Best Japanese Rock Band

created by sirea

No limitations. Put your favorite Japanese rock band here and vote for them.
Rock/punk, Rock/Pop, Rock/Visual Kei and similar genres are accepted.
Only one rule: Don’t include Jhonnys here!! *puag* Don't agree with the list? Place your vote or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on.

Vote for X Japan 1) X Japan

Kurenai, Art of Life, Sadistic Desire, Tears, I. V. , Crucify My Love, etc, etc. I could keep going and going. Those are just songs that made X Japan the best rock and metal band of all time.

akakeimei

Art of life explains it why there at the top!

TD17

Um... Rusty Nail... Duh!

irish400


Vote for L'Arc~en~Ciel 2) L'Arc~en~Ciel

the second greatest japanese export after manga and anime! I am a HYDEIST... I love both L’Arc~en~Ciel and P’Unk~en~Ciel...

Versailles is good too, they must be second to Laruku

rukaxyusuf

first japanese band I know... forever L’ciel...!

varentine

they are my BIGGEST CRUSH!

shirahimeshou


Vote for Gazette 3) Gazette

They are awesome, their music has such a great beat and fantastic lyrics it’s deep and they are funny and gorgeous they get along well you should watch youtube videos of them they have the cutest smile and the cutest voice they are really good people :]

DontAskWhy

Their sound is savage!

AresRed

I love gazette... the guy was very handsome and the beat wow! its fantastic...


Vote for Dir en grey 4) Dir en grey

DIRU the best!!!Tell It to you we are Russians!!

Lo

DIRU ARE THE BEST!

Niikura_Akonya

BEST BAND EVERRRRR!

SONA33


Vote for Asian Kung-Fu Generation 5) Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Asian Kung-f=Fu Generation is the best j-rock band in the world. Believe it.

Gackt

Greatest band in the country of Japan in the history of the world.

Burninator2112

akfg is the best rock ever they make good anime opening themes


Vote for Janne Da Arc 6) Janne Da Arc

Janne the Arc has all the best musician!

rakora77

Janne don’t have a bad song.
They perform great live!

sekai

Best J-rock band ever!

guitara


Vote for UVERworld 7) UVERworld

I Luv their music

GenievenoX

OMGOSH UVERworld rocks! they should at least be on top 3 no number 1!!!!! and yes i agree the lead singer is HOT LIKE HOT SAUCE!

UVERworld is the best band EVER!!!
it should be a crime that they arent #1(plus the lead singer is hot!)


Vote for Skin 8) Skin

S.k.I.N. will be the most famous band. no only in japan! in all the world. go! YOSHIKI,GACKT,SUGIZO & MIYAVI! god of music

the super band!! with only 4 songs i know that S.K.I.N. is the best band ever!

Even if nowdays there isn’t a specific material, they are going to rock the entire world x3


Vote for GacktJob 9) GacktJob

Best shows.... It’s all...

Ga-Gackt

This band has some of the only Japanese songs I ever liked.

the lovelly boy of gacktjob ^^ like them so much.


Vote for BUCK-TICK 10) BUCK-TICK

Buck-Tick has a very unique sound, which makes them so lovable (in my mind) plus they did the opening for Trinity Blood.

ToPh


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Choices Not In The Top Ten

Vote for Nightmare 11) Nightmare

I love this band so much just got 3 new albums YAY!
They deserve to be in the top 5!

Jrock-LOVE

Nightmare is the best band ever! The members consist of YOMI, SAKITO, HITSUGI, NI~YA and RUKA!

Jrock-LOVE

I am totally obsessed with this band people don’t like to talk to me much cause it’s the only thing I talk about LOL :D

Jrock-LOVE

Vote for Maximum The Hormone 12) Maximum The Hormone

crazy just crazy good

WHY! 1 these should definitely be in the top there insane, love these so much no japanese band that I know off even is anything like them.

Maximum the Hormone is amazing! Dir en Grey was my favorite band. And then came along the MAX! I love how everyone in the band sings. Daisuke-kun with his screaming, Maximum the Ryo with his awesome guitar playing and melodic vocals (sometimes funny sounding too!) Newo with her metal drumming and her "pop" sounding vocals and (my personal favorite) ue-chan with his crazy god-like bass playing and he does sing every now and then. They are just so fun to listen to. This is the one band that I can head bang to and smile about! The other bands on the list are good too but Maximum the Hormone just influenced me to make music too!!!

Vote for D'ERLANGER 13) D'ERLANGER

nightmare is in underrated japanese band list? they are very popular. this one is really underappreciated unlike those mainstream newer bands.

ronluna

cool punknoise ballad rock visual bnd touring in taiwan but I’m getting annoyed hy dead end, this one, zi:kill, gastunk, etc are UNDERAPPRECIATED than new indie yr2000 bands

ronluna

very underrated band, why does everyone knows x and forgot this band? dir en grey even cited that d’erlanger is one of their idols

ronluna

Vote for Versailles 14) Versailles

its really good I mean it apeals to the visual kei fans and allso the power metal/neoclassical metal fans at the same time

gabi326jjk

Like phantoms made of beauty, they have came to illuminate the world

Versailles is the absolute form of beauty !

Vote for Orange Range 15) Orange Range

Best band ever n forever.

Aiyu

orange range is a great band. they have great sound and flow and their song "orange range" which was the openener for the first season of bleach was probably one of if not the best songs ive ever heard.

Vote for An Cafe 16) An Cafe

An Cafe is the best band in the world they should be number 1! OH YEAH!

i love them they are so cute

i love their songs...

I love Smile Ichiban Ii Onna...

Vote for Alice Nine 17) Alice Nine

I love this band because Shou has a beautiful voice, they all are very talented, the lyrics are meaningful, and they are all hot!

hxanime

they have a neat song called "white prayer." Check em out1

Vote for the pillows 18) the pillows

I love them above all else! These guys rock the house!

Vote for GLAY 19) GLAY

I think this band you should be at no. 2 or 3 after Laruku because...
Teru voice and Hisashi solo and Other

Glay is one of my own top 10 best japanese band. actually they are my second following X Japan.

Vote for Girugamesh 20) Girugamesh

You must check them out if you like goth rock and metal. They rock!

Vote for Back-On 21) Back-On

The Japanese Linkin Park!

Vote for Luna Sea 22) Luna Sea

cool band dude

Vote for Flow 23) Flow

its flow i mean they are amazing

Vote for Malice Mizer 24) Malice Mizer

hey there is no modern japanese Music scene with out Malice Mizer. Look at what they all did Mana, Kozi, Yu~ki, Kami, Gackt, Klaha, Tetsu and gaz are the greatest musicians ever.

Malice mizer should be 2nd on the list after X Japan. malice mizer made a big impact on visual...

It’s freaking Malice Mizer Gackt would be nothing if it wasnt for them, they rock

RIP Kami

Vote for Mucc 25) Mucc

Mucc is the messenger of hard core music for listening fans.

Vote for Aqua Timez 26) Aqua Timez

Aqua Timez FTW

Vote for Abingdon Boys School 27) Abingdon Boys School

Oh My gosh you should hear they song some song start from slow n then they rock yeah

Vote for HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR 28) HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR

The are simply amazing, and their sound is beautiful!

derek3men

just perfect. not heavy metal. not soft rock.

Vote for Murasaki 29) Murasaki

George Murasaki has been around music since the 60’s. His bands put Okinawa on the map not to mention Mariner which he formed in California.

Vote for Acid 30) Acid

best songs ever

Vote for Kagrra 31) Kagrra

come on people....you know they got mad skills!! =)

Vote for Shonen Knife 32) Shonen Knife

Brilliant!

God, all these vk lovers. Music is about the MUSIC, not how gay/emo they look. Shonen Knife, although not as popular in Japan, although didn’t have technique I would consider them having the magic that the Beatles had.

Vote for Monoral 33) Monoral

They are just great

Vote for Remioromen 34) Remioromen

the greatest, the best , they are Remioromen

Vote for D'erspairs Ray 35) D'erspairs Ray

Vote for SID 36) SID

Vote for Siam Shade 37) Siam Shade

Siam shade was a great band with daita being one of the best guitarist I have ever heard they were so underrated and that made me sad.

it was great band n great music

Vote for Ellegarden 38) Ellegarden

Vote for SuG 39) SuG

They got awesome singing voices

Vote for Dragon Ash 40) Dragon Ash

Vote for Loudness 41) Loudness

loudness is one of the best bands I have ever heard from japan.

locus14

Vote for Judy and Mary 42) Judy and Mary

Vote for DEAD-END 43) DEAD-END

one of the most influential japanese rock band that inspires many japanese rock bands like l’arc~en~ciel, buck tick and janne the arc

ronluna

Vote for The Brilliant Green 44) The Brilliant Green

Their song "Ash Like Snow" is epic :D

Vote for Home Made Kazoku 45) Home Made Kazoku

Vote for KAT-TUN 46) KAT-TUN

their songs are just amazing all of their singles/albums/DVD EVERYTHING has been #1 at some point or another

Vote for B'z 47) B'z

the best selling rock band in japan

Vote for Ikimono-gakari 48) Ikimono-gakari

Vote for The Black Mages 49) The Black Mages

these guy’s are really awesome

Vote for Do As Infinity 50) Do As Infinity

very nice and meaningful from this band......and they are great musicians...

deathangel

i was so sad when they broke up. tomika van is hot and her voice is awesome

Vote for Phantasmagoria 51) Phantasmagoria

Riku, Kisaki, Jun, Iori and Matoi, what more do you want!

Vote for Bump of Chicken 52) Bump of Chicken

Vote for One Ok Rock 53) One Ok Rock

Vote for Due'le Quartz 54) Due'le Quartz

Vote for Vidoll 55) Vidoll

its an awesome band I love the lead singer sing awesomest check it out

Vote for Beat Crusaders 56) Beat Crusaders

Beat crusaders is total ownage compared to the others. ’Hit in America’ and ’Tonight’ super sweet songs. Just can’t beat the crusaders.

Vote for VAMPS 57) VAMPS

Vote for Sadistic Mika Band 58) Sadistic Mika Band

Vote for RENTRER EN SOI 59) RENTRER EN SOI

Magic

Vote for Balzac 60) Balzac

Balzac freakin owns, they should be higher on the list. Japanese punk rock is amazing!!!

Vote for MARIA 61) MARIA

Vote for Tokyo Jihen 62) Tokyo Jihen

Vote for m.o.v.e. 63) m.o.v.e.

Vote for Yellow Magic Orchestra 64) Yellow Magic Orchestra

Vote for DEATHGAZE 65) DEATHGAZE

Vote for Spitz 66) Spitz

Vote for Omnyouza 67) Omnyouza

Vote for No Regret Life 68) No Regret Life

r they really rock? but they r awesome! the lead singer is great

Cool even in Soundtrack naruto

Vote for G.I.S.M. 69) G.I.S.M.

one of the first hardcore punkbands of japan. very cool and very influencial. randy uchida is also a great guitarist

Vote for T.M. Revolution 70) T.M. Revolution

Gundam Sountracks are always awesome!

Vote for Mr. Children 71) Mr. Children

Vote for WAG 72) WAG

Vote for BY-SEXUAL 73) BY-SEXUAL

Vote for COLOR 74) COLOR

Vote for Boøwy 75) Boøwy

Vote for Λucifer 76) Λucifer

Vote for The Mad Capsule Markets 77) The Mad Capsule Markets

Vote for Thee Michelle Gun Elephant 78) Thee Michelle Gun Elephant

Vote for m-flo 79) m-flo

I love their "m-flo loves..." series, especially "miss you" with melody. & Yamamoto Ryohei, "Astrosexy" with CHEMISTRY", "tO yOUR bEAT" with YOSHIKA, and "the Love Bug" with BoA.

Vote for Acid Android 80) Acid Android

the song of acid android have such feeling... they are full of passion!

such rhythm... such lyrics.. i love them!!!!

Vote for Sambomaster 81) Sambomaster

No matter what kind of music they play it just feels right
and their live concerts are more than that they pump up the audience before every song its great

Vote for Galneryus 82) Galneryus

best japanese noe classical metal band sept for versailles lol

Vote for Creature Creature 83) Creature Creature

Vote for Sons Of All Pussys 84) Sons Of All Pussys

Vote for 44 Magnum 85) 44 Magnum

Vote for Oblivion Dust 86) Oblivion Dust

Vote for SAVER TIGER 87) SAVER TIGER

Vote for CRAZE 88) CRAZE

Vote for BADD 89) BADD

Vote for Spread Beaver 90) Spread Beaver

Vote for Aburadako 91) Aburadako

Vote for Dué le Quartz 92) Dué le Quartz

Vote for Boredoms 93) Boredoms

Vote for Jelsarem's Rod 94) Jelsarem's Rod

Vote for BUG 95) BUG

Vote for DIE IN CRIES 96) DIE IN CRIES

Vote for ZI:KILL 97) ZI:KILL

Vote for Charcoal Filter 98) Charcoal Filter

Vote for Kagerou 99) Kagerou

Vote for Lion Heads 100) Lion Heads