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japanese-band-rankings.md

a completely normal ranked list of one Gen X American listener's favorite Japanese bands

  1. Susumu Hirasawa
  2. OOIOO
  3. Perfume
  4. Boris
  5. Kensuke Ushio
  6. Takako Minekawa / Takako Minekawa & Dustin Wong
  7. Melt-Banana
  8. Pizzicato Five
  9. P-MODEL
  10. Eiichi Ohtaki
  11. The Molice / China Chop
  12. BAND-MAID
  13. Merzbow
  14. 324
  15. Plastics
  16. DJ Krush
  17. Kenji Kawai
  18. Yoko Kanno / The Seatbelts
  19. Number Girl
  20. Ruins
  21. Jun Togawa / Yapoos
  22. Susumu Yokota
  23. Meiko Nakahara
  24. Meiko Kaji
  25. Geinoh Yamashirogumi
  26. Ken Ishii / Flare
  27. Kaito
  28. Ena
  29. Takako Mamiya
  30. Haruomi Hosono
  31. Hiroshi Yoshimura
  32. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
  33. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
  34. Kahimi Karie
  35. Coffins
  36. Tokyo Shoegazer
  37. POLYSICS
  38. Yasuo Sugibayashi
  39. Masashi Hamauzu
  40. Shinsei Kamattechan
  41. lloy
  42. Boredoms
  43. Tatsuro Yamashita
  44. mono.
  45. Ghost
  46. Fushitsusha / Keiji Hanio
  47. Yellow Magic Orchestra
  48. Dissecting Table
  49. Dir en grey
  50. Keiichi Okabe
  51. Togenashi Togeari
  52. Eri Ohno
  53. Aube
  54. Ryuichi Sakamoto
  55. Capsule
  56. Acid Mothers Temple / & The Melting Paraiso UFO
  57. Angel'in Heavy Syrup
  58. KK Null
  59. Kodo
  60. Chiemi Manabe
  61. Niagara Triangle
  62. world's end girlfriend
  63. Soichi Terada
  64. Hijokaidan
  65. Yasuha
  66. Taeko Onuki
  67. Solmania
  68. Friendship
  69. 2nd Communication
  70. Sheena Ringo
  71. Sigh
  72. PSY-S
  73. chima
  74. hi-posi
  75. S-CORE
  76. Hikaru Utada
  77. Akiko Yano
  78. Isao Tomita
  79. Midori Takada
  80. Lemna
  81. Corrupted
  82. Veltpunch
  83. kessoku band
  84. Rie Murakami
  85. tricot
  86. Guernica
  87. Toshiki Kodamatsu
  88. te'
  89. Zeni Geva
  90. mudy on the Sakuban
  91. Junko Ohashi
  92. Fantastic Plastic Machine
  93. LITE
  94. Fumiya Tanaka
  95. Mariya Takeuchi
  96. YOASOBI
  97. Pevo
  98. Guitar Wolf
  99. Moi dix Mois / Malice Mizer
  100. Satoshi Ashikawa
  101. Kagami
  102. Haru Nemuri
  103. Ningen Isu
  104. Nobuo Uematsu
  105. Junya Nakano
  106. Momoko Kikuchi
  107. Junko Yagami
  108. Marble
  109. Les Rallizes Dénudes
  110. Hanadensha / Hanatarashi / Hanatarash
  111. X Japan
  112. Yorushika
  113. Bump of Chicken
  114. RIOU
  115. toe.
  116. Aural Vampire
  117. DJ Shufflemaster
  118. 25m. Floater
  119. MOON-Kana
  120. World Standard
  121. Versailles
  122. RIP SLYME
  123. The Pillows
  124. BUCK-TICK
  125. Mukku / Mook
  126. Kitaro
  127. Sekiri
  128. Cornelius*
  129. Gackt**

*: canceled

**: CANCELED

Bands to check out

  1. Anri
  2. ZELDA
  3. Cali≠Gari
  4. Miki Matsubara
  5. Minako Yoshida
  6. Makihara Noriyuki
  7. Christine 23 Onna
  8. Masonna
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