technically ayu and hikki are tied. but ayu is more inspiration to me
J-pop
1. Ayumi Hamasaki
2. Utada Hikaru
3. Eiko Shimamiya
4. Namie Amuro
5. . . .not determined anymore at the moment
J-rock (these are basically tied more or less. i like em each for different qualities)
1. Ayabie
2. MUCC
3. An Cafe
4. Nightmare
5. The GazettE
jrock brings a lot more to me than many jpop artists so i tend to only listen to various v-kei bands and then a few select (and favoured) jpop artists. (no boy bands for me XDD)