1. You Yokoyama (1981)

Japanese Musician

TV actor and singer who is a member of of the boy band Kanjani Eight. He appeared in the 2012 film Eight Ranger and the 2014 sequel. 

2. Tomoyasu Hotei (1962)

Japanese Musician

Japanese rock guitarist with Boøwy who is also a fashion icon. He is ranked #70 on HMV Japan's 100 most important Japanese pop acts list.

3. Sugizo (1969)

Japanese Musician

Japanese guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was a member of Luna Sea, but who also pursued a successful solo career.

4. K.A.Z (1968)

Japanese Musician

Guitarist and songwriter who has performed as part of the groups Oblivion Dust, hide with Spread Beaver and Vamps.

5. Yoshimi P-We (1968)

Japanese Musician

Drummer in the Japanese rock band The Boredoms, but also a player of trumpet, of guitar, and of keyboard.

6. Taro Hakase (1968)

Japanese Musician

Japanese musician who played violin on "To Love You More" by Celine Dion. He performed with Celine Dion on her Falling into You tour from 1996 to 1997 and also...

7. Kazu Makino (1969)

Japanese Musician

Singer-songwriter and guitarist who formed the indie rock band Blonde Redhead with twin brothers Amedeo and Simone Pace in 1993. She and the band are best known for albums like...

8. Akiko Suwanai (1972)

Japanese Musician

Violinist who won the International Tchaikovsky Competition when she was eighteen and who played with a wide variety of orchestras.

9. Masabumi Kikuchi (1939)

Japanese Musician

Legendary jazz artist with a breathtaking range, mastering post-bop, vanguard classical, fusion, solo synthesizer, and digital dub.

10. Takanori Nishikawa (1970)

Japanese Musician

Japanese singer and actor known for performing under the pseudonym T.M.Revolution. He'd first rose to fame as a member of the rock band Luis-Mary. After beginning his successful solo career,...

11. Ju-ken (1971)

Japanese Musician

Session bass player who rose to fame for his work with musicians such as Anna Tsuchiya and Gackt. He is recognized for having become one of the most in-demand bass guitar players...

12. Mitsuko Uchida (1948)

Japanese Musician

Considered one of the greatest classical pianists of her day. She was the co-director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival.

13. Aki Takase (1948)

Japanese Musician

Jazz artist who gained worldwide recognition for her prominent collaborations with other musicians.

14. Kiyoshi Ijichi (1977)

Japanese Musician

Best known as the drummer for the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. In 2015, he participated on his 8th Asian Kung-Fu Generation album, called Wonder Future, alongside his bandmates.

15. Ringo Sheena (1978)

Japanese Musician

Japanese pop singer/songwriter who is best known for being the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen. 

16. Hizaki (1979)

Japanese Musician

Japanese visual kei musician most famous for his work with the symphonic metal band Versailles. He has also performed with the power metal side project Jupiter and released solo albums...

17. Masafumi Gotoh (1976)

Japanese Musician

Best known as a member of the Japanese band Asian Kung-Fu Generation, this indie rock songwriter, singer, and guitarist recorded such solo singles as "Lost" and "Wonderland." A versatile vocalist,...

18. Miyavi (1981)

Japanese Musician

Japanese rock artist who has found solo success in addition to being a member of the group S.K.I.N. He is also a philanthropist and began visiting refugee camps with the...

19. Jasmine You (1979)

Japanese Musician

Though remembered best for his work with the symphonic metal group Versailles, this Japanese bassist also performed with the Hizaki Grace Project and participated in a rock opera called Node...

20. Princess Tenko (1959)

Japanese Musician

Pop performer-turned-magician known for her grand illusions.

21. Keisuke Kuwata (1956)

Japanese Musician

Japanese frontman of the band Southern All-Stars who is also a producer and a film director.

22. Hiromi Uehara (1979)

Japanese Musician

Virtuoso jazz artist known for her energetic melding of the post-bop, progressive rock, classical, and fusion genres. Her trio Sonicbloom added famed guitarist David Fiuczynski in 2006.

23. Yuto Miyazawa (2000)

Japanese Musician

Japanese guitar prodigy known for his performances with music legends like Ozzy Osbourne and his work in the band The Robotix.

24. Tak Matsumoto (1961)

Japanese Musician

Japanese musician known as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock band B'z. He also has had a successful solo career.

25. Gackt (1973)

Japanese Musician

Japanese rock star who set a record for the greatest number of consecutive Top Ten tracks by a male Japanese solo artist. He has won numerous awards, including Best Asian...

26. Mika Arisaka (1974)

Japanese Musician

Mika Arisaka is a Japanese-American singer and vocalist. Due to her upbringing she is bilingual and has performed in both English and Japanese. She attended Berklee College of Music...

27. Ai Kuwabara (1991)

Japanese Musician

Ai Kuwabara is a modern jazz pianist from Chiba Japan. She produces music in collaboration with bassist Yusuke Morita in a band called the ai kuwabara trio project. Her first...

28. Harumi Tsuyuzaki (1974)

Japanese Musician

Harumi Tsuyuzaki is a female Japanese pop R&B soul singer and songwriter. Shortly after her debut in 1995 she achieved a fame as an extraordinarily talented singer. With her astonishing...

29. Yukie Nishimura (1967)

Japanese Musician

Yukie Nishimura is a prolific Japanese pianist. Nishimura studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. Her piano style is light easy listening her works are sometimes heard on television...

30. Masato Kitano (1974)

Japanese Musician

Masato Kitano is the songwriter of J-Pop group Day After Tomorrow. He debuted as Strobe in 2006.

31. Die (musician) (1974)

Japanese Musician

Die is a Japanese musician and guitarist. He is best known as one of the guitarists of visual kei metal band Dir En Grey. He has been with the band...

32. Kaoru (musician) (1974)

Japanese Musician

Kaoru is a Japanese musician best known as the leader and one of the guitarists of the visual kei metal band Dir En Grey. He has been with the group...

33. Masato Hatanaka (1975)

Japanese Musician

Masato Hatanaka is a Japanese musician composer sound artist sound designer and producer.

34. Nao Kawakita (1975)

Japanese Musician

Nao Kawakita simply known as Nao is the drummer and backup vocalist of Japanese metal band Maximum the Hormone.

35. Megumi Kanda (1975)

Japanese Musician

Megumi Kanda born November 9 1975 is a Japanese trombone performer.

36. Ataru Nakamura (1985)

Japanese Musician

Ataru Nakamura is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter.

37. Aya Kamiki (1985)

Japanese Musician

Aya Kamiki is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Her style ranges from pop rock to rhythm and blues. She resides in Osaka and is signed with Tokyo-based AVEX recording label. She speaks...

38. Keisuke Ogihara (1975)

Japanese Musician

Keisuke Ilmari Ogihara is one of the founding members of the hip hop group Rip Slyme. He was born on June 17 1975 in Helsinki Finland to a Japanese father...

39. Yukihiro Ikeda (Unknow)

Japanese Musician

Yukihiro Ikeda is a Japanese tubist.

40. Ryōko Shintani (1981)

Japanese Musician

Ryōko Shintani is a voice actress and singer from Kanazawa Ishikawa Japan. She is under the Lantis and Vi-vo Recording Label and famous as the voice of Milfeulle Sakuraba in...

41. Kaori Kobayashi (1981)

Japanese Musician

Kaori Kobayashi is a Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist. She grew up in Tokyo.

42. Asaka Kubo (1979)

Japanese Musician

Asaka Kubo is the lead vocal singer of the group A+Jyuc. She currently belongs to the show-business production company PLATINUM-S and is a former member of Pyw-A. She got her...

43. Shinji Harada (1958)

Japanese Musician

Shinji Harada is a famous pop music artist in Japan born in Hiroshima on December 5 1958. After three years of practicing guitar at the age of fifteen he was...

44. Tatsuya Maeda (1958)

Japanese Musician

Tatsuya Maeda is an anison J-Pop singer and guitarist from Japan. Maeda is best known as the singer of the theme songs of Ultraman Dyna and Blue SWAT.

45. Seiichi Yamamoto (1958)

Japanese Musician

Seiichi Yamamoto is a Japanese musician. While perhaps most famous for his role as guitarist for the noise rock band Boredoms he has released multitudes of records both as a...

46. Koichi Sugiyama (1931)

Japanese Musician

Koichi Sugiyama is a Japanese music composer council member of JASRAC board member of Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and honorary chairman of the Japanese Backgammon Society.

47. Shion Tsuji (1990)

Japanese Musician

Shion Tsuji is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song Sky Chord which was used as the 18th ending theme song for the anime Bleach.

48. Allen Klein (1931)

Japanese Musician

Allen Klein was an American businessman talent agent and record label executive most noted for his tough persona and unethical practices. He founded ABKCO Music & Records Inc in 1961....

49. Hironori Kusano (1988)

Japanese Musician

Hironori Kusano is a Japanese singer idol and former member of the J-pop group NEWS as part of Johnny's Entertainment Inc. He joined Johnny's Entertainment on February 4 2001.

50. Terumasa Hino (1942)

Japanese Musician

Terumasa Hino is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. Currently based in New York Hino is widely acknowledged as one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet cornet and...