The year 2026 in Japanese music.
Debuts
Debuting groups
GPP
Releases First quarter January Date Album Artist 1 34/45 Akira Jimbo 7 Amarimono Tamio Okuda Unstoppable Daisuke Namikawa 14 Best of AK-69: Yellow Gold AK-69 DJ Daishizen Presents Daichi Miura Non Stop DJ MixDaichi Miura Vol.3 Daichi Miura My Respect Nogizaka46 Rainy. And Rainy Repeated Reflect Nako Misaki Sensation Circle Masaki Suda Terminal Da-ice Wishlist NCT Wish 15 Doh Yoh @onefive 21 A Fraction–VI Ayasa The Abyss Natori Chopin Orbit Hayato Sumino Covers Hideaki Tokunaga Gozo Nemophila MileSixTones: Best Tracks SixTones Re:One Keita Tachibana Rock in City: Band Covers Only Deen The Museum IV Nana Mizuki Rhetorica Reol Shadow Kent Itō 23 The Core XG The Weight of Sound Crystal Lake Yoo-hoo Shintaro Sakamoto 26 The Fusion Ømi 28 Hot Topic Hanabie Ketsunopolis 14 Ketsumeishi Kimi to Boku no Yakusoku Root Love Leap Forth Mayu Mineda Lyrical Tattoo Base Ball Bear Reborn Do as Infinity Share Music Hiroshi Kamiya Shikanoco Yurika Kubo Stage: The Musical in My Head Mika Nakashima Theme Songs for the Theater Kiyoshi Hikawa Underworld PinocchioP
February Date Album Artist 3 Ever Joyful Rina Aiuchi Play MiSaMo 4 Crack and Flap Shiina Natsukawa LostAndFound SennaRin Reboot Naoto Inti Raymi 6 Disasterpiece Mori Calliope 11 0401 – The Best Days of Kasane Teto 2026 Kasane Teto Ever Green Tooboe From Now to Then Seamo Kawaii Lab. Best Album Team Kawaii Lab. Rock 'N' Roll Journey: 30th Anniversary Best Nanase Aikawa Shadow Work Angela Aki Shishamo Deshita Shishamo Smile Miki Imai Stay Alive STAYC Superliminal M-Flo Twelve Ephemeral Variations Quruli 12 Welcome to Sunshine Fantastics from Exile Tribe 18 ChaosBlue Granrodeo Idol1st Kento Nakajima Newme Ua Outstanding Power Lovebites Tone Uru Uku Sakura Fujiwara 23 Hana Hana 25 IMI Passepied My Gleam Miho Okasaki Oh, Guys. We Meet Again. Uh... Gre4n Boyz Runway Ae! Group Texte Mone Kamishiraishi
March Date Album Artist 4 American Classics Junko Onishi Clear's ga Daijūtai Clear's Fire Inside Us Nothing's Carved in Stone Gold Fashion BRADIO Hankei 3 Meters Chiai Fujikawa Letters Riho Furui Nemomatic Lil League from Exile Tribe Nowz Nowz Second Person Yorushika Singles Best Remioromen Still Shine: Her Songs, Our Harmony Chemistry Symphonic Remix Best Hiro Shimono The Symphonic Sessions III Taro Hakase Tokimeki Smile Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu 11 The Baddest: Son of R&B Toshinobu Kubota Collection Album: Season Idoly Pride Fluorite HoneyWorks featuring HaKoniwalily Forbidden Ringo Sheena Generation of Yusuke Yusuke Ikimonogakari Meets 2 Various artists Jekyll Hyde Shin-On Yuzu Yuiitsumuni West 18 A Band Ohashi Trio The Black Album Dreams Come True Juju's Showa-Era Café: Time Travel Juju One Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe Re-Birth Spyair [Sky]showdown Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra This Is Rin Rin Kurusu Tokyo City Lights Huwie Ishizaki Too Fast to Disband Too Young to Die Bish Velvet Grace Miliyah Kato 23 Heart Beat DXTeen 25 Archive Daichi Miura Éclore Glim Spanky Egu Douchu Takuya Eguchi Excuse Error Wanima First Move Hi-Fi Un!corn Fujieda EP Asian Kung-Fu Generation I Best: Single Collection Chico with Honeyworks Illusion Ryubi Miyase Keisōdo Zutomayo Party!Party!!Party!!! Sayuri Date Ubugoe Mr. Children 30 24karats Golden Best Exile
Second quarter April Date Album Artist 1 Arange Dish// Bright On Ran Itō Dance to the Music: Journey with Philosophy no Dance Philosophy no Dance Good Girl but Not for You NiziU Like You Better (Japanese Ver.) Fromis_9 Melty Love Girls² Piggs Rebellion Piggs Pyramid Novelbright 8 Cover Takahisa Masuda Takahisa Masuda Mortal Downer Dir En Grey Sue Ann – Homage to Antonio Carlos Jobim Lisa Ono 13 We on Fire E-Side 4 15 Ampland Plan Chiaki Mayumura Echo Gero Lace Up Lisa Life Goes On Kaz Shizukunone Momoka Ariyasu This Is How I Am Shinjiro Atae Triangle Silent Siren 21 Love Psychedelico Naked Songs Love Psychedelico 22 Adieu 5 Adieu Divine Last Alliance Evermore D'erlanger I.K.T Erika Ikuta Shift Kirito 23 Completeness Ave Mujica 24 Beat Ballistik Boyz from Exile Tribe E-Side 4 Yoasobi Sakihokoru Toki o Matsu no wa Yesung 26 Energy Flo U-zhaan and Ryuichi Sakamoto 29 Etc.Works4 Mongol800 Kurogane Inuwasi Millinity Urbangarde Momentum Timelesz Re:Blue Myname
May Date Album Artist 1 Akina Note Akina Nakamori 6 ÷0 Aobozu Take It Rosy! Mitsuhiro Oikawa 13 30th Anniversary Puffy AmiYumi Kamisama no Iutoori Masashi Sada 18 Quartet Is:sue 20 Are You Red.Y? Ryosuke Yamada But Beautiful Sadao Watanabe Ichigo Ichie Supernova StandBy Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas 27 Dialogue Ayase Echo Scandal Love Beat Kana Nishino Lucid Dream Ive Non-Scenario Etude / Sora Amamiya Sakuhinshū 2: Theory Sora Amamiya Still Temporary, Somehow Permanent Creep Hyp Transcendent Love Kaf
June Date Album Artist 3 Asceeension Sota Hanamura Blank Expression Yurina Hirate Gate of Hell Unlucky Morpheus Hanbunko Yukari Tamura Juke Box Hokuto Ri Pathos Rico Sasaki Rooom Aooo Spirit Akane Takayanagi Voyage T-Square 5 Jet Bangin' The Jet Boy Bangerz from Exile Tribe Present Doberman Infinity 10 Rising in Bloom East of Eden Sakamoto Fuyumi 40th Best: Wadachi Fuyumi Sakamoto Synchronicity Ringwanderung 17 Ave Música Ave Mujica Gang Final Gang Parade Hellmate Nexz Kids00's Kid Phenomenon from Exile Tribe ND5 Naniwa Danshi Pressed Flowers Tomori Kusunoki 24 Dynamic Shizuka Kudo Hitotarashi Keisuke Kuwata Homework Senri Oe Hyper Kuromism Kuromi Invention Shōya Chiba Jinsei Super Beaver More! More! EP Juice=Juice Sakuraization @onefive Seven Blooms Girls² Trinity from the Shadows Blankey Jet City Ultracti:on Hiromitsu Kitayama Unity Hey Smith and Less Than Jake Univer5oul The Gospellers Violet, Brimming Over Indigo la End 26 The Book For, Yoasobi
Third quarter July Date Album Artist 1 Climax Lynch I Am a Singer Vol.4 Toshi Limitless Shouta Aoi Portfolio NiziU Rashisa Naomi Payton Slide Park Yuchun Ta13oo Urashimasakatasen Zutto Kimi o Sagashiteiru SKE48 Team S 3 Basin Techno Taiiku Okazaki 8 19Box: Starman Ikusaburo Yamazaki Focus Yūya Hirose Wave Kazuya Kamenashi 15 Best Selection! Shikao Suga The Bible 2 Kotoko Birthday Misato Watanabe Chiheisei MyGO!!!!! Corkscrew 2026 Kuroyume A Cry from the Sky Above Galneryus Drug Treatment 2026 Kuroyume Imperfect Androp Kimi Kanetsuchū Rie Takahashi The Wave A.B.C-Z 22 Being Able to Miss You Hanako Oku Polyphony Ami Maeshima To the Living Creatures Akiko Yano 24 From Tokyo with Love Atarashii Gakko! Kiss n Tell Aespa 29 Adamantite Kuzuha Fate/Grand Order: The Best of Theme Songs Yoin Maaya Sakamoto KMK NEWS Piercing Nariaki Obukuro
August Date Album Artist 5 Damdarah Super Eight The Dream of a Failed Butterfly A Flood of Circle Gokuraku yori Gokujō no Ame Kizu Iginari Best Made in Tohoku XO DJ Krush × Ill-Bosstino 12 Checkpoint Takuya Kimura Kansha Shika Gozaimasen Yo Oizumi New Chapter Purple Endrecheri Tratsnom Band Ja Naimon! Maxx Nakayoshi Tui no Kyōkaisen Yoshino Nanjō 19 KaikiLove Zerobaseone Haikyu!! × BOS: Shudaikatachi no Utage Burnout Syndromes Made of Glass Milet Produce 101 Japan Shinsekai Produce 101 Japan Shinsekai Refractions Cornelius Yes YoonHak 21 Zambient Towa Tei 26 31 Leo Ieiri #Best 2015-2025 Twice Braze Enjin Dokan Revolver 2.66 Recitals E.D Morrison Moonriders Grow Bonnie Pink Hikawadai Nikki The Band Apart Humor Miyu Irino Infinite Resonance 4 FripSide Kariuta III Masayoshi Ōishi Lehre der Rose Roselia Love Is All Around Kotaro Oshio Power of Love Kana Nishino Super Star Yuya Tegoshi Zion ExWhyZ
September Date Album Artist 1 So Honey EP King & Prince 2 Atomew Tempalay Crossing featuring Series: Taketatsu Ayana Ayana Taketatsu Deen the Best DX II: Basic to Respect Deen Frequency Monkey Majik Handle with Care Izna I Know I Don't Know Daichi Miura Kiyoshi Hikawa Sings Hibari Misora Kiyoshi Hikawa Memorabilia Omoinotake My Étoile Miho Okasaki Own Riho Sayashi Story of Sid Sid 3 Flux Neo Japonism 9 20 Lights: The Collection Ayaka Amatago Ryokuoushoku Shakai Aimyon Best Album: Chase the Lips! Aimyon Bouquet Mone Kamishiraishi First Time Mika Nakashima Mika Nakashima Inclination Mari Hamada Kajitsu Porno Graffitti Kidoairaku Tatsuro Ko Chage Love Hate Keina Suda My Orchestra! Ayaka Hirahara Nichijō Day Kazuyoshi Saito Supernova Masaharu Fukuyama 11 Blast Ballistik Boyz from Exile Tribe Yours Sincerely Haruomi Hosono 14 Because You Know Me as If You Know Everything About Me Fumino Cheetah Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi 16 Breath Little Glee Monster Love Engine Milk Mind+ HY Nani? Crazy Ken Band Shunkashūtō After the Rain Siraha Inuwasi Song of Life Asaka Sweat: Japanese EP Kiss of Life 18 12 Conversations Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto Back to the Memories the Best Fantastics from Exile Tribe Utau,Taitai Gre4n Boyz Watch Me Be:First 23 Amiism Amii Ozaki Eclipse Angelo Hanaumui Cocco Kayō Kikō 25: Koi no Owari no Nagoya ni Hitori Kaori Mizumori Masterpieces Masayuki Suzuki Quantum TMNetwork Re:Idol Lightsum 24 King's Back!! Koki Tanaka a.k.a Joker 25 Friday I Don't Like Mondays Optimize = Optdemise Coldrain Repsycle + Hide with Spread Beaver 29 Pops Mrs. Green Apple 30 Happy-Go-Lucky Chihiro Yamanaka Love Sung Si-kyung Maze Runner: Way Out N.SSign New World Carnival: Iza Miwaku no Ōunabara e Houshou Marine Trace Seo In-guk Unbound Eir Aoi The Way of L.O.V-E A.B.C-Z
Fourth quarter October Date Album Artist 2 Animal JO1 Hatena Imase Tabi Chanyeol
Disbanding and retiring artists Amefurasshi Arashi The Dance for Philosophy ExWhyZ Shishamo Tokyo Girls' Style Ukka Wasuta
See also
2026 in Japan Music of Japan
References