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.
Singer and songwriter moving between ensembles and solo work, represented here through the 1977 album City Lights by the Moonlight.
Made his album debut with SEA BREEZE in 1981.
Singer and songwriter rooted in R&B and soul; began professional songwriting in 1985 and made his solo recording debut in 1986.
Composed all the songs on her debut album TRANSIT.
Singer and songwriter represented through the AOR/city-pop intersections of FRAME OF MIND and CLOSE YOUR EYES, rather than a genre claim about his entire career.
An electronic-pop context node; inclusion is not a blanket City Pop classification.
Made her singing debut with Mirai Kokai -Sailing- in 1984; NON-STOPPER anchors her dance-pop and kayokyoku presence here.
Debuted as 柏原よしえ in 1980; LUSTER’s 1984 electronic production and her later self-selected retrospective reveal the singer’s interpretive agency.
Singer-songwriter who debuted with Matenro no Heroine in 1973, working across his own recordings, film music and compositions for other singers.
A singer since Sotsugyo in 1985, also an actor and lyricist; Fumu provides the album-focused entry here.
Singer who debuted in 1984 with Mariya Takeuchi’s First Date; represented through the collaborative writing and arranging of her second album FAIRY.
Singer-songwriter who debuted in 1987, worked with Toshiki Kadomatsu on DO AWAY in 1990, and first self-produced a full album with DISCLOSE in 1994.
Singer-songwriter who debuted as Yumi Arai in 1972, also known as Yuming; this atlas focuses on her early recording collaborations.
Singer and lyricist who debuted in 1983 with the Tetsuji Hayashi-produced Relief 72 hours.
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