2022 in Japanese music

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The year 2022 in Japanese music.

## Debuting

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Main article: List of Japanese musical groups (2020s) § 2022

### Debuting groups

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* &Team
* Boysgroup
* Classy
* ExWhyZ
* Fruits Zipper
* Golden Child
* Ive[1]
* Kep1er
* The Last Rockstars
* Lil League from Exile Tribe
* Metamuse
* MyGO!!!!!
* Ocha Norma
* Omega X
* OnlyOneOf
* Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe
* STAYC
* TFN
* Travis Japan
* Verivery
* WEi
* XG

### Debuting soloists

[edit]

* Akari Akase
* Hanna Ishikawa[2]
* Kang Daniel
* Kent Itō[3]
* Miru Shiroma
* Onew
* SennaRin
* Yoshino Aoyama[4]
* Yuki Yomichi[5]

## Returning from hiatus

[edit]

### Returning groups

[edit]

* Doping Panda[6]
* Mrs. Green Apple[7]

### Returning soloists

[edit]

## Events

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Main article: 2022

## Number-ones

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* Oricon number-one albums
* Oricon number-one singles
* Hot 100 number-one singles

## Awards

[edit]

* 64th Japan Record Awards
* 2022 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

## Albums released

[edit]

### January

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

5  | City | SixTones | [citation needed]
Placebo | ASP | [8]
12  | We are Girls² | Girls² | [citation needed]
Ichi | Yuuri | [citation needed]
OnlyOneOf Japan Best Album | OnlyOneOf | [9]
19  | Bad Mode | Hikaru Utada | [10]
25  | Ray of Light | The Rampage from Exile Tribe | [citation needed]
26  | Mirror | Scandal | [11]
Kyōgen | Ado | [12]

### February

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

1  | Love Cycle | Ayaka | [13]
2  | 1518 | @onefive | [14]
26/27 | Airi Suzuki | [15]
Blue Cresc. | Cynhn | [16]
Visions | Milet | [17]
9  | Fo(u)r YuU | Liyuu | [18]
16  | Team | Team Shachi | [19]
23  | Dream | Ai | [20]
Tokyo | Super Beaver | [citation needed]

### March

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

4  | Queendom | Awich | [21]
9  | Gundam Song Covers 3 | Hiroko Moriguchi | [22]
Collage | Masaki Suda | [citation needed]
Flare | Milet | [citation needed]
Our Teen: Blue Side | T1419 | [23]
16  | 1 or 8 | Eito | [citation needed]
#Twice4 | Twice | [24]
Epitaph | Tohoshinki | [25]
23  | Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku | Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku | [citation needed]
Umibe | Sid | [26]
30  | Pinky Swear | CIX | [27]
Oh My Girl Best | Oh My Girl | [28]
Adapt | Sakanaction | [29]

### April

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

6  | Bloom | Red Velvet | [30]
13  | Dignified | SennaRin | [citation needed]
20  | Terzo | Juice=Juice | [citation needed]
Journey | Little Glee Monster | [citation needed]
L.S. | Lyrical School |
22  | Shunka Ryougen | Haru Nemuri |

### May

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

11  | Antidote | Taichi Mukai | [citation needed]
17  | Shukuten | Momoiro Clover Z | [citation needed]
18  | Assort | Novelbright | [31]
Reflection | Tofubeats | [32]
25  | Kizuna | JO1 | [33]
Break and Cross the Walls II | Man with a Mission | [citation needed]
Beyond: Zero | Ateez | [34]
27  | She's the Boss | The Boyz | [35]
30  | The Greatest | BoA | [36]

### June

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

1  | The Highlight | Sexy Zone | [citation needed]
8  | Harukakanatae | Haruka Fukuhara | [37]
15  | Sono Ichi | Ho6la | [38]
Phalaris | Dir En Grey | [39]
17 / 20  | Marumaru to Ninomiya to | Kazunari Ninomiya | [40][41]
22  | Circus | Stray Kids | [42]
Softly | Tatsuro Yamashita | [43]
29  | Made In | King & Prince | [citation needed]
Mikansei no Mirai | NGT48 | [44]
The Best: Dear Fantasy | SF9 | [45]

### July

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

6  | Nonnegative | Coldrain | [46]
Delighted Reviver | Nana Mizuki | [citation needed]
Life Goes On | Onew | [47]
8  | Unity | Mrs. Green Apple | [48]
13  | But Wait. Cats? | Alexandros | [citation needed]
1st Love | Naniwa Danshi | [citation needed]
20  | First Snow First Love | Yuki Yomichi | [49]
Dempark!!! | Dempagumi.inc |
27  | Plasma | Perfume | [50]
Celebrate | Twice | [51]

### August

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

3  | As You Know? | Sakurazaka46 | [52]
Nocturnal | Tokyo Girls' Style | ‌[53]
10  | Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red | Ado | [54]
Weather | B.O.L.T | [55]
Highway X | B'z | [56]
11  | Youth | WEi | [57]
17  | Falling Into Your Eyes Record | Aimyon | [58]
We are Cats. | The World Standard | [citation needed]
Savior | AB6IX | [59]
Vocalo Zanmai 2 | Wagakki Band | [60]
24  | Genesis | Arcana Project | [citation needed]
Stand Up! | Omega X | [61]
31  |  Be: 1 | Be First | [citation needed]

### September

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

2  | Japan Activity Best | EXID | [62]
9  | Luxury Disease | One Ok Rock | [citation needed]
14  | Feelin' Like | Pentagon | [63]
21  | Unleash | Band-Maid | [64]
Snow Labo. S2 | Snow Man | [65]
For. | Sumika |
28  | Beyooooo2nds | Beyooooonds | [66]

### October

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

5  | Joy Ride | Kang Daniel | [67]
Doki Doki Love | Rocket Punch | [68]
12  | Quarter | Anly | [69]
Hitori Toiro | Karin Miyamoto | [70]
26  | Sadame | Enhypen | [71]

### November

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

2  | XYZ | ExWhyZ | [72]
9  | Dream | Seventeen | [73]
16  | Lander | LiSA | [74]
18  | E-Side 2 | Yoasobi | [75]
23  | Dopamine | Oneus | [76]
30  | The World EP. Paradigm | Ateez | [77]

### December

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Ref.

|
|
|

14  | Deep Down | Aimer |
Hotel Insomnia | For Tracy Hyde | [78]
Magnetic | Kaela Kimura | [79]
Seize the Fate | Nemophila | [80]

## Disbanding and retiring artists

[edit]

### Disbanding

[edit]

* Empire
* Go to the Beds
* Predia
* HO6LA

### Retiring

[edit]

### Going on hiatus

[edit]

* Kiyoshi Hikawa[81]
* Mary's Blood[82]
* Hikaru Yaotome[83]
* Yoshimotozaka46[84]

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Music of Japan

"Kimigayo" (National anthem)

Traditional|

Instruments

| Genres and styles|

*     * Bugaku
* Bushi
* Dainichido Bugaku
* Danmono
* Gagaku
* Gigaku
* Jōruri
* Kouta
* Min'yō
* Nagauta
* Rōkyoku
* Saimon Ondo [ja]
* Komori-uta (lullaby)
* Warabe Uta [ja]
* Kazoe Uta [ja]
* Ekaki Uta [ja]
* Temari Uta [ja]

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Post Meiji Restoration

(1868–present)|

* Commercial song [ja]
* Gakusēka (student song) [ja]
* Kōka (school song) [ja]
* Ryōka (dormitory song) [ja]
* Daigaku-Ōenka (cheering song of university) [ja]
* Enzetsuka/Enka
* Gunka (military song)
* Jazz
* Kayōkyoku
* Senji-kayō [ja]
* Gunkoku-kayō [ja]
* Radio calisthenics song
* Ryūkōka
* Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja]
* Shōka [ja]
* Manshū-Shōka [ja]
* Shin-min'yō [ja]

Post-War

(1945–present)|

| 1945–present|

* Kayōkyoku
* Mood-kayō [ja]
* Idol-kayō [ja]
* Group Sounds
* Image song
* J-pop
* Rock

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1970–present|

* Anime song
* Chiptune
* City pop
* Denpa song
* Disco [ja]
* Electro
* Electropop
* Eurobeat
* Disco [ja]
* Hardcore punk
* Hip hop
* Metal
* Noise
* Noise rock
* Nu-music [ja]
* Ōenka (cheering song)
* Reggae
* Synth-pop
* Ska
* Visual kei
* Italo Disco
* Italo House
* Juliana’s techno

1990–present|

* Bitpop
* Grime
* Being-kei [ja]
* J-core
* Japanese net label scene
* Kawaii metal
* Komuro-kei [ja]
* Onkyokei
* Shibuya-kei
* Akishibu-kei
* Utaite
* Visual kei
* Eroguro kei
* Nagoya kei
* Vocaloid music

Ethnic and regional|

* Ainu music
* Rekuhkara
* Southern Islands

Charts|

| Oricon|

* Singles Chart
* Combined Singles Chart
* Albums Chart
* Combined Albums Chart
* Karaoke Chart

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Billboard Japan|

* Hot 100
* Hot Albums

Other|

* RIAJ Digital Track Chart (discontinued)

Achievements|

* List of best-selling music artists in Japan
* List of best-selling Western artists in Japan
* List of best-selling albums in Japan
* List of best-selling singles in Japan

Record companies|

| "Big 10"

(as of 2025[update])|

* Avex Group
* Sony Music Entertainment Japan
* Universal Music Japan
* King Record Co.
* J Storm
* Victor Entertainment
* Being Inc.
* Warner Music Group
* Pony Canyon
* Teichiku Entertainment

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Others|

* Major
* Independent

Musicians|

* List of musical artists from Japan
* List of Japanese musical groups
* List of J-pop artists
* List of Japanese composers
* List of Japanese hip hop musicians
* List of Japanese singers

Timeline and years|

* 1967
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Online distributors|

* iTunes Store
* Apple Music
* Google Play Music
* Amazon Music
* Spotify
* KKBox (the successor of LISMO Unlimited)
* RecoChoku [ja]
* Music.jp [ja]
* Mora
* Dwango.jp
* E-Onkyo music
* Oricon Music Store
* Line Music
* MySound [ja]
* OTOTOY [ja]
* AWA [ja]

Other topics|

* Awards
* Shinto music

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