2019 in Japanese music

The year 2019 in Japanese music.

Events

• 70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Number-ones

• Oricon number-one albums
• Oricon number-one singles
• Hot 100 number-one singles

Awards

• 61st Japan Record Awards
• 2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Albums released

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Debuting and returning artists

Debuting groups

• A-Jax
• ALI
• Argonavis from BanG Dream!
• Ateez
• Ballistik Boyz from Exile Tribe
• B.O.L.T
• Boyfriend
• Beyooooonds
• Bis
• Carry Loose
• CIX
• College Cosmos
• Dialogue
• Dos Monos
• DracoVirgo
• Girls²
• Hinatazaka46
• Honest Boyz
• (G)I-dle
• Iz*One
• King Gnu
• Mameshiba no Taigun
• Oh My Girl
• @onefive
• Oneus
• Sard Underground
• Tebasaki Sensation
• The Boyz
• Yoasobi
• ZOC

Debuting soloists

• Akari Kitō
• Aimi Tanaka
• Eito
• Haruka Fukuhara
• Mayu Maeshima
• Milet
• Sayaka Yamamoto
• Taeyeon
• Toshiki Masuda'
• Vaundy
• Yuuri

Returning from hiatus

• Flumpool
• DuelJewel
• Soulhead
• Ran Itō

Disbanding and retiring artists

Disbanding

• Tsuri Bit
• Negoto
• Kalafina
• Janne Da Arc
• Rock a Japonica
• Flower
• Shiggy Jr
• Country Girls
• The Hoopers
• Wake Up, Girls!
• Rhymeberry
• Kinoko Teikoku
• Pentagon
• CocoSori
• Myteen

Retiring

• Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi
• YÅ«suke Tomoi
• Masako Mori

Going on hiatus

• An Cafe
• Blu-Billion
• Kana Nishino

Deaths

• Yuya Uchida dies on March 17.
• Michiro Endo dies on April 25.

See also

• 2019 in Japan
• 2019 in Japanese television
• List of Japanese films of 2019

References