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Pop Artists from Japan

The 50 most-read pop artists based in Japan, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

144 artists are tagged pop in Japan. The biggest move was ZOO, up 21 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	miletj-pop, ballad	4,213	0
02	SMAPj-pop, pop	3,455	0
03	Hey! Say! JUMPj-pop, pop	2,141	0
04	はっぴいえんどfolk rock, j-rock	1,913	0
05	DREAMS COME TRUEj-pop, pop	1,665	0
06	EBiDANpop	1,441	0
07	おニャン子クラブidol kayō, pop	1,243	0
08	早見あかりpop	958	0
09	加藤和樹pop, rock	882	+4
10	LM.Cpop, rock	863	0
11	FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBEj-pop, pop	766	-2
12	≠MEj-pop, pop	739	-1
13	少年隊idol kayō, pop	701	+2
14	キャンディーズidol kayō, pop	639	+4
15	SILENT SIRENpop	626	+2
15	増田恵子pop	626	-1
17	HITOEpop	615	-1
18	SDN48j-pop, pop	608	+1
19	ミニモニ。pop	573	+1
20	A.B.C-Zpop	540	-8
21	RATS & STARpop	512	+3
22	livetunepop	477	-2
23	FictionJunction YUUKApop	470	+10
24	9ninepop	414	-2
25	仮面ライダーGIRLSpop	411	-2
26	米米CLUBpop	367	-1
27	アイドリング!!!pop	361	+1
28	SuGpop, rock	348	+4
29	サニーデイ・サービスpop	335	+1
30	Def Techpop, reggae	330	-1
31	CASCADEpunk, pop	327	-4
32	ALTIMApop	314	+10
33	一風堂pop	280	+2
34	BILLIE IDLE®pop, punk	255	-3
35	イヤホンズpop	243	-1
36	YMCKchiptune, jazz	232	+2
37	ZOOpop	222	+21
38	CoCodance-pop, hi-nrg	221	+13
38	ゴスペラーズpop	221	+10
40	フィンガー5idol kayō, pop	219	+1
41	TEMPURA KIDZpop	209	+5
42	yanokamipop	203	+2
42	PRIZMAXpop	203	-5
44	ドリーム モーニング娘。pop	200	+3
45	修二と彰pop	198	0
46	CREAMpop	195	+11
47	Icemanpop	175	+2
48	Not yetpop	173	-5
49	スフィアpop	171	+4
49	BaBehi-nrg, idol kayō	171	+3

Rising outside the top 50this month

64	Buzypop	139	+20
109	10,000 Promises.pop	47	+20
99	ABCHOpop	62	+19
53	アーバンギャルドart pop, j-pop	166	+15
92	Dorothy Little Happyj-pop, pop	71	+15

Adjacent scenes

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.