Japanese Rock
An overview of rock music in Japan, from postwar popular music and language debates to visual kei, festivals, and overlapping scenes.
Japanese rock
LUNA SEA
A history of LUNA SEA’s five-member rock language, from the Kanagawa live-house circuit and visual kei to reunion, self-reinterpretation and its 2026 transition.
X Japan
A history of X Japan, the rock band whose speed, ballads, theatrical image and independent strategy helped shape visual kei and Japanese arena rock.
Tokyo Incidents
A guide to Tokyo Incidents, the ensemble built around Shiina Ringo and a five-member approach to songwriting, arrangement, jazz-inflected rock and pop.
Wagakki Band
An introduction to Wagakki Band’s eight-member fusion of shigin, Japanese instruments and rock, from Vocaloid covers to international touring and indefinite hiatus.