The year 2025 in Japanese music.
Debuts
Debuting groups Hana ZOCX
Debuting soloists
Returning from hiatus Returning groups Mameshiba no Taigun
Number-ones Oricon number-one albums Oricon number-one singles Billboard Japan number-one albums Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles
Albums released First quarter January Date Album Artist 8 15 Tuki Strawberry Prince Forever Strawberry Prince 15 D.X Doberman Infinity Gold SixTones More Than Pink Silent Siren 22 Apple of My Eye Nemophila The Best 2020–2025 Snow Man Epiphany EP Miliyah Kato Friend Chord Hitorie Rock On! Deen Shinsei Mokuroku Hoshimachi Suisei 29 Pieces Omoinotake Prezent Zerobaseone Time HY 31 XDM Unidentified Waves XG
February Date Album Artist 5 Awake NiziU Dimensional Bridge Fantastics from Exile Tribe Legion Creepy Nuts 12 Buppu Label 15th Anniversary "Showcase!" Noriyuki Makihara Kidoairaku Takahisa Masuda Vitamin B Kanako Momota Yume Toki Soraru 18 D.N.A Ae! Group 19 25th the Best – Alive Ai Caligula Passepied Channel U Ryokuoushoku Shakai Double Decades of GR Granrodeo Easy Mode Thelma Aoyama History of Fishmans Fishmans Jet Boy The Jet Boy Bangerz from Exile Tribe Project K Kreva Win's Film Songs Win Morisaki 21 Detox One Ok Rock 26 End Re Endrecheri Hoshikuzu Bōken-ō Stardust Revue Singularity III: Voyage Takanori Nishikawa Viraha Brahman
March Date Album Artist 5 Aku Queen Bee Bitter Candy Erika Ikuta Love, Spark, Joy! Scandal No More Tragedy Lovebites (R)enew The Rampage from Exile Tribe Semicolon Yama Shape the Water Flumpool 12 A.H.O.: Audio Hang Out West Hayabusa Jet I Motoharu Sano & The Coyote Band Polyphony Morfonica Reconnect Bird Shine the Way Fantasy Boys Wolf Wolf Howl Harmony from Exile Tribe XV E.P. Man with a Mission Yūsuke desu Yusuke 19 Ambitious Little Glee Monster Contemporary Emotion Nana Mizuki I'm Ready Kaori Maeda No Border Hits 2025→2001: The Best of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra O/N Jun. K Soleil Ryubi Miyase Thank You So Much Southern All Stars Wabisabi Rottengraffty 26 Chapter 1 Ballistik Boyz from Exile Tribe Gunjō Hikō Dish// Hump Back Hump Back Jelly Bean Cravity Live in Metaverse: The Best Koda Kumi Miwa Miwa More Than Kawaii @onefive Sixth Sence Band Ja Naimon! Maxx Nakayoshi Sōshoku Rikako Aida Time Stew Wands Winderlust W-inds 29 Ah!! Towa Tei
Second quarter April Date Album Artist 2 1997 Mucc Be Classic JO1 Girls And Sophia 8 Ado's Best Adobum Ado 9 Ghost Amazarashi Supernova OWV 16 20 Years Kaela Kimura All Time Doo Wop!! Masayuki Suzuki Crystal Hiroki Nanami EP04 Shiina Natsukawa Fooocus Aooo Guitarhythm VIII Tomoyasu Hotei Inversion Cynhn Lost Message: Reborn Tatuya Ishii Love and Rock Go Together Hekiru Shiina Red Ryosuke Yamada Strange Pop Mao Sasagawa Whose Blue TK from Ling Tosite Sigure 23 Completeness Ave Mujica Drive 1993–2026: Glay Complete Best Glay Humanity Ten Prot.30 Taiga Kyomoto Provoke Alexandros 30 Addiction Sakurazaka46 Against the World Kep1er Asobi Ikimonogakari Forgotten Shores Toshiki Kadomatsu ViVa Idol Iris
May Date Album Artist 7 Goroes by Myself 3 Goro Noguchi Straße Yuta Orisaka Why Don't You Bullet Train? Bullet Train 14 Gen Gen Hoshino Musée Daisuke Ono Seimei no Ki: Tree of Life Masashi Sada Tegoshi Yuya Singles Best Yuya Tegoshi #Twice5 Twice 21 Magfact Kis-My-Ft2 Seek Iri Unlock the Girl: Bodyguard Kaori Kishitani 28 Ame no Hi Akira Kawashima Love Never Dies Misia Masaka Naku to wa Omowanakatta The Jet Boy Bangerz from Exile Tribe
June Date Album Artist 4 Bone Born Bomb Ano Eternal Idol, Eternal Youth, Seiko Matsuda: 45th Anniversary Ultimate All Time Best Seiko Matsuda Turn the Page T-Square Zettaizetsumei Radwimps 11 All Singles Tubest: Blue Tube All Singles Tubest: White Fam Timelesz Ika Tempalay Isekai: Anime & Video Game Muse Sarah Àlainn Mic as One Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle Traveling Sakurako Ohara What a Wonder Wonder Lan Personz Yourself: Attitude Dezert 18 Amazing Superfly Boundless Tourbillon Catch Me If You Can Makoto Furukawa Covers III: Sora Amamiya Favorite Songs Sora Amamiya Felice Yukari Tamura Gang Rise Gang Parade Gundam Song Covers: Orchestra Hiroko Moriguchi Hollow Stray Kids Insignia Passcode Kekka Ōrai EP Kocchi no Kento Kōkaishi Tani Yuuki Psychic File III Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe Pulsatilla Cernua Shota Shimizu Uta Rimi Natsukawa Yui Asaka 40th Anniversary Yui Selection 40 Years Four Seasons Playlist Yui Asaka 23 The Origin INI 24 All Time Best 25th Anniversary Crystal Kay 25 45th Anniversary: Yoshie Selection All Time Best Yoshie Kashiwabara A Fraction: V Ayasa Encore Nagi Yanagi N.D. Daisuke Namikawa Romantic! A.B.C-Z Seishun Ōka Cover Album GaGaGa SP Warn12g Urashimasakatasen
Third quarter July Date Album Artist 2 Anri the Best Blue Anri Bon Bon Voyage Naniwa Danshi Epiphany Uverworld Inoue Sonoko Best: #27 Sonoko Inoue Shaking Miho Okasaki Sunburst Suchmos Taiyō Begin Vivid Myname Yahan no Jūsei Mao 7 10 Mrs. Green Apple 9 Ame ga, Yamu Made Kiyono Yasuno Back 2 da Unity Da Pump Hatsune Miku: Magical Mirai 2025 Official Album Various artists Love Paradox Shizuka Kudo Streak Shōya Chiba 14 Cosmic Resonance Fantastics from Exile Tribe 16 4Elements Def Tech Atarashii Gakkō no Suzume Atarashii Gakko! Funk Fire BRADIO Greatest Five Rip Slyme Isao Sasaki Debut 65th Anniversary Best Collection Isao Sasaki JAM Project Best Collection XV Final Countdown JAM Project One Bite Nexz The Primals – Dark Decades Masayoshi Soken This Is My Hometown Kobukuro 23 Anemone Tomoyo Harada One Ok Rock 20th Anniversary Vinyl LP Box One Ok Rock Re:Birthday Aya Uchida Too Much! Riho Sayashi Yoko Minamino 40th Anniversary Records Yoko Minamino 25 Stardust Forever Ballistik Boyz from Exile Tribe Summer Cool-Off at Tokyo Disney Resort Tokyo Disney Resort 30 Be Alright Ive The Best of Alicia Keys Alicia Keys Hare Azusa Tadokoro Life Goes On E.P. Lyrical School Qe Azusa Tadokoro Sunny Beat Sunny Day Service Tokyo Girls' Style Tokyo Girls' Style 31 Glass Heart Tenblank yo,Peterparker69
August Date Album Artist 6 The Best of 30 Years Taro Hakase Bouquet Ryota Katayose Fiesta Anju Inami Ginreigozen Onmyo-Za Henshin NEWS Irodori Ayaka Ōhashi Le 13e Paris Match Music Moment 2 Seiko Niizuma Naked 4 Satan Tempalay Rabbit Girl Shuka Saitō Roots Nagisa Aoyama Tube× Tube 8 Kana Nishino Song Selection Kana Nishino Metal Forth Babymetal 9 All Singles & Other Best 30 Selection Globe 13 Koto no Ha Wonderland Rinu Mono-poly Ohashi Trio Twenty//Next May'n Who's in the House? DYGL 18 Nebula Romance: Part II Perfume 20 A/Code Aimi Aoi Works III: Best Collection 2019–2025 Aoi Teshima Bouquet de Cinéma Cocomi Doors Hitomi Yaida Flying Best 2 Nanaoakari It Is a Colorful Transparent Blue Sangatsu no Phantasia Kame Best Kazuya Kamenashi Metro Love Park Yuchun Sakamoto Kyu Kyu Sakamoto 22 Non Label Neo Japonism 26 Enemy Twice 27 BestSail TrySail Evolution Lun8 Hiroyuki Takami the Historian Hiroyuki Takami Jam UMake (Kent Itō and Yoshiki Nakajima) Meteora Shouta Aoi and Hiroki Nanami Raimei Inuwasi True Blue Casiopea Yousti Yousti
September Date Album Artist 1 Beginning Park Hyung-sik Who I Am Me:I 2 Wonder! Ayaka 3 28 Asca Iro Seo In-guk Karei Crazy Ken Band Liberty Bus Hitomi Shimatani Renarrate Non Share Daiki Yamashita and Tasuku Hatanaka Travel Record Inori Minase Turquoise 5 Prema Fujii Kaze 10 The Baddest IV & Timeless Hits Toshinobu Kubota Empire Code Ma55ive the Rampage Gastronomy Valshe In My Mind Doping Panda Raise Koichi Domoto Tiny Dawn Pedro 12 Psycho Junk Sway 17 Ashes to Light Ateez Dark Side Sid Homecoming Kizuna Ai Instinct F.T. Island Koshō Shita Kuruma Sard Underground Penta+Logue Dialogue+ Roar Orbit Shiawase no Katachi Sung Si-kyung 22 Dera Journey!!!! Team Shachi No.II Number i 24 18 Cali≠Gari Holic Hina Tachibana I Believe Eikichi Yazawa Kawaii Girl Wednesday Campanella New Era Girls² Pulse Tokino Sora Reprise Lead S's Satomi 26 Hibi Chanyeol
Fourth quarter October Date Album Artist 1 Baibai Fight! Candy Tune Infinity 826aska Pianouta / Project(emU) Hiroyuki Sawano Saku Onew SecretHimitsuBimil TripleS 3 I-dle I-dle 9 Anew Radwimps Answer Angela Brand New Best 2025 Mardelas Collector Itzy Don't Laugh It Off Hitsujibungaku Heart Reona Instinto Chage Mugen Show-Ya 15 Collection Maki Goto Journey Akari Kitō Otogimashou Reni Takagi Seiko Diamond: Karuho Kureda Works Seiko Matsuda Seiko Feelings: Eiichi Ohtaki Works Seiko Harmony: Haruomi Hosono Works Seiko Invitation: Kazuo Zaitsu Works Underground Insanity Ali Project Watashi to Hiromi: Fan Selection Hiromi Go 17 Rhapsody Jaejoong 20 Starkissed Tomorrow X Together 22 Aimai: Fantachy Selection Kome Kome Club Kaikō Ko Shibasaki Kuromi in My Head Kuromi Lost God of Sasori Ling Tosite Sigure M30: Your Best Maaya Sakamoto Now Rise Masaki Satō Rock&Roll Lady Girl Aguri Ōnishi Scooooop Band-Maid Shitsuren Monochrome Aguri Ōnishi A Story Beyond Devil Anthem. 26 Persona Yuta 27 Kōgaku Acidman 29 Be:st Be:First Crazy Romantic A.B.C-Z Dawn Chansung Iconik Zerobaseone Jambo Japan The Cro-Magnons Samurai Diva Yuko Suzuhana Unzip Kaku P-Model 31 Ooh-La-La Chihiro Yamanaka
November Date Album Artist 5 Nuance Soma Saito Onkochishin Snow Man Su Subaru Shibutani Tokyo Mission Start Kiss of Life 12 Aitai Tetsuya Kakihara Dear Mysteries Tomoo FYOP B'z Kan B-Side Collection Kan Keep Your Smile! Angerme No Bean, No Bark Mameshiba no Taigun Unformel Nana Okada Yozora ni Kakaru Niji A Flood of Circle 18 Wormhole / Yumi AraI Yumi Matsutoya 19 Dear Jubilee: Radwimps Tribute Various artists Face Mamoru Miyano Freivor Reina Washio Jumble!! Shun'ichi Toki Kiina Kiyoshi Hikawa Let's Dance The Jet Boy Bangerz from Exile Tribe Mahoroba Ningen Isu Moments Hilcrhyme New Emotion NiziU Queen of Idol Festive Seishun Kobushi: Yakusoku to Shōdō Ukka 21 Okinawan Wuman Awich 25 Labo-Ratory Yui Ogura 26 Gate of Heaven Unlucky Morpheus Landerblue Tomori Kusunoki Screaming Newborn Baby Hi-Standard S Say Hey! Say! JUMP Welcome to the Dying Season Jun Maeda and Nagi Yanagi
December Date Album Artist 1 S Travelers Travis Japan 3 ABC Yosō 22/7 Acoustic Album 1 Super Beaver Mouse Spirits Kyuso Nekokami Orange Pekoe All Time Best 2001–2025 Shunkashūtō, Hibi Eika Orange Pekoe Space Cowboy Takanori Iwata Your Flower: Uta no Hanataba o Hiroko Moriguchi 10 Beyooooonds 3rd Beyooooonds Buddy: 20th Anniversary Best Album "Originals & Collaborations" Depapepe Hayabusa Jet II Motoharu Sano & the Coyote Band Jyu-Gonen Yu Takahashi Laugh Lilas Ikuta Mai Kuraki B-Side Best: This is Our life Mai Kuraki Umi Ippai ni Furishikiru Hoshi Aqua Timez 12 Success Is the Best Revenge Sky-Hi 15 Magenter IMP 17 6ix Piece Generations from Exile Tribe Assemble Ji Chang-wook Curry Rice Saucy Dog Heavy Metal Commander Sex Machineguns Snove Enjin Sorairo End Roll Colon 24 3650.zip Wooyoung Gekirin Polkadot Stingray Kimi ga Ikiru Imi The Alfee Starring King & Prince Ultra Pop Misato Watanabe 26 Circusm Fukase
Disbanding and retiring artists Disbanding Bis Dempagumi.inc FlowBack Kankaku Pierrot KAT-TUN The Pillows Tokio
Going on hiatus Mameshiba no Taigun Tonai Bousho a.k.a. MonsterIdol Perfume
See also
2025 in Japan Music of Japan
References