The year 2021 in Japanese music.
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sukkarakan | Eito | [6] | ||
| Love Live! Sunshine | Kurosawa Dia First Solo Concert Album ~White First Love~ | Arisa Komiya | |||
| Enka Yume no Kyōen | Yukino Ichikawa, Kohei Fukuda | [7] | |||
| 6 | Mikunoyoasobi | Ayase | [8] | ||
| Bokutachi No Denkosekka | Greeeen | [9] | |||
| Sweet Hug | Misako Uno | [10] | |||
| 1ST | SixTones | [11] | |||
| Wadachi | Spyair | [12] | |||
| Suki Suki Ronchan | Suki Suki Ronchan | [13] | |||
| The Book | Yoasobi | [14] | |||
| 13 | One | 7order | [15] | ||
| Tasekai kaishaku | Genin Wa Jibun Ni Aru. | [16] | |||
| Japanese Star | Girls² | [17] | |||
| Reincarnation | Go to the Beds | [18] | |||
| Straight Outta Rhyme Anima | [19] | ||||
| Guinea Pig Lab | Kyuso Nekokami | [20] | |||
| Hyaku hi Ryōran-sen | LatuLatu | [21] | |||
| Speed Music Box - All The Memories - | Speed | [22] | |||
| "Idolish7 Second Beat" Original Soundtrack "Beyond The Shine" | Tatsuya Kato | [23] | |||
| 15 | Kōkyō kumikyoku uchūsenkan'yamato 2202 | Akira Miyagawa | [24] | ||
| 20 | Baekhyun | Baekhyun | [25] | ||
| Unseen World | Band-Maid | [26] | |||
| Six | Da-ice | [27] | |||
| Pop In City ~For Covers Only~ | Deen | [28] | |||
| D4DJ Groovy Mix Cover Tracks Vol.1 | Happy Around!, Peaky P-key, Photon Maiden, Merm4id, Rondo, Lyrical Lily | [29] | |||
| Sing;est | Hiroki Moriuchi | [30] | |||
| ~10th Anniversary~ "Princess Assemble" | Houkago Princess | [31] | |||
| Ghost in the Shell Superb Music | Kenji Kawai, Yoko Kanno, Cornelius | [32] | |||
| Gradation | Little Glee Monster | [33] | |||
| Mamejor! | Mameshiba no Taigun | [34] | |||
| Sabitsuku made | Miyashita Yuu | [35] | |||
| 20th Anniversary Best Kachō Fūgetsu | Monkey Majik | [36] | |||
| Theory | Oisicle Melonpan | [37] | |||
| Mādadayo | Satoshi Hayashibe | [38] | |||
| To Redefine/To Be Defined | Survive Said The Prophet | [39] | |||
| The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Colorful Feathers -Stella- | Team.Stella | ||||
| Green Giraffe | Toshinori Yonekura | [40] | |||
| Still Dreaming | Tomorrow X Together | [41] | |||
| 25 | Hikigatari Live | Chiharu Matsuyama | [42] | ||
| 27 | Just Believe You | All At Once | [43] | ||
| Hyaku Nozomi Yakō | Asca | [44] | |||
| Boymen the Universe | Boys and Men | [45] | |||
| Aster | Colon | [46] | |||
| Harami Teishoku DX ~Streetpiano Collection~ "O Kawari" | Harami-chan | [47] | |||
| Mother Music Revisited | Keiichi Suzuki | [48] | |||
| Tomaranai Kazeguruma | Little Parade | [49] | |||
| "Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club" Original Soundtrack "Sound of Tokimeki" | Naoki Endo, Nijigasaki High School Idol Club | ||||
| Chaosix | Nobuhiko Okamoto | [50] | |||
| 10ct | Predia | [51] | |||
| Note | Ryo Nishikido | [52] | |||
| Find Fuse in Youth | Soshi Sakiyama | [53] | |||
| Star | Super Junior | [54] | |||
| "Dear Vocalist Raving Beats! | " Lumiere Vo.Re-o-do | Toshiki Masuda | |||
| Physical | Yoru no Honki Dance | [55] | |||
| Sōsaku | Yorushika | [56] | |||
| 30 | "Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard? | " Original Soundtrack | Horiguchi Junka |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | The End | Aina the End | [57] |
| Billow | Keina Suda | [58] | |
| Reboot | Madkid | [59] | |
| Travel | Mamamoo | [60] | |
| Green Diary | Megumi Nakajima | [61] | |
| Kimi ga Ita kara | Pixmix | ||
| Frontier | Ryo Kitazono | [62] | |
| You Can Change My Life | Sung Si-kyung | [63] | |
| I Love You | Super Beaver | [64] | |
| Live Loud | The Yellow Monkey | [65] | |
| Sakkac Craft | Tsumiki | [66] | |
| 10 | The Idolmaster Master Artist 4 07 Miki Hoshii | Akiko Hasegawa | |
| 15 | Cali Gari | [67] | |
| The Idolmaster Master Artist 4 08 Miura Azusa | Chiaki Takahashi | ||
| America/Hosono Haruomi Live in US 2019 | Haruomi Hosono | [68] | |
| One Wish EP | Man with a Mission | [69] | |
| The Millennium Parade | Millennium Parade | [70] | |
| Love Live" Sunshine Matsuura Kanan First Solo Concert Album ~Sakana ka nandaka?~ | Nanaka Suwa | ||
| The Idolmaster Master Artist 4 09 Ritsuko Akizuki | Naomi Wakabayashi | ||
| Sekadepa! | Qumali Depart | [71] | |
| Sekai no Owari 2010–2019 | Sekai no Owari | [72] | |
| Hachijuokubunnoichi: to you | Sonar Pocket | [73] | |
| Two-Mix 25th Anniversary All Time Best | Two-Mix | [74] | |
| Gusare | Zutomayo | [75] | |
| 14 | Seiko Matsuda 40th Anniversary Bible -bright moment- | Seiko Matsuda | [76] |
| 17 | Aces | AtToKun | [77] |
| Chō kakumei-teki koisuru nichijō | Azumi Waki | [78] | |
| Gardenia Jasminoides | Cocco | [79] | |
| Fake Land | Fake Type | [80] | |
| Ethernity | For Tracy Hyde | [81] | |
| Reamp | Hitorie | [82] | |
| Yakou Himitsu | Indigo la End | [83] | |
| Between The World And Me | Inoran | [84] | |
| Loveholic | NCT 127 | [85] | |
| Guts Entertainment | Su-xing-cyu | [86] | |
| The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Colorful Feathers -Luna- | Team.Luna | ||
| Vacation | TFG | [87] | |
| Vivid Vice | Who-ya Extended | [88] | |
| 21 | Suikyō Kyoku | Yuki Saito | [89] |
| 24 | It's All Me, Vol. 2 | Ai | [90] |
| Killing Idols | Bis | [91] | |
| X | Dish | [92] | |
| Hanaemi | HY | [93] | |
| Believe | Jel | [94] | |
| Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B "Matenro VS Buster Bros! | " | Matenro, Buster Bros!!! | |
| Masahiro Tanaka | Momoiro Clover Z | [95] | |
| Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen ~Good Morning ohayō hōsō-shitsu~ Drama CD Youth Capriccio | Nijigasaki High School Idol Club | ||
| "Dear Vocalist Raving Beats! | " Brave Child Vo. Joshua | Nobunaga Shimazaki | |
| Kyō Sō | Pure White Canvas | [96] | |
| Pure x Pure x Pure | Purely Monster | [97] | |
| Fiction | Rikako Aida | [98] | |
| Three | Sayonara Poesie | [99] | |
| Subekaraku Matsuri | Subekaraku Kai | ||
| Digitalian is Eating Breakfast Special Edition | Tetsuya Komuro | [100] | |
| Reboot | The Rampage from Exile Tribe | [101] | |
| Sutekina otona ni naru hōhō | Tota Kasamura | [102] | |
| Useless | XIIX | [103] | |
| Natural | Yui | [104] |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Doushitatte Tsutaerarenaikara | Aiko | [105] | |
| Reboot | Airi Miyakawa | [106] | ||
| Cryamy -Red Album- | Cryamy | [107] | ||
| SS | Devil Anthem | [108] | ||
| IV | Hiroyuki Sawano | [109] | ||
| Katashigure | Hiroyuki Yoshino | [110] | ||
| Fizzy Pop Syndrome | Kiro Akiyama | [111] | ||
| Canvas | Keisuke Ueda | [112] | ||
| 15th Anniversary Hikigatari Best | Maiko Fujita | [113] | ||
| Paradises Return | Paradises | [114] | ||
| Bravely Default II Original Soundtrack | Revo | [115] | ||
| L | Sakurako Ohara | [116] | ||
| SZ10TH | Sexy Zone | [117] | ||
| Shibuya | Shibu3 Project | [118] | ||
| Peacepeace | Sky Peace | [119] | ||
| Amusic | Sumika | [120] | ||
| Ska=Almighty | Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra | [121] | ||
| LP | Towa Tei | [122] | ||
| New World | Trio Ohashi | [123] | ||
| Saikyō Tsubomi DX | Tsubomi | [124] | ||
| Ningen Gekijō | Yurry Canon | [125] | ||
| Self Selection "Hip Hop" | Ai | |||
| 4 | Love Live! Sunshine | Kunikida Hanamaru First Solo Concert Album～Oyasuminasan!～ | Kanako Takatsuki | |
| 10 | Ai Kayano 10th Memorial Book & Mini Album "Musunde Hiraite" | Ai Kayano | [126] | |
| Sudachi no Uta / Life is Cider | Anemoneria | [127] | ||
| Appare! Parade | Appare! | [128] | ||
| Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B "Bad Ass Temple VS Matenro" | Bad Ass Temple, Matenro | |||
| I Love You | Fujifabric | [129] | ||
| A Cappella 2 | Gospellers | [130] | ||
| Bokutachi no Gunzō | Granrodeo | [131] | ||
| One Last Kiss | Hikaru Utada | [132] | ||
| This Is Not A Song | Jun. K | [133] | ||
| Glory, Glory, to the World | Lovebites | [134] | ||
| Button | Sakura Shimeji | [135] | ||
| Aoi Honoo | Shizuka Kudo | [136] | ||
| The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Colorful Feathers -Sol- | Team.Sol | |||
| Octopath Traveler Original Soundtrack | Yasunori Nishiki | |||
| Asagao | Yuta Orisaka | [137] | ||
| 11 | 2+0+2+1+3+1+1= 10 years 10 songs | Radwimps | [138] | |
| 13 | Gurenge / Flame | Lisa | [139] | |
| 14 | Only One | 3LDK | [140] | |
| 20XX "The Best" | W-inds | [141] | ||
| 16 | Thanatos | Inuwasi | [142] | |
| 17 | Where's My History? | Alexandros | [143] | |
| M.C.A・T Da Pump Mix | Da Pump | [144] | ||
| Funfare | Fudanjuku | [145] | ||
| One | Gyroaxia | |||
| Rainbow | Johnny's West | [146] | ||
| Akahoshi Ao Hoshi | Kayoko Yoshizawa | [147] | ||
| Debut 20th Anniversary Recital @ Nippon Budokan | Keisuke Yamauchi | [148] | ||
| Duets | Maaya Sakamoto | [149] | ||
| Evergreen 2 | Motohiro Hata | [150] | ||
| Sunny! | Pmarusama | [151] | ||
| Shiro Sagisu Music from "Shin Evangelion" | Shirō Sagisu | |||
| Velvet Night | Shoose | [152] | ||
| Cure | Sirup | [153] | ||
| 8 Infinity | Solidemo | [154] | ||
| Breaking Dawn | The Boyz | [155] | ||
| It's A Perfect Blue | Tokyo 7th Sisters | [156] | ||
| Twilight Wanderers -Best of Yuji Nakada 2011-2020- | Yuji Nakada | [157] | ||
| "Haikyū! | To The Top" Original Soundtrack | Yuki Hayashi, Asami Tachibana | ||
| 21 | A Long Vacation 30th Anniversary Edition | Eiichi Ohtaki | [158] | |
| 24 | One Of Us | Afterglow | [159] | |
| Enter | Akira Takano | [160] | ||
| Into the A to Z | Ateez | [161] | ||
| Colony | BIN | [162] | ||
| Hypnosismic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B "Fling Posse VS Mad Trigger Crew" | Fling Posse, Mad Trigger Crew | |||
| Pandora | Go!Go!Vanillas | [163] | ||
| 55 Stones | Kazuyoshi Saito | [164] | ||
| Piece | Kenji Urai | [165] | ||
| Full Colors | Oldcodex | [166] | ||
| "Dear Vocalist Raving Beats ! | " Kagaribi Vo. Juda | Sōma Saitō | ||
| "Shoujo ☆ Kageki Review Starlight" Best Album | Starlight Kuku Gumi | |||
| Ghost Album | Tempalay | [167] | ||
| Seishun to Band wa Tanoshikute Mendokusai | The Coinlockers | [168] | ||
| For U | Yusuke Kamiji | [169] | ||
| 28 | Singer 7 | Aya Shimazu | [170] | |
| 30 | 30th Anniversary Best Album "Vintage Denim" | Megumi Hayashibara | [171] | |
| 31 | "Yuru Camp Season 2" Original Soundtrack | Akiyuki Tateyama | ||
| Hakkō-tai | Hanaregumi | [172] | ||
| Who? | Ikimono-gakari | [173] | ||
| Ketsuno Paradise | Ketsumeishi | [174] | ||
| Shin uchū + Warp Drive II | Kirameki Unforent | [175] | ||
| "Yamiyonikarasu, yuki ni sag" kanzen seisan gentei-ban | Lacco Tower | [176] | ||
| 16th ~That's J-POP~ | Morning Musume | [177] | ||
| Mata Aitaito Omoeru Tomoni, Jinseide Nannin Meguriaeruka? | High School 3-C | [178] | ||
| Unite | Spyair | [179] | ||
| Treasure | [180] | |||
| "Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2" Animation Derby Season 2 Vol. 3 Original Soundtrack | Utamaro Movement |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Your Mori. | Mori Calliope | ||
| 7 | Chōtokkyū ≠Me Iki | ≠Me | [181] | |
| First E.P | Backdrop Cinderella | [182] | ||
| Music Wardrobe | Five New Old | [183] | ||
| Caramel Guerrilla | Kenichi Asai | [184] | ||
| Kyū | Kizu | [185] | ||
| Wonderland | Lyrical School | [186] | ||
| Odds and Ends | Nishina | [187] | ||
| The World | Regal Lily | [188] | ||
| Uya Muya | ShishiShishi | [189] | ||
| 3 | Six Lounge | [190] | ||
| 8 | A Ballads 2 | Ayumi Hamasaki | [191] | |
| 14 | Walpurgis | Aimer | [192] | |
| Yosuga | Ayano Kaneko | [193] | ||
| Only One / Guerrilla's Way | Boom Trigger | [194] | ||
| "Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet" Original Soundtrack | Katsuo Ōno | |||
| Kotoba to Ongaku | Sakanamon | [195] | ||
| Acoustique Electrick Sessions 2020 | Toru Kitajima | [196] | ||
| Yesworld | ||||
| 15 | Tsukiyo no Ongakkai | Akiko Shikata | ||
| 17 | Love Live! Sunshine | Watanabe You First Solo Concert Album | Shuka Saitō | |
| 21 | Talk About Everything | Airblue | [197] | |
| Radiant Memories | Ayahi Takagaki | [198] | ||
| Joyful Style | Bradio | [199] | ||
| Mystere | Haruka Yamazaki | [200] | ||
| "Jujutsu Kaisen" Original Soundtrack | Hiroaki Tsutsumi, Yoshimasa Terui, Alisa Okehazama | |||
| Bouquet | Hololive Idol Project | [201] | ||
| SadaDon ShinJibunFudoki III | Masashi Sada | [202] | ||
| Etc.works3 | Mongol800 | [203] | ||
| Best Album "Myōjō" | Mucc | [204] | ||
| New Gravity | Nulbarich | [205] | ||
| Enchant | Orbit | [206] | ||
| Sukima Switch Tour 2020-2021 Smoothie | Sukima Switch | [207] | ||
| Fly! Fly | Fly! | T-Square | [208] | |
| Colorless | Taichi Mukai | [209] | ||
| Eguism | Takuya Eguchi | [210] | ||
| Latte | Tsubasa Sakiyama | [211] | ||
| Big Jumbo Jet | Umeda Cypher | [212] | ||
| Fruitful | Yasuyuki Horigome | [213] | ||
| SDR | Ziggy | [214] | ||
| 28 | 25 Years After All Time Best | Chihiro Yonekura | [215] | |
| Girls Revolution / Party Time! | Girls² | [216] | ||
| One Love Anthology | Glay | [217] | ||
| Oneway Generation | Kishidan | [218] | ||
| Diabolik Lovers Daylight Vol.2 Sakama Shuu | Kōsuke Toriumi | [219] | ||
| "Dear Vocalist Raving Beats! | " Jet Rat Fury Vo.Yuu | Natsuki Hanae | ||
| Opening Declaration | Novelbright | [220] | ||
| Genius Love | Quruli | [221] | ||
| Piofiore no Banshō Evening Bell Character Drama CD Vol.1 Nikola Francesca | Ryōhei Kimura | |||
| Be Brave | Shinya Kiyozuka | [222] | ||
| Forced Shutdown | Tomori Kusunoki | [223] | ||
| Ai Kotoba. | Yukari Tamura | [224] | ||
| Terminal | Yuki | [225] |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Flavors of Love | Monsta X | [226] | |
| 12 | Zenbu, Naisho. | =Love | [227] | |
| Tasogare-Resonance | Calmera | [228] | ||
| Atarashī Seikatsu | Cubers | [229] | ||
| Utai tsugu! Nihon no hayariuta Part 2 | Hiroshi Miyama | |||
| Moving Days | Homecomings | [230] | ||
| Anataninaritakatta | Ken Hirai | [231] | ||
| Off | Nao Tōyama | [232] | ||
| "Girls und Panzer" Original Soundtrack | Shiro Hamaguchi | |||
| Electric Jellyfish | Tokusatsu | [233] | ||
| Will Never Die | You the Rock | [234] | ||
| Ainodeban + Thanks to | Yu Sakai | [235] | ||
| 18 | Love Virus | Yurimental | [236] | |
| 19 | Battle & Message | Angela | [237] | |
| BanMon! Best goku nakayoshi teki sekai | Band Ja Naimon! | [238] | ||
| Ladybug | Lisa | [239] | ||
| This is Youth | Longman | [240] | ||
| Freak | Necry Talkie | [241] | ||
| Title Idol | Pastel*Palettes | [242] | ||
| Musicaloud #38 Act.3 | Sayaka Kanda | [243] | ||
| 21 | Wink | Chai | [244] | |
| Aoppella -aoppella!?- | Riruhapi, FYA'M' | |||
| 24 | Ame*Sta EP | Ame*Sta | [245] | |
| 25 | Kitto Anohi Bokuha Shinda | =Conect | [246] | |
| Oneday Everyday | Dan Dan | |||
| 26 | Setsuzoku | Ajico | [247] | |
| Anal Sex Penis | ASP | [248] | ||
| 2nd Step | Camellia Factory | [249] | ||
| Wakainagara mo rekishi ari 96.3.2@新宿Liquid Room | Fishmans | |||
| Atarashii Kajitsu | Grapevine | [250] | ||
| Gekokujō | Hanasaki Morinaka | [251] | ||
| 4Wheels 9Lives | Ken Yokoyama | [252] | ||
| "Tengaramon" Original Soundtrack | Kow Otani | |||
| Superspin | Kuzira | [253] | ||
| Utamonogatari | Mai Mizuhashi | [254] | ||
| Nonochan 2sai Kodomo Uta | Nonoka Murakata | [255] | ||
| Sekirara | Polkadot Stingray | [256] | ||
| Piofiore no Banshō Character Drama CD Vol.2 Gilbert Redford | Showtaro Morikubo | |||
| OT Works II | Taiiku Okazaki | [257] | ||
| Mass | The Gazette | [258] | ||
| "Dear Vocalist Raving Beats! | " Veronica Vo. Momochi | Toshiyuki Toyonaga | ||
| Flight | Win Morisaki | [259] | ||
| Overseas Highway | Wolpis Carter | [260] | ||
| 29 | XXV | Mitsuhiro Oikawa | [261] |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Simple is Best | Aoi Teshima | [262] | |
| Save Your Life Ayaka Hirahara All Time Live Best | Ayaka Hirahara | [263] | ||
| Parade Shon | BabyKingdom | |||
| Toumei | Civilian | [264] | ||
| Aru Nitsu... eien mitai ni! | Cyaron! | |||
| Trinity | Future Foundation | [265] | ||
| Love Person | Hideaki Tokunaga | [266] | ||
| Mask a Raid | Kamen Joshi | [267] | ||
| Playful | Koichi Domoto | [268] | ||
| Lovely Best Complete Lovely2 Songs | Lovely² | |||
| Auguries | The Songbards | [269] | ||
| 6 | Tokyo Invader | Iginari Tohoku San | [270] | |
| 9 | Starlight | Wagakki Band | [271] | |
| PvP | ZOC | |||
| 14 | Do or Not | Pentagon | [272] | |
| 16 | BTS, the Best | BTS | [273] | |
| 18 | Zutto Zutto Zutto | Ryokuoushoku Shakai | ||
| 28 | Superstar | Shinee | [274] |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Pontoon | Asaka | ||
| 21 | Re:Sense | King & Prince | ||
| 28 | Perfect World | Twice | [275] |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Aoi Inochi | Hiroko Moriguchi | [276] | |
| Bubble Up! | Rocket Punch | [277] | ||
| 18 | Editorial | Official Hige Dandism | [278] |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIALOGUE+1 | Dialogue | [279] |
| What'z Itzy? | Itzy | [280] | |
| Beside You | Ran Itō | ||
| 8 | Gacharic Spin | Gacharic Spin | |
| 27 | Self Selection "Piano Ballad" | Ai | |
| 29 | Mary's Blood | Mary's Blood | [281] |
| With Me Again | 2PM | [282] |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Scorpion Moon | Thelma Aoyoma | [283] |
| Unconditional Love | Mai Kuraki | [284] | |
| Candy Racer | Kyary Pamyu Pamyu | [285] | |
| Outsider | BtoB | [286] |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Bright Future | Empire | [287] |
| Chaotic Wonderland | Tomorrow X Together | [288] | |
| 23 | Forever Daze | Radwimps | |
| 24 | U | NiziU | [289] |
| Absolute 6ix | AB6IX | [290] |
| Date | Album | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book 2 | Yoasobi | [291] |
| 6 | Best: 2000-2020 | Koda Kumi | [292] |
| 8 | Human | Max Changmin | [293] |
| Friends III | B'z | [294] | |
| 15 | Revive | Nemophila | [295] |
| Time Flies | Nogizaka46 | [296] | |
| 22 | It'z Itzy | Itzy | [297] |
| 30 | Uverworld |