List of Japanese idols
This is a list of Japanese idols; a type of celebrity in Japan. The following list includes both female and male idols as well as both solo idols and idol groups.
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- °C-ute (group)
- 22/7 (group)
- 3B Junior (group)
- 9nine (group)
A[]
- Aa! (group)
- AAA (group)
- A.B.C-Z (group)
- AKB48 (group)
- Akishibu Project (group)
- Arcana Project (group)
- Ali Project (group)
- Angerme (group)
- Arashi (group)
- Athena & Robikerottsu (group)
- Ayumikurikamaki (group)
- Asami Abe
- Nagisa Abe
- Natsumi Abe
- Shizue Abe
- Yumi Adachi
- Shoko Aida
- Masaki Aiba
- Himika Akaneya
- Jin Akanishi
- Sayaka Akimoto
- Mari Amachi
- Jun Amaki
- Chihiro Anai
- Yuko Anai
- Sakura Andō
- Anza
- Hiroko Anzai
- Maria Anzai
- Yui Aragaki
- Momoka Ariyasu
- Miyoko Asada
- Nao Asahi
- Yui Asaka
- Nana Asakawa
- Aiko Asano
- Megumi Asaoka
- Mamiko Asō
- Aqours (group)
- Haruka Ayase
- Rion Azuma
B[]
- B.I Shadow (group)
- BaBe (duo)
- Babyraids Japan (group)
- Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome (group)
- Band Ja Naimon! (group)
- (group)
- Batten Showjo Tai (group)
- Ballistik Boyz (group)
- BeForU (group)
- Berryz Kobo (group)
- BiBi (group)
- Beyooooonds (group)
- Bis (group)
- BiS Kaidan (group)
- Bish (group)
- Bon-Bon Blanco (group)
- Boys and Men (group)
- Bullet Train (group)
- bump.y (group)
- Buono! (group)
- Buzy (group)
- Bonnie Pink (post-idol)
- B.O.L.T (group)
C[]
- Camellia Factory (group)
- Canary Club (group)
- Candies (group)
- Checkicco (group)
- Cheeky Parade (group)
- Chinpara (group)
- Chocolove from AKB48 (group)
- Ciao Bella Cinquetti (group)
- ClariS (duo)
- Clear’s (group)
- CoCo (group)
- Cocoa Otoko (group)
- Coconuts Musume (group)
- Country Musume (group)
- Cross Gene (group)
- CY8ER (group)
- Cymbals (band) (group)
- Agnes Chan
- Naomi Chiaki
- Yuri Chinen
- Choucho
D[]
- D&D (group)
- D-Date (group)
- Da Pump (group)
- Da-ice (group)
- Danceroid (group)
- Dancing Dolls (group)
- Def.Diva (group)
- Dempagumi.inc (group)
- DISH// (group)
- DIVA (group)
- Doll Elements (group)
- Dorothy Little Happy (group)
- Dream5 (group)
- Dream Morning Musume (group)
- Alisa Durbrow
E[]
- Earth (group)
- Ebisu Muscats (group)
- Ecomoni (group)
- Especia (group)
- Enako
- Kanako Enomoto
F[]
- Flame (group)
- Flap Girls' School (group)
- Folder5 (group)
- Four Leaves (group)
- French Kiss (group)
- Fudanjuku (group)
- Kyoko Fukada
- Kanon Fukuda
- Mizuki Fukumura
- Miki Fujimoto
G[]
- Gackt (post-idol)
- GAM (duo)
- Garnidelia (duo)
- GAM
- Golf & Mike (duo)
- Gomattō (group)
- Guardians 4 (group)
- Maki Goto
H[]
- Halna (group)
- Hello Pro Kenshusei (group)
- Hello! Project Kids (group)
- Hey! Say! JUMP (group)
- High-King (group)
- Hikaru Genji (group)
- Hinatazaka46 (group)
- Hinoi Team (group)
- HKT48 (group)
- Hōkago Princess (group)
- Hotch Potchi (group)
- HR (group)
- Mai Hagiwara
- Chitose Hajime
- Chisaki Hama
- Ayumi Hamasaki
- Yu Hasebe
- Kanna Hashimoto
- Hatsune Miku
- Hiroko Hayashi
- Aya Hirano
- Kusano Hironori
- Ryōko Hirosue
- Mieko Hirota
- Kanata Hongo
- Yui Horie
I[]
- Ichiro Yamada
- I Ris (group)
- Ice Creamusume (group)
- Idol College (group)
- Idol Renaissance (group)
- Idoling!!! (group)
- Iginari Tohoku San
- Sayaka Ichii
- Yuri Ichii
- Miori Ichikawa
- Kaori Iida
- Raura Iida
- Riho Iida
- Haruna Iikubo
- Rina Ikoma
- Akiko Ikuina
- Erika Ikuta
- Erina Ikuta
- Toma Ikuta
- Miyuki Imori
- Kei Inoo
- Mao Inoue
- Waka Inoue
- Saaya Irie
- Anna Iriyama
- Ayumi Ishida (b. 1948)
- Ayumi Ishida (b. 1997)
- Haruka Ishida
- Aya Ishiguro
- Kaori Ishihara
- Yujiro Ishihara
- Rika Ishikawa
- Mako Ishino
- Yōko Ishino
- Sayaka Isoyama
- Tomomi Itano
- Maiko Itō
- Ran Ito
- Sakiko Ito
- Yuna Ito
- Yukiko Iwai
- Misaki Iwasa
- Hiromi Iwasaki
- Yoshimi Iwasaki
- Karen Iwata
J[]
- J Soul Brothers (group)
- J-Friends (group)
- Janne Da Arc (group)
- JO1 (group)
- Johnnys (group)
- Johnny's Jr (group)
- Johnny's West (group)
- Juice=Juice (group)
K[]
- Kamen Joshi (group)
- Kamen Rider Girls (group)
- Kanjani Eight (group)
- Karen Girl's (group)
- KAT-TUN (group)
- Keyakizaka46 (group)
- Kids Alive (group)
- KinKi Kids (duo)
- Kira Pika (duo)
- Kis-my-ft2 (group)
- Kitty GYM (group)
- Reon Kadena
- Kazuya Kamenashi
- Moe Kamikokuryo
- Miyuki Kanbe
- Sayaka Kanda
- Shigeaki Kato
- Yukie Kawamura
- Tomoko Kawase
- Umika Kawashima
- Aiko Kayo
- Naoko Ken
- Noriko Kijima
- You Kikkawa
- Moa Kikuchi
- Ayumi Kinoshita
- Midori Kinouchi
- Kumi Koda
- Kyōko Koizumi
- Ayaka Komatsu
- Miho Komatsu
- Keiichiro Koyama
- Haruka Kudō
- Chiaki Kuriyama
- Koharu Kusumi
- Minako Kotobuki
L[]
- Lazy (group)
- Lead (group)
- lily white (group)
- LinQ (group)
- Lip's (group)
- LM.C (duo)
- Lovely Doll (group)
- Lucky Color's (duo)
- Lyrical School (group)
- Ann Lewis
- LiSA
- Liella! (group)
M[]
- Magnolia Factory (group)
- MAX (group)
- Melon Kinenbi (group)
- MilkyWay (group)
- Mini-Moni (group)
- Momoiro Clover Z (group)
- Morning Musume (group)
- Morning Musume Otomegumi (group)
- Morning Musume Sakuragumi (group)
- Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai (group)
- Musubizm (group)
- Musukko Club (group)
- Atsuko Maeda
- Yui Makino
- Erina Mano
- Ryuhei Maruyama
- Takahisa Masuda
- Seiko Matsuda
- Jurina Matsui
- Rena Matsui
- Yuya Matsushita
- Jun Matsumoto
- Aya Matsuura
- Megumi
- Sayumi Michishige
- Mihiro
- Saori Minami
- Ayaka Miyoshi
- Nana Mizuki
- Yui Mizuno
- Moga Mogami
- Kanako Momota
- Masako Mori
- Hiroko Moriguchi
- Chisato Moritaka
- Osamu Mukai
- Shingo Murakami
- Ayami Mutō
- Myco
N[]
- N Zero (group)
- Negicco (group)
- NEWS (group)
- Neverland (group)
- Nice Girl Project! (group)
- NiziU (group)
- (group)
- NMB48 (group)
- No Sleeves (group)
- Nochiura Natsumi (group)
- Nogizaka46 (group)
- Not Yet (group)
- Nyangilas (group)
- NYC (group)
- Shoko Nakagawa
- Yuto Nakajima
- Yukie Nakama
- Yuichi Nakamaru
- Akina Nakamori
- Suzuka Nakamoto
- Miho Nakayama
- Yuma Nakayama
- Jun Natsukawa
- Miyabi Natsuyaki
- Kazunari Ninomiya
- Hikaru Nishida
- Ryo Nishikido
O[]
- Ongaku Gatas (group)
- Onyanko Club (group)
- Orbit (group)
- Osaka Performance Doll (group)
- Otome Shinto (group)
- Mina Ōba
- Chieko Ochi
- Megumi Odaka
- Haruna Ogata
- Makoto Ogawa
- Mana Ogawa
- Natsumi Ogawa
- Noriko Ogawa
- Yōko Oginome
- Yui Ogura
- Yuko Ogura
- Kumiko Ohba
- Satoshi Ohno
- Takako Ohta
- Nana Okada (b. 1959)
- Nana Okada (b. 1997)
- Yukiko Okada
- Junichi Okada
- Chisato Okai
- Keito Okamoto
- Ai Okawa
- Manami Oku
- Chiyo Okumura
- Makoto Okunaka
- Tadayoshi Okura
- Reiko Ōmori
- Ayano Ōmoto
- Judy Ongg
- Yuka Onishi
- Erena Ono
- Mikiyo Ōno
- Itsumi Osawa
- Mai Oshima
- Ryoka Oshima
- Yuko Oshima
- Aika Ota
- Hiromi Ōta
- Takako Ōta
- Shinobu Otake
- Ai Otsuka
- Nana Owada
- Shizuka Ōya
P[]
- Party Rockets GT (group)
- Passcode (group)
- Passpo (group)
- Perfume (group)
- Petitmoni (group)
- Pink Babies (group)
- Pink Lady (duo)
- PureBoys (group)
- Predia (group)
- PrizmaX (group)
- Prizmmy (group)
R[]
- Rag Fair (group)
- Rainych
- Rakutenshi (group)
- Rev. from DVL (group)
- Ribbon (group)
- Rinrin & Ranran (duo)
- Rihwa
- Rock A Japonica (group)
- Romans (group)
- Run&Gun (group)
S[]
- Sakura Ebi~s (group)
- Sakurazaka46 (group)
- Sakura Gakuin (group)
- SDN48 (group)
- Sexy Zone (group)
- Ships (duo)
- Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku (group)
- Shonentai (group)
- Shuchishin (group)
- Shugo Chara Egg! (group)
- Shūji to Akira (duo)
- Silent Siren (group)
- SKE48 (group)
- SPEED (group)
- Sphere (group)
- Starmarie (group)
- STU48 (group)
- Suitei Shoujo (duo)
- Sunmyu (group)
- Super Girls (group)
- Super Monkey's (group)
- SweetS (group)
- Noriko Sakai
- Ikue Sakakibara
- Maaya Sakamoto
- Junko Sakurada
- Sho Sakurai
- Ayaka Sasaki
- Rino Sashihara
- Masaki Sato
- Miyu Sawai
- Erika Sawajiri
- Riho Sayashi
- Subaru Shibutani
- Daiki Shigeoka
- Pikarin Shiina
- Rumi Shishido
- Yumi Sugimoto
- Airi Suzuki
- Kanon Suzuki
- Ranran Suzuki
T[]
- Tackey & Tsubasa (duo)
- Tacoyaki Rainbow (group)
- Taiyō to Ciscomoon (group)
- Tanpopo (group)
- Team Syachihoko (group)
- Tegomass (duo)
- The Checkers (group)
- The Hoopers (group)
- The Peanuts (duo)
- TOKIO (group)
- Tokyo Girls' Style (group)
- Tokyo Performance Doll (group)
- Toraji Haiji (duo)
- Triangle (group)
- Tsuri Bit (group)
- TVXQ (duo)
- Twinklestars (group)
- Kana Tachibana
- Junnosuke Taguchi
- Mizue Takada
- Reni Takagi
- Ayahi Takagaki
- Ai Takahashi
- Yuya Takaki
- Shiori Tamai
- Yukari Tamura
- Koki Tanaka
- Reina Tanaka
- Yuya Tegoshi
- Takuya Terada
- Erika Toda
- Haruka Tomatsu
- Aki Toyosaki
- Kana Tsugihara
- Momoko Tsugunaga
U[]
- Up Up Girls (Kakko Kari) (group)
- Yuki Uchida
- Tatsuya Ueda
- Aya Ueto
- Takako Uehara
- Kan Usuki
V[]
- V6 (group)
- v-u-den (group)
- Vanilla Beans (duo)
- Vanilla Mood (group)
W[]
- W (duo)
- Wake Up, Girls!
- WaT (duo)
- Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 (group)
- w-inds (group)
- Wink (duo)
- Weather Girls (group)
- Whiteberry (group)
- Mayu Watanabe
X[]
- X21 (group)
Y[]
- Ya-ya-yah (group)
- YuiKaori (duo)
- Yumemiru Adolescence (group)
- Kota Yabu
- Hiroko Yakushimaru
- Takayuki Yamada
- Ryosuke Yamada
- Momoe Yamaguchi
- Linda Yamamoto
- Tomohisa Yamashita
- Wakana Yamashita
- Hikaru Yaotome
- Shota Yasuda
- You Yokoyama
- Miho Yoshioka
- Yui Yoshioka
- Hitomi Yoshizawa
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Others[]
Best selling[]
The following is a list of the 20 all-time best-selling Japanese idols in Japan as of 2011, according to the Japanese music television program Music Station.[1]
| Rank | Artist | Records sold |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMAP | 32,310,000 |
| 2 | Seiko Matsuda | 29,510,000 |
| 3 | Akina Nakamori | 25,340,000 |
| 4 | KinKi Kids | 24,670,000 |
| 5 | Speed | 19,530,000 |
| 6 | Arashi | 19,140,000 |
| 7 | Morning Musume. | 16,700,000 |
| 8 | Momoe Yamaguchi | 16,220,000 |
| 9 | Hiromi Go | 15,780,000 |
| 10 | Kenji Sawada | 15,700,000 |
| 11 | The Checkers | 15,380,000 |
| 12 | Miho Nakayama | 14,970,000 |
| 13 | Shizuka Kudō | 14,870,000 |
| 14 | Kyōko Koizumi | 14,260,000 |
| 15 | Pink Lady | 13,330,000 |
| 16 | Hideki Saijo | 13,290,000 |
| 17 | Toshihiko Tahara | 12,700,000 |
| 18 | Masahiko Kondō | 12,670,000 |
| 19 | Hikaru Genji | 12,220,000 |
| 20 | Tomomi Kahara | 12,190,000 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Music Station announces their Top 50 Idols of All-Time". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. January 15, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
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