List of city pop artists
The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the city pop music genre during the late 1970s and 1980s (not necessarily solely city pop artists). The list does not include acts associated with the resurgences and revivals of the genre that have occurred from the 1990s onward.
Groups and artists with aliases are listed by the first letter in their name, and individuals are listed by their surname.
- Anri[1][2]
- Tomoko Aran[2][3][4]
- CINDY (singer)[2]
- Haruomi Hosono[5][6][7]
- Toshiki Kadomatsu[5][7][2]
- Katsumi Horii Project[8][7]
- Momoko Kikuchi (mostly kayōkyoku)[5][7]
- Takao Kisugi[5]
- Haruko Kuwana[8]
- Takako Mamiya[9][10][4]
- Miki Matsubara[9][11][2]
- Seiko Matsuda (mostly kayōkyoku)[5][6]
- Makoto Matsushita[7][8][10]
- Yumi Matsutoya[5]
- Meiko Nakahara[5]
- Akina Nakamori (mostly kayōkyoku)[6]
- Soichi Noriki[8]
- Junko Ohashi[7][2]
- Eiichi Ohtaki[5][7]
- Taeko Ohnuki[5][7][10]
- Kenjiro Sakiya[8]
- Hiroshi Sato (musician)[2]
- Seaside Lovers[8]
- Omega Tribe (Japanese band)[5][7]
- Masayoshi Takanaka[7][10]
- Mariya Takeuchi[5]
- Akira Terao[5]
- Hitomi Tohyama[7]
- Junko Yagami[4][10]
- Hiroko Yakushimaru[5]
- Mai Yamane[10]
- Tatsuro Yamashita[5][7][2]
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