Musical Artists from Japan

Sayaka Kanda

TV Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, Actors & Actresses

Sayaka Kanda (神田沙也加, Kanda Sayaka, born October 1, 1986 in Setagaya, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress and singer. She is the daughter of J-pop star Seiko Matsuda and actor Masaki Kanda. In...

Anne Suzuki

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, TV Actors & Actresses

Anne Suzuki (鈴木杏, Suzuki An) is a Japanese actress born on April 27, 1987. A model since the age of three, she got an early break in her acting career at 12 when she starred in the Hollywood...

Yuuji Mitsuya

TV Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists

Yūji Mitsuya (三ツ矢雄二, Mitsuya Yūji, born October 18, 1954) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and sound supervisor from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture who is affiliated with Bring Up. He graduated...

Kazuki Kato

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, TV Actors & Actresses

Kazuki Kato (加藤和樹, Katō Kazuki, October 7, 1984–) is a Japanese actor and singer from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. He is known most notably for his role as Daisuke Kazama aka Kamen Rider Drake...

Takahiro Sakurai

TV Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, Actors & Actresses

Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井孝宏, Sakurai Takahiro, born June 13, 1974) is a voice actor who was born in Aichi. He is a member of 81 Produce; his height is 176 centimetres (5 feet, 9 inches). Many of...

Keiko Toda

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, TV Actors & Actresses

Keiko Toda (戸田恵子, Toda Keiko, born on September 12, 1957 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese actress and seiyū. Her most famous role is being the voice of the children's hero Anpanman on...

加藤ミリヤ

Musical Artists

Miho Katō (加藤美穂, Katō Miho) (born June 22, 1988), better known by her stage name of Miliyah Kato (加藤ミリヤ, Katō Miriya) is a Japanese pop and urban singer-songwriter from Toyota, Aichi...

Akira Ishida

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, TV Actors & Actresses

Akira Ishida (石田彰 Ishida Akira, born November 2, 1967) is a prolific male seiyū (voice actor) born in Nisshin, Aichi, Japan. He has been part of Mausu Promotion (formerly known as Ezaki...

Kitaro

Musical Artists

Kitarō is a Grammy award-winning Japanese musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Inspired by the R&B music of Otis Redding, Kitaro...

松坂大輔

Musical Artists, Baseball Players

Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂大輔, Matsuzaka Daisuke, born September 13, 1980 in Kanita, Aomori Prefecture) is a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He previously played for the Seibu Lions in...

緒方理奈

TV Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, Actors & Actresses

Nana Mizuki (水樹奈々, Mizuki Nana, born Nana Kondō (近藤奈々, Kondō Nana), January 21, 1980 in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture) is a popular Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress. She was born...

Ai Takahashi

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists

Ai Takahashi (高橋愛, Takahashi Ai) (born September 14, 1986) is a Japanese pop singer associated with Hello! Project, best known as the current leader of Morning Musume, former member of its...

Ayumi Hamasaki

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists

Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ, Hamasaki Ayumi, also 浜崎歩) (born October 2, 1978) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also called Ayu by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the...

Reina Tanaka

Musical Artists

Reina Tanaka (田中れいな, Tanaka Reina, real name 田中麗奈, born November 11, 1989 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) is one of the sixth generation members of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Her...

YUI

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists

Yui (stylized as YUI) (born March 26, 1987), is a Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress. She is currently signed to Studioseven Recordings and attached to the talent...

中原麻衣

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, TV Actors & Actresses

Mai Nakahara (中原麻衣, Nakahara Mai, born February 23, 1981 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) is a seiyū. She is employed by I'm Enterprise. Some of her hobbies include cooking and watching movies, and...

Seiko Matsuda

Musical Artists, Actors & Actresses

Seiko Matsuda (松田聖子, Matsuda Seiko, born Noriko Kamachi (蒲池法子, Kamachi Noriko), on March 10, 1962, in Kurume, Fukuoka) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Due to her popularity in the...

Kyosuke Himuro

Musical Artists

Kyosuke Himuro (氷室京介, Himuro Kyōsuke, born on October 7, 1960 in Takasaki, Gunma) is a Japanese singer. He was a member of the Japanese rock group Boøwy from 1981 to 1988. Tomoyasu Hotei...

Tomoyasu Hotei

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists

Tomoyasu Hotei (布袋寅泰, Hotei Tomoyasu, born February 1, 1962 in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture) is a Japanese musician, guitarist and actor. Born to a Korean father and a Japanese/Russian...

Megumi Okina

Actors & Actresses, Musical Artists, TV Actors & Actresses

Megumi Okina (奥菜恵, Okina Megumi, born 6 August 1979) is a Japanese actress, and J-Pop singer in the 1990s. Born in Hiroshima and raised in Tokyo, she made her J-Pop debut on 19 August 1995...

Kumi Tanioka

Musical Artists

Kumi Tanioka (谷岡久美, Tanioka Kumi, born August 29, 1974) is a Japanese video game music composer and musician. She is best known for composing the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles...

野宮真貴

Musical Artists

Maki Nomiya (野宮真貴, Nomiya Maki, born March 12, 1960 in Shiranuka, Hokkaidō) is a Japanese singer and musician. She released her first solo album in 1981, and worked through the 1980s as the...

Kaori Mizuhashi

Musical Artists, TV Actors & Actresses

Kaori Mizuhashi (水橋かおり, Mizuhashi Kaori, born August 28, 1974 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a seiyū who is employed by Arts Vision. Her debut was in 1998 with the game First Kiss Story.

KOTOKO

Musical Artists

Kotoko (コトコ) is a female J-pop singer who has released five albums (three associated with Geneon and two associated with I've Sound), twelve maxi singles (seventeen overall) and two DVD that...