Just curious to see how many people here actually listen to Japanese music other than songs used for soundtracks, intros, and outros :P.

My favorite bands/artists would be, in no particular order:

1. Orange Range
2. HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
3. YUI
4. Home Made Kazoku
5. Flow/L'Arc~en~Ciel

The Pillows are also pretty good :P.

-JE-

My Fav 5 are:

1: The Pillows
2: Miyavi
3: FLOW
4: Home Made Kazoku
5: Orange Range

• Orange Range
• FLOW
• Home Made Kazoku
• nobodyknow+
• STANCE PUNKS
• Sambomaster
• Little by little
• The Pillows

Ooh, right, Sambomaster's a good one :P.

-JE-

No particular order.

FLOW

Sambomaster

The Pillows

Asian Kung-fu Generation

There's more but I don't feel like typing them all. :P

I used to like AFKG a lot more than I do now. I still like them, but just not as much lol.

Nobodyknows+ is a really good band. I got a couple songs by them recently, and they have one that's really good called What's Going On. It's really catchy :P.

-JE-

1.) myco
2.) Orange Range
3.) THE*SCANTY
4.) BOA
5.) Yoppy

AFKG
L'Arc~en~Ciel
FLOW
STANCE PUNKS
Orange Range
The Black Mages

Am I the only TBM fan here?

I like flow, asian kungfu generation the pillows and L'Arc~en~Ciel and Ai otsuka....xD

1. Maximum the Hormone
2. KOTOKO
3. Aice5
4. Ali Project
5. UVERworld

I find it funny how all my top five favourite Japanese bands/artists have completely different sounding music. Maximum the Hormone is more on the heavy metal side, while Aice5 is moreso a bridge between J-pop and J-rock. KOTOKO adds techno into the mixture and UVERworld is one of the many Orange Range-esque bands. Ali Project has more of a gothic feel to it.

Asian Kung Fu Generation FTW!

For me Its visual kei. I cant get enough of Alice nine and The Gazette. And miyavi. Luv em.

There is this band called Shanadoo. They sing in English but their style and songs are completely related to Japan and it's just there for some good mood!