Solo artists are on the rise in J-pop today, but FIVE NEW OLD appears to be pursuing the possibilities of creating music as a band. What are your thoughts on that? WATARU:Bands have a kind of chemical reaction. The components that each member has mix together, and something unimagin...
Japanese Rock Bands You might think - wait, rock is not pop music though? - but in Japan, if your music is popular, you may get grouped into the overall category of J-pop. (But of course, they are also known as rock bands within J-rock as well). ...
The Honey Popcorn members, Mikami Yua, Sakura Moko, and Matsuda Miko, all started their careers in the Japanese entertainment industry as singers in the J-pop idol scene. After retiring from their bands, SKE48, NMB48 and Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome, respectively, they turned to the Japanese adu...
List of Japanese hip hop artists, listed by popularity with photos when available. This list includes more than just bands, as Hip hop music solo artists from ...
Nakai Masahiro Kimura Takuya Katori Shingo Kusanagi Tsuyoshi Inagaki Goro SMAP (Sports Music Assemble People) are a kind of Japanese version of the Monkees, only more enduring and commercially successful. Besides being the country's most popular boy-band (and J-Pop's best selling group ever), ...
(Go! Fight! Cheer Squad!) is a Japanese rhythm game that is just way too weird to ever come the U.S. But don’t let that measly Pacific Ocean keep you from playing it. With unique gameplay, music from over a dozen famous J-Pop bands and tons of style, Osu! is arguably the ...
JGoth.com :: Japan Goth and Industrial Music Gothic News and Information from the East! Hello and welcome to JGoth.com, a news and information blog dedicated to Japanese Gothic, industrial and underground music. Igor is rebuilding the site after a couple of years offline, so please be patie...
Chara creates quite lovable music. Chara is Miwa Sato, who has been making quality J-Pop since the early 90s. With vocals that could pass for a middle school girl, it fits in right in with the twinkling keyboards and catchy beats in ‘Atashi Ha Koyoko’. I strongly recommend her greates...
Why cultural influences from the West are losing popularity in Asia; Comments of Sony Music Asia vice president of artist and repertoire Dick Lee; Examples of successful Japanese bands, including Utada, Hirosue, Puffy and L'Arc-En-Ciel; Ro...
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