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japanese classical
Parent Genre: classical

Japanese classical music is a genre that combines traditional Japanese music with Western classical music. It often features the use of traditional Japanese instruments such as the koto and shakuhachi, as well as orchestral arrangements. The music is known for its emotional and cinematic qualities, often used in film scores and video game soundtracks.


Top artists of japanese classical genre

Joe Hisaishi
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Nobuo Uematsu
Akira Kosemura
Yoko Kanno
Yasunori Mitsuda
Shinichi Suzuki
Michiru Oshima
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japanese classical music timeline

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List of japanese classical artists

Here is a list of japanese classical artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the japanese classical genre. You can find out what japanese classical genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Joe Hisaishi
68 66 35 21 87 22 102 916373
2
Ryuichi Sakamoto
66 75 44 21 82 23 98 791693
3
Nobuo Uematsu
60 70 40 41 60 33 119 281274
4
Akira Kosemura
56 82 40 16 89 23 117 71687
5
Yoko Kanno
43 80 34 38 72 22 107 107304
6
Yasunori Mitsuda
42 80 44 47 50 40 128 44074
7
Shinichi Suzuki
39 0 0 0 0 0 0 1587
8
Michiru Oshima
36 73 35 18 82 16 99 8709
9
Toru Takemitsu
33 0 0 0 0 0 0 25142
10
Akihiko Matsumoto
33 86 27 42 87 27 132 11134
11
Akira Ifukube
32 93 55 46 87 51 122 11933
12
Takashi Yoshimatsu
31 0 0 0 0 0 0 8669
13
Hikaru Hayashi
22 86 26 15 95 32 109 2412
14
Michio Miyagi
22 89 52 7 88 25 83 2055
15
Rentaro Taki
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1088
16
Yoshinao Nakada
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 318
17
Yoshihiro Kanno
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 890
18
Michio Mamiya
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 778
19
Fumio Hayasaka
18 73 31 22 99 14 105 2254
20
Somei Satoh
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2448
21
Toshio Hosokawa
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2776
22
Kosaku Yamada
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1042
23
Akira Miyoshi
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 777
24
Tamezo Narita
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 55
25
Keiko Abe
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2141
26
Yasushi Akutagawa
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1104
27
Dai Fujikura
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1715
28
Akio Yashiro
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 299
29
Hidemaro Konoye
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 155
30
Toshio Mashima
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 196
31
Minoru Miki
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 450
32
Ikuma Dan
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 267
33
Toshiro Mayuzumi
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1033
34
Haseo Sugiyama
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
35
Yuzo Toyama
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 269
36
Akira Nishimura
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 533
37
Kozaburo Hirai
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
38
Hiroshi Ohguri
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 123
39
Toshi Ichiyanagi
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1822
40
Shin’ichirō Ikebe
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 343
41
Kunihiko Hashimoto
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 162
42
Jo Kondo
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 428
43
Tadashi Yanada
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
44
Hisato Ohzawa
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 255
45
Kazuo Yamada
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 113
46
Teizo Matsumura
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 351
47
Kiyoshige Koyama
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 103
48
Makoto Shinohara
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144
49
Misato Mochizuki
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 371
50
Kazuo Fukushima
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147
51
Makoto Moroi
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
52
Maki Ishii
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191
53
Yoritsune Matsudaira
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 222
54
Mari Takano
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58
55
Ryōhei Hirose
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68
56
Yoshihisa Taira
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88
57
Komei Abe
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78
58
Isotaro Sugata
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
59
Sadao Bekku
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
60
Yasuo Sueyoshi
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
61
Susumu Yoshida
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
62
Isao Matsushita
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
63
Masao Ohki
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95
64
Sesshu Kai
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
65
Shiro Fukai
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100