I'm ⅖ of the way through my 365 Days of JPop project, where I listen to a new-to-me JPop act for every day of 2026. That means it's time to compile my new personal top 15 acts. A * means I discovered the act through this project:
1. Fukuyama Masaharu
2. BOØWY
3. Kobukuro*
4. Yamazaki Masayoshi*
5. Spitz*
6. Oda Kazumasa*
7. Aimyon
8. Tube*
9. Uchiyamada Hiroshi and Cool Five*
10. Barbee Boys*
11. The Alfee*
12. Mrs Green Apple
13. Porno Graffitti*
14. Inoue Yōsui*
15. B'z*
You can follow along with the project on Bluesky (same handle as here)
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English translation and romanization below the cut.
ENGLISH
I love you I don’t wanna listen to sad songs, at least not right now
I love you My room is where we eventually escaped, escaped to
This isn’t the sort of romance where we let anything slide
You and I are just like stray cats
My room’s like an empty box filled with dead leaves
So cry for me in that kittenish voice of yours
When you and I each come bringing sweetness with us
And hold each other tight on my creaky bed,
We’ll close our eyes again
So that our love won’t ever be ruined by sad songs
I love you Our love was much too young and immature,
and harbored secrets we couldn’t touch on
I love you We’ll never get there the way we’re living now,
To a romance where we live as one
All you and I do is dream and get ourselves hurt
You ask me over and over again if I love you
And tell me you could never live without my love
When you and I each come bringing sweetness with us
And hold each other tight on my creaky bed,
We’ll close our eyes again
So that our love won’t ever be ruined by sad songs
Then we’ll close our eyes again
So that our love won’t ever be ruined by sad songs
ROMAJI
I love you ima dake wa kanashii uta kikitakunai yo
I love you nogare nogare tadoritsuita kono heya
nanimokamo yurusareta koi janai kara
futari wa marude suteneko mitai
kono heya wa ochiba ni umoreta akibako mitai
dakara omae wa koneko no you na nakigoe de
kishimu beddo no ue de yasashisa wo mochiyori
kitsuku karada dakishime-aeba
sore kara mata futari wa me wo tojiru yo
kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete shimawanu you ni
I love you waka-sugiru futari no ai ni wa furerarenau himitsu ga aru
I love you ima no kurashi no naka de tadoritsukenai
hitotsu ni kasanari ikite yuku koi wo
yume mite kizutsuku dake no futari da yo
nandomo ai shite’ru tte kiku omae wa
kono ai nashi de wa ikite sae yukenai to
kishimu beddo no ue de yasashisa wo mochiyori
kitsuku karada dakishime-aeba
sore kara mata futari wa me wo tojiru yo
kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete shimawanu you ni
sore kara mata futari wa me wo tojiru yo
kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete shimawanu you ni
The newest manga from the Eisner-nominated Ichigo Takano, creator of ORANGE and DREAMIN' SUN, begins this fall: a drama about two high school boys and musical dreams.
Pre-order BECOME YOU (Kimi ni Nare) Vol. 1 in the RETAILERS section here!
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