List of Japanese hip hop musicians

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This is a list of Japanese hip hop musicians and artists.

## Rappers and crews

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(in alphabetical order)

* Afra
* Ai
* Awich
* Bennie K
* Chanmina
* chelmico
* CREAM
* Creepy Nuts
* Dohzi-T
* Dragon Ash
* East End X Yuri
* Halcali
* Heartsdales
* Hi-Timez
* Hifana
* Hilcrhyme
* Hime
* Home Made Kazoku
* Ilmari
* K Dub Shine
* Ken the 390
* Ketsumeishi
* Kick the Can Crew
* King Gidora
* Kohei Japan
* KOHH
* Kreva
* M-Flo
* Matsushita Yuya
* Mellow Yellow
* Mihimaru GT
* Miliyah Kato
* Miss Monday
* nobodyknows+
* Rhymester
* Rip Slyme
* Ryofu Karma
* Scha Dara Parr
* Seamo
* Shakkazombie
* Shing02
* Sky-Hi
* Soulhead
* Soul'd Out
* Soul Scream
* Sphere of Influence
* Steady & Co.
* Teriyaki Boyz
* Tha Blue Herb
* Uzi
* Verbal
* Wise
* WON (rapper)
* Ya-kyim
* Yurika
* Zeebra

## DJs and producers

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* Cradle
* Dabo
* Hiroshi Fujiwara
* DJ Honda
* DJ Kentaro
* DJ Krush
* Mihara
* DJ Muro
* DJ Okawari
* Nigo
* Nujabes
* Silent Poets

## See also

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* Japanese hip hop
* Music of Japan

## References

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* v
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Hip hop

* Breaking
* DJing
* Graffiti
* Emceeing
* Beatboxing

Culture|

* Battle rap
* Dance
* Fashion
* Activism
* Feminism
* Feminist activism
* LGBT
* Festivals
* Music
* Production
* Theater
* Genres

History|

* Five-Percent Nation
* Universal Zulu Nation
* Old-school
* New school
* Golden age
* Bristol underground scene

Subgenres|

| General|

* Alternative
* Hipster hop
* Boom bap
* Bounce
* British
* Road rap
* Chipmunk soul
* Chopped and screwed
* Chopper
* Cloud rap
* Comedy
* Crunk
* Crunkcore
* East Coast
* Freestyle rap
* Hyphy
* Jerkin'
* Instrumental
* Latin
* Chicano rap
* Lofi
* Miami bass
* Mumble rap
* Nerdcore
* Chap hop
* Political
* Conscious
* Progressive rap
* Religious
* Christian
* Jewish
* Snap music
* Southern
* Turntablism
* Underground

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Hardcore|

* Dirty rap
* Gangsta rap
* Mafioso rap
* G-funk
* Horrorcore
* Memphis rap

Trap music|

* Afro trap
* Drill
* Brooklyn drill
* Jersey drill
* Sample drill
* UK drill
* Latin trap
* Phonk
* Plugg
* Rage
* Tread
* UK trap

Fusion genres|

| General|

* Country rap
* Electro
* Emo rap
* Hip hop soul
* Hip house
* Industrial
* Jazz rap
* New jack swing
* Pop rap
* Psychedelic rap
* Punk rap
* Ragga
* Rap opera
* Rap rock
* Trip hop

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Rap metal|

* Trap metal
* Nu metal

Regional|

* Afroswing
* Bongo flava
* Boomba music
* Cumbia rap
* Genge
* Hip hop galsen
* Hipco
* Hiplife
* Igbo rap
* Kwaito
* Low bap
* Motswako
* Na mele paleoleo
* Nuyorican rap
* Romany hip hop
* Songo-salsa
* Scam rap
* Stronda
* Urban Pasifika
* Vigilante rap
* Zenji flava

Derivatives|

| Electronic|

* Breakbeat
* Baltimore club
* Florida breaks
* Ghetto house
* Ghettotech
* Glitch hop
* Grime
* Illbient
* Freestyle
* Wonky

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Other|

* Funk carioca
* Reggaeton
* Alternative reggaeton

Regional scenes|

| African|

* Algerian
* Angolan
* Beninese
* Botswana
* Gambian
* Ghanaian
* Ivorian
* Kenyan
* Malawian
* Mauritian
* Moroccan
* Namibian
* Nigerian
* Port Harcourt
* Nigerien
* Senegalese
* South African
* Tanzanian
* Togolese
* Zambian
* Zimbabwean

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Asian|

* Armenian
* Azerbaijani
* Bangladeshi
* Burmese
* Chinese
* Indian
* Desi
* Indonesian
* Japanese
* Korean
* Malaysian
* Mongolian
* Nepalese
* Pakistani
* Philippine
* Singapore
* Sri Lankan
* Taiwanese
* Thai

European|

* Albanian
* Austrian
* Belgian
* Bosnian and Herzegovinian
* British
* Celtic
* Scottish
* Bulgarian
* Croatian
* Czech
* Dutch
* Finnish
* French
* German
* Greek
* Portuguese
* Hungarian
* Icelandic
* Irish
* Italian
* Macedonian
* Montenegrin
* Norwegian
* Polish
* Romanian
* Romany
* Russian
* Serbian
* Slovak
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Swiss
* Ukrainian

Middle Eastern|

* Arabic
* Egyptian
* Iranian
* Israeli
* Lebanese
* Palestinian
* Saudi Arabian
* Tunisian
* Turkish
* Yemeni

North American|

United States:

* East Coast
* Baltimore
* New Jersey
* New York City
* Philadelphia
* Washington, D.C.
* Midwestern
* Chicago
* Detroit
* Minneapolis/St. Paul
* Wisconsin
* Omaha
* Southern
* Atlanta
* Memphis
* Miami
* West Coast
* Northwest
* Alaska
* Asian American
* Latin
* Native American

Outside the US:

* Canadian
* Cuban
* Dominican
* Haitian
* Mexican
* Salvadoran

Oceanian|

* Australian
* New Zealand

South American|

* Brazilian
* Brasília
* Chilean
* Colombian

Other topics|

* Auto-Tune
* Contemporary R&B
* Disc jockey
* DJ mixer
* Record player
* Turntablism
* Drum machine
* Hip hop skit
* Music sequencer
* Sampler
* Social injustice
* Synthesizer
* Video vixen
* Partner violence in hip hop
* LGBT representations in hip hop music
* Feminist activism in hip hop

* Category

* v
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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 2024[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|

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

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
* Min-On Concert Association

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