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The year 2022 in Japanese music.

Debuting

Main article: List of Japanese musical groups (2020s) § 2022

Debuting groups

• &Team
• Boysgroup
• Classy
• ExWhyZ
• Fruits Zipper
• Golden Child
• Ive^[1]
• Kep1er
• The Last Rockstars
• Lil League from Exile Tribe
• Metamuse
• Ocha Norma
• Omega X
• OnlyOneOf
• Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe
• STAYC
• TFN
• Travis Japan
• Verivery
• WEi
• XG

Debuting soloists

• Akari Akase
• Hanna Ishikawa^[2]
• Kang Daniel
• Kent Itō^[3]
• Miru Shiroma
• Onew
• SennaRin
• Yoshino Aoyama^[4]
• Yuki Yomichi^[5]

Returning from hiatus

Returning groups

• Doping Panda^[6]
• Mrs. Green Apple^[7]

Returning soloists

Events

Main article: 2022

Number-ones

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

Awards

• 64th Japan Record Awards
• 2022 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Albums released

January

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
5	City	SixTones	^[citation needed]
	Placebo	ASP	[8]
12	We are Girls²	Girls²	^[citation needed]
	Ichi	Yuuri	^[citation needed]
	OnlyOneOf Japan Best Album	OnlyOneOf	[9]
19	Bad Mode	Hikaru Utada	[10]
25	Ray of Light	The Rampage from Exile Tribe	^[citation needed]
26	Mirror	Scandal	[11]
	Kyōgen	Ado	[12]

February

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
1	Love Cycle	Ayaka	[13]
2	1518	@onefive	[14]
	26/27	Airi Suzuki	[15]
	Blue Cresc.	Cynhn	[16]
	Visions	Milet	[17]
9	Fo(u)r YuU	Liyuu	[18]
16	Team	Team Shachi	[19]
23	Dream	Ai	[20]
	Tokyo	Super Beaver	^[citation needed]

March

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
4	Queendom	Awich	[21]
9	Gundam Song Covers 3	Hiroko Moriguchi	[22]
	Collage	Masaki Suda	^[citation needed]
	Flare	Milet	^[citation needed]
	Our Teen: Blue Side	T1419	[23]
16	1 or 8	Eito	^[citation needed]
	#Twice4	Twice	[24]
	Epitaph	Tohoshinki	[25]
23	Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku	Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku	^[citation needed]
	Umibe	Sid	[26]
30	Pinky Swear	CIX	[27]
	Oh My Girl Best	Oh My Girl	[28]
	Adapt	Sakanaction	[29]

April

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
6	Bloom	Red Velvet	[30]
13	Dignified	SennaRin	^[citation needed]
20	Terzo	Juice=Juice	^[citation needed]
	Journey	Little Glee Monster	^[citation needed]
	L.S.	Lyrical School
22	Shunka Ryougen	Haru Nemuri

May

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
11	Antidote	Taichi Mukai	^[citation needed]
17	Shukuten	Momoiro Clover Z	^[citation needed]
18	Assort	Novelbright	[31]
	Reflection	Tofubeats	[32]
25	Kizuna	JO1	[33]
	Break and Cross the Walls II	Man with a Mission	^[citation needed]
	Beyond: Zero	Ateez	[34]
27	She's the Boss	The Boyz	[35]
30	The Greatest	BoA	[36]

June

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
1	The Highlight	Sexy Zone	^[citation needed]
8	Harukakanatae	Haruka Fukuhara	[37]
15	Sono Ichi	Ho6la	[38]
	Phalaris	Dir En Grey	[39]
17 / 20	Marumaru to Ninomiya to	Kazunari Ninomiya	[40][41]
22	Circus	Stray Kids	[42]
	Softly	Tatsuro Yamashita	[43]
29	Made In	King & Prince	^[citation needed]
	Mikansei no Mirai	NGT48	[44]
	The Best: Dear Fantasy	SF9	[45]

July

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
6	Nonnegative	Coldrain	[46]
	Delighted Reviver	Nana Mizuki	^[citation needed]
	Life Goes On	Onew	[47]
8	Unity	Mrs. Green Apple	[48]
13	But Wait. Cats?	Alexandros	^[citation needed]
	1st Love	Naniwa Danshi	^[citation needed]
20	First Snow First Love	Yuki Yomichi	[49]
	Dempark!!!	Dempagumi.inc
27	Plasma	Perfume	[50]
	Celebrate	Twice	[51]

August

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
3	As You Know?	Sakurazaka46	[52]
	Nocturnal	Tokyo Girls' Style	‌[53]
10	Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red	Ado	[54]
	Weather	B.O.L.T	[55]
	Highway X	B'z	[56]
11	Youth	WEi	[57]
17	Falling Into Your Eyes Record	Aimyon	[58]
	We are Cats.	The World Standard	^[citation needed]
	Savior	AB6IX	[59]
	Vocalo Zanmai 2	Wagakki Band	[60]
24	Genesis	Arcana Project	^[citation needed]
	Stand Up!	Omega X	[61]
31	Be: 1	Be First	^[citation needed]

September

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
2	Japan Activity Best	EXID	[62]
9	Luxury Disease	One Ok Rock	^[citation needed]
14	Feelin' Like	Pentagon	[63]
21	Unleash	Band-Maid	[64]
	Snow Labo. S2	Snow Man	[65]
	For.	Sumika
28	Beyooooo2nds	Beyooooonds	[66]

October

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
5	Joy Ride	Kang Daniel	[67]
	Doki Doki Love	Rocket Punch	[68]
12	Quarter	Anly	[69]
	Hitori Toiro	Karin Miyamoto	[70]
26	Sadame	Enhypen	[71]

November

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
2	XYZ	ExWhyZ	[72]
9	Dream	Seventeen	[73]
16	Lander	LiSA	[74]
18	E-Side 2	Yoasobi	[75]
23	Dopamine	Oneus	[76]
30	The World EP. Paradigm	Ateez	[77]

December

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
14	Deep Down	Aimer
	Hotel Insomnia	For Tracy Hyde	[78]
	Magnetic	Kaela Kimura	[79]
	Seize the Fate	Nemophila	[80]

Disbanding and retiring artists

Disbanding

• Empire
• Go to the Beds
• Predia
• HO6LA

Retiring

Going on hiatus

• Kiyoshi Hikawa^[81]
• Mary's Blood^[82]
• Hikaru Yaotome^[83]
• Yoshimotozaka46^[84]

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