2023 in Japanese music

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The year 2023 in Japanese music.

Debuts

Main article: List of Japanese musical groups (2020s)

Debuting groups

• Ave Mujica
• Billlie^[1]
• Bite a Shock^[2]
• Candy Tune^[3]
• DXTeen
• IMP.^[4]
• Kiss Kiss^[5]
• The Jet Boy Bangerz from Exile Tribe
• Le Sserafim^[6]
• MiSaMo^[7]
• NCT Tokyo^[8]
• Purple Kiss^[9]
• Secret Number^[10]

Debuting soloists

• Yuto Adachi^[11]
• Himika Akaneya^[12][13]
• Ayaka Fukuhara^[14]
• Kazuki Hayashi [ja]^[15]
• Rin Kurusu [ja]^[16]
• Kaori Maeda^[17]
• Mayu Mineda^[18]
• Nako Misaki^[19]
• Rei Nakashima^[20]
• Naomi Payton^[21]
• Mayu Sagara^[22]
• Shiori Tamai
• Tuki^[23]

Returning from hiatus

Returning groups

• Silent Siren

Returning soloists

Number-ones

• Oricon number-one albums
• Oricon number-one singles
• Billboard Japan number-one albums
• Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles

Awards

• 65th Japan Record Awards
• 2023 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Albums released

January

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
4	Koe	SixTones	Sony Music	[24]
17	Humor	Back Number	Universal Sigma	[25]
	12	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Milan	[26]
	Here Is	The Boyz	IST	[27]
18	V	Hiroyuki Sawano	Sacra	[28]
	Mountain Banana	The Cro-Magnons	Ariola Japan	[29]
	Wings	Koda Kumi	Rhythm Zone	[30]
	We are Boysgroup	Boysgroup	WACK	[31]
25	Music World	ALI	Mastersix Foundation	[32]
	Remember You	Ayumi Hamasaki	Avex Music Creative	[33]
	Specter	Suisei Hoshimachi	Cover	[34]
	Curtain Call	Monkey Majik	A.S.A.B	[35]
	Aowoikiru	Rie Takahashi	Amuse Inc.	[36]

February

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
1	Triangle	Dish//	Sony	[37]
	Contrast	Uru	Sony Music Associated	[38]
	Parade ga Tsuzukunara	Yuki	Epic Japan	[39]
	Innocent	Shikao Suga	Victor	[40]
4	That's Life	Evisbeats [ja]	Amida Studios	[41]
8	Compact Disc	Golden Bomber	Zany Zap	[42]
	Noixe	Nano	Columbia	[43]
	Circle	Rei Yasuda	SME	[44]
	I Have a Dream.	DJ Ryow [ja]	Dream Team Music	[45]
	Valentine's Day Is Coming This Year	Miwa	Sony Records	[46]
14	Prismverse	May'n	Digital Double	[47]
15	Fantasia	KAT-TUN	J Storm	[48]
	Naked	Leo Ieiri	Victor	[49]
	Not Unusual	Mao Abe	Pony Canyon	[50]
	Chrome Arts	OnlyOneOf	Teichiku	[51]
	SAYUMINGLANDOLL ~Sayumi Mirai	Sayumi Michishige	Zetima	[52]
	Our Best Place	Shonen Knife	Good Charamel	[53]
	This One's for You	Miku Itō	Nippon Columbia	[54]
22	Dialoque+2	Dialogue+	Pony Canyon	[55]
	Restart	Gadoro [ja]	Four Mud Arrows	[56]
	Judgement Day	Lovebites	Victor	[57]
	Mamequest	Mameshiba no Taigun	Avex Trax	[58]
	Round & Round	The Rampage from Exile Tribe	Rhythm Zone	[59]
	The Sound	Stray Kids	Epic Japan	[60]
	Voy✩✩✩	Flow	Sacra Music	[61]
	Tenki Seirou Naredomo Nami Takashi	Ali Project	Tokuma Japan Communications	[62]
24	Start Again EP	Crystal Kay	Virgin	[63]
	Seasons Selection 〜Spring〜	Kobukuro	Warner Music Japan	[64]

March

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
1	So Far So Good	Elione [ja]	Solid Sky	[65]
	Mie to 未唯mie: 1981–2023 All Time Best	Mie	Victor	[66]
	Sagas	Valshe	Being	[67]
	1988	Rockon Social Club [ja]	Tokyo Records	[68]
	The Day The World Looks Different	Miyuki Nakajima	Yamaha Music Communications	[69]
	Tank-top Flower for Friends	Yabai T-Shirts Yasan [ja]	Universal Sigma	[70]
	Between Dread and Valor	Galneryus	Warner Music Japan	[71]
8	NMB13	NMB48	Universal Sigma	[72]
	Human	Reona	Sacra Music	[73]
	Crazy For You	KAF	Kamitsubaki Studio	[74]
	Come The Light	Salyu x Haruka Nakamura	Toy's Factory	[75]
	X	Generations from Exile Tribe	Rhythm Zone	[76]
14	Beyond	W-inds	Pony Canyon	[77]
15	Full Course	Virgorman [ja]	Toy's Factory	[78]
	Junk or Gem	Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra	Cutting Edge	[79]
	Sugar Salt Pepper Green	Sumika	Sony Music Records	[80]
	Second Sparkle	Liella!	Lantis	[81]
19	The World Doesn't Know You Yet	Mariko Kouda	Wonder Factory	[82]
22	Big Love	Angerme	Hachama	[83]
	Fanfare	Little Glee Monster	GR8!	[84]
	Dear Violet	Purple Kiss	Victor	[9]
	Bokurano	Eve	Toy's Factory	[85]
23	Birthday	Kira [ja]	Waka Japan	[86]
24	The Other One	Babymetal	Babymetal Amuse Toy's Factory Cooking Vinyl America 5B	[87]
27	Seijakuasamaki	Silent Killa Joint [ja]	9Castle Studio	[88]
29	Ni	Yuuri	Ariola Japan	[89]
	Tamentai [ja]	Tani Yuuki	Valley	[90]
	Ima no Futari o Otagai ga Miteru	Aiko	Pony Canyon	[91]

April

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
5	I Love You	Hiroya Ozaki	SME	[92]
	Magic Lantern	Yorushika	Polydor Records	[93]
11	Rebel	DKB	Danmee	[94]
12	Ichijikikoku	Atarashii Gakko!	Victor	[95]
	Last Aurorally	Ling Tosite Sigure	Sony Music Associated	[96]
	Ninth Peel	Unison Square Garden	Toy's Factory	[97]
	The Message 5	MC Tyson [ja]	Eldeen Industry	[98]
	Izora	Buck-Tick	Victor	[99]
	In the Name of Hiphop II	Tha Boss	Tha Blue Herb Records	[100]
	The Greatest Day	All at Once	B Zone	[101]
	The Runaway Train From Hell	Sex Machineguns	Anchor Records	[102]
	Soul Navigation	Masayuki Suzuki	Epic Records	[103]
19	Xanadu	ExWhyZ	EMI	[104]
	Soar	Mari Hamada	Victor	[105]
	Parade	FictionJunction	Sacra Music	[106]
21	Crimson & Jet Black	Anthem	Ward Records	[107]
26	Naked	Chanmina	No Label	[108]
	Our Teen: Yellow Side	TFN	Ariola Japan	[109]
	Jazz"n"Kumiko	Kumiko Yamashita [ja]	Judgment! Records	[110]
28	Rich or Die 2	YZERR [ja]	Bad Hop	[111]

May

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
3	Dancehall Magic	BRADIO	Crown	[112]
10	Fine Line	Pasocom Music Club	Hatihati Pro	[113]
	Hajimete no – EP	Yoasobi	Sony Japan	[114]
	Our Parade	Gang Parade	Fueled By Mentaiko	[115]
	Gyakkou Bibouroku	Penguin Research [ja]	Sacra Music	[116]
17	Himitsu Studio	Spitz	Polydor	[117]
	Pink Blue [ja]	Ryokuoushoku Shakai	Epic Japan	[118]
	Airport	Sakura Fujiwara	Speedstar	[119]
	Psychic File I	Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe	LDH Records	[120]
24	Heat Wave	Superfly	Universal Sigma	[121]
	Kimi to Iu Sakura no Hanabira ga Boku no Kokoro ni Maiorita	Yesung	Avex Trax	[122]
	Anison Covers	Hiroko Moriguchi	Sonic Blade	[123]
	Ghost Pop	Keina Suda	unBORDE	[124]
	Shiroto Hanataba	Saori Hayami	Warner Bros. Japan	[125]
26	Seasons Selection 〜Summer〜	Kobukuro	Warner Music Japan	[126]
27	Wani	Aural Vampire	Yottabyte	[127]
31	Wave	Ive	Ariola Japan	[128]
	I	Kazuki Hayashi [ja]	LDH Records	[15]
	Vento de Felicidade〜Shiawasenokaze〜	T-Square	Orange Lady	[129]
	Bee and The Whales	Galileo Galilei	Ouchi Daisuki Club	[130]

June

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
5	Moving Pieces – EP	Travis Japan	Capitol	[131]
6	Canary Final Movement: CODA	Crack 6 [ja]	Cutting Edge	[132]
7	Survive	Yellow Bucks [ja]	To the Top Gang	[133]
	Jinkougaku	Zutomayo	EMI Records	[134]
13	Delicious	The Boyz	Universal IST	[135]
14	Ren'ai Shijō Shugi	Kana-Boon	Kioon	[136]
	Tales of a World	Yukihide "YT" Takiyama [ja]	B Zone	[137]
	Love: Amplified	Tatsuya Kitani	Mastersix Foundation	[138]
	Surf Bungaku Kamakura (Half Carton)	Asian Kung-Fu Generation	Kioon Music	[139]
	Jewel	M!lk [ja]	Colorful Records	[140]
	Devotion	TM Network	Sony Music Direct	[141]
	20th Century For The People	20th Century [ja]	Ment Recording	[142]
15	Hey Hey R&R	Twinzer [ja]	AIK Stream	[143]
21	Arigato	Never Young Beach [ja]	Roman Label	[144]
	First Album	Kiss Kiss	WACK	[5]
	Under Mentality	TUYU [ja]	Pony Canyon	[145]
	Open the Window	Rhymester	Starplayers Records	[146]
23	Milestone	Doberman Infinity	LDH Records	[147]
28	Dream in Dream	Cornelius	Warner Music Japan	[148]
	Rokotsu	Syudou [ja]	Syudou Shop	[149]
	Bish the Best	Bish	WACK	[150]
30	Visitors	Friday Night Plans	Friday Night Plans	[151]

July

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
4	Antenna	Mrs. Green Apple	EMI	[152]
5	Surf Bungaku Kamakura Complete	Asian Kung-Fu Generation	Kioon Music	[153]
	Sweet	Tomorrow X Together	Big Hit Republic	[154]
	Nansha ~Junen Jyoshi~	Shiori Niiyama	B Zone	[155]
12	Pop Mall	Naniwa Danshi	J Storm	[156]
19	Level 9.9	Ran Itō	GT	[157]
	Coconut	NiziU	JYP Epic Japan	[158]
	Enigmasis	Uverworld	Gr8!	[159]
	Where Our Blue Is	Tatsuya Kitani	Mastersix Foundation	[160]
	Supply/Demand	Mononoke [ja]	Mono Records	[161]
	SuperBloom	TrySail	Sacra Music	[162]
26	Open a Door	Aimer	Sacra Music	[163]
	Reborn Superstar!	Hanabie.	Epic Japan	[164]
	Masterpiece	MiSaMo	Warner Japan	[165]
	I vs I	Wagakki Band	Universal Sigma	[166]
31	Rainbow-Colored History	Strawberry Prince	STPR Records	[167]

August

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
2	10carat	BsGirls [ja]	Avex Trax	[168]
9	Not Legend	Ozrosaurus [ja]	All My Homies	[169]
16	Peace	King & Prince	Johnny's Universe	[170]
	Alpaca 5	Subaru Shibutani	World Art	[171]
17	Polaris	Chen	Avex Music Creative	[172]
23	Respect All	Ai	EMI	[173]
	Always Yours	Seventeen	Hybe Japan	[174]
28	So Bad, It's Real	Ziggy [ja]	Rockguild	[175]
30	5am	Milet	SME	[176]
	Pado	Pentagon	Warner Japan	[177]
	Aoi Sora Dake Ja Nai	Chage	USM Japan	[178]
	And So Henceforth,	Orangestar	Pony Canyon	[179]
	Version 5.0	Wands	D-Go	[180]
	Dancejillion	Keytalk	Virgin	[181]

September

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
6	40	Ms.Ooja [ja]	Universal Sigma	[182]
	Social Path / Super Bowl (Japanese Ver.)	Stray Kids	Epic Japan	[183]
	Infinity	Bonnie Pink	Warner Japan	[184]
	Explore	Exile Takahiro	Rhythm Zone	[185]
	Shikisokuzekuu	Ningen Isu	Tokuma	[186]
	40	Earthshaker	King Records	[187]
8	Seasons Selection 〜Autumn〜	Kobukuro	Warner Japan	[188]
20	Equinox	JO1	Lapone	[189]
	Crop	Orange Spiny Crab [ja]	Warner Japan	[190]
22	Chai	Chai	Sub Pop	[191]
27	New DNA	XG	Xgalx	[192]

October

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
4	The Book 3	Yoasobi	Sony Japan	[193]
	Miss You	Mr. Children	Toy Factory	[194]
10	Bubbling	Aimers	Hyper Rhythm	[195]
11	The X	Seo In-guk	The Star E & M	[196]
18	Ringo	Itzy	Warner Japan	[197]
	Supermoon	Ai Furihata	Purple One Star	[183]
25	Pleasures	CNBLUE	Warner Music Japan	[198]
	Tokyo Emotional Gakuen	Bigmama [ja]	Fuze Records	[199]
	Bible -Milky Blue-	Seiko Matsuda	Sony Music Direct	[200]

November

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
8	The Magical Listener	Kashitaro Ito [ja]	Victor	[201]
	Myakuutsukanjyo	Hinatazaka46	Sony Records	[202]
15	Best of the Tank-top	Yabai T-Shirts Yasan [ja]	Universal Sigma	[203]
22	Nice'n Slow Jam -beyond-	Skoop On Somebody [ja]	SME	[204]
29	Carousel Circle	Carnation	Panam	[205]
	The Greatest Unknown	King Gnu	Ariola Japan	[206]

December

Date	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
5	Fantastic Rocket	Fantastics from Exile Tribe	LDH Records	[207]
13	Ado's Utattemita Album	Ado	Virgin	[208]
	Dat Girl	Yuto Adachi	Rink	[11]
	Nyang Nyang Oeeee	Ano	Toy's Factory	[209]
	○	Ikimonogakari	Epic Records	[210]
20	Deeper	Tatsuya Ishii	Sony Music	[211]
26	Proxima	TAN	Nippon Columbia	[212]

Disbanding and retiring artists

Disbanding

• Bad Hop [ja]^[213]
• Bish^[214]
• Boysgroup^[215]
• B.O.L.T^[216]
• For Tracy Hyde^[217]
• Lovelys [ja]^[218]

Retiring

Going on hiatus

• Haruka Yamazaki^[219]