The Billboard Japan Hot 100 is a record chart in Japan for songs. It has been compiled by Billboard Japan and Hanshin Contents Link since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at Billboard-japan.com (JST) and every Thursday at Billboard.com (UTC).
The first number-one song on the chart was "Stay Gold" by Hikaru Utada on the issue dated January 16, 2008. The first number-one song on the chart by a non-Japanese artist was "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis in the issue dated April 30, 2008. The current number-one on the chart as of the issue dated October 7, 2026, is "Ichaicha Mushi" by Hinatazaka46.
Methodology From the chart's inception in 2008, to December 2010, the chart combined CD single sales data from SoundScan Japan, tracking sales at physical stores across Japan, and radio airplay figures from Japan's then 32 AM and FM radio stations sourced from the Japanese company Plantech. In December 2010, the chart expanded to include sales from online stores, as well as sales from iTunes Japan. From December 2013, Billboard incorporated more digital music stores (such as Recochoku and Mora) into the chart. Billboard also added two additional factors: tweets relating to songs from Twitter data collected by NTT DATA, as well as data sourced from Gracenote on the number of times a CDs has been registered as being inserted into a computer. In May 2015, the chart began to include both on-demand streams and YouTube views. Finally, in November 2018, the chart began to include karaoke plays in its formula. In December 2022, the Twitter and Gracenote metrics were removed from the chart.
From December 7, 2016, onwards, Billboard Japan teamed up with GfK Japan to distribute digital sales of each track on the Hot 100 chart (between the positions of number one to number 50) to the public. The companies will distribute the sales from over 3,900 digital stores nationwide, alongside streaming services with Apple Music, Awa and Line Music, which will commence in 2017 and will be recognized as points (similar to album-equivalent sales). In June 2025, Billboard Japan introduced the recurrent rule for Japan Hot 100, alongside the Hot Albums, applying for songs that chart more than 52 weeks. It effected on the chart week of June 4, 2025.
Lists of Billboard Japan number-one singles Weekly number ones 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Year-end number ones Year Title Artist(s) 2008 "Kiseki" Greeeen 2009 "Ichibu to Zenbu" B'z 2010 "Troublemaker" Arashi 2011 "Everyday, Katyusha"AKB48 2012 "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" 2013 "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" 2014 "Guts!" Arashi 2015 "Ryusei" Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe 2016 "Tsubasa wa Iranai" AKB48 2017 "Koi" Gen Hoshino 2018 "Lemon" Kenshi Yonezu 2019 2020 "Yoru ni Kakeru" Yoasobi 2021 "Dry Flower" Yuuri 2022 "Zankyōsanka" Aimer 2023 "Idol" Yoasobi 2024 "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" Creepy Nuts 2025 "Lilac" Mrs. Green Apple
Song milestones
Most weeks at number one of weeks Song Artist Release year 22 "Idol" Yoasobi 2023 19 "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" Creepy Nuts 2024 14 "Iris Out" Kenshi Yonezu 2025 13 "Subtitle" Official Hige Dandism 2022 "Show" Ado 2023 11 "Koi" Gen Hoshino 2016 9 "Zankyōsanka" Aimer 2021 8 "Homura" Lisa 2020 7 "Lemon" Kenshi Yonezu 2018 "Pretender" Official Hige Dandism 2019 "I Love..." 2020 "Lilac" Mrs. Green Apple 2024
Most total weeks on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 Legend Currently charting in the top 100 Currently charting in the top 10 Only the top 30 songs with the most weeks are included Source:
of weeks Song Artist Peak Release year "Marigold" Aimyon 1 2018 "Takane no Hanako-san" Back Number 3 2013 "Tenbyō no Uta" Mrs. Green Apple featuring Sonoko Inoue 16 2018 "Lemon" Kenshi Yonezu 1 2018 "Ao to Natsu" Mrs. Green Apple 7 2018 "Pretender" Official Hige Dandism 1 2019 "Kaijū no Hanauta" Vaundy 2 2020 "Suiheisen" Back Number 2 2021 "Yoru ni Kakeru" Yoasobi 1 2019 "115 Man Kilo no Film" Official Hige Dandism 11 2018 "Dry Flower" Yuuri 2 2020 "Inferno" Mrs. Green Apple 17 2019 "Hakujitsu" King Gnu 2 2019 "Boku no Koto" Mrs. Green Apple 7 2019 "Wherever You Are" One Ok Rock 4 2010 "Gunjō" Yoasobi 6 2020 "Soranji" Mrs. Green Apple 10 2022 "Shape of You" Ed Sheeran 4 2017 "Happy End" Back Number 4 2016 "Kanade" Sukima Switch 27 2004 "Que Sera Sera" Mrs. Green Apple 3 2023 "I Love..." Official Hige Dandism 1 2020 "Dance Hall" Mrs. Green Apple 8 2022 "Kaibutsu" Yoasobi 2 2021 "Betelgeuse" Yuuri 2 2021 "Cinderella Boy" Saucy Dog 4 2021 "W / X / Y" Tani Yuuki 3 2021 "Mela!" Ryokuoushoku Shakai 37 2020 "Uchiage Hanabi" Daoko and Kenshi Yonezu 1 2017 "Kirari" Fujii Kaze 2 2021
Other songs that have charted for at least 100 weeks No. of weeks Song Artist Peak Release year "Himawari no Yakusoku" Motohiro Hata 2 2014 "Christmas Song" Back Number 1 2015 "Hanataba" Back Number 3 2011 "Silent Majority" Keyakizaka46 1 2016 "Just a Sunny Day for You" Yorushika 22 2018 "Kimi wa Rock o Kikanai" Aimyon 11 2017 "Gurenge" Lisa 2 2019 "Sayonara Elegy" Masaki Suda 3 2018 "Wataridori" Alexandros 3 2015 "Dynamite" BTS 2 2020 "Shin Takarajima" Sakanaction 1 2015 "Koi" Gen Hoshino 1 2016 "Subtitle" Official Hige Dandism 1 2022 "Eine Kleine" Kenshi Yonezu 19 2014 "Odoriko" Vaundy 15 2021 "Ryusei" Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe 1 2014 "Citrus" Da-ice 7 2020 "Lilac" Mrs. Green Apple 1 2024 "Romanticism" Mrs. Green Apple 11 2019 "Loser" Kenshi Yonezu 3 2016 "Mixed Nuts" Official Hige Dandism 1 2022 "Nan demo Nai yo," Macaroni Empitsu 4 2021 "Naked Heart" Aimyon 4 2020 "Fukakōryoku" Vaundy 36 2020 "Walking with You" Novelbright 33 2018 "Heroine" Back Number 2 2015 "Haru no Hi" Aimyon 2 2019 "Peace Sign" Kenshi Yonezu 1 2017 "Neko" Dish// 9 2017 "Shake It Off" Taylor Swift 4 2014 "Idol" Yoasobi 1 2023 "Hanabi" Mr. Children 1 2008 "TT" Twice 3 2016 "Kick Back" Kenshi Yonezu 1 2022 "Zankyōsanka" Aimer 1 2021 "Mahō no Jūtan" Takaya Kawasaki 20 2020 "No Doubt" Official Hige Dandism 11 2018 "Cry Baby" Official Hige Dandism 4 2021 "Kiseki" Greeeen 1 2008 "Machigai Sagashi" Masaki Suda 2 2019 "Magic" Mrs. Green Apple 3 2023 "Billimillion" Yuuri 6 2023 "Boy with Luv" BTS featuring Halsey 7 2019 "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" Taylor Swift 2 2012 "Happy" Pharrell Williams 5 2013 "See You Again" Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth 7 2015 "Ai o Komete Hanataba o" Superfly 7 2008 "Bansanka" Tuki 1 2023
Most weeks in the top ten of weeks Song Artist(s) Year(s) "Lemon" Kenshi Yonezu 2018–2019 and August 2020 "Dry Flower" Yuuri 2020–2022 "Yoru ni Kakeru" Yoasobi 2020–2021 "Pretender" Official Hige Dandism 2019–2020 "Marigold" Aimyon 2018–2019, 2026 "Kaijū no Hanauta" Vaundy 2023–2024 "Dynamite" BTS 2020–2021 "Hakujitsu" King Gnu 2019–2020 "Gurenge" Lisa 2019–2020 and January 2021 "Idol" Yoasobi 2023–2024 "W / X / Y" Tani Yuuki 2022–2023 "Shukumei" Official Hige Dandism 2019–2020
Japan Hot 100 number ones by foreign artists
As of 2024, there have been only five Western songs that have topped the Japan Hot 100.
Leona Lewis – "Bleeding Love" Mika – "Blame It on the Girls" Lady Gaga – "Born This Way" The Wanted – "Glad You Came" Rosé and Bruno Mars – "APT."
See also Billboard Japan Billboard Japan Music Awards List of artists who reached number one on the Japan Hot 100 List of K-pop songs on the Billboard Japan Hot 100
References
External links Current Billboard Japan Hot 100 on billboard-japan.com by Hanshin Contents Link Billboard Japan Hot 100 by Billboard – The issue date is that of not Billboard Japan Hot 100 but "U.S." Billboard Hot 100 Hanshin Contents Link, the company that compiles Billboard Japan charts (a division of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings)