- Romanian popular music
- Slovak popular music
- Turkish popular music
- V-pop
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