Appendix

Index of nodes

All 324 bands, people and institutions on the map, grouped by lineage and ordered by year on the map. Each name opens its own entry with every documented connection; the swatch repeats the lineage color used on the interactive map. Source ids are expanded in the source register.

Roots and proto metal 6 1980s heavy metal boom 34 X, Extasy and visual kei metal 35 Thrash, death, black, grind 28 Hardcore crossover 11 Doom, sludge, noise 12 Power, neoclassical, prog 21 Nu metal and metalcore 16 Women's scene 101 Babymetal and idol metal 10 Labels, festivals, media 50

Roots and proto metal 6

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Flower Travellin' Bandフラワー・トラベリン・バンド	band	Roots and proto metal	1967 to 2011	Tokyo	psych, proto metal	disbanded 2011	Medium W
Yuya Uchida内田裕也	person	Roots and proto metal	1939	Tokyo	producer, vocals	died 2019	Medium W
Blues Creationクリエイション	band	Roots and proto metal	1969	Tokyo	blues, proto metal	intermittent as Creation	Medium W
Speed, Glue & Shinki	band	Roots and proto metal	1970 to 1972	Tokyo	heavy psych	disbanded 1972	Medium W
Hironobu Kageyama影山ヒロノブ	person	Roots and proto metal	1961	Osaka	vocals	active	Medium W
Lazyレイジー	band	Roots and proto metal	1973 to 1981	Osaka	pop rock then heavy metal	reunions since 1997	Medium W

1980s heavy metal boom 34

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Akira Takasaki高崎晃	person	1980s heavy metal boom	1961	Osaka	guitar	active	Medium W
Munetaka Higuchi樋口宗孝	person	1980s heavy metal boom	1958	Osaka	drums, producer	died 2008	Medium W
Bow Wowバウワウ	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1975	Tokyo	hard rock, heavy metal	active as Bow Wow G2	Medium W
Kyoji Yamamoto山本恭司	person	1980s heavy metal boom	1956	Matsue, Shimane	guitar	active	Medium W
44 Magnumフォーティフォーマグナム	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1977	Osaka	heavy metal	active	Medium W
Earthshakerアースシェイカー	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1978	Osaka	heavy metal	active	Medium W
Genocide Nippon	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1979	Takefu, Fukui	heavy metal	active	Medium W
Marinoマリノ	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1979	Osaka	heavy metal	active	Medium W
Rajas	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1980	Kyoto	melodic heavy metal	active since 2002	Medium W
Anthemアンセム	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1981	Tokyo	heavy metal	active	Medium W
Arougeアルージュ	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1981 to 1986	Tokyo	heavy metal	reunions	Medium W
Loudnessラウドネス	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1981	Osaka	heavy metal	active	High W MIL
Minoru Niihara二井原実	person	1980s heavy metal boom	1960	Osaka	vocals	active	Medium W
Naoto Shibata柴田直人	person	1980s heavy metal boom		Tokyo	bass	active	Medium W
Saber Tigerサーベル・タイガー	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1981	Sapporo	heavy, power metal	active	Medium W
Sniper	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1981	Nagoya	heavy metal	reunion 2017	Medium W
X-Rayエックスレイ	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1981 to 1986	Tokyo	heavy metal	disbanded 1986	Medium W
Demon Kakkaデーモン閣下	person	1980s heavy metal boom		Tokyo	vocals	active	Medium W
Flatbacker	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1982 to 1987	Sapporo	speed metal	became EZO 1987	Medium W
Hirotsugu Homma	person	1980s heavy metal boom		Sapporo	drums	active	Medium W
Hurry Scuary	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1982	Osaka	heavy metal	reunion 2014	Medium W
Masaki Yamada山田雅樹	person	1980s heavy metal boom		Sapporo	vocals	active	Medium W
Presenceプレゼンス	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1982	Osaka	heavy metal, hard rock	active since 2020	Medium W
Sabbrabellsサブラベルズ	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1982	Tokyo	theatrical heavy metal	revived 2019	Medium W
Seikima-II聖飢魔II	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1982	Tokyo	theatrical heavy metal	active for anniversaries	Medium W
Blizardブリザード	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1983 to 1992	Tokyo	heavy metal	disbanded 1992	Medium W
Crowley	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1983	Nagoya	occult heavy, speed metal	revived 2014	Medium W
Reactionリアクション	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1983	Tokyo	heavy, speed metal	active since 2021	Medium W
Eizo Sakamoto坂本英三	person	1980s heavy metal boom		Tokyo	vocals	active	Medium W
Vow Wow	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1984 to 1990	Tokyo to London	heavy metal	reunion shows 2024 to 2025	Medium W
EZOえぞ	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1987 to 1990	Sapporo to Los Angeles	heavy metal	disbanded c.1990	Medium W
Neil Murray	person	1980s heavy metal boom	1950	London	bass	active	Medium W
Mike Vesceraマイク・ヴェセーラ	person	1980s heavy metal boom	1959	USA	vocals	active	Medium W
Grand Slamグランドスラム	band	1980s heavy metal boom	1989 to 1997	Tokyo	hard rock	disbanded 1997	Medium W

X, Extasy and visual kei metal 35

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
You (Yuji Adachi)足立祐二	person	X, Extasy and visual kei metal		Osaka	guitar	died 2020	Medium W
Saver Tiger	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1981 to 1987	Yokosuka	heavy metal	disbanded 1987	Medium W
X Japanエックスジャパン	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1982	Tateyama, Chiba	speed metal, visual kei	inactive since 2018	Medium W
Yoshiki	person	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1965	Tateyama, Chiba	drums, piano, producer	active	Medium W
Buck-Tick	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1983	Fujioka, Gunma	gothic rock, dark alternative	active	Medium W
D'erlangerデランジェ	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1983	Kyoto	visual kei	active since 2007	Medium W
Dead Endデッドエンド	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1984	Tokyo	dark metal, visual kei precursor	final show 2026	Medium W
Morrie	person	X, Extasy and visual kei metal		Tokyo	vocals	active	Medium W
Colorカラー	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1985	Osaka	visual kei, hard rock	inactive	Medium W
Dynamite Tommyダイナマイト・トミー	person	X, Extasy and visual kei metal		Osaka	vocals, label boss	active	Medium W
Taiji Sawada沢田泰司	person	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1966	Tokyo	bass	died 2011	Medium W
hide	person	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1964	Yokosuka	guitar	died 1998	Medium W
Zi:Killジキル	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1987 to 1994	Kanagawa	visual kei hard rock	disbanded 1994	Medium W
Glayグレイ	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1988	Hakodate	rock	active	Medium W
Tokyo Yankeesとうきょうヤンキース	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1988	Tokyo	heavy, speed metal	active	Medium W
Luna Seaルナシー	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1989	Kanagawa	visual kei hard rock	active	Medium W
Sugizo	person	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1969	Kanagawa	guitar, violin	active	Medium W
L'Arc-en-Ciel	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1991	Osaka	rock, hard rock	intermittent	Medium W
Malice Mizerマリスミゼル	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1992 to 2001	Tokyo	gothic, symphonic visual kei	hiatus since 2001	Medium W
Mana	person	X, Extasy and visual kei metal		Hiroshima	guitar, composer	active	Medium W
Kyo京	person	X, Extasy and visual kei metal		Kyoto	vocals	active	Medium W
La:Sadie's	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1995 to 1997	Osaka	visual kei	disbanded 1997	Medium W VK
Dir en greyディル・アン・グレイ	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1997	Osaka to Tokyo	progressive, experimental metal	active	High W JRD
Muccムック	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1997	Ibaraki	visual kei alternative metal	active as trio	Medium W
D'espairsRayディスパーズレイ	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	1999	Tokyo	industrial visual kei metal	reunited 2025	Medium W
Nightmareナイトメア	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	2000	Sendai	visual kei metal	active	Medium W
Moi dix Moisモワディスモワ	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	2002	Tokyo	gothic, symphonic metal	active	Medium W
the GazettE	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	2002	Kanagawa	visual kei alternative metal	active	Medium W
Dディー	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	2003	Tokyo	symphonic gothic metal	active	Medium W
Girugamesh	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	2003	Chiba	visual kei nu metal	reformed 2022	Medium W
lynch.	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	2004	Nagoya	dark alternative metal	active	Medium W
Deathgazeデスゲイズ	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	2006	Nagoya	visual kei metal	disbanded	Medium W VK
Nocturnal Bloodlustノクターナル・ブラッドラスト	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	2009	Tokyo	deathcore, metalcore	active	Medium W
Sukekiyo	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	2013	Tokyo	avant garde metal	active	Medium W
Deviloofデビルーフ	band	X, Extasy and visual kei metal	2015	Osaka	visual kei deathcore	active	Medium W

Thrash, death, black, grind 28

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Women	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Unitedユナイテッド	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1981	Tokyo	thrash metal		active	Medium W MA
Outrage	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1982	Nagoya	thrash metal		active	Medium W MA
Aionアイオン	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1983	Osaka	thrash then power metal, visual		active as Izumi's project	Medium W MA
Casbah	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1983	Funabashi, Chiba	thrash metal		active since 2013	Medium W MA
Gezol	person	Thrash, death, black, grind		Kuwana, Mie	bass, vocals		active	Medium W
S.O.B.エス・オー・ビー	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1983	Osaka	grindcore, thrashcore		active	Medium W MA
Sabbat	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1983	Kuwana, Mie	black, thrash metal		active	Medium W MA
Shellshock	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1984	Saitama	thrash metal		active since 2008	Medium W MA
Doom	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1985	Tokyo	avant garde, progressive thrash		active since 2014	Medium W MA
Sacrifice	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1985	Tokyo	thrash metal		active since 2013	Medium W MA
Gargoyleガーゴイル	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1987	Osaka	thrash metal, visual kei pioneer		reformed 2021	Medium W MA
Hellchild	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1987	Tokyo	thrash, death metal		active since 2015	Medium W MA
Necrophile	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1987	Tokyo	death, thrash		active since 2012	Medium W MA
Gore Beyond Necropsy	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1989	Hadano, Kanagawa	goregrind, noisecore		active	Medium W MA
Mirai Kawashima	person	Thrash, death, black, grind	1970	Tokyo	vocals, keyboards		active	Medium W
Sigh	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1989	Tokyo	avant garde black metal	co led	active	Medium W MA
Transgressor	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1989	Tokyo	death metal		active	Medium W MA
Cocobat	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1991	Tokyo	thrash, groove metal		active	Medium W MA
Abigailアビゲイル	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1992	Tokyo	black, thrash		active	Medium W MA
Defiledディファイルド	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1992	Tokyo	death metal		active	Medium W MA
Terror Squad	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1992	Tokyo	thrash metal		active	Medium W MA
Unholy Grave	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1993	Nagoya	grindcore		active	Medium W MA
Intestine Baalism	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1994	Tokyo	melodic death metal		active	Medium W MA
Metalucifer	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1995	Kuwana, Mie	heavy, speed metal		active	Medium W MA
Vomit Remnants	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1997	Tokyo	brutal death, slam		active	Medium W MA
Blood Stain Childブラッド・ステイン・チャイルド	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	1999	Osaka	melodic death, trance metal	female fronted	active	Medium W MA
Gotsu Totsu Kotsu兀突骨	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	2000	Kawagoe, Saitama	samurai death metal		active	Medium W MA
Kruelty	band	Thrash, death, black, grind	2017	Tokyo	death metal, metallic hardcore		active	High W ESC MA

Hardcore crossover 11

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
The Stalinザ・スターリン	band	Hardcore crossover	1980 to 1985	Fukushima to Tokyo	punk, hardcore	ended	Medium W MA
GISMギズム	band	Hardcore crossover	1981	Tokyo	hardcore metal crossover	inactive	Medium W MA
Gauzeガーゼ	band	Hardcore crossover	1981 to 2022	Tokyo	hardcore punk	dissolved 2022	Medium W MA
Gastunkガスタンク	band	Hardcore crossover	1983	Tokyo	metallic hardcore	active	Medium W MA
Systematic Death	band	Hardcore crossover	1983	Yokohama	hardcore, thrash	active since 2008	Medium W MA
Lip Creamリップ・クリーム	band	Hardcore crossover	1984 to 1990	Tokyo	hardcore punk	disbanded 1990	Medium W MA
Bastard	band	Hardcore crossover	1987	Tokyo	hardcore punk	disbanded	Medium W MA
Death Side	band	Hardcore crossover	1987	Tokyo	Burning Spirits hardcore	ended	Medium W MA
Slangスラング	band	Hardcore crossover	1988	Sapporo	metallic hardcore	active	Medium W MA
Disclose	band	Hardcore crossover	1990 to 2007	Kochi	D beat	ended 2007	Medium W MA
Envy	band	Hardcore crossover	1992	Tokyo	screamo, post hardcore	active	Medium W MA

Doom, sludge, noise 12

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Women	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Kinniku Shojo Tai筋肉少女帯	band	Doom, sludge, noise	1982	Tokyo	prog, alt rock		active	Medium W MA
Boredomsボアダムス	band	Doom, sludge, noise	1986	Osaka	noise rock, psych	co led	active	Medium W MA
Ningen Isu人間椅子	band	Doom, sludge, noise	1987	Hirosaki, Aomori	doom, heavy metal		active	Medium W MA
Zeni Gevaゼニゲバ	band	Doom, sludge, noise	1987	Tokyo	noise rock		active	Medium W MA
Eternal Elysium	band	Doom, sludge, noise	1991	Nagoya	stoner doom		active	Medium W MA
Boris	band	Doom, sludge, noise	1992	Tokyo	drone, sludge, experimental	co led	active	Medium W MA
Corrupted	band	Doom, sludge, noise	1994	Osaka	sludge, doom, drone		active	Medium W MA
Church of Miseryチャーチ・オブ・ミザリー	band	Doom, sludge, noise	1995	Tokyo	doom metal		active	Medium W MA
Greenmachineグリーンマシーン	band	Doom, sludge, noise	1995	Kanazawa	sludge, stoner		active	Medium W MA
Tatsu Mikami	person	Doom, sludge, noise		Tokyo	bass		active	Medium W
Coffins	band	Doom, sludge, noise	1996	Tokyo	death doom		active	Medium W MA
Merzbow	person	Doom, sludge, noise	1956	Tokyo	noise		active	Medium W

Power, neoclassical, prog 21

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Women	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Anchang	person	Power, neoclassical, prog		Kagoshima	guitar, vocals		active	Medium W
Sex Machinegunsセックス・マシンガンズ	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	1989	Kagoshima to Tokyo	speed metal, comedy metal		active	Medium W
Animetalアニメタル	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	1996 to 2006	Tokyo	anime cover speed metal		hiatus since 2006	Medium W
Concerto Moonコンチェルト・ムーン	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	1996	Tokyo	neoclassical power metal		active	Medium W
Norifumi Shima島紀史	person	Power, neoclassical, prog		Tokyo	guitar		active	Medium W
Double Dealerダブルディーラー	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	2000	Tokyo	power metal		inactive	Medium W
Syu	person	Power, neoclassical, prog		Osaka	guitar		active	Medium W
Galneryusガルネリウス	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	2001	Osaka	power, neoclassical metal		active	High GAL W
Kelly Simonzケリー・サイモン	person	Power, neoclassical, prog		Osaka	guitar		active	Medium W
Marty Friedmanマーティ・フリードマン	person	Power, neoclassical, prog	1962	USA to Tokyo	guitar		active	Medium W
Dragon Guardianドラゴンガーディアン	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	2007	Tokyo	symphonic power metal	female fronted	active	Medium W
Hizaki	person	Power, neoclassical, prog		Tokyo	guitar, composer		active	Medium W
Matenrou Opera摩天楼オペラ	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	2007	Tokyo	symphonic power metal, visual kei		active	Medium W
Versaillesヴェルサイユ	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	2007	Tokyo	symphonic power metal, visual kei		active	Medium W
Gyze	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	2009 to 2023	Sapporo	melodic death, folk metal		renamed Ryujin 2023	High W JRR
Animetal USAアニメタルUSA	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	2011 to 2013	USA	anime cover metal		ended	Medium W
Jupiter	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	2013	Tokyo	symphonic power metal		active	Medium W
Takayoshi Ohmura大村孝佳	person	Power, neoclassical, prog	1983	Osaka	guitar		active	Medium W
Frederic Leclercqフレデリク・ルクレール	person	Power, neoclassical, prog	1978	France	bass, guitar		active	Medium W
Matt Heafyマシュー・キイチ・ヒーフィー	person	Power, neoclassical, prog	1986	USA	vocals, guitar		active	Medium W
Ryujinりゅうじん	band	Power, neoclassical, prog	2023	Sapporo	samurai metal, melodic death		active	High W JRR

Nu metal and metalcore 16

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Women	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
The Mad Capsule Marketsザ・マッド・カプセル・マーケッツ	band	Nu metal and metalcore	1985 to 2006	Yokohama	digital hardcore, nu metal		hiatus since 2006	Medium W
Dragon Ashドラゴン・アッシュ	band	Nu metal and metalcore	1996	Tokyo	mixture rock		active	Medium W
Maximum the Hormoneマキシマムザホルモン	band	Nu metal and metalcore	1997	Hachioji, Tokyo	nu metal, hardcore punk	co led	active	Medium W
Crystal Lake	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2002	Tokyo	metalcore, deathcore		active, auditioning vocalists	High W MSC
SiMシム	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2004	Hayama, Kanagawa	reggae punk, alt metal		active	Medium W
Pay Money To My Pain	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2005 to 2012	Tokyo	alt metal, post hardcore		ended 2012	Medium W
Phantom Excaliver	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2005	Tokyo	comedic melodic death, power		active	High W MBH
Crossfaithクロスフェイス	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2006 to 2025	Osaka	electronicore, metalcore		indefinite suspension since June 2025	High W EBC
coldrain	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2007	Nagoya	metalcore		active	High W EBK
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegasフィアー・アンド・ロージング・イン・ラスベガス	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2008	Kobe	electronicore		active	Medium W
Survive Said the Prophetサヴァイヴ・セッド・ザ・プロフェット	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2011	Tokyo	post hardcore, alt metal		active	Medium W
Given By The Flames	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2013	Tokyo	gothic metalcore		active	High W WMB26 DMH EBM GBL
Paleduskペイルダスク	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2015	Fukuoka	genre blending metalcore		active	High W EBP
Sable Hillsセイブル・ヒルズ	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2015	Tokyo	metalcore		active	High W MBH
Petit Brabancon	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2021	Tokyo	nu metal, hardcore		active	Medium W
Knosis	band	Nu metal and metalcore	2022	Tokyo	industrial, experimental heavy		active	High W EBP

Women's scene 101

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Women	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Carmen Makiカルメン・マキ	person	Women's scene	1951	Tokyo	vocals	female fronted	active	Medium W
Carmen Maki & Ozカルメン・マキ&OZ	band	Women's scene	1972 to 1977	Tokyo	hard rock, prog	female fronted	reunion shows	Medium W
Zeldaゼルダ	band	Women's scene	1979 to 1996	Tokyo	new wave, post punk	all female	disbanded 1996	Medium W
Keiko Terada寺田恵子	person	Women's scene	1963	Tokyo	vocals	all female	active	Medium W
Miki Tsunoda角田美喜	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	drums	all female	active	High NEP W
Show-Yaショーヤ	band	Women's scene	1981	Tokyo	heavy metal, hard rock	all female	active	High W NEP
Kazue Akao	person	Women's scene		Osaka	vocals	female fronted	active	Medium W
Terra Rosaテラ・ローザ	band	Women's scene	1982 to 1992	Osaka	melodic, progressive metal	female fronted	reunions	Medium W
Mari Hamada浜田麻里	person	Women's scene	1962	Tokyo	vocals	female fronted	active	Medium W
Hizumi	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	vocals	female fronted	active	Medium W
Jurassic Jade	band	Women's scene	1985	Tokyo	thrash metal	female fronted	active	Medium W
Wata	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar, vocals	co led	active	Medium W
Nao	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	drums, vocals	co led	active	Medium W
Yousei Teikoku妖精帝國	band	Women's scene	1997	Tokyo	gothic, symphonic metal	female fronted	low activity	Medium W
Animetal Ladyアニメタルレディー	band	Women's scene	1998 to 2002	Tokyo	anime cover metal	female fronted	ended 2002	Medium W
Anza	person	Women's scene	1976	Cape Town to Tokyo	vocals	female fronted	active	Medium W
Head Phones Presidentヘッド・フォン・プレジデント	band	Women's scene	1999	Tokyo	alternative, avant garde metal	female fronted	active	Medium W
Kuroneko黒猫	person	Women's scene		Osaka	vocals	co led	active	Medium W
Onmyo-za陰陽座	band	Women's scene	1999	Osaka	heavy metal, Japanese folk	co led	active	Medium W
Exist Trace	band	Women's scene	2003	Tokyo	visual kei, gothic, alt metal	all female	active	Medium W VK
Gallhammerギャルハマー	band	Women's scene	2003 to 2013	Tokyo	black, doom, crust	all female	disbanded 2013	High W VIV
Vivian Slaughter	person	Women's scene		Tokyo to Oslo	bass, vocals, electronics	all female	active as Viviankrist	High W VIV
Destrose	band	Women's scene	2005 to 2015	Tokyo	heavy metal	all female	disbanded 2015	High WPD VKD JEA
Eri	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar	all female	inactive	Medium VKD WPD
Eye	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	vocals	all female	solo	Medium VKD WPD
Fuki	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	vocals	female fronted	active	Medium W
Kayo	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	bass	all female	retired	Medium VKD WPD
Light Bringerライト・ブリンガー	band	Women's scene	2005 to 2014	Tokyo	power metal, synth pop	female fronted	hiatus since 2014	Medium W
Mari	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	drums	all female	active	Medium VKD WPD
Mina	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar	all female	active	Medium VKD WPD
Scandalスキャンダル	band	Women's scene	2006	Osaka	pop rock, rock	all female	active; disbandment announced for 21 August 2027	High W WSC WNY JPS
Cross Vein	band	Women's scene	2007 to 2023	Tokyo	symphonic power metal	female fronted	disbanded 2023	Medium W
Dr. Mikannibal	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	saxophone, vocals	co led	active	Medium W
Aldiousアルディアス	band	Women's scene	2008 to 2025	Osaka	heavy, power metal	all female	indefinite hiatus since August 2025	High W JPU
Mutant Monster	band	Women's scene	2008	Japan	punk rock, power punk	all female	active	High W JPU
Rami	person	Women's scene		Osaka	vocals	all female	active	Medium W
Sawa	person	Women's scene		Osaka	bass	all female	active	Medium W
Shiren	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar, harsh vocals		active	Medium W
Unlucky Morpheusアンラッキーモルフェウス	band	Women's scene	2008	Tokyo	power, neoclassical, symphonic	female fronted	active	Medium W
Yoshi	person	Women's scene		Osaka	guitar	all female	active	Medium W
Gacharic Spin	band	Women's scene	2009	Tokyo	electronic rock, hard rock	all female	active	Medium W
Liv Moon	band	Women's scene	2009	Tokyo	symphonic metal	female fronted	active	Medium W
Mary's Bloodメアリーズブラッド	band	Women's scene	2009 to 2022	Tokyo	heavy, power metal	all female	hiatus since April 2022	High W JPU
Saki	person	Women's scene	1990	Tokyo	guitar	all female	active	Medium W WPD
Toki	person	Women's scene		Osaka	guitar	all female	active	Medium W
Bridearブライディア	band	Women's scene	2011	Fukuoka	power, melodic metal	all female	active	High W WBR JMB FMW LSB DSM OZT HPR BWB SGA AVO JMC INS NPG BRS SGB BRX THJ BRJ CMB CFB
Cyntiaシンティア	band	Women's scene	2011 to 2018	Tokyo	heavy, power metal	all female	hiatus since 2018	Medium W
Hanako	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar	all female	active	Medium W VKD
Haru	person	Women's scene		Fukuoka	bass, backing vocals	all female	active	High W WBR JMB FMW CFB
Kimi	person	Women's scene		Fukuoka	vocals	all female	active	High W WBR JMB FMW AVO CFB
Marina Hebiishi	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	vocals	female fronted	active	Medium VKD W
Miho	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	bass	all female	active	Medium VKD W
Mitsuru	person	Women's scene		Fukuoka	guitar	all female	left Bridear December 2018	High W WBR JMB
Yui (Cyntia)	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar	all female	active	Medium W
Doll$Boxxドールズボックス	band	Women's scene	2012	Tokyo	metal, electronic, pop	all female	reactivated 2026	Medium W
Haruna	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	drums	all female	active	Medium VKD W
Narumi	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar	all female	inactive	Medium VKD WPD
Re:NO	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	vocals	all female	active solo	High W JPU
Band-Maidバンドメイド	band	Women's scene	2013	Tokyo	hard rock, heavy metal	all female	active	High W JPU
Gekijo Metalicche	band	Women's scene	2013 to 2016	Osaka	heavy metal	all female	disbanded 2016	Medium W
Midori	person	Women's scene	1988	Osaka to Tokyo	guitar	all female	active	Medium W
Miku Kobato小鳩ミク	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar, vocals	all female	active	Medium W
Tridentトライデント	band	Women's scene	2013	Osaka	J rock, girls band rock	all female	active	Medium W
Asterismアステリズム	band	Women's scene	2014	Fukuoka	instrumental heavy metal	co led	active	High AST W
Hal-ca	person	Women's scene	2002	Fukuoka	guitar, vocals	co led	active	Medium W
Mardelasマーデラス	band	Women's scene	2014	Tokyo	heavy, power metal	female fronted	active	Medium W
Raglaia	band	Women's scene	2014	Tokyo	heavy metal	female fronted	inactive	Medium W
Risky Melody	band	Women's scene	2014	Japan	hard rock with pop and EDM elements	all female	active	High W RJP UNJ SFN
Disqualia	band	Women's scene	2015	Tokyo	heavy metal	all female	defunct	Medium W
Fate Gear	band	Women's scene	2015	Tokyo	steampunk heavy, power metal	all female	active	High W AVF
Hanabie.花冷え。	band	Women's scene	2015	Kichijoji, Tokyo	Harajuku core: metalcore, nu metal, J pop	all female	active	Medium W SFH
Hazuki葉月	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar	all female	scheduled to leave Nemophila after 12 October 2026	High W NEM NEP JMD SLS
Ibuki	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	vocals	all female	active	Low WPD
Octaviagrace	band	Women's scene		Tokyo	melodic metal	female fronted	active	Low W VKD
Rie a.k.a. Suzaku	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar	female fronted	active	Medium W
Risa Risa	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	drums	all female	inactive	Medium VKD WPD
Yukina	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	vocals	all female	active	Medium W
Asami	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	vocals	all female	active	Medium W
Lovebitesラヴバイツ	band	Women's scene	2016	Tokyo	power, heavy metal	all female	active	High W NAP AVO JPU
Miyako	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar, keyboards	all female	active	Medium W
Haganeハガネ	band	Women's scene	2018	Tokyo	melodic speed, power metal	all female	active	High W WHG NNB DRH SFN
Ayumi	person	Women's scene		Fukuoka	guitar, backing vocals	all female	active	High W WBR INS CFB
Haraguchi-san	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	bass, backing vocals	all female	active	High W NEM NEP WPN JRO
Hölderlins	band	Women's scene		Tokyo	heavy metal	all female	inactive	Low W JRO
Lipstick	band	Women's scene		Tokyo	heavy metal, hard rock	all female	live activity ceased	Low W JRO SLY
Mayu	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	vocals	all female	active	High NEM NEP MCM W
Natsumi	person	Women's scene		Fukuoka	drums	all female	left Bridear May 2026	High W WBR BRX THJ BRJ SGB
Nemophilaネモフィラ	band	Women's scene	2019	Tokyo	heavy metal, hard rock, metalcore	all female	active; one departure completed and one departure scheduled	High NEM NEP NIK JMD MCM W JRO
Soramimiソラミミ	band	Women's scene		Tokyo	rock, metal	all female	inactive	Low W JRO WPN
Tamu Murataむらたたむ	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	drums	all female	formally left Nemophila at the end of July 2026; scheduled as support drummer through 12 October 2026	High W NEM NEP JMD WPN JRO
Amahiru	band	Women's scene	2020	France and Japan	heavy metal	co led	active	High EAR W
East of Edenイースト・オブ・エデン	band	Women's scene	2022	Tokyo	heavy rock with violin	all female	active	High W LBJ NNB
Fami	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	bass	all female	active	Medium W
Koiaiコイアイ	band	Women's scene	2022	Japan	progressive rock, pop	all female	active; restarted with a new vocalist and bassist in September 2025	High W SLS KNW
Li-sa-X	person	Women's scene		Japan	guitar	all female	active	High W SLS KNW
Lonesome_Blue	band	Women's scene	2022	Tokyo	hard rock, heavy metal	all female	active	High W LBJ MJT
Moe	person	Women's scene		Fukuoka	guitar	all female	active	High W WBR NPG BRS SGB CFB
Zilqy	band	Women's scene	2025	Tokyo	metal with electronic grooves	all female	active	High W ZQ JRZ
Heavy Metal Princess Academy	band	Women's scene	2026	Tokyo	heavy metal	all female	active	Low W MPX
Sally	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar	all female	active	High W SLY LBJ
iKA	person	Women's scene		Tokyo	guitar	all female	support guitarist for Nemophila, 2026; not a confirmed permanent member as of 4 September 2026	High W NIK NEM

Babymetal and idol metal 10

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Women	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Babymetalベビーメタル	band	Babymetal and idol metal	2010	Tokyo	kawaii metal	all female	active	High W BBM BBH
Kobametalコバメタル	person	Babymetal and idol metal		Tokyo	producer		active	Medium W
Sakura Gakuinさくら学院	band	Babymetal and idol metal	2010 to 2021	Tokyo	J pop school concept idol	all female	disbanded 2021	Medium W
Kami Band	band	Babymetal and idol metal	2013	Tokyo to international	session heavy metal		active	Medium W
Ladybabyレディベイビー	band	Babymetal and idol metal	2013	Tokyo	kawaii metal	all female	reformed 2023	High W JPU
PassCodeパスコード	band	Babymetal and idol metal	2013	Osaka	electronicore idol	all female	active	High W JPU
Necronomidolネクロノマイドル	band	Babymetal and idol metal	2014 to 2022	Tokyo	kawaii post black metal, darkwave	all female	hiatus	Medium W
Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.ぜんぶ君のせいだ。	band	Babymetal and idol metal	2015	Tokyo	alternative idol, yami kawaii	all female	active	Medium W
Broken by the Screamブロークンバイザスクリーム	band	Babymetal and idol metal	2016	Tokyo	idol metalcore, deathcore	all female	active	High MB DOM SFB W
Ave Mujica	band	Babymetal and idol metal	2023	Tokyo	gothic symphonic metal	all female	active	Medium W

Labels, festivals, media 50

Name	Type	Lineage	Years	City	Style or role	Women	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
King Recordsキングレコード	label	Labels, festivals, media	1931	Tokyo	major label		active	Medium W
Capitol Recordsキャピトル・レコーズ	label	Labels, festivals, media	1942	USA	major label		active	Medium W
Nippon Crown / Crown Stones日本クラウン	label	Labels, festivals, media	1963	Tokyo	major label		active	Medium W
Finnvox Studiosフィンヴォックス・スタジオ	studio	Labels, festivals, media	1965	Helsinki, Finland	mixing and mastering studio		active	Medium WJD WFV W
Young Guitarヤング・ギター	media	Labels, festivals, media	1969	Tokyo	guitar magazine		active	Medium W
Roskilde Festivalロスキレ・フェスティバル	festival	Labels, festivals, media	1971	Roskilde, Denmark	festival		active	High AVL W
Victor Entertainmentビクターエンタテインメント	label	Labels, festivals, media	1972	Tokyo	major label		active	Medium W
Shinjuku Loft新宿LOFT	venue	Labels, festivals, media	1976	Shinjuku, Tokyo	live house		active	Medium W
Amuse Inc.アミューズ	agency	Labels, festivals, media	1978	Tokyo	talent agency		active	Medium W
Epic Records Japanエピックレコードジャパン	label	Labels, festivals, media	1978	Tokyo	Sony major		active	Medium W
Meguro Rokumeikan目黒鹿鳴館	venue	Labels, festivals, media	1980	Meguro, Tokyo	live house		closed 2025, relocating	Medium W
VAP	label	Labels, festivals, media	1981	Tokyo	label		active	Medium W
Explosion Records	label	Labels, festivals, media	1982	Shinjuku, Tokyo	label		closed	Medium W
Metal Blade Recordsメタル・ブレイド・レコーズ	label	Labels, festivals, media	1982	USA	label		active	Medium W
Nexus	label	Labels, festivals, media	1982	Tokyo	label		King Records sublabel	Medium W
Burrn!バーン	media	Labels, festivals, media	1984	Tokyo	metal magazine		monthly	Medium W
Creativeman Productions	agency	Labels, festivals, media	1985	Tokyo	promoter		active	Medium W
Evil Records	label	Labels, festivals, media	1985	Kuwana, Mie	label		historic	Medium W
Japan Heavy Metal Festival 1985	festival	Labels, festivals, media	1985	Tokyo (Hibiya Open Air)	metal festival		historic	Medium W
Extasy Recordsエクスタシーレコード	label	Labels, festivals, media	1986	Tokyo	label		relaunched 2022	Medium W
Free-Willフリーウィル	label	Labels, festivals, media	1986	Osaka	label		active	Medium W
Toy's Factoryトイズファクトリー	label	Labels, festivals, media	1986	Tokyo	label		active	Medium W
Deathlike Silence Productionsデスライク・サイレンス・プロダクション	label	Labels, festivals, media	1987	Oslo	label		defunct 1993	Medium W
NAON no YAONNAONのYAON	festival	Labels, festivals, media	1987	Tokyo (Hibiya Open Air)	all female rock festival	all female	active, relocating	High W WNY SFN NNB
Peaceville Recordsピースヴィル・レコード	label	Labels, festivals, media	1987	UK	label		active	Medium W
Avex Trax	label	Labels, festivals, media	1988	Tokyo	major label		active	Medium W WBR
Century Media Recordsセンチュリー・メディア・レコード	label	Labels, festivals, media	1988	Germany, USA	label		active	Medium W
Club Cittaクラブチッタ	venue	Labels, festivals, media	1988	Kawasaki	concert hall		active	Medium W
HG Fact	label	Labels, festivals, media	1988	Tokyo	label		active	Medium W
Wacken Open Airヴァッケン・オープン・エア	festival	Labels, festivals, media	1990	Wacken, Germany	metal festival		active	Medium W
Napalm Recordsナパーム・レコード	label	Labels, festivals, media	1992	Austria	label		active	Medium W
Ward Recordsワードレコーズ	label	Labels, festivals, media	1995	Tokyo	label, licensing		active	Medium W
Touhou Project doujin scene東方Project	media	Labels, festivals, media	1996	Japan	doujin arrangement culture		active	Medium W
Dream Evilドリーム・イーヴル	band	Labels, festivals, media	1999	Gothenburg, Sweden	power metal		active	High W WDE OZT HPR BWB SGA
Fredrik Nordströmフレドリック・ノルドストローム	person	Labels, festivals, media		Gothenburg, Sweden	producer, Studio Fredman		active	High W DSM WSF WFN BWB WDE
Summer Sonicサマーソニック	festival	Labels, festivals, media	2000	Chiba and Osaka	multi genre festival		active	Medium W
Metal Hammer Golden Gods	festival	Labels, festivals, media	2003	UK	awards		active	Medium W
Loud Parkラウドパーク	festival	Labels, festivals, media	2006	Saitama Super Arena, Makuhari Messe	metal festival		intermittent	High W JAS
earMUSIC	label	Labels, festivals, media	2007	Germany	label		active	Medium W
Bright Star Records	label	Labels, festivals, media	2010	Japan	label		Spinning sublabel	Medium W
Wacken Metal Battle Japan	festival	Labels, festivals, media	2010	Japan	band competition		active	High W MBH WMB26 EBM
JPU Records	label	Labels, festivals, media	2012	London	label		active	High W JPU
Beat Station	venue	Labels, festivals, media		Fukuoka	live house		active	High W JMB
Knotfest Japanノットフェス	festival	Labels, festivals, media	2014	Makuhari Messe	metal festival		editions 2014, 2016, 2023	Medium W
Metal Matsuri	festival	Labels, festivals, media	2019	London	Japanese metal festival		one off	Medium W
Setsuzoku Records	label	Labels, festivals, media		London	label for Japanese rock and metal		active	High W FMW WBR
Psychomanteum Records	label	Labels, festivals, media		USA	label		active	High W DSM LSB
Studio Fredmanスタジオ・フレッドマン	studio	Labels, festivals, media		Gothenburg, Sweden	recording studio		active	High W DSM WSF
Downstairs at The Dome	venue	Labels, festivals, media		London	club venue, Tufnell Park		active	High W DOM
Lunar Fest	festival	Labels, festivals, media		Stockholm, Sweden	festival, Nordic and Japanese		2026 edition held without its Japanese acts	High W SJP CHZ TKB