J-pop
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The term J-pop refers to a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. In Japan it is known simply as pops. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japa
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
Yellow Magic Orchestra
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Yellow Magic Orchestra was a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The group is considered influential and innovative in th
Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1981, from left to right: Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi
YMO were the first band to use the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, which has appeared on more hit records than any other drum machine.