MISIA chooses not to do any TV-shows and stuff like that to preserve her mysterious image. She's really not underrated at all, her arena tours are succesful & her album sales are still good even if she deosn't sell as much as she used to.
my choices for most underrated:
Bonnie Pink
she has such an extensive & long career eventho she doesn't have that many top10 hits. I think her biggest hit is reaching #2 on Oricon Singles chart with "A Perfect Sky"
hitomi
hitomi is my favorite j-pop artist with Ayu. hitomi has had several succesful albums & singles, but her latest two albums have really sold a little. which is a shame