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Artist
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Active |
Genre & Styles |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto
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1970s - 2020s |
Electronic, Stage & Screen, Avant-Garde, Classical, International, Pop/Rock, Experimental, Progressive Electronic, Original Score, International Fusion, Synth Pop, Experimental Ambient, Experimental Electro, Experimental Electronic, Glitch |
| Merzbow
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1970s - 2020s |
Avant-Garde, Noise, Experimental, Dark Ambient |
| Yellow Magic Orchestra
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1970s - 2010s |
Electronic, Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde, Art Rock, Punk/New Wave, Synth Pop, Experimental Electronic |
| Yoko Ono
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1960s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde, Experimental, Experimental Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock |
| Boris
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1990s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, Post-Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal, Drone Metal, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Noise-Rock, Noise, Sludge Metal |
| Tomita
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1950s - 2010s |
Electronic, New Age, Avant-Garde, Progressive Electronic, Avant-Garde Music, Experimental Electronic, Japanese Traditions |
| DJ Krush
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1980s - 2020s |
Electronic, Rap, Ambient Breakbeat, Trip-Hop, Left-Field Rap, Club/Dance, Acid Jazz, Asian Rap, Japanese Rap, Electronica |
| Haruomi Hosono
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1960s - 2020s |
Electronic, Avant-Garde, Jazz, Easy Listening, International, Pop/Rock, Experimental Electronic, Ambient, Exotica, Asian Pop, City Pop, Club/Dance, Japanese Traditions, Techno, Ambient Techno, Worldbeat |
| Keiko Matsui
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1980s - 2020s |
Jazz, Classical, Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Classical Crossover, Contemporary Instrumental, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Fusion |
| One OK Rock
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2000s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Japanese Rock, Pop Punk |
| Sigh
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1980s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde Metal, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk-Metal |
| Mono
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1990s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Instrumental Rock, Noise-Rock, Post-Rock |
| Tetsu Inoue
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1990s - 2000s |
Electronic, Ambient, Ambient Techno, Electronica, Experimental Ambient, Techno, Microsound |
| United Future Organization
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1990s - 2020s |
Electronic, Acid Jazz, Trip-Hop |
| Melt Banana
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1990s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde, Alternative/Indie Rock, Noise, Noise-Rock |
| Pizzicato Five
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1970s - 2000s |
Pop/Rock, Electronic, Alternative Dance, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Club/Dance, Indie Pop, J-Pop, Shibuya-Kei, Dance-Pop, House |
| Kazumi Watanabe
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1970s - 2020s |
Jazz, Fusion, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument |
| Yukihiro Takahashi
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1970s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Electronic, Asian Pop, Synth Pop, New Wave, City Pop, Punk/New Wave, Art Rock |
| Ruins
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1980s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde, Noise-Rock, Avant-Prog, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Prog-Rock, Art Rock, Experimental, Post-Rock |
| Babymetal
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2010s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal |
| Towa Tei
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1980s - 2020s |
Electronic, Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, Electronica, House, Dance-Pop, Shibuya-Kei, Left-Field Pop, Pop, Lounge |
| Mitsuko Uchida
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1970s - 2020s |
Classical, International, Keyboard, Concerto |
| Buffalo Daughter
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1990s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Japanese Rock, Experimental Rock, Instrumental Rock, Post-Rock, Asian Rock, Shibuya-Kei |
| AKB48
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2000s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, J-Pop, Asian Pop |
| Ground Zero
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1990s |
Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Noise-Rock, Noise, Experimental, Plunderphonics |
| Yosuke Yamashita
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1950s - 2020s |
Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz |
| Objekt
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2010s - 2020s |
Electronic, Experimental Techno, Club/Dance, Dubstep, Techno, Bass Music, Experimental Electro, IDM |
| Nikka Costa
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1980s - 2020s |
R&B, Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, Retro-Soul, Teen Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock |
| Ghost
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1980s - 2010s |
Pop/Rock, Folk, Acid Folk, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Art Rock, Avant-Prog, Experimental Rock, Prog-Rock, Psychedelic/Garage |
| Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
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2010s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, J-Pop |
| Tokyo String Quartet
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1970s - 2010s |
Classical, Chamber Music |
| Ikue Mori
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1970s - 2020s |
Avant-Garde, Stage & Screen, Pop/Rock, Classical, Film Music, Soundtracks, Experimental, No Wave, Punk/New Wave, Avant-Garde Music |
| Ryo Kawasaki
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1970s - 2010s |
Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Fusion, Electric Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Instrument |
| Fushitsusha
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1970s - 2020s |
Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental, Experimental Rock, Noise-Rock |
| Terumasa Hino
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1950s - 2020s |
Jazz, International, Fusion, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Japanese Traditions, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz |
| The Flower Travellin' Band
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1960s - 2000s |
Pop/Rock, Acid Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic/Garage, Art Rock |
| Bach Collegium Japan
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1990s - 2020s |
Classical, Choral |
| Nobuko Imai
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1960s - 2010s |
Classical, Stage & Screen, Chamber Music, Concerto |
| Kikagaku Moyo
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2010s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Space Rock |
| Church of Misery
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1990s - 2020s |
Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal |
| toe
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2000s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Math Rock |
| Nujabes
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1990s - 2010s |
Rap, Alternative Rap, Instrumental Hip-Hop |
| Akiko Suwanai
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1990s - 2010s |
Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto |
| Chihei Hatakeyama
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2000s - 2020s |
Electronic, Avant-Garde, Experimental Ambient, Ambient, Electro-Acoustic, Process-Generated, Computer Music |
| Toru Takemitsu
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1950s - 1990s |
Classical, Avant-Garde, Jazz, Modern Composition, Film Score, Chamber Music, Global Jazz, Keyboard, Orchestral, Concerto |
| Nisennenmondai
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2000s - 2010s |
Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Instrumental Rock, Post-Rock |
| Fumiko Shiraga
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1990s - 2010s |
Classical, Keyboard, Chamber Music, Concerto, Symphony |
| Satoko Fujii
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1990s - 2020s |
Avant-Garde, Jazz, Classical, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental Big Band, Keyboard, Modern Creative, Creative Orchestra, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Chamber Music, Modern Free, Free Jazz |
| Sayaka Shoji
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2010s |
Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto |
| Kazushi Ono
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1990s - 2010s |
Classical, Opera, Orchestral, Concerto |