Namie Amuro - Checkmate
BIGBANG - BIGBANG 2
who else....

TONE.
It's not my usual fare, but TVXQ have become my new bias.

Perfume - JPN

it wasn't a particularly exciting year for j-pop, imo.

May'n - If you...
is my favourite

Other good ones:
Girls' Generation - First Japan Album
AKB48 - Koko ni Ita Koto
No Sleeves - No Sleeves
Tokyo Girls' Style - Kodou no Himitsu

My favourite album this year was Ken to Kaede by Onitsuka Chihiro! :smitten

But I also love "After Eden" by Kalafina and "TONE" by Tohoshinki.

"FIVE" by Ayu and "Beautiful World" by Arashi were okay, even though I expected something better from both albums!

1. BREAKERZ GO
2. Kou Shibasaki Circle Cycle
3. Yuki Kajiura Fiction II
4. Moumoon 15 doors
5. Seiko Matsuda Cherish
6. miwa guitarissimo

It's been a terrible year for JPop IMO (or at least the JPop I like). Only purchased maybe a dozen albums this year, but I'd say that Girl Next Door - Destination is my favorite purely because Freedom and 運命のしずく～Destiny's star～ are absolutely amazing tracks.

YUI - HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE
miwa - guitarissimo
GIRLS' GENERATION - 1st japanese album

1.MAA's Bubbleman Engine
2.BENI's Fortune
3.Chara's Dark Candy
4.Superfly's Mind Travel
5.Kaela Kimura's 8EIGHT8

in that order

2011 was okay,2010 was amazing in comparison, 2012 already seems great so excited

meh, 2011 wasn't a really good year for jpop :/ here my few list:

MAA - Bubbleman Engine
MADEMOISELLE YULIA - MADEMOWORLD
KOKIA - pieces
KyaryPamyuPamyu - Moshi Moshi Harajuku
VERBAL - VISIONAIR
Koda Kumi - Dejavu
Perfume - JPN

B'z- C'mon
SPYAIR- Rockin' The World
Girls' Generation- 1st Japanese Album
Meisa Kuroki- MAGAZINE

Chiaki Kuriyama's CIRCUS and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's debut mini album.

moumoon - 15 doors

- BREAKERZ -- GO
- SPYAIR -- Rockin the World
- girl next door -- Destination
- ayumi -- FIVE
- ON/OFF -- Legend of twins II
- SID -- dead stock
- Hilcrhyme -- RISING
- ARASHI -- Beautiful World
- BENI -- Fortune
- School Food Punishment -- Prog Roid
- B'z -- C'mon
- YUI -- HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE
- Koda Kumi -- Dejavu
- Tegomass -- Tegomass no Mahou
- Kuroki Meisa -- MAGAZINE

wow quite a lot of albums I listed down & imo 2011 was good. Guess this helps when I listen to a lot of artistes ;-)

I guess I'm excited for 2012 to swing by since next July will be BRZ's 5th anniversary so yayness I so cannot wait man :-D

mmmh..

Meisa Kuroki - MAGAZINE
BENI - Fortune
Shoujo Jidai - GIRLS' GENERATION
Miliyah Kato - M BEST (if that even counts but since I listened to it a lot..)

1- Koda Kumi - Dejavu
2- Meisa Kuroki - MAGAZINE
2- SNSD - GIRLS' GENERATION

MAA - BUBBLEMAN ENGINE
KODA KUMI - Deja Vu
NAMIE AMURO - Checkmate!
KANA NSIHINO - Thank you, Love
GIRL'S GENERATION - 1st JAPAN ALBUM
MAAYA SAKAMOTO - YOU CAN'T CATCH ME

Bubbleman Engine - MAA

:yes

-FIVE
-EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Supernova5 [VOCALOID]
-WORLD OF FANTASY [capsule]
-TRIBAL LINK-R [I've Sound]
-TRIBAL LINK-L [I've Sound]
-Hiraku Uchu Pocket [KOTOKO]
-Moshimoshi Harajuku [Kyary Pamyu Pamyu]

As for remix albums...
-ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu trance 4
-ayu-mi-x 7 -version HOUSE-
-ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu-ro mix 4
-enigmaticLIA 4 -Anthemical Keyworlds- [Lia]
-enigmaticLIA 4 -Anthemnia L's core- [Lia]

1. Girls' Generation [1st Japan Album]

Never would have thought in a million years I would actually enjoy one their albums. I'm not a huge fan of SNSD (in any way shape or form), but their debut Japanese album was the only Japanese release to overly impress me this year. Sad story. :P