Jpop OMG!
 

Post ur favs otakus ^_^!

HiHi Puffy Ami Yumi, B.O.A, Do As Infinity I'll post more later, gotta go...

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ok i'll continue now.... lol, I like alot of stuff I listen to a J-Pop station that plays mostly anything so I like most of it. My favorites are in my previous post and there's alot that I listen to that I don't know who sings it. :)

BoA
Se7en
Bi/Rain
1TYM
Taebin
Shiina Ringo
and more

Tommy February6.

Akira Yamaoko
do as infinity
Jade w/ sweetbox
Naoki
DJ amouro
and a few i can't remember right now

B.O.A. is a Korean group.

Favorite Japanese artists would probably be Yoko Kanno. She's like the Japanese contemporary version of Billie Holiday.
Ayumi Hamasaki is pretty popular. TM Revolution is good. And that's about it.
I probably have more faves but these are the ones I listen to most often.

Is it me or do all Korean groups have some sort of abbreviation? Ugh, seems like they have nothing but hip-hop and boy bands. *Ashamed*

Haha, sounds awesome.

A lot of the more popular Korean Artists have really long names. Or wierd names.
the chic named Eugene Parker? (Isn't Eugene a boy's name)
Cha Tae Hyun who's name sounds like a tongue twister. It's awful. I am so glad I don't live in Korea.

And I think if you live in America, the only Korean artists they'll play are the boy bands, the girl bands, and some of the R&B. They don't play any of the rappers, or any of the metal bands. (although there aren't too many of those anyway)

PS:Yoko Kanno is amazing. I've seen here live once and it's really breath taking. I

jpop is pretty cool....tho i don't no many artists....only hikaru utada...:(

sometimes i think their voices r toooo high....XD

I know you'll probably neevr post again. And that's fine.

But therefor those that stumble on to this post: se7en is Korean and they're more along the lines of R&B (if it's possible) than pop.

Good Pop artists would be maybe:
Ayumi Hamasaki
Morning Musume
Namie Amuro
Maaya Sakamoto
Megumi Hayashibara
Glay

BoA is a Korean group. They are crossing over into the Japanese music industry and they are very popular in Japan.
I think they got their first break when they did a song for the anime Inuyasha a popular Japanese animated series as well comic and book series

Is kibouhou jpop?

or maybe not..

what about Akira Yamakao?

your opinion anyway?

Kibouhou is the name of a song by a Japanese band called Strawberry Jam.

Akira Yamaoka is kinda new to the music scene so the only thing I can tell you is that he's kinda cute the way Richard Gere is.
He's mostly known for his work with computers. He's made quite a name for himself in Okinawa. At any rate he did work on the Silent Hill video games and as I'm a fan of Silent Hill I'm a fan of him as well.

A friend of mine talk about this singer niko and I was wondering if anyone knows more about him I went to nikoonline and read some things and his music is unique and if someone knows of other srtist please let me know.

Since I'm more for J-Rock I'd go with Ayumi Hamasaki.

There's so much more good J-pop out there than most people pay attention to. Yeah, Ayumi and Utada and the usuals are good and everything, but there are some amazing singers and groups out there that definitely match. Tomoko Kawase's projects have always been favorites of mine because they really tend to bring something different or new to the genre. Nana Kitade is another personal favorite although her voice can get pretty damn nasally sometimes.

I also highly suggest Anna Tsuchiya, most of the Hello Project acts for the more hyperactive J-pop fan, Zone, and Zwei. And if we get into the J-rock side of things, there's a whole 'nother unexplored world there.

am new here!!


I love

Ayumi hamasaki
Namie amuro
Utada Hikaru
BoA
Mika nakashima
Anna Tsuchiya

and the list can go on and on

Japanese Music
 

I listen to a lot of Japanese music, generally what I hear at the beginnings of Anime. I'm looking for more japanese music, a-la Suara, Kawada Mami, ect.

Thanks!

fat! polysics!!! ahh Yaeah boyyyeee!!!

Who else here has the macross sound track!!!?????

I love J-rock! My favorite bands/artists are X Japan, An Cafe, Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois, Miyavi, and Gackt. I just got X Japan Best ~Fan's Selection~ today. Art of Life is such an epic, amazing song. ^_^

J-rock is good too...I love Gackt

I love Ayumi Hamasaki, Gackt, etc....now I am listening to Namie Amuro...she has a nice voice too

How can nobody here listen to L'arc~en-ciel???

what do you mean by japanese music tho. a lot of japanese music is not culture-specific at all and is just rock or pop or punk or electronica or whatever.

boredoms
ruins
acid mothers temple
ghost
keiji haino
fushitsusha
white heaven
boris
envy
polysics
ooioo
flower travellin band
taj mahal travellers
les raillez denudes
mono
lsd march
high rise
melt banana
L
MAINLINER!

that's pretty much all the Japanese music you need (off top of my head). Get some Merzbow too if you're looking for noise (lol like you are) and get some Fu'ck on the Beach if you feel a sudden craving for thrashcorecrap.

I don't know many japanese bands (that list looks worthy of checking out ;) but my favourite that I've heard is The Pillows, just checked their wiki page and noticed that they have done work with anime:-
The Pillows - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Out of about 6 albums of theirs that I've heard the one that is the most inviting is 'Happy Bivouac (1999)', check it out!
Another good japanese band that hasn't been mentioned yet is Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, they broke up in 2003 but released alot of good material mostly around 2000.

Speed Glue & Shinki, yo

I love:

Gackt
Miyavi
Hyde

I love Gackt.:love:

Miyavi and Hyde.

I like Se7en, DBSK and W-ind.

Gackt, Camui
 

Lets talk about Gackt.

Here is some background information about him:
Gackt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


What style do you like on Gackt?
Personally I like his gothic look the most. Gackt also has his out on the town look which I like as well because he is well dressed.

Did anyone see Moon Child and like it?
I loved the movie. I think it is interesting because it uses a more realistic way of shoting movies. The clothing and hairstyles really gave me some ideas for my own hair and clothing. I am considered a fashion diva of my high school. It has an artistic way of shoting instead of how hollywood does it. Different is good when you are hanging around me.

Moon Child movie
Moon Child - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Malice Mizer
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where canz i dowload de musik?

Never been that big on Japanese music. Gotta love Yellow Magic Orchestra and Ryuichi Sakamoto though