I'm just curious, I want to broaden my musical horizons.
2006-11-14 05:55:30 · 17 answers · asked by hawaiian_shorts91 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
No metal. I'm very open-minded, but metal is one of the exceptions to my musical taste. So is classical and techno.
2006-11-14 06:03:26 · update #1
Yutada Hikaru! She rocks! She's extremely popular in Japan, too. You should listen to the "Kingdom Hearts" soundtrack, she sings the songs for the game. So cool.
2006-11-14 06:04:08 · answer #1 · answered by Olalalala 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're into Indie/Rock music, Shonen Knife are a good band who've been round since the early 90s - they had a new album out in about 2003, though I can't remember its title. For the more traditional Japanese ballad, look up Noriko - she lives in England and produces her own albums of traditional Japanese Folk songs. She was also responsible for providing the vocal accompaniment for the 'Song For Japan' on some Daytime TV show like This Morning in the late 1990s.
2006-11-14 14:54:29 · answer #2 · answered by MoonCalf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Minoru Niihara. He's from the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness.
2006-11-14 14:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by Wiley 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 2-4-6-8s.
2006-11-14 14:04:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
William Hung
2006-11-14 14:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by Emilee :^) 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Taka Michinoku
2006-11-14 15:16:18 · answer #6 · answered by Dominique(G-9) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know new artists but popular artists when I was growing up (I'm originally from Japan) were:
Southern All Stars (Elie, My Love is their original)
http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-64/artist_name-southern_all_stars
Hound Dog (My friend plays drum in the band. You might know Eikichi Yazawa, the vocal)
http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-74/artist_name-eikichi_yazawa/
YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra. You might know Ryuich Sakamoto)
http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-66/artist_name-yellow_magic_orchestra/
Hiromi Iwasaki (She is a very good singer. She is from my community.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96z5TQrhrDM
(Second person come on the stage is her)
Alphy (My sister went to school with the lead vocal.)
Chiharu Matsuyama
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Crystal King (The vocal has very wide range.)
T-BOLAN
Chage & Aska
http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-139/artist_name-chage_and_aska/
My favourite Japanese song writer is Eiichi Otaki.
2006-11-14 14:53:13 · answer #7 · answered by fortuna0820 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Terry Savaras
2006-11-14 14:19:26 · answer #8 · answered by Musicol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should try Megumi Hayashibara. She originally was a seiyuu doing anime voices and also songs. Then she started releasing full albums.
Her style is shibuyu-kei- a form of pop music which is very happy and quite bouncy.
2006-11-14 14:38:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do As Infinity Do As Infinity is a popular Japanese band
2006-11-14 13:57:58 · answer #10 · answered by crystal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋