Japanese Artists

KanjiKat · May 25, 2003, 01:09

Would anyone like to just reel off a list of Japanese artists and/or songs that I should listen to? I'd appreciate it...anything in the language that's worth a hear.

Christine · May 25, 2003, 22:21

Gackt:
Story, Vanilla, Secret Garden, ~Emu For My Dear~, Dears, Mizerable, U+K, Mirror, Papa Lapped A Pap Lopped, Kimi No Tame Ni Dekiru Koto.

Malice Mizer:
Illuminati, Le Ciel, Ma Cherie, Shiroi, Beast Of Blood.

All of those are really great songs!

ben · Jun 11, 2003, 07:36

The Blue Hearts
-everything.
Hi Standard
-any of their cover songs (California Dreamin' , saturday Night, etc.
Lolita #18
-Hang on Snoopy, I wanna be an Anarchist
Love Psycadelic(sp?)
-everything
The Happies
-I don't know if they have an album out, but they rocked my world!
Anarchy
-TV (dub version), Anarchy City.

Enjoy!

MHtrStevie · Jun 11, 2003, 22:47

That's a very tough question to answer... there are very talented Japanese artists in virtually every musical style you could want. Could you tell us a little about other music you like? I could try and help out with some Japanese artists who perform similar styles... otherwise, there's really just too many to list here.

Thanks, and hope I can help!

aaron · Jun 12, 2003, 06:16

If you want to know some good Japanese artists of a certain style. Tell me. I know of some I could tell you about

Grachan · Jul 3, 2003, 22:06

This Amour, Sugar High - both by Chihiro Onitsuka
UAII - UA

SakuChan · Jul 5, 2003, 16:55

Hmm .. Japanese artists. It's hard to tell you because it really depends on your taste - Jpop, Jrock .. ya know?Hmm .. Onitsuka Chihiro is very good! I don't want to name the wrong type of music so let us know what you like to listen to. ^^

Ami · Jul 26, 2003, 08:31

Well, I think you should hear some of the songs from the Pillows. Such as "Thank you, My Twilight" or "Last Dinosuar". I love those songs. Oh and check out some songs by Gackt.

vampmiyavi · Oct 26, 2004, 10:44

Dir en Grey ^.^
k...and im sure youve gotten a lot of things by now >< but im always here if you want to know of any more

michi · Oct 26, 2004, 11:16

Originally Posted by KanjiKat

Would anyone like to just reel off a list of Japanese artists and/or songs that I should listen to? I'd appreciate it...anything in the language that's worth a hear.

you probably don't come on this site anymore, but i'll "reel off a [really succinct] list" of songs i recommend, anyways. One song per artist. Varying genres.

Malice Mizer - au revoir
Chemistry - Point of No Return
Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Entrance
D - Night-ship "D"
Onmyouza - Nue
the brilliant green - Forever to Me
Lareine - suna no shiro de nemuru koibito
Olivia - Blind Unicorn
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Drop
Dir en grey - Mazohyst of Decadence
Bonnie Pink - Senaka
+D駸pairsRay+ - Subliminal
GO!GO!7188 - Ukifune
Luna Sea - Love Song
The Back Horn - requiem
Due le quartz - Rodeo
fra-foa - Secret Garden
Baiser - Psychoballet
I WiSH - Ashita e no tobira
Kuroyume - Yuri no Hanataba
Sex Machineguns - Yonaoshi GOOD VIBRATION
Amadeus - Kyozonokami
Kishidan - NIGHT THE KNIGHTS
hide - Pink Spider
B'z - Juice
Buck-Tick - ~nocturne~ Rain Song
Pride of Mind - Salome
Shiina Ringo - Shuukyou
New Sodmy - Catwalk
day after tomorrow - My Faith
D'erlanger - LA VIE EN ROSE
Tackey & Tsubasa - To be, or not to be
Kozi - izayoi no tsuki
Judy and Mary - Daydream
Gackt - Mizerable
Psycho le Cemu - Gekiai no Merry Go Round
Glay - Special Thanks
The Pillows - Hybrid Rainbow
JE*REVIENS - Jikan no Suna
L'Arc~en~ciel - Niji
Noodles - Black Clover
Moi Dix Mois - La dix croix
Orange Range - Viva Rock
Penicillin - Chaos
Porno Graffiti - Mugen
Rentrer en Soi - Sincerely
T.M. Revolution - INVOKE
X Japan - Silent Jealousy
The Yellow Monkey - Kyukon

vampmiyavi · Oct 26, 2004, 11:21

wow...ur awesome ^.^ you have like a whole bunch of what i listen too XD

michi · Oct 26, 2004, 11:52

coolio. which ones in particular?

ruth~route · Oct 27, 2004, 10:48

X Japan's Say Anything is great too. sorry, i love dat song too much.

Mikitty · Nov 8, 2004, 13:40

I am super obsessed with Sugary sweet McPop pop! so if you like Sugary sweet pop, then most of these would be worth a listen too ^___^b
~
Hello! Project anything (but especially Melon Kinenbi and Morning Musume)
Ayumi Hamasaki
Hikaru Utada
BoA - Her Korean and english stuff is fantastic too
Aki Maeda - Gomen Ne (its such a beautiful song!!)
Crystal Kay
SweetS
KING
Mihimaru GT
Namie Amuro
Miyuki Kanbe - Rainbow Notes (SO cute!!!)
Perfume
Dream
Fruits Punch
Mai Kuraki
Ami Ozaki
Bishoujo Club 21 (or 31 as they are now) they are only just starting up, but the lead singer Beni Arashiro has 2 singles out and they are very good too.
Speed
Rei Saito - Ano Tsuki no You Ni (*swoons*)

Also, PV's are reeaallly goodness if you like the Mp3's too!

Baka Eki · Nov 10, 2004, 08:24

Dir en Grey- pink killer(F***in Awsome)
The Pillows- ride on shooting star
" "- Little Busters

Camui · Nov 14, 2004, 11:58

I like Gackt, V6, L'Arc~En~Ciel, Hide, BoA...and a few others, but I haven't heard much...Dir en Grey are good too...

From Gackt I really love Vanila, Mirror, Mizerable, Daremo inai heya de (something like that...lol..its that one song he sings for the Dears...)
From V6 I like way too much stuff to name..lol..I have their Very Best and Seven CD's..From L'Arc~En~Ciel I like Finale and that's the only thing I've heard..lol..The only song I've heard from BoA is Every Heart from Inu Yasha...
^^

nade_ogawa · Nov 15, 2004, 15:29

L'arc en ciel = hitomi no juunin (sorry if I make a mistake write their song), cradle (too..too..too..too...sad song

), shout at the devil (my second official l'arc's song), honey (sweet

), and all their song in "REAL" ( I think that is their best album).

Janne Da Arc = love their song such as shining ray, maria, etc

Malize Mizer = from album "merveilles"....nice!!

Gackt = still wait his album from my friend hehehe....so no comment

Dir En Grey = huhuhu..honestly,...still learn to hear their song. too heavy for a girl like me

Nightwalker · Mar 24, 2005, 11:52

There are a lot of good singers out there but my favorite is Gackt. I highly recommend!

Meiki · Apr 15, 2005, 01:42

Yes, I would recommend Gackt. He has an awesome voice and a incredible talent for composing and songwriting.

Further, Jay Chou aka Zhou Jie Lun, but he sings mandarin chinese, but is also a great musical talent.

There are a lot of great bands like L'arc en ciel, dir en grey, X Japan, Luna sea, etc. etc.

And there is this guy called Miyavi, quite known, who doesn't have the greatest voice, but he has fun making music and makes good music too. And off course Hyde.

These are all males.

For male singers I would suggest Mika Nakashima, Utada Hikaru, Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, Rurutia, etc, etc.

I also like garnet crow, janne d'arc, do as infinity.

and blablabla. I could go on for hours.

marcus314 · Apr 25, 2005, 12:29

I like anything performed by Ken Hirai and MISIA.

Namie Amuro is also great. But her fast songs are, in my opinion, better than her slow songs.

I am not very fond of bands and male/female group performers. One exception is Tokyo Jihen. Their songs are atypical in a very elegant way I think. Their songs grow on me.

Also started listening to Kawaguchi Kyougo. His songs are, like Hirai Ken's, very soothing and relaxing.......

nanda · Apr 30, 2005, 05:54

all l'arc~en~ciel songs
gackt - marmalade and vanilla
x japan - forever love, tears, hide's last song

**-Rudel-** · Apr 30, 2005, 10:19

Suprised I haven't seen these bands come up yet:

Some Indies Genre:

Mongol 800
Shaka Labbits
Ozma
D[di:]
175R
Flow

Some of my daily listen to's

Miyavi-Lover · Apr 9, 2007, 23:54

Miyavi makes really good music

Ashita genki ni nare is a really happy song

MyGothicLover · Apr 19, 2007, 05:25

any X-Japan ballad, Tears,unfinished, Endless rain

**Dutch Baka** · Apr 19, 2007, 08:09

There already are enough more relevant and updated threads in the Chit chat section.

Thread closed

Jun 11, 2003, 07:36	#3
ben Regular Member Join Date: Jun 10, 2003 Posts: 33	The Blue Hearts -everything. Hi Standard -any of their cover songs (California Dreamin' , saturday Night, etc. Lolita #18 -Hang on Snoopy, I wanna be an Anarchist Love Psycadelic(sp?) -everything The Happies -I don't know if they have an album out, but they rocked my world! Anarchy -TV (dub version), Anarchy City. Enjoy! __________________ killing for peace is like f*cking for chastity

Jun 11, 2003, 22:47	#4
MHtrStevie Regular Member Join Date: Jul 13, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 291	That's a very tough question to answer... there are very talented Japanese artists in virtually every musical style you could want. Could you tell us a little about other music you like? I could try and help out with some Japanese artists who perform similar styles... otherwise, there's really just too many to list here. Thanks, and hope I can help! __________________ Mamono Hunter Stevie DJ, Radio 1/2 - WSPN 91.1 FM Sundays 6-9 AM EST

Jul 5, 2003, 16:55	#7
SakuChan Regular Member Join Date: Apr 3, 2003 Location: Miami, FL Age: 24 Posts: 19	Hmm .. Japanese artists. It's hard to tell you because it really depends on your taste - Jpop, Jrock .. ya know?Hmm .. Onitsuka Chihiro is very good! I don't want to name the wrong type of music so let us know what you like to listen to. ^^ __________________ * If it's Japanese, it's gotta be good. XD *

Oct 26, 2004, 10:44	#9
vampmiyavi baka yoro Join Date: Oct 10, 2004 Location: USA/San Diego Age: 23 Posts: 35	Dir en Grey ^.^ k...and im sure youve gotten a lot of things by now >< but im always here if you want to know of any more __________________ ~Love thy Kyo~

Oct 26, 2004, 11:16	#10
michi Regular House Cat Join Date: Feb 28, 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 327	Originally Posted by KanjiKat Would anyone like to just reel off a list of Japanese artists and/or songs that I should listen to? I'd appreciate it...anything in the language that's worth a hear. you probably don't come on this site anymore, but i'll "reel off a [really succinct] list" of songs i recommend, anyways. One song per artist. Varying genres. Malice Mizer - au revoir Chemistry - Point of No Return Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Entrance D - Night-ship "D" Onmyouza - Nue the brilliant green - Forever to Me Lareine - suna no shiro de nemuru koibito Olivia - Blind Unicorn Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Drop Dir en grey - Mazohyst of Decadence Bonnie Pink - Senaka +D駸pairsRay+ - Subliminal GO!GO!7188 - Ukifune Luna Sea - Love Song The Back Horn - requiem Due le quartz - Rodeo fra-foa - Secret Garden Baiser - Psychoballet I WiSH - Ashita e no tobira Kuroyume - Yuri no Hanataba Sex Machineguns - Yonaoshi GOOD VIBRATION Amadeus - Kyozonokami Kishidan - NIGHT THE KNIGHTS hide - Pink Spider B'z - Juice Buck-Tick - ~nocturne~ Rain Song Pride of Mind - Salome Shiina Ringo - Shuukyou New Sodmy - Catwalk day after tomorrow - My Faith D'erlanger - LA VIE EN ROSE Tackey & Tsubasa - To be, or not to be Kozi - izayoi no tsuki Judy and Mary - Daydream Gackt - Mizerable Psycho le Cemu - Gekiai no Merry Go Round Glay - Special Thanks The Pillows - Hybrid Rainbow JE*REVIENS - Jikan no Suna L'Arc~en~ciel - Niji Noodles - Black Clover Moi Dix Mois - La dix croix Orange Range - Viva Rock Penicillin - Chaos Porno Graffiti - Mugen Rentrer en Soi - Sincerely T.M. Revolution - INVOKE X Japan - Silent Jealousy The Yellow Monkey - Kyukon

May 25, 2003, 01:09	#1
KanjiKat Junior Member Join Date: May 25, 2003 Age: 25 Posts: 8	Japanese Artists Would anyone like to just reel off a list of Japanese artists and/or songs that I should listen to? I'd appreciate it...anything in the language that's worth a hear.

May 25, 2003, 22:21	#2
Christine Regular Member Join Date: May 24, 2003 Location: Norwegian Age: 22 Posts: 133	Gackt: Story, Vanilla, Secret Garden, ~Emu For My Dear~, Dears, Mizerable, U+K, Mirror, Papa Lapped A Pap Lopped, Kimi No Tame Ni Dekiru Koto. Malice Mizer: Illuminati, Le Ciel, Ma Cherie, Shiroi, Beast Of Blood. All of those are really great songs!

Jun 12, 2003, 06:16	#5
aaron Regular Member Join Date: Jun 4, 2003 Location: Kiwi(New Zealander) Age: 24 Posts: 27	If you want to know some good Japanese artists of a certain style. Tell me. I know of some I could tell you about

Jul 3, 2003, 22:06	#6
Grachan Regular Member Join Date: Jul 3, 2003 Posts: 24	This Amour, Sugar High - both by Chihiro Onitsuka UAII - UA

Jul 26, 2003, 08:31	#8
Ami iami5o4 Join Date: Jul 7, 2003 Location: California Age: 22 Posts: 334	Well, I think you should hear some of the songs from the Pillows. Such as "Thank you, My Twilight" or "Last Dinosuar". I love those songs. Oh and check out some songs by Gackt.

Oct 26, 2004, 11:21	#11
vampmiyavi baka yoro Join Date: Oct 10, 2004 Location: USA/San Diego Age: 23 Posts: 35	wow...ur awesome ^.^ you have like a whole bunch of what i listen too XD

Oct 26, 2004, 11:52	#12
michi Regular House Cat Join Date: Feb 28, 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 327	coolio. which ones in particular?

Oct 27, 2004, 10:48	#13
ruth~route tlarei.net Join Date: Oct 7, 2004 Age: 21 Posts: 93	X Japan's Say Anything is great too. sorry, i love dat song too much. __________________ 毎度あり My Website http://tlarei.net

Nov 8, 2004, 13:40	#14
Mikitty Yoshizawa no Koibito <3 Join Date: Nov 7, 2004 Location: New South Wales, Australia Age: 22 Posts: 14	I am super obsessed with Sugary sweet McPop pop! so if you like Sugary sweet pop, then most of these would be worth a listen too ^___^b ~ Hello! Project anything (but especially Melon Kinenbi and Morning Musume) Ayumi Hamasaki Hikaru Utada BoA - Her Korean and english stuff is fantastic too Aki Maeda - Gomen Ne (its such a beautiful song!!) Crystal Kay SweetS KING Mihimaru GT Namie Amuro Miyuki Kanbe - Rainbow Notes (SO cute!!!) Perfume Dream Fruits Punch Mai Kuraki Ami Ozaki Bishoujo Club 21 (or 31 as they are now) they are only just starting up, but the lead singer Beni Arashiro has 2 singles out and they are very good too. Speed Rei Saito - Ano Tsuki no You Ni (swoons) Also, PV's are reeaallly goodness if you like the Mp3's too! __________________ Miki Fangirl!

Nov 10, 2004, 08:24	#15
Baka Eki Lv.30 Transformer Bot 900 Join Date: Nov 6, 2004 Location: USA Posts: 52	... Dir en Grey- pink killer(F***in Awsome) The Pillows- ride on shooting star " "- Little Busters

Nov 14, 2004, 11:58	#16
Camui Crimson Butterfly Join Date: Oct 3, 2004 Location: Orlando, Florida Age: 19 Posts: 470	I like Gackt, V6, L'Arc~En~Ciel, Hide, BoA...and a few others, but I haven't heard much...Dir en Grey are good too... From Gackt I really love Vanila, Mirror, Mizerable, Daremo inai heya de (something like that...lol..its that one song he sings for the Dears...) From V6 I like way too much stuff to name..lol..I have their Very Best and Seven CD's..From L'Arc~En~Ciel I like Finale and that's the only thing I've heard..lol..The only song I've heard from BoA is Every Heart from Inu Yasha... ^^

Nov 15, 2004, 15:29	#17
nade_ogawa Junior Member Join Date: Nov 13, 2004 Location: surabaya Age: 28 Posts: 10	L'arc en ciel = hitomi no juunin (sorry if I make a mistake write their song), cradle (too..too..too..too...sad song ), shout at the devil (my second official l'arc's song), honey (sweet ), and all their song in "REAL" ( I think that is their best album). Janne Da Arc = love their song such as shining ray, maria, etc Malize Mizer = from album "merveilles"....nice!! Gackt = still wait his album from my friend hehehe....so no comment Dir En Grey = huhuhu..honestly,...still learn to hear their song. too heavy for a girl like me __________________

Mar 24, 2005, 11:52	#18
Nightwalker Come into me Join Date: Nov 21, 2004 Location: Within my heart where my true love lives Age: 21 Posts: 1,388	There are a lot of good singers out there but my favorite is Gackt. I highly recommend! __________________ All signatures should not exceed the following size limits: for text images 4 lines normal size, 8 lines small size and up to 90 characters per line. Empty lines are also counted. Font sizes above 2 are not allowed; for images in signatures: one image up to 300 pixels wide, 100 pixels tall and 20k in size; for text and image, you can have a maximum of 2 normal lines (or 4 small lines) and one image (in a new line) up to 300 pixels wide, 60 pixels tall and 15k in size.

Apr 15, 2005, 01:42	#19
Meiki Jinushi Join Date: Mar 31, 2005 Posts: 69	Yes, I would recommend Gackt. He has an awesome voice and a incredible talent for composing and songwriting. Further, Jay Chou aka Zhou Jie Lun, but he sings mandarin chinese, but is also a great musical talent. There are a lot of great bands like L'arc en ciel, dir en grey, X Japan, Luna sea, etc. etc. And there is this guy called Miyavi, quite known, who doesn't have the greatest voice, but he has fun making music and makes good music too. And off course Hyde. These are all males. For male singers I would suggest Mika Nakashima, Utada Hikaru, Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, Rurutia, etc, etc. I also like garnet crow, janne d'arc, do as infinity. and blablabla. I could go on for hours.

Apr 25, 2005, 12:29	#20
marcus314 日本に住みたい!! Join Date: Apr 25, 2005 Location: Vancouver Age: 24 Posts: 49	I like anything performed by Ken Hirai and MISIA. Namie Amuro is also great. But her fast songs are, in my opinion, better than her slow songs. I am not very fond of bands and male/female group performers. One exception is Tokyo Jihen. Their songs are atypical in a very elegant way I think. Their songs grow on me. Also started listening to Kawaguchi Kyougo. His songs are, like Hirai Ken's, very soothing and relaxing.......

Apr 30, 2005, 05:54	#21
nanda What are u looking at? Join Date: Apr 6, 2005 Posts: 268	all l'arc~en~ciel songs gackt - marmalade and vanilla x japan - forever love, tears, hide's last song

Apr 30, 2005, 10:19	#22
-Rudel- Fire Star Man Join Date: Feb 8, 2005 Location: 東、沖縄市 Age: 27 Posts: 568 Blog Entries: 2	Suprised I haven't seen these bands come up yet: Some Indies Genre: Mongol 800 Shaka Labbits Ozma D[di:] 175R Flow Some of my daily listen to's __________________ I Listened Too:

Apr 9, 2007, 23:54	#23
Miyavi-Lover More haste, less speed' Join Date: Jan 18, 2007 Location: My own dreamworld' Posts: 841	Miyavi makes really good music Ashita genki ni nare is a really happy song __________________ - Has Ticket for Miyavi concert 27-09-09 <3

Apr 19, 2007, 05:25	#24
MyGothicLover A Poet and a weirdo Join Date: Apr 18, 2007 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 60	any X-Japan ballad, Tears,unfinished, Endless rain __________________ Love me Hate me Kill me Kiss Me

Apr 19, 2007, 08:09	#25
Dutch Baka .... who cares? :( Join Date: Feb 5, 2005 Location: Kobe, Rokko Age: 24 Posts: 4,743 Blog Entries: 12	There already are enough more relevant and updated threads in the Chit chat section. Thread closed __________________ My website: Kobe city info and my PM Forum Rules - J-Music Forum Rules - FAQ - Calendar Write an article for Jref - Reputation points

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