Great japanese singers and bands
 

these are really good

1. Back-on
2. Michi
3. Koda kumi
4. Abingdon boys school
:tongue:

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Utada Hikaru
Stereopony
UVERworld
Le Arc En Ciel
Asian Kung Fu Generation
The Brilliant Green (Just 1 song)
Tommy Heavenly
YUI
Yui Horie
Kalafina
Yuki Kujiura
Itou Kanoko
The Indigo
TM Revolution
Marble
Buono
Chihara Minori
Hirano Aya
Fiction Junction
See Saw
RoundTable
Scandal
Elisa
Do as Infinity
Fripside
Nana Mizuki
Inoue Marina
Aki Toyosaki / Hisaka Yoko
Porno Graffiti
Lia
Megumi Nakajima
May'n
Savage Genious
Angela
Flow
Ali Project
Chiwa Saito
Supercell
Ikkimonogatari
Boom Boom Satalites
Euphonious
Rock Chalk
Strawberry Jam (just 1 song)
Little Non
Kylee
Chiaki Ishikawa
Orange Range
Shisuka Itou
Mell
Meg Rock
Yuna Itou (mainly just a couple songs)
Aqua Timez
Beat Crusaders
High and Mighty Color (both singers are good)
Rie Fu
Access (just a couple songs)
Rie Kugimiya
Halcali
Stance Punks
Kotoko
BforU
Yuria
Origa
Lena Park
Oliva & Nana
Jinn
Nirgilis
Yoko Kanno
Joe Hisashi

And finally,
Nobou Uematsu

Are probably my favorite artists/bands/composers

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Alice Nine

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M.O.V.E.

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Sound Horizon and anything Yuki Kajiura has been involved with.

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Seki Tomokazu =B

O__o Gackt isn't listed yet? I'm not even a fan, but come on!

The Pillows

KAT-TUN

Weiss

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Kalafina, just for being awesome

Crow's Claw, for producing awesome cover tracks.

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Namie Amuro, anyone? :D

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The Back Horn. Also Maximum the Hormone.

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Wow...... Ill look into it. O.O

Re: Great japanese singers and bands
 

That is quite an extensive list, and already includes half of my J-Pop collection. Some notable artists you're missing (in my opinion) are Suara, Haruko Momoi, Mami Kawada, and Masami Okui. Of the ones you listed, my favorites are Minori Chihara, Elisa, Yui Horie, Lia, and Utada Hikaru.

I'm actually looking for more artists I might enjoy. Specifically, I like good music better than anything else - a great voice is an obvious plus, but not necessary. However, an annoying voice (think Aya Hirano) can ruin songs IMO. I've also yet to find a male J-Pop artist I really like, most of their voices I personally find annoying. If you have any suggestions for me based on what I said I liked, please tell me!