2017 in Japanese music

The year 2017 in Japanese music.

Events

 * 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Number-ones

 * Oricon number-one albums
 * Oricon number-one singles
 * Hot 100 number-one singles

Awards

 * 59th Japan Record Awards
 * 2017 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Debuting groups

 * =Love
 * 100%
 * 22/7
 * Atarashii Gakko!
 * Blackpink
 * Brats
 * Cellchrome
 * Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu
 * CY8ER
 * Cynhn
 * Dimlim
 * Exo-CBX
 * Faky
 * Last Idol
 * Leetspeak Monsters
 * Lovebites
 * Mellow Mellow
 * Migma Shelter
 * Monsta X
 * NCT 127
 * NGT48
 * Novelbright
 * Pentagon
 * Pink Babies
 * Pink Cres.
 * Polkadot Stingray
 * Qyoto
 * Ryokuoushoku Shakai
 * SF9
 * The Rampage from Exile Tribe
 * Roselia
 * SudannaYuzuYully
 * TRCNG
 * Twice
 * Ukka
 * Up10tion
 * Winner
 * Yorushika

Debuting soloists

 * Adieu
 * Asca
 * Beverly
 * Haru Nemuri
 * Hiroomi Tosaka
 * Junna
 * Keina Suda
 * Masaki Suda
 * Nao Tōyama
 * Rena Nōnen
 * Sayuri
 * Shiina Natsukawa
 * Shuta Sueyoshi
 * Sōma Saitō
 * Taecyeon
 * Tao Tsuchiya

Artists resuming activities

 * Chemistry
 * Megumi Nakajima
 * Makidai
 * Gesu no Kiwami Otome
 * Indigo la End
 * Aoi Yūki

Artists on hiatus

 * Ikimono-gakari
 * Tsubaki
 * YuiKaori
 * Ami Wajima
 * Tsuki Amano
 * Pour Lui
 * Tackey & Tsubasa
 * Sphere
 * Vamps
 * Flumpool
 * Cyntia
 * Mejibray

Retiring artists

 * Nanami Hashimoto
 * Sayaka Shionoya
 * Momoko Tsugunaga
 * Ray
 * Himeka Nakamoto
 * Mai Endo
 * Haruka Shimada
 * Shuuka Fujii

Disbanding artists

 * Doll Elements
 * Especia
 * Prizmmy
 * Rev. from DVL
 * White Ash
 * C-ute
 * Mimi Meme Mimi
 * Plenty
 * Reol
 * Megamasso
 * Hilcrhyme
 * Musubizm
 * Cibo Matto
 * Sug
 * High4
 * Wonder Girls

Deaths

 * February 8 – Rina Matsuno, 18, idol singer and model, heart arrhythmia
 * February 25 – Toshio Nakanishi, 61, musician and producer, esophageal cancer
 * March 1 – Hiroshi Kamayatsu, 78, singer and guitarist, pancreatic cancer
 * April 12 – Peggy Hayama, 83, singer, pneumonia
 * July 8 – Seiji Yokoyama, 82, composer, pneumonia
 * December 2 – Norihiko Hashida, 72, folk singer-songwriter, parkinson's disease