1) BREAKERZ
2) SPYAIR
3) ARASHI
4) V6
5) BENI

My list became a mess in the past couple of years, it stayed the same for quite some time, but lately it's been changing a lot (though I still love the artists from my previous top 5, some of them are not on my top anymore)... Currently It's more like:

1) Ayu
2) Namie Amuro
2) Koda Kumi
4) Sandaime J Soul Brothers
5) GENERATIONS

Yes, Kumi and Namie are tied at 2-3 place.

Can't believe Super Junior is gone... but I can't lie to myself, I've barely listened to any of their releases this second half of the year :(

1. Gero
2. Shimazaki Nobunaga
3. Kinya Kotani
4. Kenshou Ono
5. Junko Takeuchi (voice for Naruto) :3

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Nogizaka46
3. Utada Hikaru
4. Mika Nakashima
5. AKB48

01. Ayumi Hamasaki
02. Leo Ieiri
03. Koda Kumi
04. Kana Nishino
05. Kavka Shishido

very generic but these are my top five!

1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. BENI
3. Koda Kumi
4. Namie Amuro
5. Yousei Teikoku

Updated list featuring artists I have been listening to the most recently. Really into Korean music at the moment.

1) ayumi hamasaki
2) Girls' Generation
3) Son Seung Yeon/Sonnet Son
4) Sohyang

1. Gero
2. BUMP OF CHICKEN
3. Shimazaki Nobunaga
4. Kenshou Ono
5. DEEN

01 Koda Kumi
02 Namie Amuro
03 Utada Hikaru
04 BoA
05 BIGBANG

No Ayu on the list this time because I'm not in the mood for her music atm. I've been listening to these five a lot recently. :)

1. Perfume
2. Namie Amuro
3. Koda Kumi
4. Ai Otsuka
5. Ayumi Hamasaki

1) BREAKERZ
2) flumpool
3) AKi
4) SPYAIR
5) AKIHIDE

01. Ayumi Hamasaki
02. Koda Kumi
03. Daishi Dance
04. Utada Hikaru
05. Anna Tsuchiya

My list for now...
1. OH MY GIRL / Kenshou Ono
2. Shimazaki Nobunaga
3. Da-iCE
4. Mamoru Miyano
5. Tetsuya Kakihara

My top 5 at the moment
1. The GazettE
2. Ono Kenshou / OLDCODEX
3. Ayu
4. Tetsuya Kakihara
5. Dir en grey (thanks to their upcoming single Utafumi) ^^

My top5.. so hard @_@

1 - Jolin Tsai
2 - Namie Amuro
3 - KAT-TUN
4 - Yamashita Tomohisa
5 - Ayumi Hamasaki... or Utada.... or Agnes Monica... so hard @_@

Haha :D

Ugh this is hard! I have so many artists and groups I follow now... It's changed since the last post a couple years ago.

1. BTS
2. Dir en grey
3. Jolin Tsai
4. A-Mei/GOT7
5. Namie Amuro/BABYMETAL/CL/Koda Kumi/BIGBANG/Shiina Ringo

... I'm cheating but I honestly couldn't choose.

SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME! I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE!

1 ~ Shiina Ringo
2 ~ Ayumi Hamasaki
3 ~ Utada Hikaru
4 ~ Miliyah Kato
5 ~ Tomoko Kawase

I knew literally all Utada & Ayumi's Studio albums. 3 albums in with Shiina and I already decided she's my favorite J-pop singer of all time.

Time to update my list:

1. ayumi hamasaki
2. Akina Nakamori (the second Asian artist I could call myself fan besides Ayu, this woman is really exceptional)
3. Utada Hikaru
4. BTS
5. Koda Kumi / hitomi

1 Koda Kumi
2 Namie Amuro
.... and that's all

1) Ayumi Hamasaki
2) lol (エルオーエル)
3) Miliyah Kato
4) Koda Kumi
5) 4MINUTE