Japanese Music Recommendations

angelcoolz · Post by **angelcoolz** » Jan 4th, '07, 10:44

razzak wrote:
One of the places that I download my music from:
Code: Select all
http://jpop.bww2.com/

thanks 4 da site..its gr8..there's like tons of song..

razzak · Post by **razzak** » Jan 4th, '07, 18:02

No problem! There also anime soundtracks here:

anime.bww2.com

flaming0duckie · Post by **flaming0duckie** » Feb 10th, '07, 06:22

I love the songs from NANA anime and NANA movie.

Check it out, ne?

http://www.nana-nana.net/

EleKYAH · Post by **EleKYAH** » Feb 11th, '07, 21:49

My favs

AAA (BEST GROUP EVER!!!)
HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
ayaka
Kou Shibasaki
Kobukuro
ORANGE RANGE
m-flo (only when feat. someone)
remioromen
mihimaru GT
FLOW
YUI
Younha
Mr. Children
melody.

Top 10 songs and this stuff later =P

soulstar · Post by **soulstar** » Feb 12th, '07, 00:04

yui is great!
the song that i liked a lot was rolling star.

hisa · Post by **hisa** » Feb 18th, '07, 03:02

I aLSO like Yui..
any Monkey Majik fans here?? Just got into em..
I also really like Bump of Chicken, Ellegarden, Radwimps, GLAY, L'arc, Mr. Children....

bebemup · Post by **bebemup** » Feb 18th, '07, 03:40

the songs from NANA are great

songs by Yuna Ito & Mika Nakashima!

pokute · Post by **pokute** » Feb 22nd, '07, 23:50

Decided to bump this thread after listening to the fabulous Green Milk From The Planet Orange, a Japanese jam band with killer guitars and drums that can play a 30 minute breakdown without missing a beat!

urpitsx2 · Post by **urpitsx2** » Feb 24th, '07, 21:40

well from my view, i started liking japanese music when i first heard *loveless*
it was like 10/10 lol so i started doing research on jmusic , i asked my friends , etc

so up till now i really like from top to bottom = most favorite to ok.

1)ayumi hamasaki ( my favorite!!!!! best singerr of all time. very admirable.)
2)BoA
3)Morning Misume
4)utada hikaru
5)AI Otsuka
6)Chemistry
7)dir en grey (good rock

)

asian kung fu generation

hope the list helps. but i really recommend ayumi hamasaki.. she write her own lyrics, make her own song. from her dropping out from the model career she highly boost to a top ranking . her songs are really... touching because her emotions and thoughs are used to make these songs

dmgs · Post by **dmgs** » Feb 27th, '07, 21:16

for clubbox users, there are quite a bit of jpop and other songs that can be found at http://clubbox.co.kr/pshkiwi2

queequeg · Post by **queequeg** » Feb 27th, '07, 21:45

There are alot of great bands out there. My taste in music is pretty much all over the place and its taken over my mp3 player. But, my favorites:

Orange Range
HIgh and Mighty Color
Monoral
Straightener
L'arc en Ciel
Snow
Angela Aki
Anna Tsuchiya (Nana)
ellegarden
Hige
Suga Shikao
Utada Hikaru
Asian Kung-fu Generation
Beat Crusaders

In no particular order.

queequeg · Post by **queequeg** » Feb 27th, '07, 22:58

Oops. Forgot Rip Slyme. They are brilliant!

experimentchocolate · Post by **experimentchocolate** » Mar 10th, '07, 01:13

Asian Kung-Fu Generation was the first Japanese band I listened to, and I've been hooked on them since, so they get first place. After that...I'm not too sure. It was a little High and Mighty Color then Gackt, and then it was Shikao Suga who I say is very smooth with his music.

Now I'm in a UVERworld sort of stage as well as Akeboshi.

Neji-sama · Post by **Neji-sama** » Mar 18th, '07, 18:09

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant.

pokute · Post by **pokute** » Mar 18th, '07, 21:27

dxtr wrote:Thee Michelle Gun Elephant.

Well duh... They're only like the most famous Japanese rock band in history ;^)

Neji-sama · Post by **Neji-sama** » Mar 22nd, '07, 19:14

pokute wrote:
dxtr wrote:Thee Michelle Gun Elephant.
Well duh... They're only like the most famous Japanese rock band in history ;^)

didn't know that. Only song I have heard with them are the ones from Blue Spring soundtrack :p

pokute · Post by **pokute** » Mar 22nd, '07, 19:26

Well, we'll fix that...

Neji-sama · Post by **Neji-sama** » Mar 22nd, '07, 19:32

pokute wrote:Well, we'll fix that...

:OO. You got more songs with them? =D

FantasyAngel · Post by **FantasyAngel** » Mar 22nd, '07, 19:45

I'm a big JRock fangirl so I'm crazy biased.

L'Arc~en~Ciel*********
An Cafe
Miyavi
UVERworld
Kagrra
HYDE
Nightmare

As for JPop:

Namie Amuro
Utada Hikaru
Koda Kumi

pokute · Post by **pokute** » Mar 22nd, '07, 20:09

dxtr wrote:
pokute wrote:Well, we'll fix that...
:OO. You got more songs with them? =D

Look in your PM box!!

bebemup · Post by **bebemup** » Mar 22nd, '07, 20:21

some of my favorite japanese artists:
Utada Hikaru
Ayumi Hamasaki
Yamashita Tomohisa
NEWS
KAT-TUN
Mika Nakashima
Yuna Ito
Kim Jeong Hoon (even though he's korean he sings/composes some songs in japanese)

Favourite specific songs:
Love Song - Yamashita Tomohisa
Sad Song - Kim Jeong Hoon
Shiriusu - Kim Jeong Hoon
Bokura nari no Toki - Kim Jeong Hoon
Ostuka Ai - Planetarium
Endless Story - Yuna Ito
Passion - Utada Hikaru
Flavor of Life - Utada Hikaru
Sakura Drops - Utada Hikaru
Heaven - Ayumi Hamasaki
Over - Ayumi Hamasaki
A Little Pain - Olivia Lufkin
Love in Snow - Ueda (KAT-TUN)
Resistance - Mika Nakashima

MaudlinOfTheWell · Post by **MaudlinOfTheWell** » Apr 16th, '07, 17:27

Boris.

pokute · Post by **pokute** » Apr 16th, '07, 17:30

R.I.P. voodooninjamunky.

pokute · Post by **pokute** » Apr 16th, '07, 17:33

And currently I am listening to Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her, who sound like what the Breeders would've sounded like if they weren't all heroin addicts.

xPhunk29x · Post by **xPhunk29x** » May 16th, '07, 02:54

i would totally recommed Tackey and Tsubasa. because there practically all i listen to..:p haha...

Cyclopz0rs · Post by **Cyclopz0rs** » Jun 25th, '07, 20:58

Theres soooo much good japanese music.
My most favorite band of all time..
the pillows
Lately ive been listening to alot of...
Number Girl and Zazen Boys..
Theres alot more i would recommend..

Keizou · Post by **Keizou** » Jun 25th, '07, 21:51

try younha, a very good j-pop singer
here's more info on her
http://keizou.blogspot.com/2007/06/arti ... ounha.html

MitsukaiKuroi · Post by **MitsukaiKuroi** » Jun 26th, '07, 06:36

pokute wrote:R.I.P. voodooninjamunky.

I just saw this thread and I have to second that pokute!!!

I am more into JRock but I listen to a lot of different genres.

My list is :

BUCK-TICK - My all time favorite group! For me they can do no wrong!

Malice Mizer - I was into them especially during the Klaha era. (Yes I am an oldhead) But appreciated the Gackt era more after they broke up. Go fig.

Merry - This group kicks Arse!!! Absolutely love them and the song 'Japanese Modernist' is one of my all time faves by them.

Utada Hikaru - For some reason her music really moves me. I am not a fan of all of her work but the ones that I love by her I love passionately.

Schwarz Stein - I LOVE industrial music and these guys are fabulous. I really miss this group.

Abingdon Boys School - For some reason I really like this group!!! Has T.M. Revolution as the lead and it is a real difference from him solo.

Gackt - I may have lost some of my crediblity by listing him (LOL) but I honestly love his voice and his music solo more than with MM.

But in all honesty I listen to A LOT of JRock. I may like a song here and a song there from different artist however. If I list them all I will be here for an hour typing!!!

Other artist that I am listening to at the moment are Base Ball Bear, MELL, Zwei, Kaya, Sugizo, and Deadman.

rikimaru1 · Post by **rikimaru1** » Jun 30th, '07, 09:42

I don't know if anyone's mentioned it yet, but what about TRICERATOPS?

They're a softer J-Rock band which is pretty under the radar, but the music has some good funk and old-school rock elements to it...

Here are two recent MVs which I think capture their vibe:

Warp:

Bokura no ippou:

Out of curiosity - any Triceratops fans out there?

maki325 · Post by **maki325** » Jul 4th, '07, 00:35

Yamashita Tomohisa -Daite senorita
Seishun Amigo -Shuji to Akira ( yamapi -kame)

these two are my favorite songs for now

angeizahoy · Post by **angeizahoy** » Jul 10th, '07, 01:59

hey all, can someone recommend some artists for me? i see here that most of the recommendations here is for rock and pop, so i don't know if this genre is popular in Japan. i'm looking for .. how can i explain this... clubbing music. what kind of music do japanese clubs play? i'm thinking of hip hop/r&b. i mean, like korea, there's Bi and Se7en, but what about japanese music? is there some equivalent? i cannot think of any japanese artist off the top of my head right now that has music similar to that style, something with a good beat to it.

thanks in advance!

reisheru · Post by **reisheru** » Jul 12th, '07, 09:09

There's only one song right now I can think of that can be considered as clubbing music...CHOOSEY LOVER by Tohoshinki...but of course not all their songs are like that. But I'm addicted to it right now! The music video is so hot! Hihi!

MitsukaiKuroi · Post by **MitsukaiKuroi** » Jul 14th, '07, 21:09

angeizahoy wrote:hey all, can someone recommend some artists for me? i see here that most of the recommendations here is for rock and pop, so i don't know if this genre is popular in Japan. i'm looking for .. how can i explain this... clubbing music. what kind of music do japanese clubs play? i'm thinking of hip hop/r&b. i mean, like korea, there's Bi and Se7en, but what about japanese music? is there some equivalent? i cannot think of any japanese artist off the top of my head right now that has music similar to that style, something with a good beat to it.

thanks in advance!

If you are into Hip Hop styled music (which is called Hip Pop in Japan) you can try artist like DBSK (I like the song Rising Sun even though I am not a big Hip Pop fan), Crystal Kay (half Black/Half Korean but sings in Japanese), Namie Amuro, and Koda Kumi.

I would really recommend that you go to YouTube.com or VEOH.com and check them out! Hopefully you can find something that you like with these artist.

Egg-chan · Post by **Egg-chan** » Jul 19th, '07, 04:23

Some artists I am listening to right now (links are to their respective wikipedia articles):

L'Arc~en~ciel (Great J-Rock, been a fan of them for a long time now)
THE BLUE HEARTS (They are basically legends from late 80's-late 90's. They're really good)
GO!GO!7188 (Funky rock/pop band, really fun to listen to)
MiniMoni (Who could resist cute little girls singing about strawberry pie )
NewS (Good 'ole boy bands with good voices)
Arashi (Another good boy band)
Monkey Majik (Okay, well they are Canadian, except the drummer, but they sing in both English and Japanese and are considered a japanese band and have a really cool and unique sound to them.)
KAT-TUN (More boy bands lol)
Utada Hikaru (It's Utada Hikaru I'm sure someone has recommended her already lol)
Aural Vampire (Funky jtrance, which seems to be a bit non-existent..)
High and Mighty Color (J-rock! I went to their concert at Acen, they rocked so much)
Perfume (Techno mixed with a bubbly sound and cute lyrics)
Funky Monkey Babys (Yes, spelled "Babys")
KinKi Kids (So cute and their new 10th anniversary album "39" just came out)
GReeeeN (Odd name, but good sound)
Abingdon Boys School (Cool jrock band formed by T.M. Revolution who you should check out as well)

Okay I'm going to stop now... list is getting a little long lol..

angeizahoy · Post by **angeizahoy** » Jul 23rd, '07, 01:05

thanks MitsukaiKuroi and reisheru!! will check those out!

phramc · Post by **phramc** » Jul 24th, '07, 21:14

how are the funky monkey babys? I've been interested in them for awhile but I haven't heard anything about them. except Kuma from Gokusen is in it.

reisheru · Post by **reisheru** » Jul 25th, '07, 15:26

angeizahoy wrote:thanks MitsukaiKuroi and reisheru!! will check those out!

no prob! actually Tohoshinki is also known as DBSK (and TVXQ...many names actually) which was also mentioned by MitsukaiKuroi. Hope you like their songs! Hihi!

reisheru · Post by **reisheru** » Jul 25th, '07, 15:28

phramc wrote:how are the funky monkey babys? I've been interested in them for awhile but I haven't heard anything about them. except Kuma from Gokusen is in it.

Kuma is also a member of a singing group? Whoah...hehe! Didn't know that! Most actors from Gokusen came from singing groups...hehe!

phramc · Post by **phramc** » Jul 27th, '07, 04:51

I think he is. or something. he's on the picture of one of my song things with the funky monkey babys and seeing as reading japanese is not one of my specialties I have no idea what it says. lol

Egg-chan · Post by **Egg-chan** » Jul 27th, '07, 05:32

phramc wrote:how are the funky monkey babys? I've been interested in them for awhile but I haven't heard anything about them. except Kuma from Gokusen is in it.

I really like them.. here are 2 PVs of songs I like of theirs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kALW14h9Rc4

http://www.jpopasia.com/play/2850/funky ... -life.html

Enjoy

Now off to be for me

MitsukaiKuroi · Post by **MitsukaiKuroi** » Jul 27th, '07, 16:32

angeizahoy wrote:thanks MitsukaiKuroi and reisheru!! will check those out!

I hope that you find a group that you like!

And here are a few YouTube links to some of the artist I mentioned. (Should have thought to do that earlier!

)

Crystal Kay - Kirakuni

DBSK - Rising Sun (Japanese Version)

Namie Amuro - Do What U Gotta Do

Koda Kumi - Freaky

himura_kenshin · Post by **himura_kenshin** » Jul 28th, '07, 10:52

i will 'try' the Perfume jpop/techno group that egg-chan listed before....
if it has the same style or close to "Aural Vampire" it will be すごい！

if anyone know more bands like Aural Vampire please tell us!

Li-Mei · Post by **Li-Mei** » Jul 31st, '07, 01:15

angeizahoy wrote:hey all, can someone recommend some artists for me? i see here that most of the recommendations here is for rock and pop, so i don't know if this genre is popular in Japan. i'm looking for .. how can i explain this... clubbing music. what kind of music do japanese clubs play? i'm thinking of hip hop/r&b. i mean, like korea, there's Bi and Se7en, but what about japanese music? is there some equivalent? i cannot think of any japanese artist off the top of my head right now that has music similar to that style, something with a good beat to it.

thanks in advance!

Japanese hip-hop/R&B/Urban... all I know is m-flo (they do a lot of collaborations with other artists), ZEEBRA, Ketsumeishi....Nao'ymt is a composer, he does a lot of r&b, and hip-hop music. Check out his official site, he has a lot of his songs on there that you can listen to and he works with Namie Amuro who claims to be the "Queen of Hip-Pop". AI is a female rapper, she's also worked with Namie, they were in a group together called "Suite Chic", you should check that out....umm... I'm sure that if you check out the Samurai Champloo OST there should be some songs too.

- MICHICO
- Taira Yo
- Heartsdales
- BENNIE K
- Hiromi
- Emyli
- Yuumi
- S-Key-A
- JAMOSA
- May J
- SEAMO
- Emi Hinouchi
- Nujabes
- HALCALI
- Rip Slyme
- Home Made Kazoku
- SOUL'd OUT

rico2001 · Post by **rico2001** » Aug 3rd, '07, 21:56

Li-Mei wrote:
angeizahoy wrote:hey all, can someone recommend some artists for me? i see here that most of the recommendations here is for rock and pop, so i don't know if this genre is popular in Japan. i'm looking for .. how can i explain this... clubbing music. what kind of music do japanese clubs play? i'm thinking of hip hop/r&b. i mean, like korea, there's Bi and Se7en, but what about japanese music? is there some equivalent? i cannot think of any japanese artist off the top of my head right now that has music similar to that style, something with a good beat to it.

thanks in advance!
Japanese hip-hop/R&B/Urban... all I know is m-flo (they do a lot of collaborations with other artists), ZEEBRA, Ketsumeishi....Nao'ymt is a composer, he does a lot of r&b, and hip-hop music. Check out his official site, he has a lot of his songs on there that you can listen to and he works with Namie Amuro who claims to be the "Queen of Hip-Pop". AI is a female rapper, she's also worked with Namie, they were in a group together called "Suite Chic", you should check that out....umm... I'm sure that if you check out the Samurai Champloo OST there should be some songs too.

- MICHICO
- Taira Yo
- Heartsdales
- BENNIE K
- Hiromi
- Emyli
- Yuumi
- S-Key-A
- JAMOSA
- May J
- SEAMO
- Emi Hinouchi
- Nujabes
- HALCALI
- Rip Slyme
- Home Made Kazoku
- SOUL'd OUT

Nice, glad to see other ppl who love Jhip-hop and R&B.
Friday's are JHip-Hop,J-r&b,J-Reggae,JRap-Rock day on our radio station. I play most of the artists on that list and many you haven't mentioned.

PIka · Post by **PIka** » Aug 4th, '07, 19:49

Love YUI, Utada Hikaru, Asian Kung Fu Generation and Do as Infinity
What about the singer KOKIA? She seeems more well-known in Europe than in Japan... lol in fact I don't really know!!
Is there anyone who know a good site to listen to japanese radio? (currently I listen to a french one radio nozomi)

phramc · Post by **phramc** » Aug 5th, '07, 16:51

has anyone heard Monkey Majik. they are actually canadian but sing in japanese and english. I LOVE them. soo good.

Yuna Ito is also amazing. Mahaloha is such a pretty song!

(thanks heavens for japanese exchange students with good music taste. i've been introduced to such good music)

epstein · Post by **epstein** » Aug 8th, '07, 18:39

stuff that I dont think was mentioned...keep in mind this is more experimental japanese music

Cornelius
Boredoms
Keiji Haino

MitsukaiKuroi · Post by **MitsukaiKuroi** » Aug 9th, '07, 01:41

phramc wrote:has anyone heard Monkey Majik. they are actually canadian but sing in japanese and english. I LOVE them. soo good. <snip>

I absolutely love this version of the video"Around The World"!

Monkey Majik - Around The World (PV)

I think it is so cool that they are considered JPop!

JC · Post by JC » Aug 9th, '07, 02:36

I love Hikaru Utada. Recently I bought Crystal Kay's album "All yours" and I can't stop listening to it. I love her voice. She pulls off R&B better than some of the ladies in the US!

milleu87 · Post by **milleu87** » Aug 9th, '07, 03:10

i like listening to the brilliant green, the latest is stand by me.

Yosephines · Post by **Yosephines** » Aug 9th, '07, 17:06

Definitely "Chiisana Koi no Uta" by Mongol 800 and "Ashita Hareru Kana"[/b]

JC · Post by JC » Aug 10th, '07, 16:52

I've never heard any of The Brilliant Green's stuff, but I really dig Tommy February6 / Heavenly6. "Lonely in gorgeous" made me a bit of a fan. That track is electro-pop awesomeness.

a03 · Post by **a03** » Aug 17th, '07, 20:06

i thought ERIKA's FREE which was released recently was pretty sweet.... but i'm not sure if i can post the torrent link here. . . . . . . *looks around*

nekopug · Post by **nekopug** » Aug 17th, '07, 20:28

groink wrote:I eat dinner at her parents' Japanese restaurant in Hawaii every Friday night.
--- groink

Which restaurant and where? 教えてください。I'll be home Wednesday visiting family and would love somewhere new to go.

Post by **mizune** » Aug 18th, '07, 04:46

a03 wrote:i thought ERIKA's FREE which was released recently was pretty sweet.... but i'm not sure if i can post the torrent link here. . . . . . . *looks around*

Nope... unless the song has a direct tie-in to a drama, we'd prefer to leave that stuff to the other places that actually focus on music.

a03 · Post by **a03** » Aug 18th, '07, 06:51

mizune wrote:
a03 wrote:i thought ERIKA's FREE which was released recently was pretty sweet.... but i'm not sure if i can post the torrent link here. . . . . . . *looks around*
Nope... unless the song has a direct tie-in to a drama, we'd prefer to leave that stuff to the other places that actually focus on music.

well fair with me =D.... well you should try and downloading the song. i think you'll enjoy it =)

give it a try and tell me how's it like

dancing_moo · Post by **dancing_moo** » Aug 20th, '07, 05:04

Gackt, Melody, Crystal Kay are pretty good. MUCC is really good ifor jrock

chesed · Post by **chesed** » Sep 17th, '07, 02:20

I listen to Do As Infinity, Missile Innovation, and particularly D[di:] and AYA. I don't recall seeing them on this thread, but if anybody has heard of D[di:] and knows any music that is like it, please let me know. I can't find anything else that's like it besides AYA. =/ It's soooo goooood. =P

r3ika · Post by **r3ika** » Oct 21st, '07, 14:21

bottom-line.. we like to listen to jmusics!!.. ^^

8thSin · Post by **8thSin** » Oct 25th, '07, 04:19

I'm really into Shibata Jun lately...

Hanafubuki
HIROMI
Sotsugyou Shashin ---> She sings it better than Ayu or Ikimonogakari covers... Possibly better even than Yuming

cel · Post by **cel** » Oct 27th, '07, 01:48

I would recommend L'arc~en ~ciel's Day break's bell and a lot of their
songs that are just too many to mention.

arvin_sf · Post by **arvin_sf** » Nov 22nd, '07, 08:25

Definitely "Chiisana Koi no Uta" by Mongol 800

yup.
it was surprising to even hear their music (あなたに) being played as an entrance theme on pridefc for takimoto makoto.

ellegarden is great too if you're into rock..

nanorie · Post by **nanorie** » Nov 22nd, '07, 08:58

RADWIMPS is one of my favoite japanese bands....

Definitely worth to check out if you like a mix of rock/pop indiie music....

maakun · Post by **maakun** » Dec 8th, '07, 18:21

I mostly like Japanese punk and hardcore like Death Side, Bastard, Lipcream, Tetsu Arrey and so on...

And some of the experimental stuff somebody mentioned like Keiji Haino, Boredoms...

Guess that's not too common

NothingElseToLose · Post by **NothingElseToLose** » Dec 24th, '07, 07:24

coming from someone who just got into japanese music, i recommend:

olivia lufkin - a little pain
orange range - asterisk
last alliance - shissou
anna tsuchiya - zero
yamashita tomohisa - colourful

they are all rock except the last one, it is more pop... enjoy! ;)

pet family · Post by **pet family** » Jan 1st, '08, 13:50

all song from Depapepe

makes me feel so peaceful

Post by **Keiko1981** » Jan 19th, '08, 21:35

I didn't want to start a new thread so I post this here since it's music related.

Can someone please tell me what Romaji title is of this song.
"君は変わっちゃったネ"
Thanks in advance.

Egg-chan · Post by **Egg-chan** » Jan 19th, '08, 22:37

Keiko1981 wrote:I didn't want to start a new thread so I post this here since it's music related.

Can someone please tell me what Romaji title is of this song.
"君は変わっちゃったネ"
Thanks in advance.

"Kimi wa kawachatta ne" ^^

Post by **Keiko1981** » Jan 20th, '08, 00:37

Egg-chan wrote:
Keiko1981 wrote:I didn't want to start a new thread so I post this here since it's music related.

Can someone please tell me what Romaji title is of this song.
"君は変わっちゃったネ"
Thanks in advance.
"Kimi wa kawachatta ne" ^^

Thank you, I was unsure about the 'ka' in 'kawachatta' and "Kimi", I wondered if "Anata" and "Kimi" have the same Kanji.

Source · Post by **Source** » Feb 26th, '08, 23:55

Like:

Asian Kung-Fu Generation
BACK-ON
Sambomaster
Utada Hikaru
Yoshiko Horie (Yui Horie)

Also some songs from:

Antic Cafe
Eufonius
FLOW
Fukuyama Yoshiki
L'arc en Ciel
Mori Naoya (Hajime no Ippo songs) <- My favorite song, very touching
Orange Range
Rie Tanaka (Gundam songs)
Saber Tiger (Hajime no Ippo song)
Shocking Lemon

And lots and lots of other Opening/Ending songs of Anime.

honeatcha · Post by **honeatcha** » Apr 7th, '08, 02:58

This thread is quiet.. Hehe..

Listen to & love:

Yui - all her songs! Yui rawks!!
Utada Hikaru - the best vocal range in J-Pop
Otsuka Ai - "Peach" never fails to cheer me up n "Planetarium" is simply haunting
Orange Range - Ikenai Taiyou is the best song to listen to when I jog

Most of the songs I listen to are inspired from anime, j-doramas n j-movies. Otherwise, I don't really follow the j-music scene that much. I watched Music Station just for the fun of it.

Nikkeijin4Life · Post by **Nikkeijin4Life** » Apr 7th, '08, 05:19

For those into underground J-Rap check out: W.E.D. - Teriyaki Boyz - DJ Joe Iron

All are pretty cool!

Source · Post by **Source** » Apr 7th, '08, 05:28

Does any of you has any songs fron Takashi Sorimachi

(Singer from the Great Teacher Onizuka Live Action).

Still looking for; High Life / Message / Best of my Life .. Albums =*(

If anyone has them and is willing to share, thank you!

Donto Besto! · Post by **Donto Besto!** » Apr 9th, '08, 09:08

The Pillows : Hybrid rainbow, wake up frenzy!, Scent of sweet, Non Fiction, Beehive, Trip dancer, the future is now. So many great songs from them.

Yoko Kano/The seat belts : See you space cowboy

Tomiko Van: Flower

Ai Otsuka: Smily

Ayaka: Why , Clap & love ( I love this song http://www.jpopasia.com/play/3860/ayaka/clap--love.html )
Cyber X/Tomiko Van: Drive me nuts

Kou Shibasaki: Katachi aru mono

I could go on and on

honeatcha · Post by **honeatcha** » Apr 14th, '08, 03:37

I love YUI's latest album - I Loved Yesterday. She's definitely a star!!

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