image
Genre
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

Show More

japanese classical music timeline

Explore japanese classical history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s

Similar Genres to japanese classical

Discover more related genres to japanese classical genre. This list is ordered by similarity from left to right.

contemporary classical 21st century classical avant-garde japanese traditional anime score microtonal german contemporary classical classic soundtrack soundtrack free improvisation american contemporary classical early modern classical chinese classical scorecore acousmatic musique concrete japanese classical performance japanese soundtrack serialism japanese vgm
Show More

japanese classical playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular japanese classical music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.

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 68 66 35 21 87 22 102 916373
2 66 75 44 21 82 23 98 791693
3 60 70 40 41 60 33 119 281274
4 56 82 40 16 89 23 117 71687
5 43 80 34 38 72 22 107 107304
6 42 80 44 47 50 40 128 44074
7 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 1587
8 36 73 35 18 82 16 99 8709
9 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 25142
10 33 86 27 42 87 27 132 11134
11 32 93 55 46 87 51 122 11933
12 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 8669
13 22 86 26 15 95 32 109 2412
14 22 89 52 7 88 25 83 2055
15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1088
16 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 318
17 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 890
18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 778
19 18 73 31 22 99 14 105 2254
20 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2448
21 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2776
22 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1042
23 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 777
24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 55
25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2141
26 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1104
27 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1715
28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 299
29 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 155
30 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 196
31 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 450
32 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 267
33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1033
34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 269
36 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 533
37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 123
39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1822
40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 343
41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 162
42 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 428
43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 255
45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 113
46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 351
47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 103
48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144
49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 371
50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147
51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191
53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 222
54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58
55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68
56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88
57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78
58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95
64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100