List of Japanese rock music groups

The following is a list of notable Japanese rock bands and artists. For an extended list of J-Pop artists, see List of J-pop artists.

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A

 * Abingdon Boys School
 * Acid Android
 * Acid Black Cherry
 * Aldious
 * Alexandros
 * Amazarashi
 * A9
 * An Cafe
 * Androp
 * Animetal
 * Anthem
 * Aqua Timez
 * Asian Kung-Fu Generation
 * Ayabie

B

 * B'z
 * Baad
 * Babymetal
 * Back-On
 * The Back Horn
 * Back Number
 * Band-Maid
 * Base Ball Bear
 * The Bawdies
 * Beat Crusaders
 * The Blue Hearts
 * Bomb Factory
 * Boom Boom Satellites
 * Boøwy
 * Boris
 * Bow Wow
 * Brats
 * Bridear
 * Brian the Sun
 * The Brilliant Green
 * Buck-Tick
 * Bump of Chicken
 * Burnout Syndromes

C

 * Cali Gari
 * Chatmonchy
 * Church of Misery
 * Cinema Staff
 * Coldrain
 * Crystal Lake
 * The Collectors
 * Cö Shu Nie
 * Crossfaith
 * Cyntia
 * Czecho No Republic
 * The Cabs

D

 * Dimlim
 * D
 * D'espairsRay
 * Diaura
 * Dir En Grey
 * DISH//
 * Do As Infinity
 * Does
 * Doll$Boxx
 * Dragon Ash

E

 * Earthshaker
 * Elephant Kashimashi
 * Ellegarden
 * Exist Trace
 * Ezo

F

 * Fate Gear
 * Flow
 * Flower Flower
 * Flower Travellin' Band
 * Flumpool
 * Frederic
 * Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas
 * For Tracy Hyde

G

 * Gacharic Spin
 * Gackt
 * Galileo Galilei
 * Galneryus
 * Garnidelia
 * The Gazette
 * Gesu no Kiwami Otome
 * Girugamesh
 * Glay
 * Globe
 * Godiego
 * Going Under Ground
 * Golden Bomber
 * The Golden Cups
 * Granrodeo
 * Guitar Wolf

H

 * Happy End
 * Hello Sleepwalkers
 * Hi-Standard
 * The Hiatus
 * High and Mighty Color
 * Hitsujibungaku
 * The High-Lows
 * HY

I

 * I Don't Like Mondays.
 * Ikimono-gakari
 * Indigo la End

J

 * JAM Project
 * Janne Da Arc
 * Jealkb
 * Judy and Mary
 * Jupiter

K

 * kizu
 * Kuroyume
 * Kagerou
 * Kagrra,
 * Kana-Boon
 * Keytalk
 * King Gnu
 * Kyuso Nekokami

L

 * L'Arc-en-Ciel
 * Lazy
 * Ling Tosite Sigure
 * LM.C
 * Loudness
 * Lovebites
 * Lovendor
 * Lucious
 * Luna Sea

M

 * Malice Mizer
 * Man with a Mission
 * Mary's Blood
 * Matenrou Opera
 * Maximum the Hormone
 * Mejibray
 * Mongol800
 * Monkey Majik
 * Monoral
 * The Mops
 * Mr. Children
 * Mrs. Green Apple
 * Mucc
 * My First Story
 * Morfonica

N

 * NaNa
 * Nemophila
 * Nico Touches the Walls
 * Nightmare
 * Ningen Isu
 * No Regret Life
 * Nothing's Carved in Stone
 * Novelbright
 * Number Girl

O

 * Oblivion Dust
 * Off Course
 * Official Hige Dandism
 * Okamoto's
 * Oldcodex
 * One Ok Rock
 * The Oral Cigarettes
 * Orange Range
 * Outrage (band)

P

 * P'unk-en-Ciel
 * Passepied
 * The Pees
 * The Peggies
 * The Pillows
 * Plastic Tree
 * Polkadot Stingray
 * Polysics
 * Poppin'Party
 * Porno Graffitti
 * Princess Princess

Q

 * Queen Bee
 * Quruli

R

 * Radwimps
 * Roselia
 * Raise A Suilen

S

 * Sabbat
 * Sakanaction
 * Sambomaster
 * Scandal
 * Seikima-II
 * Sekai no Owari
 * Sex Machineguns
 * Shonen Knife
 * Show-Ya
 * Sid
 * Sigh
 * Silent Siren
 * SiM
 * The Sixth Lie
 * Skin
 * Southern All Stars
 * The Spiders
 * Spitz
 * Spyair
 * Stereopony
 * Straightener
 * Super Beaver
 * Suchmos
 * Sug
 * Sumika
 * Supercar
 * Superfly
 * Survive Said The Prophet

T

 * The Tempters
 * The Tigers
 * Toe (band)
 * Tokio
 * Tokyo Jihen
 * Triceraptors
 * Tube (band)

U

 * Unsraw
 * Unicorn
 * Uroboros
 * Uverworld

V

 * Vamps

W

 * Wagakki Band
 * Wands
 * Wanima

X

 * X Japan

Y

 * The Yellow Monkey

Z

 * ZARD
 * Zazen Boys
 * Zone
 * Zutomayo