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

  1. Ayumi Hamasaki — Japanese Singer (Born 1978) , ranked #3062
  2. Gackt — Japanese Singer (Born 1973) , ranked #4218
  3. Joe Hisaishi — Japanese Composer (Born 1950) , ranked #4703
  4. Megumi Hayashibara — Japanese Singer (Born 1967) , ranked #5603
  5. Tadanobu Asano — Japanese Guitar (Born 1973) , ranked #6435
  6. Yoko Kanno — Japanese Composer (Born 1964) , ranked #9407
  7. Yoshiki (musician) — Japanese Drummer (Born 1965) , ranked #9763
  8. Kitarō — Japanese Composer (Born 1953) , ranked #10159
  9. Ko Shibasaki — Japanese Singer (Born 1981) , ranked #11542
  10. Isao Tomita — Japanese Composer (1932–2016) , ranked #13105
  11. Yoshiko Yamaguchi — Japanese Singer (1920–2014) , ranked #13490
  12. Jin Akanishi — Japanese Singer (Born 1984) , ranked #13851
  13. Kazunari Ninomiya — Japanese Singer (Born 1983) , ranked #14927
  14. Hiromi Uehara — Japanese Composer (Born 1979) , ranked #16138
  15. Miyoshi Umeki — Japanese Singer (1929–2007) , ranked #16430
  16. Atsuko Maeda — Japanese Singer (Born 1991) , ranked #18574
  17. LiSA (Japanese musician (Born 1987)) — Japanese Singer (Born 1987) , ranked #19364
  18. Tsunku — Japanese Guitar (Born 1968) , ranked #20543
  19. Yasunori Mitsuda — Japanese Composer (Born 1972) , ranked #20939
  20. Sho Sakurai — Japanese Singer (Born 1982) , ranked #21336