Favorite Jpop/Jrock bands

[Cece1sakura]

L'Arc~en~Ciel
Gackt
Hyde
TM Revolution
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
FLOW and others

[rebel.vampire]

the GazettE will always be my number one band.

[xoXMizukiXox]

right now im into...
l'arc~en~ciel & hyde
asain kung-fu generation
orange range
nightmare
uverworld

yup <3

[TheSoviet]

right now i really like malice mizer, im actually making an amv with their song Beast of blood or in engrish beast of brot, lol

[Yosuke_Asuka]

My favs are Yosuke Sakanoue, FLOW, Gackt, Kotani Kinya, Orange Range, T.M.Revolution.

[Scarlet Wings]

Jrock pisses me off most of the time. None of it ever really wows me, and a lot of it is all really uninspiring. :/
I do like Asian Kung-Fu Generation a little though
I like Malice Mizer kind of too, but maybe just because of Mana
For my tastes, Jrock bands are just nice to look at. They focus on theatrics too much. Sure, it's great for shows, but the music suffers. Another thing that bugs me is I suspect that a good number of people of into anime listen to Jrock because its another Japanese thing.
I also don't like Japanese singing, I feel like all the Jrock singers copy eachother.

The Jmetal scene doesn't impress me much either. Sex Machineguns annoy me, a lot of people say they're great. There's a band called Concerto Moon that I like a lot though. because of the amazing guitar work...Even their singer bugs me a bit too though.

Now Jpop, I can like a bit, just cause a lot of the time it's so happy sounding, I can't help but think happy when I hear it. I like Ali Project A LOT. I think they're great. They're very original sounding to me...well at least I've never heard anything like it.

[reihimura]

Miyavi, 12012, Girugamesh, Dir en Grey, Deathgaze, D'espairsRay, UnsraW, Maximum the Hormone, Lynch, -OZ-, Sadie, TM Revolution (many more, but can't think of all right now ^^')

[Yoshito]

Well I like
Megumi Hayashibara (I grew up to hearing her voice in music and anime^_^)
Utada Hikaru (especially Sakura Drops)
Akino Arai (Voices on MACROSS PLUS comes to mind the most)
Do As Infinity and Dream (for the Inuyasha endings)
Zard (OP and ED songs for animes like Meitantei Conan aka Case Closed)
to name a few.

[ShadowWandererSasuke]

My favorite would be Flow and Asian Kung-fu Generation. Love them both

[royal_ken]

My favorites would be..
Hirai Ken (amazing voice)
Sukima Switch
Mr. Children (best lyrics)
Hirahara Ayaka
Makihara Noriyuki (amazing voice)
Spitz
Natsukawa Rimi (noteabily for the song "Nada Sousou")
Shiina Ringo / Tokyo Jihen (her old songs are good)
Utada Hikaru
(NB. been listening to her since her debut but stopped listening to her new songs after I heard the song BLUE -_-, she was great with her debut album)

[LOVE STUFF]

Favs bands/singers:
Yosuke Sakanoue
Orange Range
FLOW
Malice Mizer
Kotani Kinya
T.M.Revolution

[10serenity]

Well, my fave is:
-KAT-TUN
-NEWS
-Arashi
-V6
-Ayaka
-Boa
-Utada Hikaru
-D-51

+That's all+

~10SERENITY

[Harubi_sayi]

NEWS
Asian Kung fu Generation
KAT-TUN
Sweets
Hikaru Utada
Ayumi Hamazaki
Judy and Mary
SE7EN
W-ind
Kinya Kotani
Arashi
Boa
L'arc~en~Ciel
The Pillows
Eien Zard

and many, many more....hehehehehehehe

[Saint Mana]

I'd have to say...
BACK-ON
HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
UVERworld
Maximum the Hormone
Nightmare
X Japan
TM Revolution
Two-Mix
The Black Mages

Seriously, BACK-ON is getting no love in this thread. They are the win, and should be glorified. Also, I am classifying The Black Mages as J-Rock, so there. Although, X Japan and Maximum the Hormone could technically be labeled J-Metal... No one is going to care.
Check out BACK-ON, they rule, they are like the Japanese Linkin Park.

[Fairlyordinary]

X Japan
Malice Mizer
Gackt
hide (Remember, the h in hide is Never Capitalized)

[Lunafreya Fleuret]

Nanase Aikawa, Hamasaki Ayumi, Gackt, Dir En Grey. Others and sorts.

What I have to say about Nanase must be that she in my opinion is one of the best singers that I know of. Hamasaki as well. Also, as well, Gackt is another favrorite, basically just because his music was used in one or two movies that I know of. xP - Owari

[Pleiades]

FLOW, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Sambomaster, Do As Infinity, and T.M. Revolution ^_^

[Aurion the Fallen]

I've gotta add Miyamoto Shunichi to all the ones mentioned. That and as odd as this'll be, the people at KOEI who make the great Dynasty Warriors music. Might just be me, but hey. I love it.

[GaiSensei]

For the J-Pop/J-Rock Haters: The good doc's got a recommendation.

T.M. Revolution - Zips, Albireo, Love Saver, Madan der freischutz, Kagerou, High Pressure, and Web of Night. (Ultimate and Bring it on are good too)
Psycho le Cemu - Early Autumn, Merry go Round, Prism, Chinese Shonen, Omoide Aruki, Aquaria and Roman hikou
Gackt - Another World, Oasis, Luna and Speed Master.
An Cafe - Tekesouta Kousen, Smile Ichiban Ii Onna, Maple Gunman, nyappy in the world, merry mei king, and Candyholic.
The Pillows - Last Dinosaur, Little Busters, Runner's high, advice, stalker
Ayumi Hamasaki - Angel's Song, Step you, and Connected
nobodyknows+ - Kokoro Odoru
Yazuhiro Mizushima - The wind rides on wings
Moi dix mois - Forbidden, Eternally Beyond, Nocturnal Romance, Kyomu no chuu de no yuugi dais (Malice Mizer)
Home made Kazoku - Arigatou, Ame ni mo kaze ni mo
Takacha - Movin movin

[xblack_angelx]

my fave jpop singer is boa ^-^ <3<3<3 i don't know any jpop bands but i bet they're great ^-^

[Nova-kun]

-Glay
-L'arc En Ciel
-Maximum The Hormone (try Zetsubou Billy)
-AKFG
-High and Mighty Color
-Uverworld
-V6
-Arashi (if you're into boybandish stuff)
-Mr. Children
-Abingdon Boys School (TM Revolution's Band!!!)
-Exile
-Nightmare

these are some of the good bands i know.

[sailormoonfan#1]

Well, my fave is:
-KAT-TUN
-NEWS
-Arashi
-V6
-Ayaka
-Boa
-Utada Hikaru
-D-51

+That's all+

~10SERENITY

Same here u mentioned every one I also Like.

[Judith]

You know. I just listened to BoAthe first time a couple weeks ago. I really like her. My friend then gave me this thing with M-Flo in it. Hehe... Hate it. I can't do Japanese Rap. My favorite bands would be DirEnGrey and Gazette. Its odd but i really like Gazette. Oh. I adore Anna Tsuchiya.

I loved LarcEnCiel but... i lost all thier songs. Every single one is gone... so i don't listen to them anymore.

There are a couple of Nightmare songs that i really like but... yeah.

Abingdon Boys school. Oh my lord. I love them.

[Hamashimura]

My favorites would be:
~ Ayumi Hamasaki
~ Yuki Kajiura
~ BoA
~ Masami Okui
~ Megumi Hayashibara
~ YUI
~ Sakamoto Maaya
~ Akino Arai
~ Dream
~ Myuji
...and plenty more,but these are my top 10...

[winry039]

larc~en~ciel
gackt
asian kung fu generation
orange range
do as infinity
ayumi hamasaki
utada hikaru
boa
rie fu
uverworld
Porno Graffitti
see-saw

so, bloodwrath i suggest larc~en~ciel