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The 50 most-read visual kei artists based in Japan, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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75 artists are tagged visual kei in Japan. The biggest move was FAKE?, up 26 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | MALICE MIZERvisual kei, rock | 12,149 | 0 |
02 | Moi dix Moisvisual kei, gothic | 2,366 | 0 |
03 | Versaillesvisual kei, gothic | 2,175 | 0 |
04 | Klahavisual kei | 1,680 | 0 |
05 | シドj-pop, visual kei | 1,149 | +1 |
06 | SHAZNArock, visual kei | 1,074 | -1 |
07 | LM.Cpop, rock | 863 | +2 |
08 | LAREINEvisual kei, gothic | 858 | +3 |
09 | アンティック-珈琲店-dance-rock, j-pop | 788 | +4 |
10 | Janne Da Arcvisual kei, pop | 776 | -3 |
11 | sukekiyoexperimental rock, visual kei | 735 | +1 |
12 | La'cryma Christirock, visual kei | 733 | -4 |
13 | ゴールデンボンバーvisual kei, pop | 723 | -3 |
14 | exist†tracej-rock, metal | 609 | +2 |
15 | SIAM SHADEvisual kei | 604 | -1 |
16 | Dué le quartzvisual kei, gothic | 508 | +2 |
17 | SEX MACHINEGUNShard rock, heavy metal | 422 | +3 |
18 | ∀NTI FEMINISMmetal, loud kei | 414 | +1 |
19 | NOCTURNAL BLOODLUSTvisual kei, metal | 393 | -4 |
20 | ザアザアvisual kei, loud kei | 380 | +8 |
21 | R指定rock, visual kei | 355 | +8 |
22 | SuGpop, rock | 348 | +4 |
23 | CASCADEpunk, pop | 327 | -1 |
24 | Raphaelvisual kei | 319 | 0 |
25 | 摩天楼オペラmetal, power metal | 315 | 0 |
26 | DER ZIBETglam rock, gothic rock | 300 | +8 |
27 | ZI:KILLgothic rock, alternative rock | 292 | +3 |
28 | 44MAGNUMhard rock, heavy metal | 289 | -5 |
28 | 己龍visual kei | 289 | -7 |
30 | キズloud kei, metal | 252 | -3 |
31 | BLOODgothic, metal | 243 | 0 |
32 | Horaelectronic, visual kei | 227 | -15 |
33 | SOPHIApop rock, visual kei | 205 | 0 |
34 | DIE IN CRIESrock, gothic | 195 | +18 |
35 | 砂月visual kei | 168 | +4 |
36 | GHOSTalternative rock, j-rock | 167 | +6 |
37 | FAKE?alternative rock, electronic rock | 166 | +26 |
37 | Eve of Destinyindustrial rock, visual kei | 166 | 0 |
39 | BAISERvisual kei, gothic | 159 | +6 |
40 | DELUHIvisual kei | 150 | -4 |
41 | Angelovisual kei | 146 | -6 |
42 | SEX-ANDROIDvisual kei | 142 | -2 |
43 | Dio -distraught overlord-visual kei, loud kei | 135 | +2 |
44 | Royzvisual kei | 130 | -12 |
45 | NoGoDvisual kei, loud kei | 126 | -7 |
46 | SCREWvisual kei | 117 | -3 |
46 | baroquevisual kei | 117 | -5 |
48 | Tourbillonvisual kei | 114 | +2 |
49 | THE DEAD P☆P STARSheavy metal, visual kei | 113 | +10 |
49 | 千聖visual kei | 113 | +5 |
60 | Mix Speaker’s,Inc.visual kei | 83 | +8 |
53 | jealkbrock, visual kei | 102 | +7 |
51 | acid androidindustrial rock, rock | 111 | +5 |
59 | Leetspeak Monstersgothic, rock | 85 | +4 |
65 | PANIC☆chgothic, rock | 59 | +4 |
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.