2019 in Japanese music

The year 2019 in Japanese music.

Events

 * 70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Number-ones

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

Awards

 * 61st Japan Record Awards
 * 2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Debuting groups

 * A-Jax
 * ALI
 * Argonavis from BanG Dream!
 * Ateez
 * Ballistik Boyz from Exile Tribe
 * B.O.L.T
 * Boyfriend
 * Beyooooonds
 * Bis
 * Carry Loose
 * CIX
 * College Cosmos
 * Dialogue
 * Dos Monos
 * DracoVirgo
 * Girls²
 * Hinatazaka46
 * Honest Boyz
 * (G)I-dle
 * Iz*One
 * King Gnu
 * Mameshiba no Taigun
 * Oh My Girl
 * @onefive
 * Oneus
 * Sard Underground
 * Tebasaki Sensation
 * The Boyz
 * Yoasobi
 * ZOC

Debuting soloists

 * Akari Kitō
 * Aimi Tanaka
 * Eito
 * Haruka Fukuhara
 * Mayu Maeshima
 * Milet
 * Sayaka Yamamoto
 * Taeyeon
 * Toshiki Masuda '
 * Vaundy
 * Yuuri

Returning from hiatus

 * Flumpool
 * DuelJewel
 * Soulhead
 * Ran Itō

Disbanding

 * Tsuri Bit
 * Negoto
 * Kalafina
 * Janne Da Arc
 * Rock a Japonica
 * Flower
 * Shiggy Jr
 * Country Girls
 * The Hoopers
 * Wake Up, Girls!
 * Rhymeberry
 * Kinoko Teikoku
 * Pentagon
 * CocoSori
 * Myteen

Retiring

 * Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi
 * Yūsuke Tomoi
 * Masako Mori

Going on hiatus

 * An Cafe
 * Blu-Billion
 * Kana Nishino

Deaths

 * Yuya Uchida dies on March 17.
 * Michiro Endo dies on April 25.