Visual Kei

Movement among Japanese musicians defined by a strong focus on visual expression through outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles. Emerged 1984. Wikipedia

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39 artists with 281.6K combined listeners. 74% of them sit in the J-Metal / J-Rock / Japanese Metalcore community on the map. It shares the most artists with J-Metal.

Where Visual Kei sits on the map

• J-Metal / J-Rock / Japanese Metalcore · 29 artists (74%)
• J-Pop / J-Poprock / Anime Rock · 5 artists (13%)
• J-Pop / Anime Rock / Classic J-Pop · 1 artists (3%)
• Psychedelic Trance / Brazilian House / Brazilian Bass · 1 artists (3%)
• Vocaloid / Jirai Kei / J-Pop · 1 artists (3%)
• Stutter House / Chill House / Belgian Dance · 1 artists (3%)

Strongest pairings in Visual Kei

Visual Kei artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Dir en grey & the GazettE · 10 shared playlists
2. Versailles & the GazettE · 9 shared playlists
3. Versailles & BUCK-TICK · 6 shared playlists
4. BUCK-TICK & KAMIJO · 6 shared playlists
5. Unlucky Morpheus & Yosei Teikoku · 6 shared playlists
6. BUCK-TICK & Dir en grey · 6 shared playlists
7. MUCC & the GazettE · 6 shared playlists
8. Kaya & KAMIJO · 6 shared playlists
9. lynch. & the GazettE · 5 shared playlists
10. the GazettE & Clowd · 5 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Visual Kei, for their size.

• J-Metal · 8 shared artistsBoth: the GazettE, Dir en grey, Versailles
• J-Rock · 11 shared artistsBoth: the GazettE, Dir en grey, Versailles
• Classic J-Rock · 2 shared artistsBoth: BUCK-TICK, LUNA SEA
• J-Poprock · 3 shared artistsBoth: MIYAVI, CIVILIAN, OLDCODEX
• Anime Rock · 3 shared artistsBoth: Anna Tsuchiya, Jin Hashimoto, OLDCODEX
• Classic J-Pop · 2 shared artistsBoth: Sayuri, Lareine
• J-Pop · 4 shared artistsBoth: Sayuri, MUCC, CIVILIAN

Artists

39 artists tagged Visual Kei, ranked by listeners.

1. the GazettE59.3K listeners · J-Rock
2. MIYAVI29.4K listeners · Anime
3. Gackt25.5K listeners
4. Dir en grey25.4K listeners · J-Rock
5. Sayuri17.7K listeners · J-Pop
6. Versailles17.5K listeners
7. BUCK-TICK13.4K listeners
8. MUCC13.1K listeners · J-Pop
9. Anna Tsuchiya9.8K listeners · Anime Rock
10. LUNA SEA9.2K listeners · J-Rock
11. KAMIJO8.9K listeners
12. gulu gulu5.1K listeners
13. Unlucky Morpheus4.8K listeners · J-Rock
14. Malace Mizer4.2K listeners
15. JILUKA3.8K listeners · Metalcore
16. Metronome3.6K listeners · Progressive Psytrance
17. Femme Fatale3.5K listeners · Glam Metal
18. Matenrou Opera2.7K listeners
19. lynch.2.5K listeners
20. Lareine1.5K listeners
21. Underground1.5K listeners · Brostep
22. DADAROMA1.5K listeners
23. Damned1.4K listeners · J-Rock
24. Born1.2K listeners · German Hip Hop
25. Shazna1.0K listeners
26. CIVILIAN1.0K listeners · J-Pop
27. Kaya1.0K listeners
28. Seishin1.0K listeners · J-Rock
29. Rim1.0K listeners
30. Yosei Teikoku1.0K listeners · J-Rock
31. Beata1.0K listeners · Europop
32. Suspended 4th1.0K listeners · J-Pop
33. Tiara1.0K listeners · J-Rock
34. Clowd1.0K listeners
35. David P.1.0K listeners
36. Cantavanda1.0K listeners
37. Jin Hashimoto1.0K listeners · Japanese Teen Pop
38. OLDCODEX1.0K listeners · Anime Rock
39. THE SIXTH LIE1.0K listeners