2022 in Japanese music

The year 2022 in Japanese music.

Debuting groups

 * &Team
 * Boysgroup
 * Classy
 * ExWhyZ
 * Fruits Zipper
 * Golden Child
 * Ive
 * Kep1er
 * The Last Rockstars
 * Lil League from Exile Tribe
 * Metamuse
 * Ocha Norma
 * Omega X
 * OnlyOneOf
 * Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe
 * STAYC
 * TFN
 * Travis Japan
 * Verivery
 * WEi
 * XG

Debuting soloists

 * Akari Akase
 * Hanna Ishikawa
 * Kang Daniel
 * Kent Itō
 * Miru Shiroma
 * Onew
 * SennaRin
 * Yoshino Aoyama
 * Yuki Yomichi

Returning groups

 * Doping Panda
 * Mrs. Green Apple

Number-ones

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

Awards

 * 64th Japan Record Awards
 * 2022 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Disbanding

 * Empire
 * Go to the Beds
 * Predia
 * HO6LA

Going on hiatus

 * Kiyoshi Hikawa
 * Mary's Blood
 * Hikaru Yaotome
 * Yoshimotozaka46