Japanese musical trios

Japanese female idol trio

, stylized in all caps, is a Japanese kawaii metal band formed in Tokyo in 2010. It consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal" (lead vocals, dancing), Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" (backing vocals, dancing), and Momoko Okazaki as "Momometal" (backing vocals, dancing). The band is produced by Kobametal from the talent agency Amuse Inc. Their vocals are backed by instrumentation performed by a group of session musicians known as the "Kami Band".

Japanese electronic music band

Japanese music group

is a Japanese vocal group formed by composer Yuki Kajiura in 2007, mainly to perform theme songs for the anime The Garden of Sinners, but later expanded to include many other theme songs for other anime shows and films including the Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Black Butler, The Heroic Legend of Arslan and Fate/stay night franchises. They released five albums that have charted in the top 10 for Oricon. Kalafina disbanded in 2019, but regrouped on October 3, 2024.

Japanese experimental band

MiSaMo (; stylized in all caps) is the first sub-unit of the South Korean girl group Twice formed by JYP Entertainment. The group consists of Twice's Japanese members, Momo, Sana, and Mina. They debuted in 2023 with the extended play Masterpiece.

was a Japanese pop rock band that formed in Okinawa, Japan, in 2007 and disbanded in 2012. The three-girl band consisted of Aimi Haraguni (lead vocals and guitar), Nohana Kitajima (bass guitar), and Shiho Yamanoha (drums). They were signed to the Sony Records music label. The band released 11 singles and three studio albums.

Buono! was a subgroup of the Japanese girl groups Berryz Kobo and Cute, formed in 2007 by Up-Front Promotion and associated with Hello! Project. The members consisted of Momoko Tsugunaga and Miyabi Natsuyaki from Berryz Kobo, and Airi Suzuki from Cute. Their vocals were backed by the band Dolce, which formerly went under name Busters! in 2008.

Japanese musical group; garage rock trio from Tokyo

Japanese musical group

Japanese musical group

Japanese rock band from Nagasaki (1987-)

Japanese musical group; alternative rock band

was a Japanese girl group under Hello! Project.

thumb|Akiko Fukuoka & Eriko Hashimoto performing live, 2011. '''''' was a three-piece all-female rock band which consisted of Eriko Hashimoto (guitar, vocals), Akiko Fukuoka (bass, chorus), and formerly Kumiko Takahashi (drums, chorus) who are from Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, Japan.

Japanese rock band

band from Japan

is an inactive three-member girl group spun off from AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group is commonly referred as no3b, a stylized version of the group's name, which is a wasei-eigo term for sleeveless clothes. While the group has been inactive since 2013, it has not officially disbanded.

KANA-BOON (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2008. They made their major debut with Ki/oon Music in 2013. Ever since, they've had four albums reach the top ten on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, with Doppel being their best-charting album, reaching the third place on the chart. They have also had five singles reach the top ten on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, with being their best-charting single, reaching the sixth place on the chart. Three of their singles have been used in the Naruto franchise, with "Silhouette" being used as the 16th Naruto: Shippuden opening theme

Japanese pop band

Japanese three-piece rock band

Japanese rock band

Japanese pop band

is a Japanese three-piece punk rock band from Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan, formed in 1998. The band released their first album when the members were 19. In 2001, despite low media attention, they produced a commercially-prominent second album Message, which eventually sold over two million record copies. Due to the success of the album the musicians were offered label deals from several major labels and an invitation to participate at the Kōhaku Uta Gassen which the band declined to stay independent.

Japanese musical group; rock band (1973-)

Japanese band

was a one-shot Hello! Project group, similar to the Hello! Project shuffle units, that released one single called "Shall We Love?".

Japanese three-piece band

is a Japanese rock band formed in 1997 in Kyoto, signed to Universal Music Japan and managed by Badass. Their music styles are mix of rock, punk, heavy metal, reggae, hip-hop, guitar pop and bossa nova.

is a Japanese all-female band.

Japanese rock band

Shazna (stylized as SHAZNA) is a Japanese visual kei rock band originally active from 1993 to 2000. Originally having a strong gothic/post-punk influence, the band's sound greatly shifted to a more new wave direction by 1996. At their peak in the mid-to-late 1990s, they were considered one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of visual kei" alongside La'cryma Christi, Malice Mizer and Fanatic Crisis. Their 1998 major label debut album Gold Sun and Silver Moon reached the number two position on the Oricon chart, sold over a million copies and was named "Rock Album of the Year" at the Japan Gold Disc Awa

Japanese band

girl group

Japanese rock band

sub-unit of Japanese girl group AKB48

Japanese visual kei experimental rock band

Japanese indie band

is a Japanese alternative rock band formed by Moeka Shiotsuka (vocals, guitar, songwriting) and Yurika Kasai (bass). Drummer Hiroa Fukuda joined in 2015, until his departure 10 years later.

Japanese band

Japanese boy band

Japanese extreme metal band

Japanese rock band

thrash metal band from Japan

Japanese alternative rock band

Japanese musical group

is a Japanese punk rock band from Kumamoto, Japan that formed in 2010. They were signed to Pizza of Death Records in 2014.

Japanese black metal band

Japanese rock trio formed in 2011 in Osaka

thumb|Urbangarde performing live at Toulouse Game Show in 2012 is a Japanese band active since 2002. Based in Tokyo, the current lineup consists of Yoko Hamasaki, also known as Yokotan (vocals), Temma Matsunaga, also known as Tenma (vocals) and Kei Okubo (keyboards). Former members include guitarist Zeze Shin, known as Shinsama, drummer Kyoichi Kagiyama, known as Kyouchan, and Kei Yachimura, known as Yashi, who was a keyboardist during the band's early stages.

Japanese alternative rock band

Japanese rock band

Japanese rock band (1987-2000)

Japanese visual kei rock band

Japanese visual kei rock band

Japanese musical group; rock band

was a three-member Japanese boy band created by entertainment company Johnny & Associates, now rebranded to Starto Entertainment. They debuted on December 12, 1985. They were one of Japan's leading Japanese idol groups of the 1980s. The group led the annual musical Playzone from 1986 to 2008 for about 957 performances with a total attendance of over 1.38 million people over the course of 22 years.

Japanese visual kei band

Japanese rock band