Who's your favorite "Japanese" Vocalist?

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I think there are plenty of excellent vocalists in J-pop.

Technichally the strongest is probably MISIA. though while I really like her music, but sometimes her voice has this shrill & hard element in it so she's not really THE favorite for me.

I think Alan is great, especially her high notes and wails. but I'm going to have to hear more from her, but I can definitely see her as a favorite in the future.

My favorite vocalist is Hitoto Yo. I think she has the best vibrato in J-pop. It's just very expressive in her songs, especially in her mega-hitsong "Morainaki".


I don't listen to a lot of guy singers , but I think there are some great vocalists among them too:

I really like Ken Hirai too, but sometimes I think he sounds akward if he does a lot of high notes. I think a more smoother RnB-type of singing would suit him better, like on "Jealousy" off "sentimentaLOVERS" album.

I think Shunsuke Kiyokiba is the best male vocalist in j-pop. He has a great vibrato withouth sounding weird and I really like his song "Ima" and his vocals on it.