Yumi Matsutoya , nicknamed Yuming , is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. Generally the writer of both the lyrics and the music in her songs, she is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice and live performances, and is one of the most prominent figures in the history of Japanese popular music.
Yumi Matsutoya
J-pop, natively also known simply as pops , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene.
Ichiro Fujiyama, influential ryūkōka singer
Nippon Budokan, legendary place for Japanese musicians
Shibuya-kei artist Keigo Oyamada (left) with YMO member Ryuichi Sakamoto
Concert of pioneer of visual kei, X Japan at Hong Kong in 2009 after their 2007 reunion