Top 10 Best Japanese Singers of All Time
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Best singer of all time! The voice of two singers was so great in history, Michael Jackson from male singers and Aoi Teshima from female singers. You must listen to her voice!
I love his "Junk Land" song. It's a masterpiece, no doubt.
Just great. He describes Junk Land!
Utada Hikaru, who has also gone by Hikaru Utada and the mononym Utada, is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and producer. Literally, all her songs are epic. Personally, her 1999 album "First Love" is my favorite. I can listen to it on heavy rotation.
She is really good and has a good voice too!
Ayumi will always sound like Ayumi, and for that fact, I love her. However, none of the girls on this list come even close to the energy and power she puts into a performance. Best singer? I mean, that all depends on what you want. For me, I can't stop watching Ayu sing.
I love his voice so much, and his style is so cool. He is a genius. He can sing, dance, and draw animate.
Sweet and deep voice. His voice can mix well with so many genres. He is pure talent. I just love his voice. He produces his own songs and has given us songs that outshine Jpop itself.
He's a living masterpiece. I can't stop loving him and his amazing music.
Re:frain, One, Rokutousei no Yoru, Zero, almost all of her songs are amazing. If you don't listen to her songs, you are missing something in your life.
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Miki Matsubara (November 28, 1959 - October 7, 2004) was a Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer from Kishiwada, Osaka, Japan. She is best known for her 1979 hit song Mayonaka no Door ~ Stay With Me, which gained renewed popularity in recent years thanks to social media platforms like TikTok.
Mariya Takeuchi (竹内まりや) (born March 20, 1955) is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. She is best known internationally for her 1984 city pop hit "Plastic Love," which saw a resurgence in popularity in the 2010s due to internet sharing and YouTube algorithms... read more
My first favorite singer in Japan, though I liked Pink Lady and Momoe Yamaguchi a lot. She took the diversity of sound and feeling in her music and melded it with a dynamic stage presence and a sense that she was releasing her emotions in real life through her music. She has the best low register and vibrato of any female singer I have ever heard.
Best Japanese singer of all time. I don't understand why she is 13 on this list. This list is based on one person's opinion.
I saw him at a concert in September with his solo career! He never fails to completely impress me. Not to mention that his English is amazing, too!
Gakuto Oshiro (大城 ガクト Ōshiro Gakuto, born July 4, 1973), better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He has been active since 1993, first as the frontman of the short-lived independent band Cains:Feel, and then for... read more Second best after Ryuichi Kawamura, I'd say.
Amazing songs, so much emotion. Love her passion and her voice.
Kiriko Takemura, better known as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, is a Japanese fashion model and singer. She is best known for her songs: PONPONPON, Ninja Re Bang Bang, and Kira Kira Killer.
She has such a sweet, cute voice.