The best j-pop bands

“Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!”, The new AKB48

SMAP (ス マ ッ プ, sumappu?) Is a Japanese pop band formed by Johnny & Associates. Initially it had six members, but one of them left the group of his own free will to dedicate himself professionally to motorcycles. Currently the members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Goro Inagaki and Shingo Katori. The name "SMAP" stands for Sports and Music Assemble People ("Sports and music unite people").

2001 Morning Musume leader Yuko Nakazawa graduates on April 15 passing the leadership to Kaori Iida. Enter the 5th. Generation conformed by Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno, Makoto Ogawa and Risa Niigaki, their debut single was "Mr. Moonlight ~ Ai no BIG BAND ~". [edit] 2002The only member of the 3rd graduates. Maki Goto generation, on September 23. [edit] 2003 Kei Yasuda graduates from the group on May 5. Enter the 6th. Generation conformed by Miki Fujimoto (who was already a soloist in the conglomerate of Hello! Project), Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige and Reina Tanaka, her debut single was "Shabondama". [edit] 2004 Natsumi Abe graduates on January 25 at age 23. The 2 youngest members of the 4th graduate on August 1. Nozomi Tsuji and Ai Kago generation, creating their own duo called W-Daburuyu. This was the first double graduation. [edit] 2005 The then leader of Morning Musume Kaori Iida graduates on January 30, thus passing the leadership to Mari Yaguchi, who would retire later in April for the published photographs of her and her boyfriend Shun Oguri, to then pass the leadership Hitomi Yoshizawa since Rika Ishikawa had graduated on May 7 of the same year. That same year Koharu Kusumi enters as a member of the 7th. generation, who debuted with the single "Iroppoi Jirettai". [edit] 2006 On July 23, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa graduate, so auditions were organized for the 8th. generation in which only Aika Mitsui managed to enter, her debut single was "Egao Yes Nude" at the end of the year. [edit] 2007In 2007 Morning Musume as a group celebrates its 10th birthday, and to commemorate this date a commemorative single was prepared. This simple one had a special unit, formed by graduated and current members of the group, which was called "Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai", and has Kaori Iida, as a member who has spent more time in the group, Abe Natsumi, who It is known as the face of Morning Musume, Maki Goto, representing the golden era of Momusu, Koharu Kusumi that epitomizes the new era and Risa Niigaki, the first single from this unit was "Bokura ga Ikiru My Asia". On May 6 Hitomi Yoshizawa graduates from Morning Musume, and at the same concert it is announced that Junjun and Linlin (amabas of Chinese origin) would be part of the 8th. generation. His debut single was "Onna ni Sachi are" Then the group's leadership happened to Miki Fujimoto who retired on June 1 of the same year, the reasons were that Friday magazine published some photos of her with a man, then Ai Takahashi stayed as the new leader and Risa Niigaki as the sub-leader. [edit] 2009 Koharu Kusumi graduates on December 6 to become a model, this marked the end of the most stable line of members in the group (to date the group had not changed the number of members for 2 years), it was the first change of ranks in the group after the graduation of Hitomi Yoshizawa and the withdrawal of Miki Fujimoto in 2007. [edit] 2010On December 15, Eri Kamei graduated from the 6th. generation along with Junjun and Linlin from the 8th. generation. The audition is announced for the 9th. Morning Musume generation. [edit] 2011 Enter the novena. generation conformed by Mizuki Fukumura (member already belonging to Hello! Pro Egg), Erina Ikuta, Riho Sayashi and Kanon Suzuki, these last two are the first members of Morning Musume to be born after the group was created; her debut single was "Maji Desu ka Ska!". Leader Ai Takahashi graduated after 10 years of being in the group and 4 years as its leader, setting the record for being the leader of Morning Musume for a longer time, while Risa Niigaki (the new leader) passes to make history being the member who has been in the group for more years, beating Kaori Iida with 7 years and her great friend Ai Takahashi with 10 years and 4 months. At the graduation concert of Ai Takahashi, the 10th is announced. generation conformed by Haruna Iikubo, Ayumi Ishida, Masaki Sato and Haruka Kudo. [edit] 2012The single No. 48 of the group called "Pyoko Pyoko Ultra" is released, single in which the tenth. Generation makes its official debut. On January 2 it is announced that Risa Niigaki graduates from Morning Musume. The single No. 49 called "Renai Hunter" is released reaching the 1st. place in the Oricon Ranking. On May 4, Aika Mitsui announces her graduation (only from Morning Musume as she will continue in Hello! Project) due to a leg injury that prevented her from continuing her activities within the group. On May 18, she graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project the then leader Risa Niigaki, and graduates of Morning Musume the last member of the eighth. Aika Mitsui generation, leaving Sayumi Michishige as the new leader, officially announced by Tsunku at the graduation concert. At the same time, the concert announces the auditions for the eleventh generation of Morning Musume called "Suppin Utahime". [3]

Berryz Kōbō (Berryz 工房, Berryz Kōbō? Literally Workshop Berryz), sometimes romanized Berryz Koubou or Berryz Kobo, is a totally feminine J-Pop group within Hello! Project The original eight members were from Hello! Project Kids are often the background dancers for W (Double You) music videos. Before the formation of the group, some members worked with other members of Morning Musume on projects such as Aa! and ZYX, and in the MiniMoni movie Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibōken !. It was announced that it would be a group in the Hello! Project Club Event on January 14, 2004. Hello! Project encouraged the group to release three singles with a month difference between each one, starting in March 2004 with "Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai". His first album, 1st Cho Berryz, followed the trilogy of his debut singles in July 2004. In February 2007, Berryz Kobo announced that they would give a concert at the Saitama Super Arena on April 1. This event marked a historical event in the group, because it was the first performance in the Arena, whose members did not exceed the age of 14 years (thus dethroning Morning Musume whose average age of its members was 16.3).

Ute -ute is a female J-Pop group within Hello! Project The character "℃" (Grade Celsius) is replaced by "C" in the annotation with the aim of expressing fervor — the script has no particular meaning. The appropriate Japanese pronunciation for this group is kyūto (キ ュ ー ト, 'kyūto'?).

Brown Eyed Girls (BEG - 브라운 아이드 걸스) is a female group consisting of 4 members, under the company “NegaNetwork”. His official debut was in 2006 and his music style was ballads and in recent years he is gaining a lot of popularity / fame, as fans.

AKB48 is a Japanese group of female singers (Idols) produced by Yasushi Akimoto. AKB48 currently consists of 48 girls divided into three teams: Team A, Team K and Team B. Each consists of 16 members. Unlike other idol groups in Japan, AKB48 is based in a theater, located in Akihabara (a district of Tokyo), where they perform several times a week. The theater is located on the eighth floor of the Don Quixote Commercial Building. His Name is a Japanese Pronunciation Word Game (A-Ki-Ba) that mentions Akihabara and 48 is mentioned in English (A-Ki-Ba Forty-Eight

Japanese band formed in 2001 that debuted in the Japanese record market in 2006. Their debut was marked by the release of their first single, album and DVD: Real Face, Best of KAT-TUN and Real Face Film, all three defeating the records of sale. KAT-TUN is one of the most popular bands in Japan, with its 12 singles having won first place in the Oricon list of the Japanese music industry. In the four years of his life in the record market, KAT-TUN has sold a total of 6 million albums: 12 singles and 3 albums.

Perfume (パ フ ュ ー ム, Pafyūmu?) Is a female electropop group originally from Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The group consists of three Japanese idol nicknamed Kashiyuka, A ~ chan and Nocchi. His career begins at the local level in 2001, subsequently expanding nationwide in 2005. As of 2003, Perfume is produced by Yasutaka Nakata member of the J-pop group "Capsule".

Arashi (嵐, Japanese storm) is a Japanese boy band composed of Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya and Jun Matsumoto under the signature of Johnny & Associates.