/* ----------------------------------------- */ Most of my favs are rock/pop-rock, apart from Kreva (rapper). *Pizzicato Five please consider making a monthly donation through Patreon, Japanese Music Recommendations from AJATTeers, All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. Any tips to where I can find some? Know any other bands that are like these two? ), Nightmare (did the first or second intro/outro for Death Note), and a whole lot of other bands I didn’t mention. Japanese punk rock legends The Stalins were a highly influenced punk rock band formed in 1980. Cruyff in the Bedroom We’re just glad the world no longer thinks of them as D-Bags. The group’s two members are not related despite having the same surname. https://www.herinterest.com/top-10-most-popular-japanese-boy-bands One sings. Koda Kumi is well-known for her unusually deep and husky voice. Thanks so much for the rec on Rip Slyme. They’re such a good band. I love it. Unfortunately, like M-Flo, Bonnie Pink sometimes has too much English in her work, but she has plenty of Japanese songs, too. Maximum Hormone scares me…*remembers Death Note OP*. Where Sakamoto Maaya has made a career of singing good anime theme songs, Fukuyama Masaharu seems to have quite his share of drama (ドラマ)/soap opera themes under the old belt; or maybe he only did one and I keep hearing it. Just to be sure, I asked her one last time. All Rights Reserved. Thanks so much for the list! Enjoy the list, and good luck replacing all your music with Japanese music. Log In Sign Up. I like anything produced by Nakata Yasutaka, that’s my fault, but for someone else: immi. I can recommend shiina ringo and her new project “tokyo jihen” or “tokyo incidents”. ~Khatz is awesome~. *Mr. Children Go listen. Start flexing your imaginations, because here are seven of the strangest act names in the J-Music scene along with the logic behind them. Thanks. No freakin’ way) is really a trip. If university disserations had to be given as raps, then Rhymester would have PhDs from every college in the world. Thanks for the list though Khatz! Sexy Zone is a five member boy group which debuted in 2011. The sound is a bit different, but it’s still makes for das gut listening. Ok, question: What’s your opinion on singing these songs at karaoke while learning Japanese? Think we would be picking up bad habits or getting a better handle on adapting Japanese to the situation at hand? The vocals have a sound similar to Sheryl Crow crossing musical DNA with. Orange Pekoe (オレンジペコー) is a Japanese Jazz duo consisting of Tomoko Nagashima (ナガシマトモコ; lyrics and vocals), and Kazuma Fujimoto (藤本一馬; guitar,… Kalliope 36,787 listeners They allegedly thought the word ‘children’ would make a good name, but decided to add the prefix ‘Mr.’ since they themselves were adults. The company also revealed that they chose the members by considering the “sexiness of men.” Taking into account the fact that the group’s average age at their time of debut was around 14 (with the youngest member just 11 years old), we’re not sure exactly what that means. Required fields are marked *. Khatzumoto, You Say to Imitate Japanese People Faithfully, But Why Do You Overuse Kanji? *Chibo Matto (some English but great stuff) Kang signed with H2 Media, where he debuted with boy band Myname. Kenichi Asai(浅井健一）he’s an older guy, with a bit of an older rock style. Non sucky jpop and light jrock: Some other artists I’ve added: Kouda Kumi (yeah, yeah, but I do like the way she sounds), Hirai Ken (very, very, easy to sing with at Karaoke), Yamasaki (One More Chance came recommended, and I discovered “5cm per Second” anime since it was used as the theme song), Yuzu (well, Harukaze was the first Japanese I learned to sing, what can I say) and Miwa Sasagawa (I’m guessing some corporation sent very nasty e-mails to YouTube cause MOST of her videos are gone baby, gone. Music is exceptional since it already bends the rules of speech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQtZVlf3zzo I like her voice and her music videos, too. Bump of Chicken is a four member rock group which was formed in the mid 90s and is still active today. 倖田來未 (こうだ くみ) / Koda Kumi. Military Enlistment Wands was formed in 1991. Great list (not that I would know, really)! Music Playlists Videos Podcasts RJTV Events. Try some Ami Suzuki as well (Supreme Show is a great album of hers, and the song FREE FREE is amazing, but beware of some English). Sorry, but I just don’t like him as much. All black), and a lot of Japanese artists who make what some people might call “black music” tend to tan themselves and wear cornrows etc. While I’m not much of a hip-hop or rap fan myself, I like a lot of what you posted (especially Bonnie Pink, Amuro Namie, YUI, Sakamoto Maaya, sometimes BoA) and I’ll check out some of those I haven’t heard before. If you want to read about Japanese bands in Japanese, you won't go wrong with…, You didn't think one blog post could cover all your Japanese music needs, did you?…, OK, so, as part of the "regenerating content" strategy of this website, I've been writing…, Comments have a way of getting lost here in the vastness of AJATTistan. As in too awesome to resist. You didn’t post some of the popular j-rock groups? I apologize for caps but i take my music very seriously. -Andymori There are plenty of good Japanese shoegaze and post-rock bands that are great, but most won’t help with learning the language. The band's name, Radwimps, was formed from two English language slang terms, "rad" and "wimp. They all studied dentistry at the same university and formed the group while still in school. !, is a pop rock band from Okinawa, formed in 2004. Electronic music: capsule, Perfume… okay, this applies more to capsule: not ALL of their stuff is ENTIRELY in Japanese, but with all the English they like to use… there are some really great songs in Japanese by them too (most of them). November 28, 2018 . Gackt is well loved, but he’s really hit or miss for me. Veteran vocalist Teru of the J-rock band Glay gifted the boys of Pentagon with a song for their major debut in Japan!. Long-running hip-hop trio made up of DJ Little, MCU and Kreva. Unfortunately, I kept hemming, hawing and stumbling about just how to organize it; things were at an impasse. Zeebra, K-Dub Shine, Tokona X, Ozrosauraus, AK-69, King Giddra, DJ Celory, Mr Beats, Soul Scream, Uzi. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Khatz! The word is in: Crystal Kay was born in Japan, raised in Yokohama (横浜[よこ・はま]) is half Japanese-Korean, half African-American, and all talent. If your on this website for learning Japanese from immersion you shouldn’t want English Gackt you should want more Japanese Gackts! In order to submit a comment to this post, please write this code along with your comment: 28fdaeb805a35d9809b363813de932a7, How To Turn a YouTube Video into a Permanent Learning Tool [i.e. i recomend them XD, Kreva’s stufs are crazy hot. gangsta rap/ japanese rap. Bonnie Pink walks on the boundary between R&B and straight pop, and she OWNS. 7 Band Songs, Videos, Mp3s, Albums, Events - RadioJavan.com. The group made their debut in 2005. The band performed theme songs for the Slam Dunk , Dragon Ball GT , … Also, you can sing along, you can look up the lyrics in furigana, hiragana and romaji even and just sing along – it’s not hard and actually more amusing than singing English lyrics. Escrew Dragonforce. She’s everything a female vocalist should be: good to the ears, smart in the brain and…clothed on the body? BoA is actually Korean, but has been singing in Japanese since back before she could actually speak Japanese. Spiderman? MEG… is also good. You’ve heard of mega popular J-Pop groups like AKB28 or Babymetal, but Japan has an entire booming music industry full of variety and uniqueness. (Immersion is expensive! It Doesn’t Really Seem Appropriate for a “Heterosexual” Man? My regular playlist is to a large extent still made up of anime character songs. 5 Horrifying Japanese Urban Legends, Why We Should Be Worried About Valkyrie Profile. :p I used to <3 them! You know, sometimes, you just need your Björk fix. WHY DO PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN DO IT BETTER ON THEIR OWN? A lot of Japanese hip-hoppers, especially in the “thugging hip-hop” category, have an old-skool aesthetic. Not up on the rap half of the Duo, but the singer (Yuki) has a gorgeous voice. Music Playlists Videos Podcasts RJTV Events Home 7 Band. Counterattack=bump. ), Be forewarned that all of the links are to awesome American, English-language bands. The world has been mourning this which has been beautiful to see that the world which usually bends on the Western axis when it comes to anything punk rock, hardcore-related, for once is stopping and looking over our way. Historically some have referred to the Kansai region as the ‘Kinki‘ region, thus the group was named Kinki Kids. Does anyone knows a Japanese band called (if I recall correctly) “the yaghts”, or “yaghts” ?? They must made an album or debut and video during March 2008 when I visited Japan. The name Bump of Chicken actually makes a lot more sense when you consider that it is a translation of the Japanese jakusha no hangeki (弱者の反撃), which means something along the lines of “weak man’s counterattack.”. Also any like this: they are really good. Also I love the recommendations of other media that you used and have posted lately (books, news, websites, podcasts, etc.). Examples include Mono, Cosmicdust, and Clams. He’s the new star of Enka and he’s… American, and he’s black That’s girl’s black!”. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECxBHhMc7oI Do you know Jero ? Either way, it is a cool name for a cool band that sound like Jimmy Eat World (or, “Caucasian European-Ancestry Musical Association”). Eeeeee! Kis-My-Ft2 (which is in fact pronounced “Kiss my Foot 2”) isn’t some specialized idol group for all the foot fetishists out there. Hiromitsu Kitayama, Kento Senga, Toshiya Miyata, Wataru Yokoo, Taisuke Fujigaya, Yuta Tamamori and Takashi Nikaidō (‘ni’ being Japanese for the number two). Japanese hardcore rock band Pay money To my Pain announced on their website on Thursday that lead singer Kei Goto (K) passed away on December 30 due to acute heart failure. 50 comments. MENU. links are below. I'm not here to get into a virtual … They’re kind of similar to the group I mentioned before, Merry, in the way that it’s a visual kei band, with every traditional Japanese roots. She sings in Japanese, Korean, and English(sometimes in one song, usually not) Many of these bands are hip-hop or hip-hop-based, but there are other genres listed, too. She’s great too. If you like power/speed/neo-classical metal, Galneryus has to be the best ever. 2 original CDs in third stream and cool Jazz styles.Also Japanese music with Jazz. So, thank you very much :D! We shouldn’t come… Genre: Pop. -People In The Box. I should be able to actually start replacing my whole collection now instead of playing the same 8-song CD that I mixed from Rip Slyme over and over and over until I get bored out of my mind! /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ Albums. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC1F9KqpF78, Your email address will not be published. Rammstein and Metallica move over, because Japan’s Girl Metal Band Boom (yes, you read that right) is challenging gender norms within the industry: and with wackiness to spare. . If you like plain rock (96% clean vocals, no blast beats, etc) try the GazettE, Kaggra, Alice Nine, SPYAIR (awesome band), Malice Mizer, Moi dix Moix (they’re Japanese, I swear! Sorry, folks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EDvabyo620, Sheena Ringo, awesome genius singer songwriter and multiple instrumentalist who makes some sort of powerpop-rock sometimes jazzy too: So here it is, a list of the Japanese bands that I like and that I think you will like; I hope my tastes are as universal as I’m assuming, but…whatever ;). www.youtube.com/watch?v=M55uRP4DWW0, Tokyo Jihen, jazz/rock band fronted by Sheena Ringo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTKwzRAdY7w, School Food Punishment… I don’t know how to describe it really… nice, not weird, just not very conducive to words: I knew five of the bands mentioned (although one was english and i have missed it dearly… One day i shall return, gorillaz!! That's not all, but a few I can remember off the top of my head. X Japan vocalist Toshi announced his divorce and separation from the self-development seminar group, "Home of Heart," this week, and will perform a "sayonara show" produced by band leader Yoshiki on Feb 24. Your email address will not be published. There you have it. Listen Now. Thanks in advance. TOKYO. Their vocalist, Michiro Endo, passed away to pancreatic cancer. He was 31 years old. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOZHK6AWH_E Ok, maybe it doesn’t make a LOT more sense, but we tried. Koyanagi left in late 1983 to be replaced by Hiroya Fukuda.In December 1984 vocalist Toshihito Maeda also left. Mucc (ムック) – Very good Jap metal with lyrics that are understandable, Metal/Shoegaze: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_KHp6kbYXQ I even went as far as to find out (while attempting to read poorly in japanese) that AKFG is called Ajikan for short. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_2xdL-CByI Quality music. Where the bands have an English-language equivalent of sorts, I’ve noted it. Chiaki Sato commented: Two women. The four E’s in the group’s name represents the number of members. (my name is Jessica btw ;)) I love The Gazette,Alice Nine, Gackt, LM.C, and above all Miyavi! Weak guy=chicken. Younha– a Korean artist who found fame in Japan, and is now famous in Korea as well. Luminous Orange (very good, but maybe not so understandable and with English). And Maximum the Hormone is great too! Base Ball Bear (ベースボールベアー) is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo that formally began in 2002, although the members assembled in the autumn of 2001. Cherry Bomb. I was just wondering, where do you buy your music? Kiyoshi . Sing your heart out! So yeah, just thinking, if youre taste in music is this awesome, Disclaimer: If you are Kouda Kumi, Lisa from M-Flo or Hamasaki Ayumi and you’re reading this, I was just showing off to people on the Internet buddies and trying to be cool; I take it all back — please be my friend! So go ahead and sing! Thanks, JDog! Perhaps best-known for their song 白いヤミの中(しろい・やみ・の・なか), which an enterprising anime fan used to make an AMV (anime music video) that elegantly combined footage. The name actually comes from the group’s 7 members. I am bitter. T.T) and they’re all actually some of my favourite bands… Especially Rip Slyme (temporarily replacing my alltime favourite (english) band gorillaz) 23/7 rip slyme!! They’re fun. I’ll give you a sample: Scandal, pop-rock all girl band who work super hard but make super fun music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEkerSi5Fig I can’t believe I didn’t read this when I was on your site. The band consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal" (Vocal and Dance) and Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" (Scream and Dance). 1 Members 1.1 Current Members 1.2 Former Members 2 Discography 3 Gallery 4 External … -Tokumaru Shugo Special shout out to B’z for being the best . You know, to make it sound more mature. He use to be more or less soley Jrock/Visual kei but in the last few years he has incorporated so many different styles into his music. /* Content Template: Single Article - end */ (Metallica-Fade to Black) /* Content Template: Single Article - start */ Anyway, like Sakamoto, he has great diction and a pleasant voice. Mostly R&B, almost pop. Can second the Pillows too, started listening to them recently, lots of good songs. i mean WTF??! Honeydip Try them. Whether or not it has, as always, your own additions, recommendations and comments are welcome ;). I was checking back here for replies when I realized that I probably sounded like a jerk saying that…it’s not that the artists aren’t worth the money, it’s that I’m 14 without a job and I literally cannot afford to pay that much. Bands from Japan - all rock style, more or less. hey just thought i’d mention a rock group by the name of The Back Horn. But who… But where’s the X Japan, hide,SUGIZO, Luna Sea, Gackt, L`arc en Ciel, Hyde, Miyavi, the GazettE, Alice Nine…? Tell her Khatzumoto sent you. He’s amazing…I’ve yet to find anyone else I like as much as him. You’re right, they’re pretty cool even though I’m not into hip hop. BUMP OF CHICKEN. If DMX were Japanese, he would be Zeebra. Miyavi should always be included. As such, their influences predate the wave of bombastic, energetic, rhythmic Southern U.S. hip-hop that gathered energy from the mid-lateish-1990s onward; thus, their music can sometimes lack the polish you may have come to expect in hip-hop. I love Love Psychedelico’s style but I find their lyrics quite … incomprehensible? Thanks! Oh yeah! Update: I’ve been getting these songs via YouTube and the converter program mentioned (YouTubeToMP3Converter). HEADOBANG!!! They’re like the Japanese Beastie Boys, and have a ton of albums out. If anyone knows a Japanese equivalent, please tell me. Does anybody know any bands like this: And thanks for the site…I’m loving it so far. nippyon, Bump of Chicken is not on the list? – The band's new single "Makka na Lip" (Crimson Lip) will ship in Japan on January 29. -サカナクション But mostly I don't listen to any of the artists you mentioned…ah, I guess I'm just an Arashi fangirl afterall… xD, and…and not even Dir En Gray? I personally dislike the whole visual kei movement. But they’re not just pretenders, M(ediarite)-Flo have a very unique sound all their own, due in no small part to their unique band structure — a trio of rapper Verbal, DJ Taku and female vocalist Lisa. (please stand up, Kreva and Zeebra), so I actually had to check afterwards to make sure it wasn’t just my natural bias at work. Anyway, after coming back online, I made some vague promises about posting band-by-band articles on Japanese music. By the way, thank you so much for this site =). Now, the thing is, I tend to think everyone I like is black (James Heisig? "According to the band, the coined word had several meanings, including "excellent weakling" and "superlative coward." Where the bands have an English-language equivalent of sorts, I’ve noted it. Kinki Kids are a pop duo consisting of members Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto. So far I’ve only come up with Onmyouza, Japan X and the movie soundtrack to Detroit Metal City, but I want mooore:( The company in charge of forming Sexy Zone revealed in a press conference before their debut that “[t]he group name came from Michael Jackson’s sexiness”. I don’t know how to explain it. Ajikan and Yui are great. Wouldn’t it be bad if someone were to see me walking around with you?” “It’s not like Shibuya is nearby, so it’s okay. I’m seriously getting tired of visual kei and i need my metal fix!!! I can reccomend L-Vokal, Chiharu, and as for R&B I reccomend Shimizu Shota, Maximum the Hormone is amazing (and so is your site) . Could You Do Me a Favor and Never Wear Shorts Again? Try em out, let me know what you think. Ooo, that silky, hypnotic voice! I agree, it’s really useful . a Series of Awesome Multimedia SRS MCD/MXD Cards], The Problem With Conspiracy Theories Reloaded Colon The Next Generation of Electric Boogaloo (Plus How and Why This Applies to Language Acquisition), The GoldenEye Principle: Flow, Dopamine, Spirituality and How to Make Everything As Fun as Video Games and Multiplayer Bedroom Sports. Japanese music has a wide variety of artists, and like any country’s music scene it too is full of gimmicky sounds or imagery. Btw, Khatz, aren’t you a Nagase Tomoya fan? Shouldn’t it be called Whiteeeeeen, then? By the way, though I like Gackt I don’t like visual kei, so please recommend bands that are NOT visual kei. Holy crap! I think you’d like スチャダラパー, Katz. The name supposedly came about when the members were talking over dinner. Because of this, the group’s logo resembles a mouth with the letters making up the teeth. If you look back in the history of capsule, you’ll find unexpected Shibuya-kei (which has influence from many styles, like bossa nova)… in Japanese… then all Perfume songs are (99%) in Japanese… with some English phrases (and of course, katakana lyrics). Most are on independent record labels, so naturally, you'll probably have to go to a non-chain store or order online. hay khatzumoto you should add a band called UVERworld. Great Khatzu! Anyway, it’s quite hard finding good metal in Japanese music without the kind of whiney visual kei stuff like Dir En Grey or Nightmare (not that they’re bad), or those singing in English. The song Joy Trip (Japanese Blue Grass? Considered to be one of the earliest pioneering bands of Japanese heavy metal alongside Loudness and Earthshaker, Anthem formed in 1981 as a quartet of singer Toshihito Maeda, guitarist Akifumi Koyanagi, bass player Naoto "Ski" Shibata and drummer Takamasa Ohuchi. Quite a bit of english used but they are still amazing nonetheless. In 2014, GReeeen took part in producing a new group called Whiteeeen, which is a vocal group consisting of six female members. Check this out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtgJ5TJi8M, Apparently his curriculum is similar to yours, he’s a computer engineer in Osaka (his grandmother was Japanese though). You hate them too, lol? Quite a feat to be accepted in the traditional Enka domain…. While there isn’t a huge amount of information on the source of Swanky Dank’s swanky danky name, it’s worth mentioning that before becoming a part of Swanky Dank, brothers Yuichi and Koji were promoted as a duo by the name of Doggy Bag, which was later renamed D-Bag. But then Lisa left (WHY!!!??? Japanese girls aren’t concentrated on just one music direction (like One Direction), but you can find them in all of the genres. I’m actually getting upto 100 hours of Japanese audio on my iPod. Also, does anyone have any more suggestions for j-gangsta rap? If anybody knows where I could buy the mp3s, I’d really appreciate it if they could share. M-Flo have raised the Japanese game in that respect. But they might be a little bit more on the heavy side and less on the twin guitar side. I think their music is amazing. 7 Band … I’d still like to support the artists, but I think $40 is a little too much support than I’m willing to dish out. Babymetal (Japanese: ベビーメタル, Hepburn: Bebīmetaru) (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese kawaii metal band. He also has a very widely-ranging style, so even if you don’t like one song, you’ll find another one you do like. Just discovered this post. He made his Japanese solo debut on September 6th, 2017, with his first mini-album Naked prior to enlisting in the military on October 26th, 2017. SCANDAL, Stereopony, chouchou merged syrups., Uchu Conbini, Chatmonchy, FLiP, Cyntia, Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets, Uplift Spice, School Food Punishment, Kinoko Teikoku, Atlantis Airport. If that isn’t heroic, I don’t know what is. hear, lyrics, Shoegaze (with mostly understandable lyrics): Please, does anyone know an English language equivalent to Gackt?? But there is a. Awesome band!! Associate Professor Jazz, Tokyo College of Music" Address: Nukui: City: Nerima-ku: State/Province: Tokyo: Country: JAPAN: Website: www.rickoverton.com : Contact Rick Overton : More info... Added: … I, like you, am a computer science major…I think I’ll learn japanese if I do what you did, In the 2 days I memorized all the kana so I guess replacing music and kanji is next..I never watch TV, and I can’t give up PVK II even though it’s not Japanese…but…one day I Want to be a software engineer living in Japan like you. We delete comments that don't contribute to the discussion. But Björk doesn’t sing in Japanese, so Chara to the rescue! The 7.7 Japanese works extremely well when hand loaded with powders in the fast 4895, (ADI2206H) range through to Varget and 4064 with heavier bullets. He performed his first acting role in Shinokubo Story (2013) alongside the group. Hartfield Oftentimes the most immediate thing that stands out (to me at least) when I come across Japanese bands and artist groups, isn’t so much the way they sound or how they look like, but more so what they’re called as. Other places I’ve seen ask as much as $40 or $60 to ship you the actual CD (when it still only has around 15 songs). Slowly, oh so very slowly, more and more of it is making sense. When you’re new to a language, just finding out the names of the bands can be challenging, so hopefully (?) “Are you sure it’s okay? www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4plEI-mdOA, Help me on my quest for good J-rock! www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qTT2_vW8s She is REALLY good. Pizzicato Five (formerly typeset as Pizzicato V and sometimes abbreviated to P5) was a Japanese pop band formed in Tokyo in 1979 by multi-instrumentalists Yasuharu Konishi and Keitarō Takanami. He has such a varied style you can’t even classify him…he’s done heavy metal, bubbly pop, spanish sounding songs, slow ballads, rap(ish) songs, and rock. I NEED MUSIC FROM EVERY BAND ON THIS LIST. The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse talent agency. Check him out all! It seems “Bump of Chicken” was too weird for him, and he wanted names that were more “Asian”, like “Sushi Chopstick Federation” or “Dave Toyoto Honda Samsung Matthews Band”. Why has nobody mentioned The Pillows yet? Radwimps (ラッドウインプス, Raddo'uinpusu, stylized as RADWIMPS) is a Japanese rock band, who debuted independently in 2003 and later on major label Toshiba EMI in 2005. Pop/Rock, International, Japanese Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Emo, Japanese Traditions Ex-Girl 1990s - 2000s I remember when I first saw her on a music video, singing in Japanese, and I was like “Dude! Grandfathers of Japanese hip-hop, these guys have been around since back in the day.
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