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The 39 pages that link to J-pop, each with the reason it gives.

• K-popCompared with: J-pop shares idol-pop features with K-pop but developed within a distinct national industry.

• Japanese popular cultureBroader topic: Music industries and fandoms connect recordings, live performance, television, and anime.

• MandopopCompared with: J-pop offers a neighboring East Asian pop industry with a different language and market history.

• Japanese idolNarrower topic: Idol music developed within, and helped shape, Japan's wider popular-music industry.

• SeiyūNarrower topic: Seiyū releases and character songs connect voice acting to the wider music industry.

• SM EntertainmentCompared with: SM’s expansion into Japan adapted Korean idol promotion to a distinct pop market.

• OriconRelated: Oricon charts are a prominent record of J-pop releases and their sales.

• Teresa TengRelated: Japanese songs and melodies supplied material for several of Teng’s early recordings.

• EnkaNarrower topic: Enka is one distinctive strand within Japan's broader popular-music landscape.

• Idol groupNarrower topic: Japanese idol groups form a prominent part of the broader J-pop landscape.

• C-popCompared with: Both circulate across East Asia, but their primary language markets and industry histories differ.

• Tetsuya KomuroNarrower topic: Komuro’s hitmaking became one of the defining forces in 1990s J-pop.

• Lee Soo-manCompared with: SM adapted ideas from Japanese entertainment while developing a distinct Korean idol system.

• AKB48Narrower topic: AKB48 became one of the most commercially visible acts in modern J-pop.

• Hibari MisoraNarrower topic: Her influence reaches across the postwar history of Japanese popular singing.

• Megumi HayashibaraNarrower topic: Her recording career developed alongside her work as an anime voice actress.

• Mariya TakeuchiNarrower topic: Takeuchi’s career illustrates the global circulation of Japanese popular music.

• Namie AmuroNarrower topic: Amuro’s career became a defining success within Japan’s contemporary pop industry.

• TVXQRelated: TVXQ’s Japanese releases and promotions established a distinct career in this market.

• Yoko KannoNarrower topic: Her work connects screen composition with Japan’s broader recording and popular-music industries.

• Maaya SakamotoNarrower topic: Her albums place an anime-associated singer within Japan’s wider music scene.

• Michiya MihashiCompared with: Its later industry and sound differ from the enka-centered market of Mihashi’s peak years.

• Momoe YamaguchiNarrower topic: Her hit recordings belong to the history of Japan’s postwar pop industry.

• Morning MusumeRelated: The group’s singles contributed to the commercial pop sound associated with Japan around the turn of the century.

• Tatsuro YamashitaNarrower topic: Yamashita’s career developed within—and helped reshape—Japan’s postwar pop industry.

• Yasushi AkimotoNarrower topic: Akimoto’s groups became a prominent force within Japan’s music market.

• Akina NakamoriNarrower topic: Her recordings became a major strand of Japanese pop music during the 1980s.

• Aya HiranoNarrower topic: Hirano’s recording career extended her visibility beyond voice acting into Japanese pop music.

• Ayumi HamasakiNarrower topic: Hamasaki’s career became one of J-pop’s defining commercial success stories.

• B'zNarrower topic: B'z’s success places hard rock within the broader history of Japanese hit music.

• Hikaru UtadaNarrower topic: Utada helped define J-pop’s sound and its international visibility.

• Ichirō FujiyamaNarrower topic: His long career offers a view of this music’s development before and after the war.

• Ichirou MizukiNarrower topic: Mizuki began recording in Japan’s pop industry before anime themes defined his reputation.

• Johnny KitagawaNarrower topic: His agency helped shape the country's mainstream male pop scene.

• Kyu SakamotoRelated: Sakamoto’s pop career preceded the later industry commonly called J-pop.

• Mamoru MiyanoNarrower topic: Miyano’s singing career extends his public work beyond acting.

• Mr. ChildrenNarrower topic: The band became one of the most prominent acts in this broader music culture.

• Music of JapanBroader topic: It represents the global-facing commercial end of Japan’s musical spectrum.

• Nana MizukiNarrower topic: Her albums and singles place her within Japan's pop music industry.