What is your favorite Japanese artist/singer/performer/band? - PROVIDE REASONS WHY

[vagabond888]

Well for me, as for the Japanese actress the two i really really like are Matsushima Nanako and Takeuchi Yuko.

As for the Japanese actor, i like Takashi Sorimachi, Fukuyama Masaharu and Takenouchi Yutaka.

Japanese Male singer are Gackt, Fukuyama Masaharu and Hyde.

Japanese Female singer are, Utada, Ayu and Mika Nakashima.

[Freakmasta]

Actor
Hiroshi Abe
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Yukie Nakama

Singer/Band
RIZE
RIP SLYME
Dohzi-T
DELI
Sambomaster

[tanx3nissy]

artist: Ayumi Hamasaki

band: AAA(ATTACK ALL AROUND)

AAA is more LOVED than Ayu though. >__<

[vahnzenqi]

Ayumi Hamasaki,
I've been her fan since year 2000.
I've never like one artist for so long.

[whoami]

There could only be one, Mika Nakashima.

[Ayu-youkou]

...do I reely need to say? lol

also Hitomi Shimatani and Nana Kitade are in top 3.

Gackt for male...and bands I generally don't like ;_;

[tzusuko]

Gackt, L'Arc en Ciel, Miyavi, Arashi, SID, W-inds, and Tackey and Tsubasa for guys

Ayumi Hamasaki and Mika Nakashima for females. I haven't heard any good girl singers lately.

[Suui]

Singers
Ayumi Hamasaki
Mika Nakashima
Shimatani Hitomi
Utada Hikaru
Gackt

My favourite Japanese actress is Erika Sawajiri.

[bearbear]

Japanese Actor: Probably Tadanobu Asano or Beat Takeshi/Takeshi Kitano. Kimura Takuya is good in dramas.
Japanese Actress: I have to agree Matsushima Nanako is a good actress, though Hirosue Ryoko is not bad either.

Singers/bands: Mika Nakashima (good range), I quite like Anna Tsuchiya despite her not really being a singer and Ikimono-Gakari who's lead singer (Yoshioka Kiyoe) has one hell of a voice.

[ris-chan]

favorite~actor yamapi (yamashita tomohisa) favorite~singer takuya∞ (shimizu takuya -UVERworld)

[Satenru]

I love Asian Kung-Fu Generation. And some other bands/singers are YUI, Beat Crusaders, and can't really remember anymore.
Favorite actors/actresses are Nakama Yukie (Yankumi in Gokusen), Matsumoto Jun (Shin in Gokusen), Yamashita Tomohisa (Akira in Nobuta wo Produce)

[zaruba91]

Singers : hyde,tetsu,Mika Nakashima,YUI
Band : L'arc-en-ciel,abingdon boys school,UVERworld,Alice 9,

[vagabond888]

Yeah i forgot to mention about Takuya Kimura. He is one of my favorite japanese actor also.

[eXcalibur]

Dir en grey, 12012, alice nine., the GazettE, BUCK-TICK, L'Arc~en~Ciel, D'espairsRay + many others.

[Seren]

Mine's are: ELLEGARDEN, The GazettE and UVERworld. They're my top 3 asian bands^^