Genre in a city
The 16 most-read metal artists based in Japan, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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16 artists are tagged metal in Japan. The biggest move was NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST, up 1 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Ave Mujicametal, symphonic metal | 4,312 | 0 |
02 | Broken By The Screamj-pop, deathcore | 2,944 | 0 |
03 | Moi dix Moisvisual kei, gothic | 2,144 | 0 |
04 | Unlucky Morpheusmetal, j-rock | 1,737 | 0 |
05 | UNDEAD CORPORATIONmetal | 875 | 0 |
06 | exist†tracej-rock, metal | 687 | 0 |
07 | キズloud kei, metal | 550 | 0 |
08 | NOCTURNAL BLOODLUSTvisual kei, metal | 531 | +1 |
09 | ∀NTI FEMINISMmetal, loud kei | 507 | -1 |
10 | SEX MACHINEGUNShard rock, heavy metal | 455 | 0 |
11 | BLOODgothic, metal | 356 | +1 |
12 | 摩天楼オペラmetal, power metal | 337 | -1 |
13 | Ancient Mythmetal, symphonic metal | 155 | +1 |
14 | Dio -distraught overlord-visual kei, loud kei | 143 | -1 |
15 | 藍華柳metal, rock | 121 | 0 |
16 | DEViL KiTTYmetal, punk | 70 | 0 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.