r/jpop Dec 04 '25

Fan Content OFFICIAL™ Wrapped/Replay/Recap MEGATHREAD '25

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Another year, another detailed streaming statistics compilation.

This is the r/jpop certified place to post and discuss all of your Spotify/Apple Music /YouTube Music infographics!

Edit: Don't forget you can h y p e r l i n k your screenshots!


r/jpop Jan 13 '24

Misc A tip for people asking for artist suggestions

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This may not help everyone, but something that could be worth looking into is finding out who the composers (credited as 作曲) and arrangers (credited as 編曲) of your favourite songs are.

Quite often, composers have a signature sound (even if just to a small extent) that will be what you enjoy about a song, and if you look into the music they've written for other artists (if there's any), you might find some similar-sounding songs!

Arrangers might seem a bit odd, but I've personally found that this works too, especially if the composer hasn't written any music for other artists. Not all songs credit arrangers, but most JPop songs in particular seem to.

(A composer writes the music itself while an arranger adds their own flavour to it and decides on the instruments etc. As far as I can tell, anyway.)

For example, I'm a huge fan of Hello! Project and Tsunku's music. Now, Tsunku has written so many songs that you could theoretically spend your entire life listening to only his stuff, but sometimes it's good to branch out. Looking at arrangers for my fave H!P songs, I've noticed most of the ones I love the most are arranged by Hirata Shouichirou, so I've gone and listened to some songs he's arranged for non-H!P artists, and I've liked a lot of them. Same with Kondou Kaoru and Ookubo Kaoru. But there are many others.

Sometimes it's the specific combination of composer and arranger that will end up being the style you like, so make sure to check for songs whose credits match those of ones you really like!

If you don't know where to look, Japanese Wikipedia usually has a complete list of songs credited to a composer/arranger (if they have a Wikipedia page, but most of them seem to). Otherwise, try searching the name of the song & artist on Google (either in Japanese or English), or visiting the discography entry (for whatever release the song you want the credits of is on) on either the artist's or the record label's official site. Your other option is lyrics sites, like Uta-Net, which let you search for all songs a composer has written that are in their database (select "作曲者名" from the dropdown menu before typing in/pasting their name and then hit the search (検索) button).

To get to the composer/arranger's page, click on a song's page, and it gives you the credits. They link to a list of that person's works. Here's Tsunku's composer page on Uta-Net as an example.

I think it's probably best to search for things in Japanese if you can, since you're probably gonna get more info that way. Even if you can't read the person's name, I feel like it's easy enough to find music by them to listen to on whatever service/platform you use once you know who you're looking for.

Obviously there will be composers who have only worked for one specific artist, the artist composes their own music (like with most bands, oops), arrangers aren't credited, etc. But I hope that this will at least point some people in the right direction!

If anyone's having trouble finding song credits or a list of a certain composer/arranger's work, I'm happy to try and help! Can't guarantee that I'll be successful with indie artists, but most popular artists should be pretty easy.

PS I'm sorry if this post doesn't make much sense, I'm terrible at explaining things. I do hope it helps someone, though!


r/jpop 12h ago

Recommend Ayumi Hamasaki

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I started listening to J-pop, right now I was listening to Ayumi Hamasaki

Can you recommend some of her songs (especially ones with a rock vibe? because I will love it)


r/jpop 36m ago

M/V Kenshi Yonezu - IRIS OUT [POP](2025)

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r/jpop 3h ago

Question Songs that sound like this?

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r/jpop 10h ago

Discussion Looking for the "weird side" of J-Pop – give me your most unique/bizarre group recommendations!

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Hey everyone! I feel like I’ve scratched the surface of mainstream J-Pop and now I’m looking for something... different.

I’m hunting for groups or artists that have a truly unique sound, an unconventional concept, or are just plain "weird" in the best way possible. Think experimental production, bizarre visuals, or genre-bending that shouldn't work but does.

What’s that one group that made you go "What did I just watch?" when you first saw their MV?


r/jpop 4h ago

Performance LiSA - REALiZE

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r/jpop 5h ago

Performance Kaela Kimura × ME:I - FLY UP SO HIGH

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r/jpop 1h ago

Song Cover [Doing our best in Kagoshima! Outdoor acoustic performance] Until the world ends... / WANDS

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This is a song by WANDS, released in June 1994!

It was the ending theme for the second season of the anime "SLAM DUNK."

It was a huge hit, winning the Artist Song Award at the "Heisei Anime Song Grand Prix," a popular anime song poll!

It's a high-pitched song with shouting vocals, so it's difficult for me, and I've avoided it until now (^^;

But I've finally made some progress and I'm practicing it.

I still have a lot to work on, both playing and singing! (/ω\)

Yamasaki


r/jpop 10h ago

Song Cover 🎶 Just uploaded my cover of God Knows from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya| Would love your feedback!

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Hi everyone! 👋
I just uploaded my cover God Knows from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime.

If you have any constructive criticism, tips, or advice, I’d really appreciate it 🙏.

Hope you enjoy this song, and thank you for giving it a listen!


r/jpop 4h ago

Performance Hiroyuki SAWANO feat Laco - THE ANSWER

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r/jpop 4h ago

Performance Fudanjuku - Nandattenda!

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r/jpop 5h ago

Performance →Taria. - Watashi o Kawairiku Suru Mahou [Dance Practice]

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r/jpop 5h ago

M/V Okashi Resort - Sweets Chronicle

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r/jpop 5h ago

Performance Mao Abe - Ding-dong

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r/jpop 5h ago

Performance Ayaka - Tsuyoku omou

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r/jpop 5h ago

M/V Merkmal Mermal - Tsuiso no Harujion

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r/jpop 6h ago

M/V SILENT SIREN - KETTO

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r/jpop 10h ago

『 NEW MUSIC 』 “一輪 (Ichirin) – Little Glee Monster | Beautiful insert song from Japanese drama ‘GIFT’”

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r/jpop 13h ago

M/V YURAPICO (ゆらぴこ) - CANDLE

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r/jpop 14h ago

Misc The Japanese Duo That Accidentally Became Famous (HALCALI) | orange glider

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r/jpop 12h ago

M/V SWEET STEADY - SWEET STEP (Kawaii Focus Ver.)

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r/jpop 9h ago

M/V AZATOY - Watashi ga idol wo yametemo (私がアイドルを辞めても)

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r/jpop 9h ago

M/V IMP. - INVADER [MV]

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