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The 50 most-read rock artists based in Japan, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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112 artists are tagged rock in Japan. The biggest move was 加部正義, up 38 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | MALICE MIZERvisual kei, rock | 12,709 | 0 |
02 | B’zrock, hard rock | 4,727 | 0 |
03 | ポルノグラフィティj-pop, j-rock | 3,689 | +1 |
04 | 羊文学alternative rock, indie rock | 3,534 | -1 |
05 | V6j-pop, rock | 2,376 | +1 |
06 | 美波rock | 2,359 | -1 |
07 | CHAGE and ASKAfolk pop, pop rock | 1,564 | +3 |
08 | Taka Hiroserock | 1,563 | -1 |
09 | Every Little Thingj-pop, rock | 1,179 | +5 |
10 | SHAZNArock, visual kei | 1,144 | -1 |
11 | 坂本慎太郎alternative rock, indie rock | 1,083 | +2 |
12 | 松岡彩rock | 977 | +3 |
13 | THE LAST ROCKSTARSrock, visual kei | 957 | -2 |
14 | La'cryma Christirock, visual kei | 921 | +2 |
15 | FLOWER FLOWERrock | 884 | -7 |
16 | NICO Touches the Wallsalternative rock, rock | 877 | +2 |
17 | LM.Cpop, rock | 870 | -5 |
18 | BURNOUT SYNDROMESrock | 860 | -1 |
19 | Kenrock | 818 | +3 |
20 | 加藤和樹pop, rock | 786 | -1 |
21 | CREATIONrock | 698 | +6 |
22 | PRINCESS PRINCESSpop rock, j-pop | 693 | -2 |
23 | かいりきベアrock | 602 | +2 |
24 | The Birthdayrock | 545 | 0 |
25 | S.K.I.N.rock | 543 | -2 |
25 | Cymbalsrock | 543 | -4 |
27 | EARTHBOUND PAPASrock | 523 | -1 |
28 | ∀NTI FEMINISMmetal, loud kei | 507 | 0 |
29 | クリスタルキングcity pop, nyū myūjikku | 457 | +1 |
30 | FUNKISTrock | 455 | +2 |
31 | サイキックラバーrock | 448 | 0 |
32 | SuGpop, rock | 430 | +4 |
33 | REBECCArock | 408 | +2 |
34 | CASCADEpunk, pop | 373 | +5 |
35 | R指定rock, visual kei | 367 | +2 |
36 | AA=rock | 341 | +14 |
37 | PENICILLINrock, j-rock | 327 | +1 |
38 | BILLIE IDLE®pop, punk | 316 | +4 |
39 | DER ZIBETglam rock, gothic rock | 312 | +7 |
40 | RENTRER EN SOIrock, loud kei | 310 | +7 |
41 | No Regret Lifepop rock, rock | 306 | +7 |
42 | la la larksrock | 305 | +13 |
43 | 加部正義group sounds, rock | 301 | +38 |
44 | DracoVirgorock | 291 | -10 |
45 | T-BOLANrock | 287 | -1 |
46 | RCサクセションrock | 286 | -6 |
47 | Saucy Dogrock | 275 | +11 |
48 | ARBrock | 270 | +4 |
49 | Fire Bomberrock | 264 | -4 |
50 | BRATSrock | 262 | +3 |
63 | MARIApop, power pop | 176 | +16 |
88 | DuelJewelrock, visual kei | 85 | +14 |
91 | カーネーションpop, rock | 79 | +12 |
74 | つばきalternative rock, rock | 133 | +11 |
79 | ピカソrock | 120 | +10 |
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.