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Ryuichi Kawamura
Ryuichi Kawamura
Japanese singer, actor, music producer, novelist (1970-)
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Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet
English vocalist and songwriter
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Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Japanese ska band (1985-)
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Spitz
Spitz
Japanese rock band
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Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Japanese alternative rock band
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Crush 40
Crush 40
Japanese-American hard rock band (former 1997)
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The Pillows
The Pillows
Japanese alternative rock band
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RC Succession
RC Succession
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Yōsui Inoue
Yōsui Inoue
Japanese singer-songwriter (1948-)
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Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Japanese electronic music group
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Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick
J-rock band
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Boredoms
Boredoms
Japanese rock band
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Return to Forever
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
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X Japan
X Japan
Japanese rock band
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Hamada Mari
Hamada Mari
Japanese singer-songwriter (1962-)
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L'Arc-en-Ciel
L'Arc-en-Ciel
Japanese rock band
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Rainbow
Rainbow
English rock band
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Do As Infinity
Do As Infinity
Japanese band
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Speed
Speed
Japanese female vocal/dance group
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Phish
Phish
American rock band
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Glay
Glay
rock band from Japan (1988-)
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Luna Sea
Luna Sea
Japanese rock band
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Sekai no Owari
Sekai no Owari
Japanese rock band
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Doctors of Madness
Doctors of Madness
band
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One Ok Rock
One Ok Rock
Japanese rock band
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Versailles
Versailles
Japanese visual kei metal band
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Ryo Kawasaki
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
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Dream Theater
Dream Theater
American progressive metal band
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Zaine Griff
Zaine Griff
New Zealand musician
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Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife
Japanese band
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Alcatrazz
Alcatrazz
American metal band
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Renaissance
Renaissance
band
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Slapp Happy
Slapp Happy
German/English avant-pop group
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Scorpions
Scorpions
German rock band
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Every Little Thing
Every Little Thing
Japanese musical duo
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Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
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SID
SID
Japanese band
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The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues
English band
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Low
Low
American indie rock group
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Blankey Jet City
Blankey Jet City
Japanese rock band
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Motoi Sakuraba
Motoi Sakuraba
Japanese composer
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Flower Travellin' Band
Flower Travellin' Band
Japanese band
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Casiopea
Casiopea
Japanese jazz fusion band
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Love Psychedelico
Love Psychedelico
band
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Savatage
Savatage
American heavy metal band
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Fishmans (Japanese: フィッシュマンズ, Hepburn: Fisshumanzu) were a Japanese band formed in 1987 in Minato, Tokyo. They are known for their unique psychedelic sound and the distinctive vocals of the late lead singer Shinji Sato, as well as the drum playing of Kin-Ichi Motegi and rocksteady basslines of Yuzuru Kashiwabara. Fishmans remained relatively underground and disbanded with the sudden death of Shinji Sato in 1999, but later accumulated an international cult following largely driven by their popular acclaim on internet discussion boards. In a 2019 article for The Japan Times, James Hadfield wrote that their albums Aerial Camp and Long Season "are now undisputed landmarks in the Japanese rock canon."