Most Famous Japanese Musicians
Japan has produced 136 notable musicians throughout history, led by Ayumi Hamasaki. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Top Ranked
- Ayumi Hamasaki — Japanese Singer (Born 1978) , ranked #3062
- Gackt — Japanese Singer (Born 1973) , ranked #4218
- Joe Hisaishi — Japanese Composer (Born 1950) , ranked #4703
- Megumi Hayashibara — Japanese Singer (Born 1967) , ranked #5603
- Tadanobu Asano — Japanese Guitar (Born 1973) , ranked #6435
- Yoko Kanno — Japanese Composer (Born 1964) , ranked #9407
- Yoshiki (musician) — Japanese Drummer (Born 1965) , ranked #9763
- Kitarō — Japanese Composer (Born 1953) , ranked #10159
- Ko Shibasaki — Japanese Singer (Born 1981) , ranked #11542
- Isao Tomita — Japanese Composer (1932–2016) , ranked #13105
- Yoshiko Yamaguchi — Japanese Singer (1920–2014) , ranked #13490
- Jin Akanishi — Japanese Singer (Born 1984) , ranked #13851
- Kazunari Ninomiya — Japanese Singer (Born 1983) , ranked #14927
- Hiromi Uehara — Japanese Composer (Born 1979) , ranked #16138
- Miyoshi Umeki — Japanese Singer (1929–2007) , ranked #16430
- Atsuko Maeda — Japanese Singer (Born 1991) , ranked #18574
- LiSA (Japanese musician (Born 1987)) — Japanese Singer (Born 1987) , ranked #19364
- Tsunku — Japanese Guitar (Born 1968) , ranked #20543
- Yasunori Mitsuda — Japanese Composer (Born 1972) , ranked #20939
- Sho Sakurai — Japanese Singer (Born 1982) , ranked #21336