62 entries. A source-linked selection of Japanese popular music. Albums, compositions, recordings, release editions and ordered tracks are distinct entries; the entry count is not a count of unique songs.
Musician who made her solo debut with JAPANESE GIRL in 1976, working across songwriting, piano performance, and many collaborations.
ArtistsA leading Japanese pop and kayōkyoku singer whose selected 1980s album tracks connect directly to City Pop’s writers and arrangers. This is a focused crossover route through her catalog, not a genre label for her entire career.
ArtistsSinger-songwriter from Kyoto, debuted with Meiso in 1976; explored through MIND DROPS and the relationship between writing and collaboration.
ArtistsExplore Anri through Heaven Beach and Timely!!.
ArtistsSinger, composer and lyricist whose work spans solo records, songs for Miho Nakayama and backing vocals in Tatsuro Yamashita’s live band.
ArtistsSinger and producer represented by A LONG VACATION and EACH TIME.
ArtistsVerified roles in this selection: performance.
ArtistsGuitarist, singer, composer and arranger whose collaborative work spans SHOGUN, AB’S and solo records.
ArtistsKazemachi Roman provides early-1970s historical context.
ArtistsHis 1970s solo records appear here as broader historical context.
ArtistsExplore a kayōkyoku and urban-pop intersection through WISH.
ArtistsDebuted with Amadare in 1974, connecting kayokyoku and folk; this atlas enters her album work through 1977’s COQUETTISH.
ArtistsSinger, keyboardist, composer and recording craftsman whose solo album debut was Super Market in 1976.
ArtistsReleased NEXT DOOR and SEXY ROBOT in 1983.
ArtistsSendai singer and drummer who made his recording debut with Ame no Regret in 1982.
ArtistsRepresented here by MAGICAL, a collection featuring A LOVE AFFAIR.
ArtistsSinger and actress who made her recording debut in 1973; her work spans television idol pop, writer-led albums and 1981’s My Dear.
ArtistsHer FULL MOON includes Tasogare no BAY CITY.
ArtistsVerified roles in this selection: performance, lyrics.
ArtistsPop singer who debuted with Yasashii Tokai in 1979 and worked with Masamichi Sugi and Eiichi Ohtaki.
ArtistsYokohama singer-songwriter who debuted with the Shigeru Suzuki-produced STYLE in 1988 and formed Quelqu’un with Haruo Kubota in 1991.
ArtistsKyoto-born jazz vocalist whose club experience and collaborations connect jazz, fusion and soul; BUTTERFLY is this atlas’s point of entry.
ArtistsSinger, bassist and composer who began with Craft, participated in launching AIR RECORDS and issued his solo debut in 1980.
ArtistsSinger and songwriter who debuted with Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe in 1983 and began a solo career in 1986.
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