(formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd.

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba

Toshiba

is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...

 sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president

President

A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...

 is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was involved with the production of Anime.

History

The company was founded on October 1, 1960, as . From 1962, it licensed Columbia (UK) titles for release in Japan. After an injection of capital by Capitol EMI, EMI acquired 50% of the company in October 1973, and the name was changed to Toshiba EMI Limited. On October 3, 1994, the equity ratio of the company was changed, in which EMI obtained 55% with Toshiba owning the remaining 45%. On June 30, 2007, Toshiba Corporation sold the remaining 45% stake in the company to EMI, giving EMI full ownership of the company. The name was then changed to EMI Music Japan, reflecting Toshiba's divestiture from the business.

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• 175R
  175R
  is a Japanese ska punk band from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.Debuting in 2001, 175R has released seven singles, seven albums and four DVDs. The band's members include Shogo on Vocals, Kazya on guitar, Isakick on bass and Yoshiaki on drums. The band shared their second single with the band Shaka...
  
  
• 9mm Parabellum Bullet
  9mm Parabellum Bullet
  9mm Parabellum Bullet is a rock band formed in March 2004 from Yokohama, Japan. It consists of; vocalist and rhythm guitarist Takuro Sugawara, guitarist and backing vocalist Yoshimitsu Taki, bassist Kazuhiko Nakamura, and drummer Chihiro Kamijo, who came up with the band's name...
  
  
• Acidman
  Acidman
  Acidman is a Japanese Rock group. The band was formed in 1997 with four members, Shiibashi Takeshi, Urayama Ichigo, Satou Masatoshi, and Ohki Nobuo, who first met in a military academy in Saitama. The four went to a college in Shimokitazawa, where together they formed Acidman...
  
  
• Ace of Base
  Ace of Base
  Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...
  
  
• Agatsuma, Hiromitsu
  Hiromitsu Agatsuma
  Hiromitsu Agatsuma is a Japanese shamisen artist who plays the Tsugaru-jamisen, a larger shamisen with thicker strings than those used for most other styles.He was born in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture....
  
  
• AI
  AI (singer)
  Ai , born November 2, 1981 as , is a Japanese R&B singer and rapper. She is currently under EMI Music Japan.-Early life:...
  
  
• Aina
• AK
• The Alfee
  The Alfee
  The Alfee is a popular Japanese musical group composed of Masaru Sakurai , Kōnosuke Sakazaki and Toshihiko Takamizawa...
  
  
• Anraku, Mariko
• A-Mei
• amin
• Base Ball Bear
  Base Ball Bear
  Base Ball Bear is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo that formally began in 2002, although the members assembled in the autumn of 2001. The band, which was initially named Planet, was formed for a one-time performance at a high school culture festival, but decided to continue playing due to how well...
  
  
• Becky♪♯
• Be the Voice
• Bentley Jones
• Billyken
• Bomb Factory
• The Captains
• chenmin
• coba
  Yasuhiro Kobayashi
  Yasuhiro "Coba" Kobayashi is a Japanese musician, accordionist, composer and arranger. His music has sold over 1,000,000 CDs. Yasuhiro started playing accordion when he was nine...
  
  
• Core of Soul
  Core of Soul
  Core of Soul is a Japanese pop band. The group formed when Song met Nakamura and Iizuka at a school in Osaka. They disbanded March 24, 2006 after completing their Asian tour in Osaka.- Albums :* Natural Beauty Reached #35...
  
  
• Dabo
  Dabo
  Dabo is a Japanese rapper. He first appeared on the Japanese hip-hop scene in the 1990s, collaborating in a Shakkazombie song, "Tomo ni ikkou". Since 2002, he has released three albums: Hitman , Diamond , and The Force...
  
  
• Fire Ball
• Fukuda, Saki
  Saki Fukuda
  is a Japanese actress and singer.She appeared in the 2009 live action film Yatterman as Yatterman 2 "Ai-chan."-Dramas:* 3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei 7 * Donmai * Fushin no Toki...
  
  
• fulare pad
• Harada, Tomoyo
  Tomoyo Harada
  Tomoyo Harada is a Japanese actress, singer, and lyricist, and was a popular idol in the 80's. She was cast in numerous films and TV-series since her beginning in 1982 in the leading role of the original TV-series Sailorfuku to kikanju...
  
  
• Hattori, Hiroko
• Hifana
  Hifana
  is a Japanese breakbeat musical duo, composed of KEIZOmachine! and Juicy . The group formed in 1998, in the Tokyo neighbourhood of Kichijōji.-History:...
  
  
• Himekami
  Himekami
  is a Japanese musical group. The name is derived from Mount Himekami in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. The group was founded in 1980 by composer Yoshiaki Hoshi as , and includes synthesizer player and vocalists Wakako Nakajima, Tomoko Fujii, Junko Shiwa, and Yoriko Sano...
  
  
• Himuro, Kyosuke
  Kyosuke Himuro
  is a popular Japanese singer. He was a member of the rock group Boøwy from 1981 to 1988. After the group disbanded he started a successful solo career. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Himuro at number 76 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts...
  
  
• Hotei, Tomoyasu
  Tomoyasu Hotei
  is a Japanese musician, guitarist and actor. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Hotei at number 70 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.- Life and career :...
  
  
• Imai, Leo (Kimonos)
• Imai, Miki
• Isayama, Mio
• IU
• Jyongri
  Jyongri
  Jyongri is a Japanese pop singer of Korean ancestry currently signed with EMI Music Japan.- Background and early life :...
  
  
• KAME&L.N.K
• Kato, Seishiro
  Seishiro Kato
  is a Japanese child actor.He debuted when he was 13 months old. He became recognized after his breakthrough role as Higuchi Yoroku in Tenchijin the 2009 edition of NHK Taiga Drama. Currently, he is actively appearing in many TV dramas, films, and TV commercials...
  
   with Uncle Sase
• Keyco
• Kishi, Chieko
• Kiyoshi, Ryūjin
• Kobayashi, Aimi
  Aimi Kobayashi
  is a classical pianist.She lived in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan until February 2007 and later in Tokyo, started studying piano at the age of three, played with an orchestra at age seven, and has been receiving tutelage from Yuko Ninomiya since the age of eight. Awards include three Yamaguchi...
  
  
• Kobayashi, Kei
• KUMAMI
• Kurashima, Yuki
• Kuroki, Ken Junior
• Lee Ji-hoon Official Website
• LIL
• Luv and Response
• Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
  Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
  Mass of the Fermenting Dregs （マス オブ ザ ファーメンティング ドレッグス, Masu Obu Za Faamentingu Doreggusu） is a post-rock/shoegaze trio formed in Kobe, Japan in 2002. They are also popularly known by a shortened form of their name, Masu Dore...
  
  
• Mademoiselle Yulia
  Mademoiselle Yulia
  is a Japanese DJ and musician, associated with Tokyo electro scene. She debuted in 2008 as a DJ, and in 2011 as a singer, with her debut album Mademoworld.- Biography :...
  
  
• Matsuda, Ryouji
• Matsunaga, Takashi
• Matsutoya, Yumi
  Yumi Matsutoya
  ', nicknamed , is an influential Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. She is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice, and live performances, and is an important figure in Japanese popular music....
  
  
• Mifune, Kazuko
• Miyaji, Osamu
• Miyavi
  Miyavi
  , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese visual kei musician. His work as guitarist for Dué le Quartz and his successful solo career have established him as an accomplished musician in the Japanese music scene.- Early life :...
  
  
• Moriyama, Aiko
• Muramatsu, Takatsugu
• Nakaido, Reichi
  Reichi Nakaido
  , born , is a Japanese guitarist and singer best known for his association with influential rock band RC Succession.- Biography :Nakaido was born in Shinjuku, Tokyo in 1950....
  
   (ex-RC Succession
  RC Succession
  RC Succession was an influential Japanese rock band fronted by singer-songwriter Kiyoshiro Imawano.- History :In 1966, Kiyoshiro formed a band named the Clover with Kenchi Haren. This band broke up the following year, however, the remaining members added some new members and called it the...
  
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• Niikura, Hitomi
• Okabayashi, Nobuyasu
  Nobuyasu Okabayashi
  is a folk singer born in Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He is known to his fans as the 'god of Folk' and as 'Japan's Bob Dylan'....
  
  
• Oshiro, Vanessa
  Vanesa Oshiro
  is a Nikkei enka singer born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She debuted in 2000 at the age of eighteen.- External links :* * at Toshiba EMI...
  
  
• Papa B
• Park Si-Hoo
  Park Si-Hoo
  Park Si Hoo is a South Korean actor best known for his role as Seo In Woo in Prosecutor Princess and his role as Kim Seung Yu in The Princess' Man...
  
   Official EMI Website
• Radwimps
  Radwimps
  is a Japanese rock band, who debuted independently in 2003 and later on major label Toshiba EMI in 2005. The band achieved great commercial success in 2006 album their album Radwimps 4: Okazu no Gohan, and are best known for their later singles "Order Made" and "Dada" , both of which hit number...
  
  
• Rapbito
• Saigenji
• Sakai, Ayumi
• Sakamoto, Fuyumi
  Fuyumi Sakamoto
  is a Japanese female enka singer under EMI Music Japan.-Career:On March 4, 1987, Sakamoto debuted as a recording singer with the single "Abare Daiko". In 1988, she took part in the 39th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen for the first time...
  
  
• Say
• Senju, Akira
• Senju, Mariko
• Shiina, Ringo
• SHINee
  SHINee
  Shinee is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo "...
  
   Official EMI Website
• Shiori
• Shirane, Kazuo
• Splash Candy
• Straightener
  Straightener
  Straightener is a Japanese rock band. The band started out as a duo with Atsushi Horie and Shinpei Nakayama in 1998. They established an independent label named Ghost Records in 2002. Hidekazu Hinata joined the band as bassist in 2003, giving the band a heavier sound...
  
  
• Sugawa, Nobuya
• Suzuki, Norie
• T-ara
  T-ara
  T-ara is a South Korean girl group formed by Core Contents Media in 2009. Before their debut, there was a high level of interest in the group as they were called "Super Rookies" and had been training for three years prior to debut....
  
   Official Website
• Takahashi, Yukihiro
  Yukihiro Takahashi
  Yukihiro Takahashi is a Japanese musician, who is best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band.-Biography:...
  
  
• Tamate, Yūichi a.k.a. TAMAc (ex-Lover Callots)
• Tanimoto, Tomomi
• the telephones
• Terai, Naoko
• tick
• Tokyo Jihen
  Tokyo Jihen
  is a Japanese band started by , after leaving her solo career. The band's debut single Gunjo Biyori was released in September 2004.- Origins:...
  
  
• Tomosaka, Rie
  Rie Tomosaka
  is a Japanese actress and pop star from Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, born on October 12, 1979 in Nagano-shi, Nagano.She works for Itoh Company. From 1996 to 1997, she has also released music under the name .-Profile :She is 168 cm in height....
  
  
• Twelve Girls Band
  Twelve Girls Band
  Twelve Girls Band are an all female Chinese musical group that initially consisted of twelve members before the addition of a thirteenth. Twelve Girls Band use traditional Chinese instruments to play both traditional Chinese and Western music. Formed on June 18, 2001, the women were selected by...
  
  
• Uehara, Ayako
  Ayako Uehara
  is a classical pianist.She won 2nd prize in the 2000 Sydney International Piano Competition. In 2002 she became the first woman to win the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition....
  
  
• unistyle
• Uno, Yūko
• Utada, Hikaru
• Wei Wei Wuu 　
• Wu Fang
• Yamakawa, Yutaka
• Yang Sook Yung
• Yasuda, Sachiko
• Yoriko
• Yoshii, Kazuya a.k.a. Yoshii Lovinson (ex-The Yellow Monkey
  The Yellow Monkey
  The Yellow Monkey , often abbreviated as Yemon , was a Japanese rock band active from 1989 to 2001. They officially disbanded on July 7, 2004....
  
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• Yukawa, Shione
• Yuki, Saori
• Yumiki, Erino

　

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• 100s
• Ali Project
  Ali Project
  Ali Project is a Japanese band with a strong Japanese Aristocrat-style image, consisting of and .In the band's earlier days, their musical style tended towards light, cheerful and/or refreshing songs. However, the sound has changed in recent times to take on a darker and more mysterious tone...
  
  
• Alice
• Air
  Air (Japanese band)
  AIR is a name under which Kurumatani Koji releases his songs. He started AIR two months after SPIRAL LIFE broke up in April 1996. His music is often an inspiration for other artists, and his work is noted for lyrics that take on social issues and politics and can be classified as alternative...
  
  
• Alpha
• Amuro, Namie
  Namie Amuro
  is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...
  
  
  • Amuro, Namie with Super Monkey's
• Asakawa, Maki
  Maki Asakawa
  was a Japanese jazz and blues singer, lyricist and composer.Born in Ishikawa Prefecture, after graduating high school she worked as a civil servant for a short time before moving to Tokyo...
  
  
• Asaoka, Yukiji
  Yukiji Asaoka
  is a Japanese singer and an actress from Chūō, Tokyo. She is the daughter of the famous Japanese painter of shin hanga style prints, Shinsui Itō, and her second and present husband is actor Masahiko Tsugawa.Asaoka was in the Takarazuka Revue from 1952 to 1955...
  
  
• Aska
• Ayukawa, Mami
  Mami Ayukawa
  is a female Japanese singer from Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.- Theme songs :* Kaze no No Reply , second opening theme song from TV series Heavy Metal L-Gaim...
  
  
• Boogaloob
• The Boom
  The Boom
  The Boom is a Japanese rock band. Its members are Kazufumi Miyazawa , Kobayashi Takashi , Yamakawa Hiromasa , and Tochigi Takao .-History:...
  
  
  • Miyazawa, Kazufumi
• Boøwy
  Boøwy
  Boøwy was a Japanese rock group consisting of Kyosuke Himuro , Tomoyasu Hotei , Tsunematsu Matsui and Makoto Takahashi . They were a rock band that reached legendary status in Japan during the 1980s...
  
  
• Chibana, Yuri
• Tulip
• Clip Crhymerz
• coba
  Yasuhiro Kobayashi
  Yasuhiro "Coba" Kobayashi is a Japanese musician, accordionist, composer and arranger. His music has sold over 1,000,000 CDs. Yasuhiro started playing accordion when he was nine...
  
  
• DJ Ozma
  DJ Ozma
  DJ OZMA, born as on April 26 in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, and legally known as , is a Japanese pop singer and musical artist. He first came to prominence in early 2006 and is notorious for his performance at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, during which his female dancers stripped themselves of...
  
  
• Dreams Come True
• The Drifters
• Dustbox
• Detroit7
• Electrical Loverse
• Elephant Kashimashi
  Elephant Kashimashi
  Elephant Kashimashi is a rock band from Japan. Their work can be divided into two major stylistic periods: the "Epic Sony years" and the "Pony Canyon & Faithful, EMI Music, Universal Music years" .A major change in songwriting, production, and general playing style...
  
  
• The Folk Crusaders
  The Folk Crusaders
  The Folk Crusaders was a Japanese pop music group, popular in Japan in the later half of the 1960s.The band was formed in 1965 by the five university students Kazuhiko Katō, Osamu Kitayama, Yoshio Hiranuma , Mikio Inomura and Maki Ashida , but Ashida and Inomura left the band at an early stage...
  
  
• Fujifabric
  Fujifabric
  is a Japanese rock band formed in 2000. While their music can be mostly categorized as alternative rock or power pop, their music usually consists of an eclectic mix of genres, including jazz, disco and progressive rock.- Name origin :...
  
  
• Glay
  Glay
  Glay is a rock/pop band from Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan formed by guitarist Takuro and vocalist Teru in high school in 1988. Glay primarily composes songs in the rock and pop genres, but they have also composed songs using elements of different styles such as reggae and gospel...
  
  
• GO!GO!7188
  GO!GO!7188
  GO!GO!7188 , also known simply as Gogo, is a Japanese rock band with influences spanning from surf rock to punk rock to enka.The meaning of the band's name is known only to its members.- History :...
  
  
  • Akko
    Akiko Noma
    , best known as Akko, is the bassist, back-up vocalist, and lyricist of GO!GO!7188. She has also released two solo albums under her maiden name...
    
    
  • Chirinuruwowaka
    Chirinuruwowaka
    ', or just ' or ', is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005 by Yumi Nakashima .The band name comes from one sentence of the classical Japanese alphabet “Iroha”, prounced Chi-ri-nu-ru-wo-wa-ka.-2005: Beginning :...
    
    
  • Yuu
    Yumi Nakashima
    is a Japanese vocalist, guitarist, singer-songwriter. She is a guitarist, vocalist and composer of Japanese rock band GO!GO!7188 under the name; . She is also a songwriter, composer, guitarist and vocalist of her side band Chirinuruwowaka. On March 1, 2004, she released solo album Ten no Mikaku...
    
    
• Goda, Yuko a.k.a. YuU
• The Golden Cups
  The Golden Cups
  were one of the top bands performing in Japan's Group Sounds scene in the late 1960s.Featuring singer Dave Hirao, guitarist Eddie Ban, and bassist Masayoshi "Mabo" Kabe, and made a number of hit singles in addition to many re-workings of international songs. A full length documentary film about the...
  
  
• Great Adventure
• Great3
• Hanaregumi
• Hayashi, Asuka
• Heart Bazaar
  Heart Bazaar
  Heart Bazaar Heart Bazaar Heart Bazaar (ハートバザール） was a Japanese pop group active from about 1999–2002. The group was a two-man / two- woman combination, with Satuski Ishii on vocals, Akihiko Suzuki (AKA Akkin) on guitars and synth, Noriko Nagai on bass and Takemi Kokubu on drums...
  
  
• Hi-D
• Hirosawa, Tadashi
• Hiroshige, Aya
• Hirota, Mieko
  Mieko Hirota
  is a Japanese popular singer. Her nickname is Mico .Hirota was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. She grew up listening to pops and jazz in places like Tachikawa frequented by Occupation troops. She made her debut in 1961 at age 14...
  
  
• Hi-Timez (Spontania
  Spontania
  is a Japanese hip-hop/reggae group. The name "Spontania" comes from the English word "spontaneous".In 2010, singer Kaori Natori became the permanent vocalist for the band.-Members:*Massattack...
  
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• Honda, Minako
  Minako Honda
  , born Minako Kudo was a Japanese "idol" pop-star and musical singer. She became famous and popular as "Japan's Madonna" because of her sexy fashion and live performances in the mid to late 1980s...
  
  
• Hoshii, Nanase
• Hungry Days
• Imawano, Kiyoshiro
  Kiyoshiro Imawano
  , born , was a Japanese rock musician, lyricist, composer, musical producer, and actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was dubbed "Japan's King of Rock". He formed and led an influential rock band RC Succession....
  
  
• Inagaki, Junichi
  Junichi Inagaki
  is a Japanese popular music singer.- Biography :Inagaki was born and raised in Sendai, the capital of Miyagi Prefecture, and graduated from Miyagi Prefectural Technical High School. One of his earliest musical influences was Stevie Wonder. While a student in middle school, he joined a local band...
  
  
• Jacks
  Jacks (1960s Japanese band)
  Jacks were a 1960s Japanese psychedelic rock group who released their best known studio album Vacant World in 1968. The Jacks, originally known as Nightingale, began their career in 1966 as a folk trio...
  
  
• Jackson vibe
• Jun
• Joujouka
• Kayama, Yūzō
  Yuzo Kayama
  is a Japanese popular musician and film star, born on 11 April 1937. His father, Ken Uehara, was a film star during the 1930s. Yuzo Kayama became a big star in the 1960s in the Wakadaishō film series....
  
  
• Kirinji
  Kirinji (band)
  is a Japanese pop band from Sakado, Saitama formed of brothers Takaki and Yasuyuki Horigome. The group was formed in October 1996.　They have released seven original albums and sixteen singles to date and are still active. The two are also pursuing their own solo efforts.-Members: born May 2, 1972....
  
  
• Kishidan
  Kishidan
  , which means "The Knights", are a J-pop band. They have a retro image, wearing Japanese school uniforms in the style of bōsōzoku. The lead singer, Show Ayanocozey, was DJ OZMA, until the persona was "retired" in December 2008. Kishidan announced a "comeback", after a three year break, on January...
  
  
  • Binetsu Danj
• Koshiji, Fubuki
• Kuroki, Ken
• Kuroyume
  Kuroyume
  Kuroyume is a rock group that formed in Nagoya, Japan during May 1991, currently consisting of vocalist Kiyoharu and bassist Hitoki. They began as a visual kei group and carried similar looks throughout their career...
  
  
• Lover Callots
• Makihara, Noriyuki
  Noriyuki Makihara
  , nicknamed by his fans, is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter.- Biography :He was born on May 18, 1969 in Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. He attended Aoyama Gakuin University to study English literature. In addition to creating songs for his own music career, he has written, produced and performed songs...
  
  
• Makiyo
• Minustars
• The Mops
  The Mops
  The Mops were a Japanese psychedelic rock/garage rock group active in the late 1960s and early 1970s.-History:The Mops were formed in 1966 by a group of high schoolers: Mikiharu Suzuki , Taro Miyuki , Masaru Hoshi , and Kaoru Murakami...
  
  
• Morikawa, Miho
  Miho Morikawa
  Miho Morikawa is a Japanese singer and model.-Biography:Miho Morikawa got her start at the age of seventeen after winning a singing contest, which led to her first album, called Sentimental Times, in 1986. Soon after her debut, she started writing lyrics and eventually composing some of the songs...
  
  
• Murata, Hideo
  Hideo Murata
  was a Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer. He had taken part in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen 27 times.Murata was born as a son of rōkyoku singer and . However, he was immediately adopted by and became his stepfather. His real name was . He studied rōkyoku under one of Kumoemon Tochuken's disciples, Kumo...
  
  
• Myco
• Nagabuchi, Tsuyoshi
  Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, poet, and human-rights advocate, who is a prominent figure in Japanese popular music.As a musician, he has sold more than 20 million records worldwide, and has appeared in various movies and television dramas...
  
  
• Nakamura, Mitsuko
• Number Girl
  Number Girl
  was a rock band formed in Fukuoka, Japan in August, 1995 by guitarist and vocalist Mukai Shutoku. They disbanded in 2002 following bassist Nakao Kentarou's departure from the band....
  
  
• Off Course
  Off Course
  Off Course was one of Japan's most influential Folk rock bands. It was formed in early 1969 by Kazumasa Oda and Yasuhiro Suzuki（鈴木康博）. They broke up in 1989 after their February 26 farewell performance at Tokyo Dome....
  
  
• Ohguro, Maki
  Maki Ohguro
  is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter. She is from Sapporo in Hokkaidō.- Introduction :In 1989, she passed the '3rd BAD' audition. Her famous songs are "DA・KA・RA", "Chotto", and so on... Her second single "DA・ka・RA" sold 1.1 million copies and won the 'Japan Record Grand Prix' newcomer award of...
  
  
• Okumura, Chiyo
  Chiyo Okumura
  Chiyo Okumura is a popular Japanese pop singer, and former fashion model who debuted in the 1960s....
  
  
• Okamura, Aiko
• Ōmori, Reiko
  Reiko Omori
  ' is a seiyū and J-pop idol singer who was born on March 21, 1984 in Hakodate, Hokkaidō. Not only did she voice the title character in Fancy Lala, but she also sang the opening and ending themes as well.-External links:...
  
  
• Onishi, Junko
• Onitsuka, Chihiro
  Chihiro Onitsuka
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter.In 2000, Onitsuka released her debut single "Shine" and gained a recognition with its follow-up "Gekkou" which became a hit. Insomnia, her first studio album released in following year topped the Japanese Oricon chart and sold more than a million copies...
  
  
• Ongg, Judy
  Judy Ongg
  Judy Ongg is an actress, singer, author and woodblock-print artist from Taiwan. Born in Taipei, she graduated from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and after that, she changed her nationality from taiwanese into Japanese. Her career has spanned more than four decades.Judy made her film debut in...
  
  
• Ono, Lisa
  Lisa Ono
  Lisa Ono is a popular Japanese-Brazilian bossa nova singer.- Biography :Lisa Ono was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1962 but moved with her family to Tokyo at the age of 10...
  
  
• Oonuki, Taeko
• Original Love
• Oshio Kotaro
  Kotaro Oshio
  is an acoustic guitarist from Japan. Born in Osaka Prefecture, on February 1, 1968, he is best known for his work on the steel string guitar. Oshio is a part of Sony Music Japan's SME Records division.- Oshio's music :...
  
  
• Otake, Yuki a.k.a. Snow
• Ozaki, Ami
  Amii Ozaki
  , real name , is a Japanese singer songwriter born on 19 March 1957 in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. She has written music such as Oribia o Kikinagara by Anri and Tenshi no Uingu by Seiko Matsuda, as well as many other songs. Ozaki makes irregular appearances on her friend Akira Kamiya's...
  
  
• Ozawa, Kenji
  Kenji Ozawa
  Kenji Ozawa is a Japanese musician born in 1968 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. His uncle Seiji Ozawa is a world-famous conductor. Ozawa's first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo, Flipper's Guitar.He graduated from Tokyo University...
  
   (ex-Flipper's Guitar
  Flipper's Guitar
  Flipper's Guitar were a Tokyo-based Japanese pop band led and later duo by Keigo Oyamada and Kenji Ozawa. The band were influenced by the chirpy sound of British 80s pop groups like Haircut One Hundred, Exhibit B, The Style Council and Aztec Camera, as well as the fashionably eclectic sounds of...
  
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• PERSONZ
  Personz
  Personz is a Japanese pop and rock band formed in 1983 with the lead vocalist Jill, Tsukasa Tanaka, Mitsugu Watanabe, and Tsutomu Fujita. In 1992, the guitarist Tsukasa Tanaka left the band and was replaced by Takeshi Honda.-Current members:...
  
  
• PE'Z
  PE'Z
  is a Japanese jazz instrumental band consisting of five men, dubbed "The Samurai Jazz Band." They have been signed onto Sony Music Japan since 2008.-Members:* Ohyama "B.M.W" Wataru, born in Kanagawa, trumpet* Kadota "Jaw" Kouske, born in Ehime, saxophone...
  
  
• Pierrot
  Pierrot (band)
  Pierrot was a Japanese visual kei rock band, originally founded as Dizy-Lizy in 1994 by Kirito and Jun in Nagano. The original band members were Hidelow on vocals, Kirito and Jun on guitar, Kohta on bass and Luka on drums. After changing their name to Pierrot, Luka left in November and Takeo joined...
  
  
• Phones
• Puppypet
• RC Succession
  RC Succession
  RC Succession was an influential Japanese rock band fronted by singer-songwriter Kiyoshiro Imawano.- History :In 1966, Kiyoshiro formed a band named the Clover with Kenchi Haren. This band broke up the following year, however, the remaining members added some new members and called it the...
  
  
• Romina Arena
  Romina Arena
  Romina Arena is an Italian-American Popera / Operatic pop /Pop Classical Crossover singer songwriter. She was born May 12, 1980 and grew up in Palermo Sicily and now lives in Los Angeles California...
  
  
• Room
• Sads
  SADS (band)
  Sads is a post-punk and glam rock band formed in Japan in 1999. The band made its debut with the single "Tokyo". They released nine singles and four albums before their disbandment in 2003. In 2010, Sads reformed with a more metal sound and signed to the Avex label...
  
  
• Sakamoto, Kyu
  Kyu Sakamoto
  was a Japanese singer and actor, best known outside of Japan for his international hit song "Sukiyaki", which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies...
  
  
• Sakura
• Sawada, Kenji
  Kenji Sawada
  , nicknamed "Julie" , also-known as vocalist for the Japanese rock band The Tigers, is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and actor. He was born in Tsunoi, Iwami , Tottori Prefecture, Japan, and raised in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto at age 3...
  
  
• Sex Machineguns
  Sex Machineguns
  Sex Machineguns is a Japanese speed metal band formed in 1983. Their music is characterized by a heavy focus on bass as well as extremely fast guitar and bass solos...
  
  
• Shazna
  Shazna
  Shazna was a Japanese visual kei rock band originally active from 1993 to 2000. The band started on the relatively harder side of rock, but upon signing to a major label switched to a softer more pop sound. They became one of the most popular visual kei bands of the 1990s, together with Malice...
  
  
• Shin Seung Hun
  Shin Seung Hun
  Shin Seung Hoon is South Korean ballad singer whose popularity peaked in the 1990s. He is remembered as one of the most important figures in South Korean pop music scene....
  
  
• Sion
• Show-Ya
• Sister Q
• Something Else
  Something Else (band)
  Something Else was a Japanese male folk band from Kashiwa consisting of members Nobutaka Okubo, Daisuke Ito and Chihiro Imai. Originally formed as Exit Line in 1994, they later changed their name to Something Else....
  
  
• Sophia
  Sophia (rock band)
  SOPHIA is a Japanese rock band formed in 1994 by vocalist Mitsuru Matsuoka, guitarist Kazutaka Toyota, bassist Yoshio Kuroyanagi, drummer Yoshitomo Akamatsu and keyboardist Keiichi Miyako. They made their major debut in 1995....
  
  
• Springs
• Super Bell"z
• Super Butter Dog
• Takamiya, Maki
• Terao, Akira
  Akira Terao
  is Japanese musician and movie actor.-Career:In 1966, he debuted as a bassist of Group Sounds band, The Savage. As an actor, he debuted as Kenichi in Chikadô no taiyô made, a film directed by Kei Kumai in 1968....
  
  
• Three Nation
• Tougi, Hideki
• Tokyo 60Watts
• Uchoten
  Uchoten
  Uchoten were a Japanese new wave band, active in the 1980s and early 1990s. They formed in 1982 and disbanded in 1991, after releasing eight studio albums and two live albums.-History:...
  
  
• Uehara, Nami
• Ueki, Hitoshi
  Hitoshi Ueki
  was a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist. He won six awards for acting. His film credits stretch from 1960 to 1995.Ueki came to fame through the comic jazz-band The Crazy Cats led by Hajime Hana...
  
  
• Ulfuls
  Ulfuls
  is a Japanese rock band from Osaka. The band name Ulfuls is derived from a misreading of the word "soulful," found on the cover of one of the band members' favorite records...
  
  
  • Matsumoto, Tortoise
    Tortoise Matsumoto
    Tortoise Matsumoto is the lead singer of the Japanese guitar group, Ulfuls. He has also had a couple of acting roles in TV dramas, starting with Namida o Fuite in 2000.Trigun character Nicholas D. Wolfwood is modeled after him.-References:...
    
    
• Vow Wow
  Vow Wow
  is an influential hard rock band formed in 1975 in Japan.- 1975–1983: Bow Wow :Formed by guitarist and vocalist Kyoji Yamamoto in 1975, with guitarist Mitsuhiro Saito, bassist Kenji Sano and drummer Toshihiro Niimi, Bow Wow soon signed to Victor and released their self-titled debut a year later. In...
  
  
• Wands
  Wands (band)
  was a Japanese rock band formed in 1991 as a three-member group. The band, throughout nine years of activity, had two vocalists, guitarists and keyboardists. Show Wesugi , Hiroshi Shibasaki , Kousuke Oshima are the original member of the band. Shinya Kimura joined them after Oshima separate early...
  
  
• Yaida, Hitomi
  Hitomi Yaida
  born July 28, 1978 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan is a Japanese pop/folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. She often goes by the nickname Yaiko. Her musical style is often called "heart rock" by her fans. Yaida is an established musical artist in Japan and has also had minor club hits in the United...
  
  
• Yakko for Aquarius
• Yakushimaru, Hiroko
  Hiroko Yakushimaru
  is a Japanese actress and vocalist.After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who made debut after a similar process, she was often described as one of "Kadokawa Sannimusume" in her early...
  
  
• Yamadera, Kōichi
  Koichi Yamadera
  is a Japanese voice actor, actor, tarento, narrator, master of ceremonies and impressionist from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school, and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's...
  
  
• Yamashita, Kumiko
• Yasuda, Kazuha
• Yato, Yuria
• Yazawa, Eikichi
  Eikichi Yazawa
  is an influential Japanese singer-songwriter, and important figure in Japanese popular music.Yoko Yazawa of The Generous is his daughter.-Biography:...
  
  
• Yusa, Mimori
  Mimori Yusa
  , , is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Although she has had a very prolific career, Yusa achieved only minor popularity in Japan until very recently when her song newest song, "Kuro", was featured on the popular NHK television program Minna no Uta from December 2005 until January 2006...
  
  
• Zeppet Store
  ZEPPET STORE
  Zeppet Store was a Japanese rock band, discovered by X Japan guitarist hide and signed to his label LEMONed in 1996. Formed in 1989 as a three piece by vocalist and guitarist Seizi Kimura, guitarist Makoto Gomi and bassist Yuichi Nakamura, soon after drummer Eiki Yanagita joined. Makoto Gomi left...
  
  

External links

• EMI Music Japan 50th Anniversary Site