And also who's the first artist you got into?

Pretty self explanatory.

I got into jpop about 6 years ago, because at that time English pop was crap. So I tried to look for something different and I heard that japanese music was rising in popularity over in Asia (this was way before the Korean wave). So I found lots of info and mp3s over the internet and eventually got hooked onto it. The first artist I liked was Aikawa Nanase.

Ok now's your turn....

Hmm......Haven't really listened to J-pop in a while.....more into J-rock....but I first discovered J-pop around late 8th-early 9th grade....Got interested in it from some of my friends...My first artists were Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki.....then later on in 9th grade I was introduced to Dir en grey...and so now my whole attention is focused towards J-rock instead.

I was 13. It's kind of blurry now, but it actually started with anime midis.

Then I listened to Utada Hikaru, Hamasaki Ayumi, and BoA. I said "Oh! That's cute!" and I listened to more and got addicted.

ayumi's RAINBOW.. x.x

Hikki's first love

-_- Never really listened to much pop. I was always leaning more towards ballad and rock.

a few years ago when i heard namie amuro

through a japanese music-variety-programma I downloaded just for fun, and through anime.

It showed that there was an entire professional japanese music-industry with diversity and originality.

through a japanese music-variety-programma I downloaded just for fun, and through anime.

It showed that there was an entire professional japanese music-industry with diversity and originality.

sorry for double posting

During the summer. I bought and Ayumi Hamasaki "My Story" CD as an additional one to 2 Chinese CDs when I was in T.O and then didn't listen to it until the summer. Then I got hooked on it.

Although I liked Utada's earlier songs...

Lol, Japanese songs...

I listen to the Indigos...indie band..swing and jazz...too bad they got kinda poppish now...the singer has a nice voice


you mean triple posting?

Anyone know if Arashi is any good?

Heard a Onitsuka Chihiro song, "Gekkou" on that Japanese series TRICK. After that I got into Japanese music. Good to culture yourself.

I got hooked into Jpop ... way way back, at the time groups like Zard, X Japan, Chage & Aska ruled the ASTRO top 40.

Ehm, well I could say ´Lol, Chinese songs´, but we both know that China has really good and entertaining artists, singers and groups and such. And I find it the same with Japan. But Japan has a more developed, music-industry with more diversity, I think. Or more commercialized, but that´s what I like.





Would you like me to upload their latest album? It´s called ONE.
They have some nice, catchy, upbeat songs.
You probably know that MatsuJun, that guy in your avatar, is one the members.

Wow that's old school lol.

Watching anime... found its music on napster... then i decided to get some other Japanese songs as well..

Thats pretty much how it started for me.

Same here. I rarely listen to J-pop.

p_q LOL.

Yup. I know Jun is in it. Which is partially why I'm interested.

What kind of style do they sing in? And yes, please upload!

Her voice is so good, kind of a female Gackt-voice, but singing more slow and upbeat songs instead of rock, but I think she would do good in rock too, like Gackt is either good with ballads, pop, rock or whatever. But his voice seems to have changed, but still one of the best ever.




megaupload is acting like a b!tch now, so you'll get it some other time.

and their style? they're a boyband... some upbeat, catchy songs, some solo's, some ballads, some random english, but of this album I like Rain and Yes/No the best.
They are very good dancers and entertainers and have reasonable good voices, but Ohno Satoshi has a very nice voice, the guy who sings Rain.

and I'll be adding a surprise...*grins*

actually, i like listening to both chinese and japanese songs.

for chinese i like F.I.R. (fly away, neverland, lydia, etc.) and S.H.E.
and david tao (is that the correct spelling? anyways, his one song susan is nice)

for japanese i started listening to it when i was watching a lot of gundam wing and found the music catchy. so i listened to more and more of the songs and more anime and their songs and then it leaked into jpop and the i started listening to them. mika nakashima is great and also chihiro yonekura. also day after tomorrow, etc.

from anime.

sorry, I didn´t mean to post those pictures and comments of ming-loyalists.

Sounds interesting! I'll be looking forward to it!

Oh yeah. I also really really like the Bleach anime songs.

about a year ago, After watching alot of anime.

I remember the first japanese song i listened to. It was Cha La head cha la, the theme to the Japanese DBZ. Lol so catchy.

I love Jpop by loving Animes first...

when i was 16...my fren recommend me to listen to j-pop.something different coz i only listen to west-pop.lol.
then i start to like it.
nanka ii kanji.... 2 2

Is that a hint? 2
















what is west-pop?

You mean american pop?

lol no not a hint, but another "genre" [?] of Japanese songs that I like.

Is Bleach anime?

Anyway, I don´t have anything with Bleach in its name. Though I have some really cool and hot vids with Gackt with Bleached hair .

Lol! Yes Bleach is an anime. Very popular!