List of Japanese idols

This is a list of Japanese idols; a type of celebrity in Japan. The following list includes both female and male idols as well as both solo idols and idol groups.

Others

 * =LOVE (group)
 * ≠Me (group)
 * °C-ute (group)
 * 3776 (group)
 * 22/7 (group)
 * 3B Junior (group)
 * 9nine (group)
 * μ's (group)
 * &TEAM (group)
 * @onefive (group)

A

 * Aa! (group)
 * AAA (group)
 * A.B.C-Z (group)
 * AKB48 (group)
 * Akishibu Project (group)
 * Arcana Project (group)
 * Ali Project (group)
 * Angerme (group)
 * Arashi (group)
 * Athena & Robikerottsu (group)
 * Ayumikurikamaki (group)
 * Asami Abe
 * Nagisa Abe
 * Natsumi Abe
 * Shizue Abe
 * Yumi Adachi
 * Shoko Aida
 * Masaki Aiba
 * Himika Akaneya
 * Jin Akanishi
 * Sayaka Akimoto
 * Mari Amachi
 * Jun Amaki
 * Chihiro Anai
 * Yuko Anai
 * Sakura Andō
 * Anza
 * Hiroko Anzai
 * Maria Anzai
 * Yui Aragaki
 * Momoka Ariyasu
 * Miyoko Asada
 * Nao Asahi
 * Yui Asaka
 * Nana Asakawa
 * Aiko Asano
 * Megumi Asaoka
 * Mamiko Asō
 * Aqours (group)
 * Haruka Ayase
 * Rion Azuma

B

 * B.I Shadow (group)
 * BaBe (duo)
 * Babyraids Japan (group)
 * Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome (group)
 * Band Ja Naimon! (group)
 * Batten Showjo Tai (group)
 * Ballistik Boyz (group)
 * Beatcats (group)
 * Be First (group)
 * BeForU (group)
 * Berryz Kobo (group)
 * Beyooooonds (group)
 * Bis (group)
 * BiS Kaidan (group)
 * Bish (group)
 * Bon-Bon Blanco (group)
 * Boysgroup (group)
 * Boys and Men (group)
 * Bullet Train (group)
 * bump.y (group)
 * Buono! (group)
 * Buzy (group)
 * Bonnie Pink (post-idol)
 * B.O.L.T (group)

C

 * Camellia Factory (group)
 * Canary Club (group)
 * Candies (group)
 * Checkicco (group)
 * Cheeky Parade (group)
 * Chinpara (group)
 * Chocolove from AKB48 (group)
 * Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu (group)
 * Ciao Bella Cinquetti (group)
 * ClariS (duo)
 * Clear’s (group)
 * CoCo (group)
 * Cocoa Otoko (group)
 * Coconuts Musume (group)
 * College Cosmos (group)
 * Country Musume (group)
 * Cross Gene (group)
 * Crown Pop (group)
 * CY8ER (group)
 * Cymbals (band) (group)
 * Cynhn (group)
 * Agnes Chan
 * Naomi Chiaki
 * Yuri Chinen
 * Choucho

D

 * D&D (group)
 * D-Date (group)
 * Da Pump (group)
 * Da-ice (group)
 * Danceroid (group)
 * Dancing Dolls (group)
 * Def.Diva (group)
 * Dempagumi.inc (group)
 * Dialogue (group)
 * DISH// (group)
 * DIVA (group)
 * Doll Elements (group)
 * Dorothy Little Happy (group)
 * Dream5 (group)
 * Dream Morning Musume (group)
 * DXTeen
 * Alisa Durbrow

E

 * Earth (group)
 * Ebisu Muscats (group)
 * Ecomoni (group)
 * E-girls (group)
 * Empire (group)
 * Especia (group)
 * Enako
 * Kanako Enomoto
 * ExWhyZ

F

 * Faky (group)
 * Fantastics (group)
 * First Place (group)
 * Flame (group)
 * Flap Girls' School (group)
 * Folder5 (group)
 * Four Leaves (group)
 * French Kiss (group)
 * Fruits Zipper (group)
 * Fudanjuku (group)
 * Kyoko Fukada
 * Kanon Fukuda
 * Mizuki Fukumura
 * Miki Fujimoto

G

 * Gackt (post-idol)
 * GAM (duo)
 * Gang Parade (group)
 * Garnidelia (duo)
 * GAM
 * Generations
 * Girls² (group)
 * Go to the Beds (group)
 * Golf & Mike (duo)
 * Gomattō (group)
 * Guardians 4 (group)
 * Maki Goto

H

 * Hachimitsu Rocket (group)
 * Halna (group)
 * Hello Pro Kenshusei (group)
 * Hello! Project Kids (group)
 * Hey! Say! JUMP (group)
 * High-King (group)
 * Hikaru Genji (group)
 * Hinatazaka46 (group)
 * Hinoi Team (group)
 * HKT48 (group)
 * Ho6la (group)
 * Hōkago Princess (group)
 * Hotch Potchi (group)
 * HR (group)
 * Mai Hagiwara
 * Chitose Hajime
 * Chisaki Hama
 * Ayumi Hamasaki
 * Yu Hasebe
 * Kanna Hashimoto
 * Hatsune Miku
 * Hiroko Hayashi
 * Aya Hirano
 * Kusano Hironori
 * Ryōko Hirosue
 * Mieko Hirota
 * Kanata Hongo
 * Yui Horie

I

 * INI (group)
 * I Ris (group)
 * Ice Creamusume (group)
 * Idol College (group)
 * Idol Renaissance (group)
 * Idoling!!! (group)
 * Iginari Tohoku San
 * Sayaka Ichii
 * Yuri Ichii
 * Miori Ichikawa
 * Kaori Iida
 * Raura Iida
 * Riho Iida
 * Haruna Iikubo
 * Rina Ikoma
 * Akiko Ikuina
 * Erika Ikuta
 * Erina Ikuta
 * Toma Ikuta
 * Miyuki Imori
 * IMP.
 * Kei Inoo
 * Mao Inoue
 * Waka Inoue
 * Saaya Irie
 * Anna Iriyama
 * Ayumi Ishida (b. 1948)
 * Ayumi Ishida (b. 1997)
 * Haruka Ishida
 * Aya Ishiguro
 * Kaori Ishihara
 * Yujiro Ishihara
 * Rika Ishikawa
 * Mako Ishino
 * Yōko Ishino
 * Sayaka Isoyama
 * Tomomi Itano
 * Maiko Itō
 * Ran Ito
 * Sakiko Ito
 * Yuna Ito
 * Yukiko Iwai
 * Misaki Iwasa
 * Hiromi Iwasaki
 * Yoshimi Iwasaki
 * Karen Iwata

J

 * J Soul Brothers (group)
 * J-Friends (group)
 * Janne Da Arc (group)
 * The Jet Boy Bangerz
 * JO1 (group)
 * Johnnys (group)
 * Johnny's Jr (group)
 * Johnny's West (group)
 * Juice=Juice (group)

K

 * Kamen Joshi (group)
 * Kamen Rider Girls (group)
 * Kanjani Eight (group)
 * Karen Girl's (group)
 * KAT-TUN (group)
 * Keyakizaka46 (group)
 * King & Prince (group)
 * Kids Alive (group)
 * KinKi Kids (duo)
 * Kira Pika (duo)
 * Kis-my-ft2 (group)
 * Kiss Kiss
 * Kitty GYM (group)
 * Reon Kadena
 * Keekihime
 * Kazuya Kamenashi
 * Moe Kamikokuryo
 * Miyuki Kanbe
 * Sayaka Kanda
 * Shigeaki Kato
 * Yukie Kawamura
 * Tomoko Kawase
 * Umika Kawashima
 * Aiko Kayo
 * Naoko Ken
 * Noriko Kijima
 * You Kikkawa
 * Moa Kikuchi
 * Ayumi Kinoshita
 * Midori Kinouchi
 * Kumi Koda
 * Kyōko Koizumi
 * Ayaka Komatsu
 * Miho Komatsu
 * Keiichiro Koyama
 * Haruka Kudō
 * Chiaki Kuriyama
 * Koharu Kusumi
 * Minako Kotobuki

L

 * Last Idol (group)
 * Lazy (group)
 * Lead (group)
 * Liella! (group)
 * Lil League
 * LinQ (group)
 * Lip's (group)
 * LiSA
 * Little Glee Monster (group)
 * LinQ (group)
 * Lip's (group)
 * LM.C (duo)
 * Lovely Doll (group)
 * Lyrical School (group)
 * Ann Lewis

M

 * Magnolia Factory (group)
 * Mameshiba no Taigun (group)
 * MAX (group)
 * Me:I
 * Melon Kinenbi (group)
 * Metamuse (group)
 * MilkyWay (group)
 * Mini-Moni (group)
 * MiSaMo (group)
 * Momoiro Clover Z (group)
 * Morning Musume (group)
 * Morning Musume Otomegumi (group)
 * Morning Musume Sakuragumi (group)
 * Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai (group)
 * Musubizm (group)
 * Musukko Club (group)
 * Atsuko Maeda
 * Yui Makino
 * Erina Mano
 * Ryuhei Maruyama
 * Takahisa Masuda
 * Seiko Matsuda
 * Jurina Matsui
 * Rena Matsui
 * Yuya Matsushita
 * Jun Matsumoto
 * Aya Matsuura
 * Megumi
 * Sayumi Michishige
 * Mihiro
 * Saori Minami
 * Ayaka Miyoshi
 * Nana Mizuki
 * Yui Mizuno
 * Moga Mogami
 * Kanako Momota
 * Masako Mori
 * Hiroko Moriguchi
 * Chisato Moritaka
 * Osamu Mukai
 * Shingo Murakami
 * Ayami Mutō
 * Myco

N

 * N Zero (group)
 * Naniwa Danshi (group)
 * NCT Wish (group)
 * Negicco (group)
 * NEWS (group)
 * Neverland (group)
 * NGT48 (group)
 * Nice Girl Project! (group)
 * NiziU (group)
 * NMB48 (group)
 * No Sleeves (group)
 * Nochiura Natsumi (group)
 * Nogizaka46 (group)
 * Not Yet (group)
 * Nyangilas (group)
 * NYC (group)
 * Shoko Nakagawa
 * Yuto Nakajima
 * Yukie Nakama
 * Yuichi Nakamaru
 * Akina Nakamori
 * Suzuka Nakamoto
 * Miho Nakayama
 * Yuma Nakayama
 * Jun Natsukawa
 * Miyabi Natsuyaki
 * Kazunari Ninomiya
 * Hikaru Nishida
 * Ryo Nishikido

O

 * Ocha Norma (group)
 * Ongaku Gatas (group)
 * Onyanko Club (group)
 * Orbit (group)
 * Osaka Performance Doll (group)
 * Otome Shinto (group)
 * Mina Ōba
 * Chieko Ochi
 * Megumi Odaka
 * Haruna Ogata
 * Makoto Ogawa
 * Mana Ogawa
 * Natsumi Ogawa
 * Noriko Ogawa
 * Yōko Oginome
 * Yui Ogura
 * Yuko Ogura
 * Kumiko Ohba
 * Satoshi Ohno
 * Takako Ohta
 * Nana Okada (b. 1959)
 * Nana Okada (b. 1997)
 * Yukiko Okada
 * Junichi Okada
 * Chisato Okai
 * Keito Okamoto
 * Ai Okawa
 * Chiyo Okumura
 * Makoto Okunaka
 * Tadayoshi Okura
 * Reiko Ōmori
 * Ayano Ōmoto
 * Judy Ongg
 * Yuka Onishi
 * Erena Ono
 * Mikiyo Ōno
 * Itsumi Osawa
 * Mai Oshima
 * Ryoka Oshima
 * Yuko Oshima
 * Aika Ota
 * Hiromi Ōta
 * Takako Ōta
 * Shinobu Otake
 * Ai Otsuka
 * Nana Owada
 * Shizuka Ōya

P

 * Paradises (group)
 * Party Rockets GT (group)
 * Passcode (group)
 * Passpo (group)
 * Perfume (group)
 * Petitmoni (group)
 * Piggs (group)
 * Pink Babies (group)
 * Pink Lady (duo)
 * PureBoys (group)
 * Predia (group)
 * PrizmaX (group)
 * Prizmmy (group)
 * Psychic Fever (group)

R

 * Rag Fair (group)
 * Rainych
 * Rakutenshi (group)
 * The Rampage (group)
 * Rev. from DVL (group)
 * Ribbon (group)
 * Rinrin & Ranran (duo)
 * Rihwa
 * Rock A Japonica (group)
 * Romans (group)
 * Run&Gun (group)

S

 * Sakurazaka46 (group)
 * Sakura Gakuin (group)
 * SDN48 (group)
 * Sexy Zone (group)
 * Ships (duo)
 * Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku (group)
 * Shonentai (group)
 * Shuchishin (group)
 * Shugo Chara Egg! (group)
 * Shūji to Akira (duo)
 * SixTones (group)
 * SKE48 (group)
 * Snow Man (group)
 * SPEED (group)
 * Sphere (group)
 * Starmarie (group)
 * STU48 (group)
 * Suitei Shoujo (duo)
 * Sunmyu (group)
 * Super Girls (group)
 * Super Monkey's (group)
 * SweetS (group)
 * Noriko Sakai
 * Ikue Sakakibara
 * Maaya Sakamoto
 * Junko Sakurada
 * Sho Sakurai
 * Ayaka Sasaki
 * Rino Sashihara
 * Masaki Sato
 * Miyu Sawai
 * Erika Sawajiri
 * Riho Sayashi
 * Subaru Shibutani
 * Daiki Shigeoka
 * Pikarin Shiina
 * Rumi Shishido
 * Yumi Sugimoto
 * Airi Suzuki
 * Kanon Suzuki
 * Ranran Suzuki

T

 * Tackey & Tsubasa (duo)
 * Tacoyaki Rainbow (group)
 * Taiyō to Ciscomoon (group)
 * Tanpopo (group)
 * Team Shachi (group)
 * Team Syachihoko (group)
 * Tegomass (duo)
 * The Checkers (group)
 * The Hoopers (group)
 * The Peanuts (duo)
 * TOKIO (group)
 * Tokyo Girls' Style (group)
 * Tokyo Performance Doll (group)
 * Toraji Haiji (duo)
 * Travis Japan (group)
 * Triangle (group)
 * TrySail (group)
 * Tsuri Bit (group)
 * TVXQ (duo)
 * Twinklestars (group)
 * Kana Tachibana
 * Junnosuke Taguchi
 * Mizue Takada
 * Reni Takagi
 * Ayahi Takagaki
 * Ai Takahashi
 * Yuya Takaki
 * Shiori Tamai
 * Yukari Tamura
 * Koki Tanaka
 * Reina Tanaka
 * Yuya Tegoshi
 * Takuya Terada
 * Erika Toda
 * Haruka Tomatsu
 * Aki Toyosaki
 * Kana Tsugihara
 * Momoko Tsugunaga

U

 * Up Up Girls (Kakko Kari) (group)
 * Yuki Uchida
 * Tatsuya Ueda
 * Aya Ueto
 * Takako Uehara
 * Uijin (group)
 * Ukka
 * Kan Usuki

V

 * V6 (group)
 * v-u-den (group)
 * Vanilla Beans (duo)
 * Vanilla Mood (group)

W

 * W (duo)
 * Wake Up, Girls!
 * WaT (duo)
 * Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 (group)
 * w-inds (group)
 * Wink (duo)
 * Weather Girls (group)
 * Whiteberry (group)
 * Mayu Watanabe
 * The World Standard

X

 * X21 (group)

Y

 * Ya-ya-yah (group)
 * YuiKaori (duo)
 * Yumemiru Adolescence (group)
 * Kota Yabu
 * Hiroko Yakushimaru
 * Takayuki Yamada
 * Ryosuke Yamada
 * Momoe Yamaguchi
 * Linda Yamamoto
 * Tomohisa Yamashita
 * Wakana Yamashita
 * Hikaru Yaotome
 * Shota Yasuda
 * You Yokoyama
 * Miho Yoshioka
 * Yui Yoshioka
 * Hitomi Yoshizawa

Z

 * Z-1 (group)
 * Zone (group)
 * ZYX (group)

Best selling
The following is a list of the 20 all-time best-selling Japanese idols in Japan as of 2011, according to the Japanese music television program Music Station.