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Guide to Japanese Music | MATOKA
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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 theme songs or endings, but you may not know the artists behind them and some of their other non-anime works, which can be even more popular than those theme songs!
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Kenshi Yonezu
 
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Yoasobi
 
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Fujii Kaze
 
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Official Higa Dandism
 
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Vaundy

Kenshi Yonezu

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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 his own voice. He has sold at least 4.2 million physical copies and more than 7 million digital copies in Japan.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yoasobi

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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 released songs based on selected short stories posted on Monogatary.com, a social media website for creative writing operated by the label.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fujii Kaze

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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.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Official Higa Dandism

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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, their popularity is not as recognized worldwide as other artist like Yoasubi or Fujii Kaze.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Vaundy

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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 Man and "Hadaka no Yuusha" for Ranking of Kings.