List of Japanese idols
This is a list of Japanese idols; a type of celebrity in Japan. The word "idol" is almost always used to refer to a young woman, although there a significant number of male idols. The following list includes both female and male idols as well as both solo idols and idol groups.
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A
- Aa! (group)
- AAA (band)
- Shizue Abe
- Masaki Aiba
- Airi & Meiri
- Namie Amuro
- Hiroko Anzai
- Maria Anzai
- Mari Amachi
- Megumi Asaoka
- Miyoko Asada
- Nao Asahi
- AKB48 (group)
- Akanishi Jin
- Arashi (group)
- Ali Project
- Aya Hirano
- Ayumikurikamaki
B
- BaBe
- Babymetal (group)
- Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome (group)
- BeForU (Group)
- Berryz Koubou (Group)
- BiS
- BiS Kaidan (Group)
- BiSH
- BoA
- Bonnie Pink (post-idol)
- Buono! (Group)
- B.I Shadow (Group)
C
- C-ute (°C-ute) (group)
- Candies (group)
- Agnes Chan
- Chinen Yuri
- Naomi Chiaki
- Choucho
- ClariS
- Clear’s (group)
- CoCo (group)
- Crystal Kay
- Cute (°C-ute) (group)
- Cymbals (band)
- Cross Gene
D
- Dream5
- Alisa Durbrow
- Dempagumi.inc
- Doll Elements (Doll☆Elements)
- Da-ice
E
F
- Fairies (band)
- Flame (band)
- Flap Girls' School (group)
- Folder5 (group)
- Fudanjuku
- Fukada Kyoko
- Kanon Fukuda
- Mizuki Fukumura
- Miki Fujimoto
G
- Gackt (post-idol)
- Goto Maki
- Guardians 4 (group)
- GEM (band)
- Garnidelia (GARNiDELiA)
H
- Horikita Maki
- Hatsune Miku
- Chisaki Hama
- Ayumi Hamasaki (Ex-Idol)
- Yu Hasebe
- Hiroko Hayashi
- Hey! Say! JUMP (group)
- Ryōko Hirosue
- Mieko Hirota
- Halna
- Chitose Hajime
- Hikaru Genji(group)
- Hagiwara Mai
- Hinoi Team (Group)
- Kusano Hironori
- Hikaru Yaotome
- HKT48 (group)
- Hōkago Princess (group)
- HR (group)
I
- Idol College (group)
- Idol Renaissance (group)
- Haruna Iikubo
- Erina Ikuta
- Toma Ikuta
- Mao Inoue
- Waka Inoue
- Saaya Irie
- Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume member)
- Satomi Ishihara
- Mako Ishino
- Sakiko Ito
- Yuna Ito
- Hiromi Iwasaki
- Hisato Izaki
- Yusuke Izaki
- Tomomi Itano
- Rina Ikoma
- i☆Ris
J
- Juice=Juice
- JPR(Japan Pop Rhythm ; Jiyugaoka PRincess)
- Jun Matsumoto
- JKT48
- Johnny's Jr
- Janne Da Arc
K
- Kazuya Kamenashi
- Kamen Joshi (group)
- Kanjani Eight (group)
- Karen Girl's (group)
- Shigeaki Kato
- Umika Kawashima
- Aiko Kayo
- Naoko Ken
- Noriko Kijima
- Moa Kikuchi
- Midori Kinouchi
- Kis-my-ft2 (group)
- Keiko Kitagawa
- Ayumi Kinoshita
- Kumi Koda
- Ayaka Komatsu
- Miho Komatsu
- Reon Kadena
- Kanata Hongo
- Kusumi Koharu
- Kyoko Koizumi
- Kawabe Chieco
- Kanbe Miyuki
- Kawase Tomoko
- KinKi Kids (Group)
- Kira Pika (Group)
- KAT-TUN (Group)
- Keiichiro Koyama
- Kamenashi Kazuya
- Kazunari Ninomiya
- Kota Yabu
- Inoo Kei
- Haruka Kudo
- Chiaki Kuriyama
- Minako Kotobuki
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
L
- L'Arc-en-Ciel (Group)
- LM.C (Lovely Mocochang.Com)(Group)
- Lucky Color's(Group)
- Ann Lewis
- LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987)
M
- Erina Mano
- Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note's "L")
- Takahisa Masuda
- Seiko Matsuda
- Aya Matsuura
- Sayumi Michishige
- Megumi
- Airi & Meiri
- Mihiro Taniguchi
- Saori Minami
- Ayaka Miyoshi
- Mizuki Nana
- Yui Mizuno
- Masako Mori
- Morning Musume (group)
- Momoiro Clover Z (group)
- Ryutaro Morimoto
- Shingo Murakami
- Ryuhei Maruyama
- Osamu Mukai
- Ayami Mutō
- Myco
- Rena Matsui
- Jurina Matsui
- Atsuko Maeda
- Mayu Watanabe
N
- Nagasawa Masami
- Shoko Nakagawa
- Yukie Nakama
- Akina Nakamori
- Miho Nakayama
- Hikaru Nishida
- Ryo Nishikido
- Jun Natsukawa
- NEWS (group)
- Natsuyaki Miyabi
- Nakamaru Yuichi
- Yuto Nakajima
- NMB48
- Nogizaka46
- No Sleeves
- N Zero (group)
O
- Ai Otsuka
- Megumi Odaka
- Yuko Ogura
- Satoshi Ohno
- Hiromi Ōta
- Takako Ohta
- Nana Okada
- Yukiko Okada
- Ai Okawa
- Chiyo Okumura
- Oguri Shun
- Onyanko Club (group)
- Judy Ongg
- Keito Okamoto
- Tadayoshi Okura
- Nana Mizuki
- Yuko Oshima
P
- Party Rockets GT (group)
- The Peanuts (duo)
- Perfume (group)
- Pink Lady (Mie, Kei)
- predia (group)
- palet
R
- Rev. from DVL (group)
- Ribbon
- Rinrin & Ranran
- Rihwa
S
- S/mileage (group)
- Noriko Sakai
- Maaya Sakamoto
- Ikue Sakakibara
- Sakura Gakuin (group)
- Junko Sakurada
- Masaki Sato
- Miyu Sawai
- Erika Sawajiri
- Riho Sayashi
- Sayaka
- Subaru Shibutani
- Daiki Shigeoka
- Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku (group)
- Sakurai Sho
- Shugo Chara Egg!
- SMAP (group)
- SKE48 (group)
- Suitei Shoujo
- Sunmyu (group)
- Suzuka Nakamoto
- Airi Suzuki
- Kanon Suzuki
- Ranran Suzuki
- Star Anis
- Sphere
- Rino Sashihara
- Silent Siren
- Sally Miura
T
- Tackey & Tsubasa
- Tsumabuki Satoshi
- Tachibana Kana
- Reina Tanaka
- Team Syachihoko
- Erika Toda
- Kana Tsugihara
- Tsugunaga Momoko
- Yuya Tegoshi
- Tanaka Koki
- Taguchi Junnosuke
- Taki Arisa
- Yuya Takaki
- Tokyo Girls' Style (group)
- TVXQ (group, currently under two separate acts)
- Twinklestars (group)
- Aki Toyosaki
- Mizue Takada
- Ayahi Takagaki
- Haruka Tomatsu
- THE HOOPERS
- Terada Takuya
U
- Yuki Uchida
- Aya Ueto
- Takako Uehara
- Uverworld (Group)
- Ueda Tatsuya
- Una
V
- Yamada Takayuki
- Vanilla Mood (group)
- v-u-den (group)
W
- Wink (Japanese band)
- w-inds (group)
- Mayu Watanabe
- Weaver
Y
- Momoe Yamaguchi
- Linda Yamamoto
- Miho Yoshioka
- Tomohisa Yamashita
- Wakana Yamashita
- Shota Yasuda
- You Yokoyama
- You Kikkawa
- Yui Aragaki
- Yui Makino
- Yui Yoshioka
- Yukie Kawamura
- Yumemiru Adolescence (group)
- Yumi Sugimoto
- Yamada Ryosuke
- Yoshizawa Hitomi
- Yuma Nakayama
- Yufu Terashima
Z
- Zone (group)
Best-selling
The following is a list of the 20 all-time best-selling Japanese idols in Japan as of 2011, according to the Japanese music television program Music Station.[1]
Rank | Artist | Records sold |
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1 | SMAP | 32,310,000 |
2 | Seiko Matsuda | 29,510,000 |
3 | Akina Nakamori | 25,340,000 |
4 | KinKi Kids | 24,670,000 |
5 | Speed | 19,530,000 |
6 | Arashi | 19,140,000 |
7 | Morning Musume. | 16,700,000 |
8 | Momoe Yamaguchi | 16,220,000 |
9 | Hiromi Go | 15,780,000 |
10 | Kenji Sawada | 15,700,000 |
11 | The Checkers | 15,380,000 |
12 | Miho Nakayama | 14,970,000 |
13 | Shizuka Kudō | 14,870,000 |
14 | Kyōko Koizumi | 14,260,000 |
15 | Pink Lady | 13,330,000 |
16 | Hideki Saijo | 13,290,000 |
17 | Toshihiko Tahara | 12,700,000 |
18 | Masahiko Kondō | 12,670,000 |
19 | Hikaru Genji | 12,220,000 |
20 | Tomomi Kahara | 12,190,000 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Music Station announces their Top 50 Idols of All-Time". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. January 15, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
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