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Guide to Japanese Music | MATOKA

Whether you want to get more immersed in popular Japanese music or you need some tunes to study up on to impress your next date at karaoke, these songs and artists will help you assimilate with Japanese music. A lot of popular music appears as anime ...

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Kenshi Yonezu

Yoasobi

Fujii Kaze

Official Higa Dandism

Vaundy

Kenshi Yonezu

Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師, Yonezu Kenshi) is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and illustrator who began releasing Vocaloid music under the stage name Hachi (ハチ) in 2009. In 2012, he debuted under his real name, releasing music with ...

Lemon was featured as the theme song for the TV series Unnatural. If you haven't seen the MV for this video, it's a must watch on YouTube! It was also one of the songs that got me into Kenshi!

Lemon

Yonezu wrote this song for the Tokyo Metro to be used in it's 2014 commercial campaign. But I got addicted to this song and it became a must on my playlist.

アイネクライネ

Kenshi's song, Electric Shock, is another one of his most popular songs with jazzy pop vibes and an uplifting rhythm. If you listen to this song, it probably sounds familiar xD

感電

This song is used as one of the opening theme for the anime series Chainsaw Man. King Gnu and Millennium Parade member Daiki Tsuneta participated in the production and arrangement with Yonezu. And I think it captures the vibe of the anime PERFECTLY!

KICK BACK

You may have heard the song Peace Sign already if you watch My Hero Academia. Yonezu referred to "Butter-Fly", the opening theme song for Digimon Adventure, as an example.

ピースサイン - Peace Sign

Yoasobi

Yoasobi is a Japanese pop duo formed in 2019 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It is composed of Vocaloid producer Ayase and singer-songwriter Lilas Ikuta, under the moniker Ikura. Represented by the slogan "novel into music", the duo originally rel...Monogatary.com, a social media website for creative writing operated by the label.

If you're a fan of the anime, Beastars, then you should be familiar with this Yoasobi song called Kaibutsu, or Monster in English. Kind of hard to sing at karaoke cause it's fast, but its a vibe.

怪物

One of Yoasobi's greatest hits, Yoru no Kakeru, or Into the Night, is a classic that got her on the charts! While the actual meaning of the song is quite depressing, the tempo of this song makes it sound uplifting.

夜に駆ける

I can't say that every Yoasobi song is my favorite, but yet again I really like this song and it might be my favorite among every other song Yoasobi has. But this one hasn't been in an anime yet, instead appearing in a chocolate advertisement and rem...

群青

Translated as “probably” in English, this song is based on the short story of the same name by Shinano and depicts a couple breaking up in the morning. Since it is middle tempo, it's one of the few Yoasobi songs that I love to sing at karaoke since I...

たぶん

“Ano Yume o Nazotte” was based on a Monocon 2019-winning short story called Yume no Shizuku to Hoshi no Hana, written by Souta Ishiki. The song is based on a love story at a fireworks festival displayed by a high school girl and a classmate boy who w...

あの夢をなぞって

Fujii Kaze

Fujii Kaze (藤井風) is a singer-songwriter and musician residing in Japan. Raised in Satoshō, Okayama in Japan, he began uploading covers to YouTube since the age of 12. From Youtube, he became a hit and was later signed with Universal Music Japan.

While this song is titled Shinunoga ii Wa, roughly translated as “I'd Rather Die” in the song's context, it's actually a love song with a great concept and beat!

死ぬのがいいわ

"Kirari" (きらり, lit. onomatopoeia of momentary flash of light) is just one of those songs you want to vibe to. I remember when first listening to this song thinking how cool it was! The song was also featured in Japan's Honda Vezel 2021 advertisement.

きらり

I would personally say this is one of Kaze's most catchy songs that I can't get enough of. Part of his album Love All Serve All, it was released with many other memorable songs you need to check out.

まつり

Official Higa Dandism

People aren't usually as familiary with Official Hige Dandism (Official髭男dism, 'Manly Moustache', or ‘Macho Moustache’, stylized as Official HIGE DANdism), but they have made many of the Anime hits that you love. While they are super popular in Japan...

"Pretender" is a song recorded by Japanese band Official Hige Dandism, released on May 15, 2019, through Pony Canyon in physical single format to serve as the theme song of the 2019 film The Confidence Man JP.

Pretender

If you're a fan of the drama “Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Dokomademo”, then this song is going to sound VERY familiar! Although I've never seen the drama, I still love this song as a stand alone artpiece.

I Love...

The song is the official theme song of the TV show “Netto Kōshien,” which features highlights of National High School Baseball Championship in Japan.

Shukumei

If you're a fan of Spy Family, and who's not, then you may have recognized this song as the theme song for the opening season 1.

ミックスナッツ

Vaundy

Vaundy is a Japanese musician that started his career in 2019 by independently uploading online, before breaking out late in the year with the song "Tokyo Flash". He has released songs for multiple TV shows, including "Chainsaw Blood" for Chainsaw Ma...

Odoriko, roughly translated as “dancing kid”, went viral on TikTok in 2021 and became the trendy song to hop on.

踊り子

If you're a fan of the anime Ranking of Kings, then you might recognize the theme song as Hadaka No Yuusha, or The Hero's Body.

裸の勇者