Welcome:
to the Artists Page. Here you'll find various artists like info on some of my favorite J-Rockers, J-Poppers(I don't even think that's what you call them but you know what I mean), and other Asian singers that may have sang your favorite anime theme song!
Artist:Abingdon Boys School
Genre:Rock
Language:Japanese
Lead Singer:Takanori Nishikawa(T.M.Revolution)
Members:Takanori Nishikawa, SUNAO, Hiroshi Shibasaki, and Toshiyuki Kishi
Popular Songs:Innocent Sorrow (As heard in D Gray Man) Howling, and Nephilim
Comments:One of my FAVORITE bands! Probably because Takanori is the lead singer and they all sound great!
Artist:Alice Nine
Genre:Visual Kei
Language:Japanese
Lead Singer:Shou
Members:Shou, Hiroto, Tora, Saga, and Nao
Popular Songs:Blue Planet, Velvet, White Prayer, Mirror Ball
Comments:Yet another awesome Visual Kei band that I found out by my friend. My friend gave me a CD with one of their songs Blue Planet and I was like....FAVORITE! The singer has that deep sounding voice and is really awesome!! Their music style varies a lot from rockish pop to metal rock but no matter what they do they always sound awesome. (P.S. Their music videos are always cool :)
Artist:Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Genre:Rock/Pop
Language:Japanese
Lead Singer:Masafumi Goto;
Members:Kensuke Kita, Masafumi Goto, Takahiro Yamada, and Kiyoshi Ijichi
Popular Songs:Rewrite(As heard in Full Metal Alchemist) and Haruka Kanata(As heard in Naruto)
Comments:Popular band these guys are especially since they sing songs in a lot of popular anime shows.
Artist:BeforU
Genre:Pop/Rock/Trance
Language:Japanese
Members:Yoma Komatsu, Noria Shiraishi, Riyu Kosaka, Risa Sotohana, Miharu Arisawa, and Sayaka Minami (Shiyuna Maehara was also but left in 2004)
Popular Songs:Kiseki, Dive, and Begin
Comments:For those of you who like DDR you might have heard of this group and their songs. Their songs are also fun like Nami Tamaki.
Artist:BoA
Genre:Pop
Language:Korean and Japanese
Popular Songs:Eat U Up, Love and Honesty, Sweet Impact, Love Letter, Every Heart(As heard in Inuyasha)
Comments:BoA is an amazing singer and is very well known. Her songs have great beats along with her voice. She also sings great love songs and can make you smile. She does also sing with a lot of other popular singers such as TRAX , DBSK, and SM Town.
Artist:Gackt Camui
Genre:Rock/Pop
Language:Japanese
Popular Songs:Redemption (As heard in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII) and a LOT of others
Comments:He is one of the most popular and used to be a part of Malice Mizer and is now a solo artist! I love Gackt and will always look forward to new songs of his.
Artist:the Gazette
Genre:Visual Kei
Language:Japanese
Lead Singer:Ruki
Members:Ruki, Uruha, Aoi, Reita, and Kai
Popular Songs:Filth in the Beauty, Reila, D.L.N, Guren, Kare Uta, Nausea and Shudder, Kugutsue, Distress and Coma
Comments:MY ALL TIME FAVORITE JAPANESE BAND!!! Aoi and Reita my FAVORITE. (Points to the last 2 guys on the left) Even though they're not the lead singer they play awesome guitar. But I like the lead singer's voice too. Great band.
Artist:Golf&Mike
Genre:Pop/R&B/Hip Hop
Language:Thai and Japanese
Members:Golf and Mike
Popular Songs:Bounce, Fight for You, I'll Never Live Without You ,Ta Lok Dee(Joke), Tee Preuk Sah(Advice), Fever to Future(Japanese), Let's Get Down!
Comments:Golf&Mike are a Thai sibling pop duo. I LOVE Golf&Mike and I'm a HUGE fan of them. My TOP TOP favorites! LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM! :D
Artist:Hitomi Takahashi
Genre:Rock/Pop
Language:Japanese
Popular Songs:Bokutachi no Yukue (As heard in Gundam Seed Destiny) and Aozora no Namida (As heard in Blood+)
Comments:A great japanese female rock singer. Her songs are catchy and are great listening to.
Artist:Janne Da Arc
Genre:Rock
Language:Japanese
Lead Singer:Yasu
Members:Yasu, You, Ka-yu, Kiyo, and Shuji
Popular Songs:Dolls (LOVE), Vampire, Heaven, Kiss Me, Sakura, Love is Here...etc
Comments:The first time I discovered them it was on a person's I-Mix on I-Tunes. I was listening to their song Dolls and when I first heard the vocals come out of the acoustic guitar and drums and stuff I was: SQUEEL!!! His voice is AMAZING and I love listening to their music now. FAVORITE!
Artist:Kotoko
Genre:Pop/Trance/Techno
Language:Japanese
Popular Songs:Shooting Star (As heard in Onegai Teacher), Suppuration -core-, Asura, Being, Agony, and We Survive(I LOVE THIS SONG!!)
Comments:I LOVE the beat of her songs and her voice matches it to. Her techno songs are just too cool. She's an awesome singer.
Artist:L' Arc en Ciel
Genre:Rock
Language:Japanese
Lead Singer:Hyde
Members:Hyde, Tetsu, Ken, Yukihiro
Popular Songs:Ready Steady Go! (As heard in Full Metal Alchemist), My Heart Draws a Dream (LOVE THIS SONG), and Nexus 4
Comments:This band is really popular and well know for their song Ready Steady Go! played as the opening song for the anime Full Metal Alchemist. If you have never heard this song before, I suggest you listen to it.
Artist:Megamasso
Genre:Visual Kei/Oshare Kei
Language:Japanese
Lead Singer:Inzargi
Members:Inzargi, Ryōhei, Gou
Popular Songs:Beautiful Girl, Lips, White White, Throne Angel
Comments:This band is one of the only Visual Kei bands I know that does dancey type of rock but is a lot of fun listening to. Probably because the lead singer used to like R&B. (it's true!)
Artist:Nami Tamaki
Genre:Techno/Pop
Language:Japanese
Popular Songs:Heroine, (Believe, Realize, Reason, and Result are all heard in the Gundam Seed series) and Brightdown (As heard in D.Gray Man)
Comments:I LOVE Nami Tamaki's techno beat. Her music is a lot of fun to listen to and addicting. It kinda makes you wanna dance. ^_^ If you watch Gundam Seed or Gundam Seed Destiny, there's a lot of her songs.
Artist:Onitsuka Chihiro
Genre:Ballad
Language:Japanese
Popular Songs:Infection (Me:LOVE IT!)
Comments:I LOVE Onitsuka's voice in Infection. Her voice perfectly matches the piano background. Very beautiful voice and highly recommended you listen to some of her music.
Artist:Riyu Kosaka
Genre:Rock/Pop
Language:Japanese
Popular Songs:Guilty Sky(As heard in Claymore) and Dober Man(Also heard in Claymore)
Comments:Riyu Kosaka is now one of my TOP FAVORITES! She used to be part of BeforU. I really love her style of music and her voice. It sounds different from many of the other J-pop songs I've heard before. I don't know why she named a song after a dog but it's the coolest song I've ever heard! I suggest you give her a try.
Artist:Se7en
Genre:R&B/Pop
Language:Korean
Popular Songs:Passion, Come Back to Me, La La La, and Again
Comments:Se7en is my favorite Korean singer! I love his voice and his slow R&B songs. I don't usually listen to R&B but if it's Se7en I will!(Also watch the Korean Drama PRINCE Hours NOT Princess Hours. Se7en is a prince!)
Artist:SuG
Genre:Visual Kei
Language:Japanese
Lead Singer:Takeru
Members:Takeru, Yuji, Chiyu, Masato, and Mitsuru
Popular Songs:Love Scream Party and Scheat
Comments:My second favorite J-Rock band. I've just recently discovered them from listening to my favorite podcast "The Merry Making Show" and was like, THIS SONG IS SO AWESOME. Love Scream Party has a pretty unique beat to it and is now one of my FAVORITE songs. When I use caps you know it HAS to be good. Heh.
Artist:T.M.Revolution (Takanori Nishikawa)
Genre:Rock/Pop/Trance
Language:Japanese
Popular Songs:Ignited, Invoke, Vestige, Resonance
Comments:YES! This is the lead singer of Abingdon Boys School! This guy is just amazing. His voice is just so recognizable(Is this a word?) because his voice is so different from everyone else which makes me LOVE his music. ^_^
Artist:TVXQ/Tohoshinki/DBSG
Genre:Pop/Acappella/R&B
Language:Korean and Japanese
Lead Singer:Hero
Members:Hero, U-Know, Micky, Xiah, Max
Popular Songs:Rising Sun, One, Choosy Lover, and Lovin You
Comments:I LOVE TVXQ. You won't even know how much I do. Ever since I listened to Rising Sun I've loved them ever since and Hero's voice is amazing! Also one of my TOP favorites.
Artist:UVERworld
Genre:Rock/Pop
Language:Japanese
Lead Singer:TAKUYA∞
Members:TAKUYA∞, Katsuya, Akira, Nobuto, and Shintarou
Popular Songs:D-tecnoLife (As heard in Bleach) and Colors of the Heart (As heard in Blood+)
Comments:Uverworld's songs have AWESOME beats and the vocals by TAKUYA∞ RULE! Their style of rock is very unique and the guitarists RULE. Very popular for singing popular anime themes.
Artist:Yiruma
Genre:Instrumental
Language:Korean
Popular Songs:Kiss the Rain, May Be, First Love, and River Flows in You
Comments:Although I don't usually listen to instrumental music, when I first listened to Kiss the Rain, it moved me A LOT. I don't know why. Maybe because of his smooth, lovely, soft piano playing. His music is VERY beautiful and I have to say I'm VERY impressed with his music.
Artist:Yoko Ishida
Genre:Pop
Language:Japanese
Popular Songs:Open Your Mind(As heard in Ah! My Goddess), Treasure(As heard in Ai Yori Aoshi), Foolish Dream(As heard in Red Ninja-End of Honor), Pieces of Summer Color(As heard in This Ugly and Beautiful World), Walking Trough the Empty Age(As heard in Texhnolyze
Comments:At first before I bought her CD I've never heard of her or watched some of the anime shows she sang for. The person at the anime shop I went to said she was a good singer so I just trusted the person and listened to it! So here I am now, a fan of Yoko Ishida! ^_^
Artist:Younha
Genre:Rock/Pop
Language:Japanese and Korean
Popular Songs:Houki Boshi (As heard in Bleach)
Comments:Younha is Korean but she's sings Japanese so clearly! She's really amazing and I like her songs.
