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Batten Showjo Tai
Japanese idol group
Rats & Star
Japanese male blackface pop group that specialized in doo-wop-influenced music
Buzy
Japanese musical group
Babyraids Japan
Japanese girl group
Z-1
band
EARTH
short-lived Japanese vocal trio (2000–2001)
doa
Japanese rock band
Athena & Robikerottsu
band
Prizmmy
was a Japanese girl group formed by Avex Pictures in 2012. The group debuted through the Pretty Rhythm anime series, where they hosted the live-action segments in each episode and later released their first song, "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy", on 16 March 2012 as one of the ending theme songs to Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream. Fictionalized versions of themselves appeared as the main cast of Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future to promote their activities.
Osaka Performance Doll
Japanese band
Up Up Girls kakko Kari
Japanese female idol group
RSP
Japanese popular music and dance group
Project.R
are a Japanese musical ensemble established by Nippon Columbia and Toei Company to perform on the soundtracks for the Super Sentai Series beginning with Engine Sentai Go-onger.
Dorothy Little Happy
Japanese band
Aice5
is an all-female Japanese pop group that comprises five voice actresses: Yui Horie, Chiaki Takahashi, Akemi Kanda, Masumi Asano and Madoka Kimura. Yui Horie founded the group on October 29, 2005. Two of the songs they produced, "Yūjō Monogatari" and "Love Power" were featured as the ending theme of the anime series Inukami! and the opening theme of the anime series Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru respectively. The songs "Eternity" and "Brand New Day" were used in the anime Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan as well. The group was officially disbanded as of September 20, 2007 on Yui Horie's thirty-firs
Rock A Japonica
Japanese idol group
Exile The Second
J-pop band
Issue
Japanese girl group
Hi-Fi Un!corn
Japanese boy band
ZOC
ZOCX, formerly known as ZOC (ゾック; Zone Out of Control) and Metamuse (メタミューズ; stylized in all caps), is a Japanese alternative idol co-ed group that formed in September 2018. Originally a girl group, they released their debut single, "Family Name", on April 30, 2019. On July 7, 2022, the group changed its name to Metamuse, before reverting back to ZOC on November 11, 2023. ZOC suspended group activities at the end of March 2024. On January 1, 2025, the group re-formed as ZOCX and became a co-ed group.
Ribbon
Japanese idol group (1989-)
Manish
Japanese pop band (1992 - 1996)
DXTEEN
is a Japanese boy band formed in 2023 by Lapone Entertainment, a joint venture between Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ ENM. The group is composed of six members: Taichi Taniguchi, Ayuta Fukuda, Koshin Terao, Nalu Okubo, Ken Hiramoto, and Shotaro Tanaka. They are the first group under Lapone that was not formed through a survival show.
Nyangilas
is a Japanese idol Jpop band created in 1986 as a four-member sub-group Onyanko Club.
19
Japanese pop/folk music duo
Ushirogami Hikaretai
Japanese musical group
bump.y
bump.y is a girl idol group, founded in 2009 by .
Twill
band that plays pop music
Ego-Wrappin'
Ego-Wrappin (stylised as EGO-WRAPPIN) is a Japanese jazz and rock musical duo, composed of vocalist Yoshie Nakano and guitarist Masaki Mori. The group formed in Osaka in 1996, releasing their debut album Blue Speaker in 1998. The band gained national recognition with their cabaret and kayōkyoku inspired song "Midnight Dejavu (Shikisai no Blues)" (2000).
bless4
bless4 is a Japanese vocal ensemble from the United States consisting of four siblings from the Kawamitsu family. Youngest sister Akino has her own solo musical career, and youngest brother Aiki has also released a solo single (with eldest brother Akashi arranging) to accompany his book.
D&D
Japanese Eurobeat idol group
Zoo
Japanese pop music band formed in 1989
Rosy Chronicle
Japanese idol group
Travis Japan
Japanese pop music group
J-Friends
J-FRIENDS was a special unit made up of Johnny & Associates groups TOKIO, V6, and KinKi Kids. It was formed in 1997 to raise money for schools affected by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. Until their disbandment in 2003 they were able to release 6 singles and held some charity concerts and events. In the end they were able to donate 836,951,855 yen.
Shonentai
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.
Afilia Saga
Japanese female vocal group
Nice Girl Project!
joint musical project
PiKi
PiKi is a Japanese idol duo affiliated with Asobisystem. Composed of Fruits Zipper member and Cutie Street member , they are known for the 2025 song "Kawaii Kaiwai", the ending theme for the second season of the anime adaptation of My Dress-Up Darling. ==History== and are both members of Asobisystem's Kawaii Lab. idol project, with Matsumoto part of Fruits Zipper and Sakuraba part of Cutie Street. The duo later became known among fans under the nickname "Parurentan", a portmanteau of their fandom nicknames, and they appeared together on the cover of 's 62nd issue, released in September 2024;
OCTPATH
Octpath (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese boy band consisting of eight members. They debuted with the single, "It's a Bop" in February 2022.
Vanilla Mood
Japanese trio (2003-)
Wolf Howl Harmony from Exile Tribe
Japanese musical group; idol boy band
Jinsei Blues/Seishun Night
2019 single by Morning Musume
StylipS
Stylips (stylized as StylipS) is a Japanese pop idol group, specialized in performing anime soundtracks.
STARMARIE
Starmarie (スターマリー, stylized as STARMARIE) are a Japanese Idol Group consisting of Nozomi Kishita, Shino Takamori, Monya Nakane, Hiroka Matsuzaki and Kaede Watanabe. Formed in July 2008 as a three-member idol group under M-SMILE, they have since become a five-member group. The group is famous for performing theme music for anime such as Cardfight!! Vanguard G and Onigiri.