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Japanese hip-hop artists

3 published Japanese hip-hop artists, led by Daoko, Yuki Chiba and Toshinobu Kubota.

At a glance

3 published Japanese hip-hop artists; 20 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists0 tier 1 · 0 tier 2 · 3 tier 3
3
Release groups
80
Studio albums
20
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive
20
Timeline events
25
Claimed salessum of stored claims; implausible values excluded
16M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release
12 years
Full biographies
2
Biography words
3,942

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 2010s (2 artists).

Artists by debut decade
DecadeArtists
2010s2
1 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Where they come from

Countries with the most Japanese hip-hop artists. Japan leads with 3.

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with Japanese hip-hop. The most shared is J-pop, with 2 artists in both.

Covers from Japanese hip-hop

20 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Leaders

Daoko has the most release groups (51); Daoko the longest career (14 years).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artistrelease groups
Daoko51
Yuki Chiba29

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artistyears
Daoko14
Yuki Chiba10

Most decorated

No artists with awards recorded.

Most famous Japanese hip-hop artists

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