What's a famous or well known Japanese artist?

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Answer:

heavy metal:
loudness
x japan

j-pop:
ayumi hamasaki
koda kumi
namie amuro
boa (korean she sing japanese) actully many many k-pop groups sing japanese sigles.

pop 90's
noriko sakai
speed
zard
seiko matsuda

pop 80's
noriko sakai
seiko matsuda
akina nakamori
mayumi itsuwa

pop 70's
momoe yamaguchi
mayumi itsuwa

pop 60's
ayumi ishida

enka
hibari misora (1937-1989) the queen of japanese music.
fuyumi sakamoto
toshimi tagawa
sayuri ishigawa
teresa teng (1953-1995) she is chinese but she was singing much japanese.