Genre in a city
The 16 most-read metal artists based in Japan, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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16 artists are tagged metal in Japan. The biggest move was SEX MACHINEGUNS, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Ave Mujicametal, symphonic metal | 5,140 | 0 |
02 | Moi dix Moisvisual kei, gothic | 2,366 | 0 |
03 | Unlucky Morpheusmetal, j-rock | 1,664 | 0 |
04 | Broken By The Screamj-pop, deathcore | 1,488 | 0 |
05 | UNDEAD CORPORATIONmetal | 940 | 0 |
06 | exist†tracej-rock, metal | 609 | +1 |
07 | SEX MACHINEGUNShard rock, heavy metal | 422 | +2 |
08 | ∀NTI FEMINISMmetal, loud kei | 414 | 0 |
09 | NOCTURNAL BLOODLUSTvisual kei, metal | 393 | -3 |
10 | 摩天楼オペラmetal, power metal | 315 | 0 |
11 | キズloud kei, metal | 252 | 0 |
12 | BLOODgothic, metal | 243 | 0 |
13 | Ancient Mythmetal, symphonic metal | 217 | 0 |
14 | Dio -distraught overlord-visual kei, loud kei | 135 | 0 |
15 | 藍華柳metal, rock | 80 | 0 |
16 | DEViL KiTTYmetal, punk | 47 | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.