# 1. Southern All Stars
# 2. YMO
# 3. Yumi Matsutoya
# 4. Happy End
# 5. Hibari Misora
# 6. Tatsuro Yamashita
# 7. Momoe Yamaguchi
# 8. Yosui Inoue
# 9. Eiichi Otaki
# 10. Seiko Matsuda
# 11. Ryuichi Sakamoto
# 12. Keisuke Kuwata
# 13. Motoharu Sano
# 14. Eikichi Yazawa
# 15. Flippers Guitar
# 16. RC Succession
# 17. Kenji Sawada
# 18. Kyu Sakamoto
# 19. Blue Hearts
# 20. Miyuki Nakajima
# 21. Tetsuya Komuro
# 22. Boowy
# 23. Yutaka Ozaki
# 24. Hikaru Utada
# 25. Tamio Okuda
# 26. Mariya Takeuchi
# 27. Mr Children
# 28. Kazumasa Oda
# 29. Spitz
# 30. B'z
# 31. Pizzicato Five
# 32. Off Course
# 33. Murahachibu
# 34. Pink Lady
# 35. Tulip
# 36. Ringo Shiina
# 37. Toshinobu Kubota
# 38. Char
# 39. Godiego
# 40. X Japan
# 41. Yujiro Ishihara
# 42. Ayumi Hamasaki
# 43. Cornelius
# 44. Haruomi Hosono
# 45. Dreams Come True
# 46. Takuro Yoshida
# 47. Anzenchitai
# 48. Checkers
# 49. Candies
# 50. Yasuyuki Okamura
# 51. Misia
# 52. Minako Yoshida
# 53. Namie Amuro
# 54. Taeko Onuki
# 55. Akina Nakamori
# 56. Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
# 57. Alice
# 58. L'Arc～en～Ciel
# 59. Shogo Hamada
# 60. Tatsuya Ishii
# 61. Unicorn
# 62. Chage & Aska
# 63. Dragon Ash
# 64. Hi-standard
# 65. Glay
# 66. Masayoshi Yamazaki
# 67. Akiko Wada
# 68. Moon Riders
# 69. Smap
# 70. Tomoyasu Hotei
# 71. Tokyo Ska Paradaise Orchestra
# 72. Lisa Ono
# 73. Blankey Jet City
# 74. quruli
# 75. Roosters
# 76. Kyosuke Himuro
# 77. Michelle Gun Elephant
# 78. Denki Groove
# 79. Kenji Ozawa
# 80. Yuzo Kayama
# 81. Yellow Monkey
# 82. Jacks
# 83. Fishmans
# 84. Noriyuki Makihara
# 85. Ken Hirai
# 86. Yonin Bayashi
# 87. Rip Slyme
# 88. Princess Princess
# 89. Original Love
# 90. Luna Sea
# 91. Mute Beat
# 92. Alfee
# 93. Hiroshi Fujiwara
# 94. Sadistic Mika Band
# 95. Mondo Grosso
# 96. Judy And Mary
# 97. Zeebra
# 98. Crazy Ken Band
# 99. Ua
# 100. Begin








I dont get this list because Ayumi Hamasaki is at 42 (im glad hikki is like 20 spaces ahead of her) how is that possible? shes the 4th best selling artist in japan. Do u get what i mean? All the songs she releases become hits so idk maybe atleast like 30but 42. WOW Good Job Hikki!!!

I'm not sure but I think the list has to do with how they contributed to music as well. Ayu-chan hasn't really contributed to music that much. She sells because she is a "carisma singer" not because she was important to the music scene.

I can only speak for the artists I know on the list.

ymo created techno-pop in japan

flipper's guitar created shibuya-kei

utada introduced japan to R&B


shiina ringo is probably one of the most innovative ladies in rock, plus writes her own music

cornelious was in flippers guitar and is doing experiment/avant garde music these days

namie amuro was on top before ayu-chan... I guess thats why she is lower, but she is doing hip-pop these days (I'm not sure)

I'm not sure what judy and mary did but I know YUKI was the main singer for them and her voice is very nice.

I'm glad most the the people I liked were above hyde and luna sea, lol. Well I guess I didn't prove my point. I have no idea why ayu-chan is so low...

i know >=(

but still she is the youngest singer ever to be on the top 30 she is the best of the best at a young age man

i give her major props for that

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lol, youngest in the top 30...She has to be the youngest on the list. About a third of the people are geezers, another third are well into their careers, and a lot of people I don't know. But I looked everyone in front of hikki, they are all old people, like at least 50 old, well flippers guitar is not, and maybe 1 of the male j-pop singers, but I think everyone else is like 50.

Hikki is 1 year older than me, both shiina and ayu-chan are like 29, I think. I think they are the closest in age to her. If they redid this when hikki is 29, I think she will be higher on the list. hyde (larc en ceil) is 38, gackto is not even on the list...

I checked everyone on the list I ever heard mentioned (meaning they are probably current) and they were all old people 30+ shiina and ayu-chan are the closest and they are after her on the list, 36 and 42 respectively.

yup yup she is the youngest ever yo

she will be numba one someday thats for sure

yes, she's the youngest...
i don't even know all the people on the list...

Rankings in general are overrated

sorry, double post.

really?!

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neither do i haha btw wat does HVM mean? anyone?