how popular is J-pop in your area?

[bondingo]

Well, living here in Honolulu there seems to be a much larger amount of people who like J-Pop. However, back at home in Massachusetts, barely anyone likes it besides me. It's pretty much me, and any of my friends that I've tried to convert.

[prussian blue]

i can say that my area is 0

bcoz whenever a j-pop cd come to a shop

it is waiting for me only to buy

[KarenPang]

my middle sister was the 1 who got me interested in jpop cos I was looking for something more interesting & kinda original to listen to instead of the usual rubbish that I hear on radio .

JPop & Anime are popular in S'pore to a certain extent .

[minna]

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[Jwiz]

In my area?...i will take it as people around me then.

40%..quite a few of my friends listen to j-pop and watch anime.

Originally Posted by karenpang

my middle sister was the 1 who got me interested in jpop cos I was looking for something more interesting & kinda original to listen to instead of the usual rubbish that I hear on radio .

JPop & Anime are popular in S'pore to a certain extent .

Yeah, judging from how well some j-album did in the charts.

[KarenPang]

I believe in S'pore , JPop's popular to a certain extent . I mean you look at the amount of CDs HMV stocked up , I mean the heeren outlet . That's saying something !

[~Matt~]

Not popular at all, sadly .____.

In Japanese music only Visual kei and Oshare are kinda popular in here,
but just as an underground movement or somekind of teenage trend

[Kobayashiwoof]

well~ the only people that know J-pop are really the Asians, especially the FOB'S!!.


I also get this from people that look at my ipod~ Ayummy Haama...Kewdah Kewmii?... why do you listen to Chinese peoples?.

The people at school that listen to it, and are not asian are none to be looked down upon it lmao. Thank god im half asian lmao

[Sakura_Genki]

Nobody here listens to, or even knows about, J-Pop, except for the foreign exchange students from school. I usually talk to them about J-Pop.

[polka-dot-jewel]

Eeehhh, the only people in my area that listen to ANY kind of Japanese music are the people who like anime, but they only listen to anime music. I know a few people who listen to J-music (mostly pop), and one who listens to solely J-rock (with the exception of Ayu). I'd have to say 95% of the people I know in my area listen to American R&B / rap / hip-hop.

Originally Posted by Kobayashiwoof

I also get this from people that look at my ipod~ Ayummy Haama...Kewdah Kewmii?... why do you listen to Chinese peoples?

With the majority of the Asian artists I listen to, all their names are written out in their respective languages (Japanese, Chinese, etc), so when people look at my iPod, they're always, like, "IS THIS CHINESE?" or "CAN YOU READ THIS?"

[Alison]

As far as I know? I'm the only one on this damn peninsula. =P

[kayokyokufan]

I don't think it's very big in the city I live in, but I commute to San Francisco for school and I'm pretty sure it's more well known there.

[Kodayumi]

There are some, mabe uh, estimated around 5%?

Most of them are in chinese-pop.

[kiseki89]

I met new people from my work... about 40% are anime fans and hence j-pop
But if you want among my friends, only 15% are j-pop conscious due to anime too

[Miku]

my best friend she loves only Jrock 8D

[arisu_1love]

Thanks to anime, at least Jpop artists can widen their fanbase.

[ruixiong89]

My friends all know about Ayu and some other more established Jpop artistes like Namie Amuro, but that's because they just see them in the magazines and newspapers. And it pretty much stops there. I don't know any friends who like Jpop music.

I do know A LOT OF FRIENDS who like anime soundtracks, if that counts. Yup, and they love the theme songs.

[GRACE]

I have two friends who like asian music~ One who converted me, and one I converted! My grandma says she "enjoys the beat" but I think she's just humoring me ^^;; It's like a taboo here though, I got tormented because of it in middle school.

[DA1SUK1DAY01691]

Originally Posted by bondingo

Well, living here in Honolulu there seems to be a much larger amount of people who like J-Pop. However, back at home in Massachusetts, barely anyone likes it besides me. It's pretty much me, and any of my friends that I've tried to convert.

Hawaii, IMO, is about a 40/60 chance. Many of my friends like it second best to their American music, and many also tolerate it when I have it on. I was able to pretty much convert a few though to a greater majority of actual music (other than drama and anime themes). I think there are very few like me though, where they actually keep up with everything and listen to it a majority of the time.

We finally got a Japanese FM station, too. Although it's not 24/7, it's a start.

Nee, Bondingo, you heard of 101.1?

[waterballoon]

I know 3 other people who listen to J-Pop. One is an Ayu fan. Another likes a few more than Ayu but he's A BIGGGGGG Ayu fan. Another one listens to more anime/J-Rock I think. And I know one more who listens to X-Japan like lol I don't know who is that.

And I'm the onlyyyyyyyyyyyy one who likes Koda Kumi! Omg.