Top 10 Japanese male singers:
1. Haruo Mitsuba
Among the Japanese male singers, Haruo Mitsuba is a very important figure. A male singer who sang on stage in a kimono, he was one of the top artists in Japan's modern bon music and ballad world. It is said that he maintained the record of appearances in red and white during his lifetime. His voice was mellow and his singing skills were extremely proficient. Ballads and musical works have a strong folk custom.
Together with actor Kazuo Hasegawa and female singer Hibari Misora, they are known as the three pillars of the Japanese entertainment industry. The number of songs released during his lifetime was as high as 1,058, and the sales record of single albums was 25.1 million. Representative works: "The Love Story of Born Sado (Nangqu Rui)", "Otone Merciless", "Ippon Totori Doomyo Rui", etc.
2. Saburo Kitajima
Saburo Kitajima is a must-have name in the list of famous Japanese male singers. He is a giant in the Japanese entertainment industry and a true evergreen tree in the music industry. , enjoys a high status. Dedicating his whole life to the career of singing, he not only improved his singing skills, but also opened his own music office and trained a large number of new singers. Saburo Kitajima made great contributions to the development of singing.
Not only has a great reputation and works in the entertainment industry, but he has also participated in many period drama performances. Every year in the Red and White Singers Competition, Japan's highest music festival, he is indispensable in the finale performance of the White Group. His representative works include: "Naruto", "Brothers' Righteousness", "Hakodate Girl", etc.
3. Terao Satoshi
Among the famous Japanese male singers, there is no one like Terao Satoshi who has the same achievements in performance. In 1981, he released as a solo singer. The single "Ruby Ring" and the album "Reflections" both won the first place in the Oricon Singles Chart and the Album Annual Chart, and won three major music awards at the Japan Record Awards, FNS Gayo Festival, and Japan Cable Broadcasting Awards. 's grand prize.
In 2005, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor again for the movie "Half Confession", becoming the first person to win the Japan Record Award and the Japan Film Awards for Best Actor, the two highest honors in the entertainment industry. The first person in history. Representative works: "Chaos", "Dream", "The Wandering Blade", "Admiration for My Master", etc.
4. Shinichi Mori
Among the top ten Japanese male singers, Shinichi Mori is also a very high-status one. He is known as the "King of Enka" and maintains NHK The record of consecutive appearances in the Kohaku Uta Battle (50 consecutive appearances).
He has a unique husky voice, and takes it as his credo not to be bound by fixed ideas and to try out various styles of works. In addition to being well-known for singing, Mori Shinichi also has another identity—— Teresa Teng's rumored boyfriend. When Teresa Teng went to Japan to pursue her career, he was the first singer she wanted to meet. Representative works: "Port City Blues", "Mother", "Cape Cape", etc.
5. Yoshida Takuro
Yoshida Takuro is a senior among Japanese male singers. Many people evaluate Yoshida Takuro as "the originator of J-POP" and a life style person in the 1970s. A representative figure of folk songs and new folk songs, his singing has influenced an entire generation of Japanese, and even Japan and the entire Asian music scene. He is regarded as a "god-like person" by the Japanese entertainment industry.
He contended with his previous music "conventions" and always maintained his own unique style, creating a new music world, promoting the birth of next-generation culture, and occupying a pioneering position in the history of Japanese music. Representative works: "Summer Break", "Meteor", "Falling Sun", "Bite Your Lips", etc.
6. Kazumasa Oda
In the ranking of Japanese male singers, Kazumasa Oda is also a must-have figure. He is a creative and talented singer who became famous in Japan in the 1980s. In 1991, he was in Japan Topping the Oricon charts for seven consecutive weeks, the song "Sudden Love Story" established its status as the king of love songs.
His creative talent is unparalleled, and his influence and popularity spread all over Japan and even Asia. From the performance of a once-smashing band to his later solo career, to his chart-topping songs when he was over 60 years old. Can win the first place on the Japanese Oricon Chart. Other representative works: "Goodbye", "The Lost Triangle", "Solong My Love", etc.
7. Sawada Kenji
He became popular immediately after his debut. His period of popularity spanned from the late 1960s to the early 1970s and early 1980s, and he was regarded as a palace in Japan. Super superstar, because the foresight Sawada not only leads the trend, but his image and style are bold, avant-garde and innovative, so he is known as the "Japanese David Bowie".
In the 1978 "Kohaku Singing Contest", Sawada became the first non-enka pop singer in the history of Kohaku to perform as the finale of the night. He was also the only person in the history of Kohaku to be able to perform in his own name. The finale of the night was performed by a non-enka pop singer, whose representative works include: "Switch of Happiness", "Let Time Pass Anywhere", "Katsu Hand Katsuta", etc.
8. Shinji Tanimura
Shinji Tanimura is one of the most popular Japanese singers in China. He is well-known in Japan and the Asian music industry. He not only sings himself, but also performs for Few colleagues have provided songs, such as Yamaguchi Momoe, Sakamoto Fuyumi, Kayama Yuzo, Sakai Noriko, Matsuura Aya, etc. who are very familiar and loved by Chinese audiences, have all sung his works.
Many Chinese music superstars have also covered many of his works, including Teresa Teng, Jacky Cheung, Luo Wen, Alan Tam, Anita Mui, Kwan Ching-kit, Tsui Siu-fung, Leslie Cheung and others. He once said that Jacky Cheung and Alan Tam are the most popular singers with him. Hong Kong friends who have a tacit understanding. Representative works: "Star", "サライ", "いい日流立ち", etc.
9. Yoshi Kuwada_
Yoshi Kuwada_ is the lead singer of the Japanese national band Nanten Stars. Since his debut in 1978, he has been at the forefront of the J-POP industry for more than 30 years. The music magazine "ロッキング?オン" hailed him as the "God of Pop Music".
At the same time, it has influenced many musicians in Japan. Japanese musicians have publicly said, "I am a fan of Mr. Kuwada (Southern Star)" and "I am greatly influenced by him." So much so that the total sales volume of his band in Japan ranks fifth in history. He is the only singer to have both singles and album sales in the top 10 in history. He has also won the Japanese Purple Ribbon Medal.
Representative works: "The Clear Tomorrow", "Young Square", "Wind No Poetry", etc.
10. Naga_Gang
Naga_Gang is a folk singer, known as the King of Folk Singers in Japan. Naga_Gang, who entered the music scene in 1980, mainly left a lasting impression on fans. With his rebellious image, he is called "Japan's Kim Hyun-sik" by Korean teenagers. He is the well-deserved "King of the Scene" among Japanese stars.
Although he is a prolific singer, his songs are of high quality in both albums and singles. His cumulative record sales have exceeded 20 million. Everyone is familiar with the Mandarin songs "Cheers to the Past" and "Red Dragonfly" They are all covers of his works, representative works: "Cheers", "Dragonfly", "Human Youth", "Goodbye Youth", etc.