2021 in Japanese music
Debuting
{{main|List of Japanese musical groups (2020s)#2021}}
=Debuting groups=
=Debuting soloists=
- {{ill|Miku Kobato|ja|小鳩ミク}} (as Cluppo{{Cite web|url=https://gekirock.com/news/2021/04/cluppo_peace_and_love_release.php|title = 小鳩ミク（BAND-MAID）、ソロ・プロジェクト cluppoを始動！第1弾楽曲「PEACE&LOVE」本日4/1配信リリース＆MV公開！}})
- Takuya Eguchi
- Ai Hashimoto
- Masato Hayakawa
- Miyu Honda
- {{ill|Marina Horiuchi|ja|堀内まり菜}}{{Cite web |title=さくら学院2013年度卒業生・堀内まり菜がランティスよりアーティストデビュー（コメントあり） |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/399042 |date=October 2, 2020| access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=音楽ナタリー |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005011113/https://natalie.mu/music/news/399042|archive-date=5 October 2020|language=ja}}
- Elaiza Ikeda
- Takanori Iwata
- Reina Kondō
- Marika Kōno
- Kanako Momota
- Hiroki Moriuchi
- Takuma Nagatsuka{{Cite web|last=Komatsu|first1=Mikikazu|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/09/08/voice-actor-takuma-nagatsuka-makes-solo-singer-debut-on-october-6|title = Voice Actor Takuma Nagatsuka Makes Solo Singer Debut on October 6|date=September 8, 2021|website=Crunchyroll News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926171804/https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2021/9/8/voice-actor-takuma-nagatsuka-makes-solo-singer-debut-on-october-6|archive-date=September 26, 2023}}
- Yurie Neno as a member of Sweet Pop Candy
- Miho Okasaki
- Aguri Ōnishi
- {{ill|Anna Suzuki|ja|鈴木杏奈}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/09/12/17-year-old-anna-suzuki-makes-singer-debut-with-waccha-primagi-op-theme-dreaming-sound|title = 17-year-old Anna Suzuki Makes Singer Debut with Waccha Primagi! OP Theme "Dreaming Sound"}}
- Rie Takahashi
- Wonho
- Daiki Yamashita{{Cite web |last=Komatsu |first=Mikikazu |title=MHA Deku VA Daiki Yamashita Makes Solo Singer Debut with Seven Knights Revolution TV Anime ED |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/de/anime-news/2021/03/26-1/mha-deku-va-daiki-yamashita-makes-solo-singer-debut-with-seven-knights-revolution-tv-anime-ed |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Crunchyroll |language=en}}
Returning from hiatus
=Returning groups=
=Returning soloists=
Events
Number-ones
Awards
Albums released
=January=
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Album ! Artist ! Ref. |
| rowspan="3"|1
|Eito |
| Love Live! Sunshine!! Kurosawa Dia First Solo Concert Album ~White First Love~
|{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} |
| Enka Yume no Kyōen |
| rowspan="7"|6
|{{cite news |title=YOASOBI、初配信ライヴ2月14日開催決定。1st EP『THE BOOK』の初音ミクVer.『MIKUNOYOASOBI』タワレコ限定サプライズ・リリース。ファンクラブ「CLUB 夜遊」もプレオープン |url=https://tower.jp/article/news/2021/01/06/tg004 |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=Tower Records Japan |date=January 6, 2021 |language=ja}} |
| Bokutachi No Denkosekka |
| Sweet Hug |
| 1ST |
| Wadachi |
| Suki Suki Ronchan |
| The Book |
| rowspan="9"|13
|One |
| Tasekai kaishaku |
| Japanese Star |
| Reincarnation |
| Straight Outta Rhyme Anima |
| Guinea Pig Lab |
| Hyaku hi Ryōran-sen |
| Speed Music Box - All The Memories - |
| "Idolish7 Second Beat" Original Soundtrack "Beyond The Shine" |
| 15
|Kōkyō kumikyoku uchūsenkan'yamato 2202 |
| rowspan="18"|20 |
| Unseen World |
| Six
|website=Barks}} |
| Pop In City ~For Covers Only~
|Deen |
| D4DJ Groovy Mix Cover Tracks Vol.1
|Happy Around!, Peaky P-key, Photon Maiden, Merm4id, Rondo, Lyrical Lily |
| Sing;est |
| ~10th Anniversary~ "Princess Assemble" |
| Ghost in the Shell Superb Music |
| Gradation |
| Mamejor! |
| Sabitsuku made |
| 20th Anniversary Best Kachō Fūgetsu |
| Theory |
| Mādadayo |
| To Redefine/To Be Defined |
| The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Colorful Feathers -Stella-
|{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} |
| Green Giraffe |
| Still Dreaming |
| 25
|Hikigatari Live |
| rowspan="16"|27
|Just Believe You |
| Hyaku Nozomi Yakō
|Asca |
| Boymen the Universe |
| Aster |
| Harami Teishoku DX ~Streetpiano Collection~ "O Kawari"
|{{cite web|url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000192354|title=ハラミちゃん、カバーアルバム第2弾発売決定|website=Barks}} |
| Mother Music Revisited |
| Tomaranai Kazeguruma |
| "Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club" Original Soundtrack "Sound of Tokimeki"
|Naoki Endo, Nijigasaki High School Idol Club |{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
| Chaosix |
| 10ct |
| Note |
| Find Fuse in Youth |
| Star |
| "Dear Vocalist Raving Beats!!!" Lumiere Vo.Re-o-do
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
| Physical |
| Sōsaku |
| 30
|"Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!" Original Soundtrack |{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
=February=
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Album ! Artist ! Ref. |
| rowspan="11"|3
|The End |
| Billow |
| Reboot |
| Travel |
| Green Diary |
| Kimi ga Ita kara
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
| Frontier |
| You Can Change My Life |
| I Love You |
| Live Loud |
| Sakkac Craft |
| rowspan="13"|10
|The Idolmaster Master Artist 4 07 Miki Hoshii |{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
| 15 |
| The Idolmaster Master Artist 4 08 Miura Azusa
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
| America/Hosono Haruomi Live in US 2019 |
| One Wish EP |
| The Millennium Parade |
| Love Live" Sunshine Matsuura Kanan First Solo Concert Album ~Sakana ka nandaka?~
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
| The Idolmaster Master Artist 4 09 Ritsuko Akizuki
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
| Sekadepa! |
| Sekai no Owari 2010–2019 |
| Hachijuokubunnoichi: to you |
| Two-Mix 25th Anniversary All Time Best |
| Gusare |
| 14
|Seiko Matsuda 40th Anniversary Bible -bright moment- |
| rowspan="13" |17
|Aces |{{cite web|url=https://okmusic.jp/news/408885|title=あっとくん、1stミニアルバム『Aces』のリリースを発表|website=OK Music}} |
| Chō kakumei-teki koisuru nichijō |
| Gardenia Jasminoides |
| Fake Land |
| Ethernity |
| Reamp |
| Yakou Himitsu |
| Between The World And Me |
| Loveholic |
| Guts Entertainment |
| The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Colorful Feathers -Luna-
|{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
| Vacation
|TFG |
| Vivid Vice |
| 21
|Suikyō Kyoku |
| rowspan="19"|24
|Ai |
| Killing Idols
|Bis |
| X
|Dish |
| Hanaemi
|HY |
| Believe
|Jel |
| Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B "Matenro VS Buster Bros!!!"
|{{CN|date=May 2021}} |
| Masahiro Tanaka |
| Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen ~Good Morning ohayō hōsō-shitsu~ Drama CD Youth Capriccio
|Nijigasaki High School Idol Club |{{CN|date=May 2021}} |
| "Dear Vocalist Raving Beats!!!" Brave Child Vo. Joshua
|{{CN|date=May 2021}} |
| Kyō Sō |
| Pure x Pure x Pure |
| Fiction |
| Three |
| Subekaraku Matsuri
|{{CN|date=May 2021}} |
| Digitalian is Eating Breakfast Special Edition |
| Reboot |
| Sutekina otona ni naru hōhō |
| Useless
|XIIX |
| Natural
|Yui |
=March=
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Album ! Artist ! Ref. |
| rowspan="22" |3
|Doushitatte Tsutaerarenaikara |Aiko |
| Reboot |
| Cryamy -Red Album- |
| SS |
| IV |
| Katashigure |
| Fizzy Pop Syndrome |
| Canvas |
| 15th Anniversary Hikigatari Best |
| Paradises Return |
| Bravely Default II Original Soundtrack
|Revo |
| L |
| SZ10TH |
| Shibuya |
| Peacepeace |
| Amusic |
| Ska=Almighty |
| LP |
| New World |
| Saikyō Tsubomi DX |
| Ningen Gekijō |
| Self Selection "Hip Hop"
|Ai |
| 4
|Love Live! Sunshine!! Kunikida Hanamaru First Solo Concert Album～Oyasuminasan!～ |{{CN|date=May 2021}} |
| rowspan="15"|10
|Ai Kayano 10th Memorial Book & Mini Album "Musunde Hiraite" |
| Sudachi no Uta / Life is Cider |
| Appare! Parade |
| Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B "Bad Ass Temple VS Matenro"
|{{CN|date=May 2021}} |
| I Love You |
| A Cappella 2 |
| Bokutachi no Gunzō |
| One Last Kiss |
| This Is Not A Song |
| Glory, Glory, to the World |
| Button |
| Aoi Honoo |
| The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Colorful Feathers -Sol-
|{{CN|date=May 2021}} |
| Octopath Traveler Original Soundtrack
|{{CN|date=May 2021}} |
| Asagao |
| 11
|2+0+2+1+3+1+1= 10 years 10 songs |
| 13
|Gurenge / Flame |Lisa |
| rowspan="2"|14
|Only One |3LDK |
| 20XX "The Best" |
| 16
|Thanatos |
| rowspan="18"|17
|Where's My History? |
| M.C.A・T Da Pump Mix |
| 'Funfare |
| One
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Rainbow |
| Akahoshi Ao Hoshi |
| Debut 20th Anniversary Recital @ Nippon Budokan |
| Duets |
| Evergreen 2 |
| Sunny!! |
| Shiro Sagisu Music from "Shin Evangelion"
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Velvet Night |
| Cure |
| 8 Infinity |
| Breaking Dawn |
| It's A Perfect Blue |
| Twilight Wanderers -Best of Yuji Nakada 2011-2020- |
| "Haikyū!! To The Top" Original Soundtrack
|Yuki Hayashi, Asami Tachibana |{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| 21
|A Long Vacation 30th Anniversary Edition |
| rowspan="14"|24
|One Of Us |
| Enter |
| Into the A to Z |
| Colony
|BIN |
| Hypnosismic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B "Fling Posse VS Mad Trigger Crew"
|Fling Posse, Mad Trigger Crew |{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Pandora |
| 55 Stones |
| Piece |
| Full Colors |
| "Dear Vocalist Raving Beats !!!" Kagaribi Vo. Juda
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| "Shoujo ☆ Kageki Review Starlight" Best Album
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Ghost Album |
| Seishun to Band wa Tanoshikute Mendokusai |
| For U |
| 28
|Singer 7 |
| 30
|30th Anniversary Best Album "Vintage Denim" |
| rowspan="11"|31
|"Yuru Camp Season 2" Original Soundtrack |{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Hakkō-tai |
| Who? |
| Ketsuno Paradise |
| Shin uchū + Warp Drive II |
| "Yamiyonikarasu, yuki ni sag" kanzen seisan gentei-ban |
| 16th ~That's J-POP~ |
| Mata Aitaito Omoeru Tomoni, Jinseide Nannin Meguriaeruka? |
| Unite |
| The First Step: Treasure Effect |
| "Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2" Animation Derby Season 2 Vol. 3 Original Soundtrack
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
=April=
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Album ! Artist ! Ref. |
| 4
|Your Mori. |{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| rowspan="10"|7
|Chōtokkyū ≠Me Iki |≠Me |
| First E.P |
| Music Wardrobe |
| Caramel Guerrilla |
| Kyū
|Kizu |
| Wonderland |
| Odds and Ends |
| The World |
| Uya Muya |
| 3 |
| 8
|A Ballads 2 |
| rowspan="7"|14
|Walpurgis |
| Yosuga |
| Only One / Guerrilla's Way |
| "Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet" Original Soundtrack
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Kotoba to Ongaku |
| Acoustique Electrick Sessions 2020
|rowspan="2"|Toru Kitajima |
| Yesworld |
| 15
|Tsukiyo no Ongakkai |{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| 17
|Love Live! Sunshine!! Watanabe You First Solo Concert Album |{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| rowspan="19"|21
|Talk About Everything |
| Radiant Memories |
| Joyful Style |
| Mystere |
| "Jujutsu Kaisen" Original Soundtrack
|Hiroaki Tsutsumi, Yoshimasa Terui, Alisa Okehazama |{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Bouquet |
| SadaDon ShinJibunFudoki III |
| Etc.works3 |
| Best Album "Myōjō"
|Mucc |
| New Gravity |
| Enchant |
| Sukima Switch Tour 2020-2021 Smoothie |
| Fly! Fly! Fly! |
| Colorless |
| Eguism |
| Latte |
| Big Jumbo Jet |
| Fruitful |
| SDR |
| rowspan="13"|28
|25 Years After All Time Best |
| Girls Revolution / Party Time! |
| One Love Anthology
|Glay |
| Oneway Generation |
| Diabolik Lovers Daylight Vol.2 Sakama Shuu |
| "Dear Vocalist Raving Beats!!!" Jet Rat Fury Vo.Yuu
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Opening Declaration |
| Genius Love |
| Piofiore no Banshō Evening Bell Character Drama CD Vol.1 Nikola Francesca
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Be Brave |
| Forced Shutdown |
| Ai Kotoba. |
| Terminal
|Yuki |
=May=
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Album ! Artist ! Ref. |
| 5 |
| rowspan="11"|12
|Zenbu, Naisho. |
| Tasogare-Resonance |
| Atarashī Seikatsu |
| Utai tsugu! Nihon no hayariuta Part 2
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Moving Days |
| Anataninaritakatta |
| Off |
| "Girls und Panzer" Original Soundtrack
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Electric Jellyfish |
| Will Never Die |
| Ainodeban + Thanks to |
| 18
|Love Virus |
| rowspan="7"|19
|Battle & Message |
| BanMon! Best goku nakayoshi teki sekai |
| Ladybug
|Lisa |
| This is Youth |
| Freak |
| Title Idol |
| Musicaloud #38 Act.3 |
| rowspan="2" | 21
| Wink | Chai |
| Aoppella -aoppella!?-
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| 24
|Ame*Sta EP |
| rowspan="2"|25
|Kitto Anohi Bokuha Shinda |
| Oneday Everyday
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| rowspan="18"|26
|Setsuzoku |
| Anal Sex Penis
|ASP |
| 2nd Step |
| Wakainagara mo rekishi ari 96.3.2@新宿Liquid Room
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Atarashii Kajitsu |
| Gekokujō |
| 4Wheels 9Lives |
| "Tengaramon" Original Soundtrack
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Superspin |
| Utamonogatari |
| Nonochan 2sai Kodomo Uta |
| Sekirara |
| Piofiore no Banshō Character Drama CD Vol.2 Gilbert Redford
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| OT Works II |
| Mass |
| "Dear Vocalist Raving Beats!!!" Veronica Vo. Momochi
|{{CN|date=August 2021}} |
| Flight |
| Overseas Highway |
| 29
|XXV |
=June=
=July=
=August=
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Album ! Artist ! Ref. |
| rowspan="2" | 4 |
| Bubble Up! |
| 18
| Editorial |
= September =
= October =
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Album ! Artist ! Ref. |
| rowspan="4" | 27 |
| Unconditional Love |
| Candy Racer |
| Outsider
|BtoB |
=November=
=December=
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Album ! Artist ! Ref. |
| 1
| Yoasobi |
| 6 |
| rowspan="2" |8
|Human |
| Friends III
|B'z |
| rowspan="2" | 15
| Revive |
| Time Flies |
| rowspan="2"| 22
| It'z Itzy | Itzy |
| 30
| |
Disbanding and retiring artists
=Disbanding=
=Retiring=
- Saki Shimizu
- Chinami Tokunaga
- Nana Yamada
- Mika Sakaki as a member of Sweet Pop Candy