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i started listening to J-pop in 2003 (i was 13?) because i liked anime/video games at the time. i haven't watched anime in YEARS, but i still love j-music. i think instead of listing artists, i could just describe my tastes over time (yay nostalgia~)
well, i guess it started with both Utada Hikaru & Hamasaki Ayumi. i got into Ayu through Inu-Yasha with "Dearest" and Utada by "Simple & Clean", of course. i think throughout my whole j-pop life? (LOL IDK), those 2 are the ones that i'll stick with forever. i'll always appreciate these 2 ladies. (more so with Ayu. i love her so much! xD) i was also a fan of globe since "genesis of next" was for "Cyborg 009".
more in my earlier years, i was more into female j-pop acts. i couldn't stand guys at all back then. 2004 was the year i like honestly dedicated my life to knowing more & more j-pop acts. i was quite the fan of Koda Kumi when she released "real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba" & "Come With Me". she really wasn't that well known back then. LOL. i also liked other female artists like BoA, Nakashima Mika, Otsuka Ai, etc.
but i think the artists i listen now, came from stumbling upon them in 2005. that was when i started going into the male sector of j-pop / j-entertainment. LOL. L'Arc~en~Ciel was my first j-music band i really, really liked. hyde was a wonderful voice and i was a fan of tetsu as well. i also starting noticing Mr.Children, B'z, Remioromen, etc. but i also noticed...idk, Johnny's Entertainment too. xD i think i got into Amuro Namie around this time too. i remember not really liking her at first, but somehow did around this time.
so yeahhhh~ nowadays i just listen to Ayu, JE (more so KAT-TUN & KANJANI8), Laruku whenever they're active, OLIVIA, Namie, Hikki, etc. now i seem to branch out to music within the states & Japan.
i guess as of lately (meaning 2006 & on~ ish), some of the acts i like are GReeeeN, ayaka, Perfume / Nakata Yasutaka works, etc. :]
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