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J-pop
Explore J-pop artists, tours and the latest coverage from Electric Bloom Webzine.
J-pop Artists
Ado 
AiNA THE END アイナ・ジ・エンド 
AKASAKI アカサキ 
Anna Takeuchi 竹内アンナ 
ATARASHII GAKKO! 新しい学校のリーダーズ 
BABYMETAL 
BananaLemon 
BE:FIRST 
BiS 
CHANMINA ちゃんみな 
DISH// 
Doping Giwaku 
FRUITS ZIPPER フルーツジッパー 
Fujii Kaze 藤井風 
HALCALI ハルカリ 
HANA 
Hikaru Utada 宇多田ヒカル 
KAF 花譜 
Kana Nishino 西野カナ 
Kenshi Yonezu 米津玄師 
KizunaAI キズナアイ 
KUROMI クロミ 
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ 
LiSA リサ 
monet 
Mrs. GREEN APPLE 
Number_i ナンバーアイ 
OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM 
Omoinotake 
picco ピッコ 
Ryugujo 龍宮城 
SCANDAL スキャンダル 
Sheena Ringo 椎名林檎 
Snow Man 
wagamama ワガママ 
YOASOBI ヨアソビ 
Yukipoyo ゆきぽよ Tours & Events
BE:FIRST WORLD SHOWCASE 2026 “WATCH ME”
World Tour
25 Sep–23 Oct
Artist: BE:FIRST
AKASAKI 1st World Tour “ONIGIRI”
World Tour
15 Oct 2026–3 Jan 2027
Artist: AKASAKI
SCANDAL FINAL TOUR 2026-2027 “SCANDAL’s 47-Prefecture Tour”
Japan Tour
22 Oct 2026–1 May 2027
Artist: SCANDAL
Fujii Kaze Prema World Tour
Asia Tour
31 Oct 2026–9 Jan 2027
Artist: Fujii Kaze
Kenshi Yonezu 2026 TOUR / GHOST
Japan Tour
6 Nov–17 Dec
Artist: Kenshi Yonezu
TOMOHISA YAMASHITA TOUR 2026 DREAMING
Asia and Europe Tour
7 Nov–27 Dec
Artist: Tomohisa Yamashita
From AG! with Love: With Love from the Live House
Japan Tour
9–27 Nov
Artist: ATARASHII GAKKO!
ATARASHII GAKKO! FIRST LATIN AMERICA TOUR 2026
Latin America Tour
3–8 Dec
Artist: ATARASHII GAKKO!
Manga Barcelona 32
Spain Convention
5–8 Dec
Artists: ALI | Lotus Juice | NIGHTMARE | Reol
SCANDAL “BEST★Xmas 2026”
Tokyo Show
Artist: SCANDAL
Kenshi Yonezu 2026–2027 WORLD TOUR / GHOST
World Tour
26 Dec 2026–28 Feb 2027
Artist: Kenshi Yonezu
Mrs. GREEN APPLE on “Harmony2”
Japan Residency
20 Feb–2 Jun
Artist: Mrs. GREEN APPLE
SCANDAL final Yokohama Arena one-man show
Yokohama Show
Artist: SCANDAL
Latest News
Kenshi Yonezu’s ‘IRIS OUT’ could make Grammy history for Japanese anime Kenshi Yonezu’s ‘IRIS OUT’ is being put forward for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2027 Grammys, potentially giving a… Kana Nishino goes independent after 18 years and launches her own management company Chart-topping J-pop singer and lyricist Kana Nishino has left Sony Music Artists (SMA) after 18 years and is launching a management company… 
Ado to release her cover of Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ on second fan-request album Ado will release her cover of Metallica‘s ‘Enter Sandman’ on ‘Ado’s Utattemita Album Vol. 2’, the second instalment of her fan-request cover… 
Ado’s agency warns of legal action over abuse after K-pop event backlash Ado’s agency Cloud Nine has said it will take firm action, including legal measures, against abuse aimed at its artists, amid a… Ado answers KUROMI’s call with new single ‘DND’ Ado and Sanrio’s KUROMI are joining forces for the first time on ‘DND feat. KUROMI’, a new song out digitally on September… Number_i release Atlantic Records EP with Y2K-inspired ‘DIGITAL GIRL’ visualiser Number_i have released ‘REBON / BUGS LIFE / DIGITAL GIRL’, a six-track digital EP out now via Atlantic Records. It arrives with… Industry
Interviews & Features
picco interview: The virtual and human halves of ‘Kaleidoscope’ picco has spent the better part of a decade turning the internet’s brightest, busiest corners into dance music. Since posting ‘Flash’ to… 
How HALCALI’s 2003 album cut ‘Otsukare SUMMER’ became a MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN contender In April 2025, daily Spotify plays of a 22-year-old Japanese album track started climbing. The song was ‘Otsukare SUMMER’ by HALCALI, the… 
BE:FIRST interview: “J-pop isn’t just a genre, it’s a specific way of feeling and creating” Over the past five years, BE:FIRST have moved quickly from survival show breakout to one of Japan’s most talked about pop groups.… 
The 10 best J-pop songs of 2025 In 2025, no single trend dominated Japan’s pop charts. Polished pop sat comfortably alongside darker, more confrontational cuts, while vintage influences refreshed… 
The 11 best Japanese metal songs of 2025 Across metalcore, deathcore, extreme metal, and whatever you want to call what Paledusk are doing, Japanese heavy bands have been breaking new… 
Top 10 best anime songs of 2025 Anime music covered a wide range in 2025. Arena-scale themes backed major films, left-field opening choices sent viewers digging through back catalogues,… Live Reports
LiSA signs off her first Europe tour with a sold-out London finale LiSA brought her first Europe and UK tour to a close at London’s Troxy on September 22nd, capping four sold-out nights in… 
Fujii Kaze live at Coachella: Japanese gospel meets the California desert on a debut stage Fujii Kaze made his Coachella debut on Saturday afternoon, taking the Mojave Stage on day two of the festival’s first weekend, with… 
Fujii Kaze live in London: Intimate UK debut from Japan’s biggest pop star The much-anticipated London debut of Fujii Kaze, Japan’s most talked-about singer-songwriter, arrived on July 6th. The Okayama-born star performed two nights at… 
Ado live in London: Japan’s anonymous pop star sells out the O2 Arena on world tour At just 22, Ado is currently circumnavigating the globe with her Hibana world tour, the largest international tour ever attempted by a… 
YOASOBI live in London: J-pop storytellers bring blockbuster ambition to Wembley It takes a special kind of pop act to turn a literary brief into a generational calling card, and YOASOBI, who just… 
BABYMETAL live in London: A 15-year climb culminates in landmark show at The O2 Fifteen years ago, BABYMETAL emerged from the most unlikely of places: a school-themed idol group whose members were barely in their teens.… Reviews
Fujii Kaze – ‘Prema’: Retro-rooted pop and an all-English ode to love Fujii Kaze’s third album, ‘Prema’, arrives three years after ‘Love All Serve All’ and makes good on a long-held ambition: a record… 
‘Ado SPECIAL LIVE “SHINZOU” in Cinema’ transforms landmark live show into must-see cinematic event Utaite Ado has had a whirlwind 2024, holding her first global tour, producing her own idol group Phantom Siita, and performing across… 