Favorite Japanese Artist / Band

**Kaiizu** · 07-04-2008, 04:42 PM

What is your favorite Japanese Artist / Band?? Favorite song?

Artist: YUI - Yes I have all of her songs on my ipod and I listen to them while I Draw... Get off my ass about it k?

Band: Back-on, probably. besides the fact that they are the artists of my favotire song (chain) but most of there songs are really catchy plus, i love the english lyrics.

**jingettey** · 07-04-2008, 04:47 PM

yay!

i lurb YUI too.

singer would have to be: Utada Hikaru <33 and Mizuki Nana

band? Ali Project.. they're not really a band though.. more like duo. and UVERworld.

me lieks ai ta kokoro and colours of the heart by UVERworld, almost everything by Hikki (Utada Hikaru) and Ali Project.

The ending of Rosario + Vampire was awesome, too. btw, it's by Mizuki Nana, who's ALSO the seiyuu for Moka. whee~

**Brandonel1** · 07-04-2008, 04:48 PM

rise by Yoko kanno sung by origa basically the longer version of the GITS opening theme

**Kaiizu** · 07-04-2008, 04:51 PM

Utada Hikaru .... Sounds familiar ... wait isn't she the one that sung both kingdom hearts themes?

**jingettey** · 07-04-2008, 04:56 PM

yesh. passion/sanctuary and hikari.

**Kaiizu** · 07-04-2008, 05:05 PM

I like her as well, I don't have many songs but I have some.

**jingettey** · 07-04-2008, 05:18 PM

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Hikaru Utada (宇多田ヒカル, Utada Hikaru?, born January 19, 1983), also known by her fans as Hikki (ヒッキー, Hikkī?), is a third culture singer-songwriter, arranger and record producer in Japan. She is well-known internationally for her two theme song contributions to Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts video game series.

Utada's first official Japanese album First Love became the best-selling album of all time in Japan with over 7.65 million copies sold to date in Japan alone (10.056 million worldwide to date), cementing her status in the music industry in Japan. The release of her later works only help her reign as one of Japan's top artist, with three of her Japanese studio albums being rank in the Top 10 all-time best-selling albums in Japan ranking (#1, #4, #8). She has had 12 #1 hits to date on the Oricon Singles chart, with a record five of them being million-sellers and four placing in the Top 100 List of Japan's All-Time Best-selling Singles (the former record for a female solo or group artist she has tied with Namie Amuro, Pink Lady, and Ayumi Hamasaki ).

In addition, Utada has won the Nihon Golden Disk "Song of the Year" award for fourteen of her singles since 2000 and has won the Golden Disc "Pop/Rock Album of the Year" award for all four of her Japanese studio albums. In 2003, Utada was ranked the #24 Japanese pop artist in its survey of "Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists of All Time" by HMV, and #10 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time" in 2006.

In 2007, her single "Flavor Of Life" reached #2 in worldwide digital download yearly single chart with over 7.2 million downloads (the only non-American artist to hold such a distinction), and she sold a total of 12 million digital ringtones and songs in that same year, making her the first artist ever to have this many digital sales in a year's time.

she ish AWESOME. i'll stop now, in case this becomes a hikki discussion lmao

**Poparteeb** · 07-04-2008, 10:34 PM

me likes

Artist: Jyukai, u kno that song duo who sings Hikari, Anata ga ita Mori for fate/stay night etc.

Band: This obviously has to be L'arc~en~ciel cmon, they are pure pwnage

**TakKi** · 07-05-2008, 07:33 AM

I don't really listen to much japanese music, but my favorite artist is definitely SNoW/Yukie.
Her growing up in a bilingual environment makes for some awesome songs. Perfect English and Japanese. (Best english I've heard in any japanese songs, to be honest.. lol

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**Urahara12** · 07-05-2008, 09:34 AM

Back on are awesome (and im not normally into the rock thing lol)
Ayumi Hamasaki is pretty good aswell

**jingettey** · 07-05-2008, 09:56 AM

do like.. composers count as artists?(im not sure if "composer" is the word. lmao)

if so.. Nobuo Uematsu (FFVII: Advent Children) and Mitsumune Shinkichi (Rozen Maiden. Rozen Maiden: Traumend, Zero no Tsukaima, Zero no Tsukaima, Futatsuki no Kishi) ish also <33

**Raian** · 07-05-2008, 01:05 PM

I love so many xD
Teriyaki Boyz are cool, SunLit Swish are great, Dir En Grey rocks but the ones i think are the really best must be The Gazette i think ^^ If i cant choose a group for best, i'll take Rikki

**Starstreaker** · 07-07-2008, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Raian

I love so many xD
Teriyaki Boyz are cool, SunLit Swish are great, Dir En Grey rocks but the ones i think are the really best must be The Gazette i think ^^ If i cant choose a group for best, i'll take Rikki

omg i think you have great taste for sunlit swish!
Though for me I personally can't choose as its a choice betwenn ONE OK ROCK and Home Made Kozuka (kazuko) as their music really is brilliant

**Raian** · 07-07-2008, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Starstreaker

omg i think you have great taste for sunlit swish!
Though for me I personally can't choose as its a choice betwenn ONE OK ROCK and Home Made Kozuka (kazuko) as their music really is brilliant

Ok, i love your taste of music too

I can never really pick from my long list of favourite artists >.<
And yes, they are indeed brilliant =^_^=

**FallOutXDisco** · 07-07-2008, 08:44 PM

I have to agree with Jing: Utada Hikaru for singer.
For bands: I like wayyyy too many- Dir En Grey, L'Arc~En~Ciel, The GazettE, Miyavi (Not really a band), 12012, ONE OK ROCK, Orange Range, UVERworld, Asian Kung Fu Generation, Maximum the Hormone, and Alice Nine. Those are a few of my favorites.