Thread: Favorite Japanese Bands?

The ones whose music I actually buy because it's theirs are:
Sakamoto Maaya
Hayashibara Megumi
Ai Otsuka
Utada Hikaru

And I've also got a ton of other random stuff, and tons of JP Pokemon music Mezase Pokemon FTW!

the GazettE. :3

Gazette
Dir En Grey
Miyavi (LONG LIVE THE GUITAR MATER! :D)
Alice Nine
Aqua Timez
and
... What was the other one? ... ... ...
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I guess the voice actress of Haruhi Suzumiya. lol I listen to her songs a lot. And the Lucky Star Opening. ^^; Sorry I can't think of the other one.


There is one band that isn't Japanese - They're German - but the name of their band is Tokio Hotel. They're awesome! =3

I don't like VK,
but there are a select few Japanese bands I like

Maximum The Hormone, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, and thats about it....
I like some japanese composers (Nobuo Uematsu, Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto)

Gackt has a few songs I like, so do Girugamesh (But that is as far into VK as I get)

Now I remember the other one... Fahrenheit.

MINI MONI. And, anyone who sing's the songs for Pokemon ^-^

L'arc~en~Ciel, Nakagawa Koutarou-Hitomi Kuroishi (not band, but collaboration), Dream, Orange Range, FLOW...................

Originally Posted by Andrew_Kaulitz

There is one band that isn't Japanese - They're German - but the name of their band is Tokio Hotel. They're awesome! =3

Apart from the name, do they actually have anything to do with Japan? One of my friends was obsessed with them, but as far as I could tell, it's just German emo music. Do they ever sing in Japanese or anything?

Anyway -
Matsumoto Rica = Love (But Pokemon fans should know that )

And anything composed by Kanno Yoko. Cowboy Bebop soundtrack for example is just amazing.

I actually don't like a lot of Japanese music as far as the pop and rock goes. I don't know why. I do have a few I make exceptions for, though.

• ALI PROJECT ... People I meet either love them or can't stand them. I love how out there the music is, especially in Grand Finale. I really admire the soundtrack work they did on .hack//ROOTS, too.
• Two-Mix ... Detective Conan :D
• See-Saw

And... yup. Exciting, right?

Red Balloon and Maximum the Hormone.

I don't know much about music artists or bands from Japan or otherwise, but...

I like Gackt because of Dirge of Cerberus.
I like Ayumi Hamasaki because of Kingdom Hearts.
You'd think I therefore like "The Black Mages", but I don't.
I like some of X Japan's music, but I'm afraid of what they might be saying.

Originally Posted by Jamesredsilver

I like Ayumi Hamasaki because of Kingdom Hearts.

Who? What did she sing?

I love Japanese music! My favorite bands are Perfume, Morning Musume, Buono, Yanawaraba, and Mihimaru GT. My favorite singers are Ayumi Hamasaki, Utada Hikaru, Megumi Hayashibara, Kokia, Maaya Sakamoto, Ai Otsuka, Yuna Ito, Yui, Ayaka Hirahara, and Jyongri.

I don't really listen to Japanese music, but I do enjoy lolling at CORICORI

I mostly like opening/endings/inserts songs from anime, but I guess I have a few to mention:

Pizzicato Five
Megumi Hayashibara
Rica Matsumoto
Inuko Inuyama (xD)
DJ SHARPNEL
Rie Tanaka
Hiromi Konno
Tamura Naomi
Tommy February6

I also like Shinji Miyazaki's and K-Taro Takanimi's music.

Oh, and I love Aya Hirano's singing Konata's character songs. The whole Lucky Star cast is amazing!

Edit: Add Crystal Kay.