Most of my exposure to J-Pop has come from the openings and endings of certain anime series, and I've only really been into J-Pop for a couple of years now. Right now though, I have a lot more Japanese songs than I do ones in English.
Besides the most famous J-Pop singers like Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru, some of my favorite artists are Bonnie Pink, Hitomi Shimatani, and Mika Nakashima. The J-rock/J-Pop bands Do As Infinity, Puffy, Every Little Thing, The Brilliant Green (Tommy Heavenly6) are all great, and most of them have some nice trance/house remixes. Gackt, T.M. Revolution, and High and Mighty Color have had a lot of their songs used in various Gundam series, and are all pretty good.
There are lots of other genres of Japanese music though. GO!GO!7188 is a catchy surfer-rock/J-ska group, and there are lots of Visual Kei bands out there too. Luna Sea is one of my all-time favorite bands, and Kagrra(,) Antic Cafe, and alice nine(.) are all great visual kei bands.
Well, that pretty much sums up my taste in Japanese music. I hope it wasn't too long. :D (
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