This fun little ranking survey from goo Ranking asked Japanese to choose who they rated the most as Japanese living legends of rock.

My top pick would be number 5 here, Southern All Stars, but there’s a good number of groups I’ve never heard of. One that caught my eye was Yabai T-shirts Yasan, in English “Dodgy T-shirts Shop”, who have a post-punk pop feel and rather silly lyrics, like this ode to Bluetooth Love, and sillier videos like this one:

Who’s your Japanese top rock band?

Ranking result

Rank		Votes
1	THE ALFEE	1380
2	L’Arc- en-Ciel	222
3	X JAPAN	167
4	B’z	160
5	Southern All Stars	128
6	BUCK-TICK	79
7	SEKAI NO OWARI	75
8	Mr.Children	45
9	Official Hige Dandism	42
10	Spitz	39
11	BUMP OF CHICKEN	36
12	GLAY	30
13	ONE OK ROCK	27
14	THE YELLOW MONKEY	26
15	Porno Graffiti	22
16	King Gnu	21
16	The Cro-Magnons	21
18	Tokyo Jihen	20
19	Elephant Kashimashi	19
20	Wagakki Band	16
21	LUNA SEA	15
22	SHISHAMO	14
23	SPYAIR	13
23	back number	13
25	WANIMA	12
25	MAN WITH A MISSION	12
27	Sakanaction	11
27	[Alexandros]	11
29	UVERworld	10
29	ORANGE RANGE	10
29	SUPER BEAVER	10
32	Fuji Fabric	9
32	ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION	9
32	RADWIMPS	9
32	ELLEGARDEN	9
36	Mrs. GREEN APPLE	8
36	UNISON SQUARE GARDEN	8
38	Yabai T-shirt Yasan	7
38	the pillows	7
38	Ling Tosite Sigure	7
41	DIR EN GRAY	6
41	amazarashi	6
41	CreapHyp	6
44	KANA-BOON	5
44	sumika	5
44	Queen Bee	5
44	WEAVER	5
48	Maximum the Hormone	4
48	Base Ball Bear	4
50	Gesu no Kiwami Maiden	3
50	flumpool	3
50	Gingan Boyz	3
53	THE BAWDIES	2
53	9mm Parabellum Bullet	2
53	Kyuso Nekokami	2
56	10-FEET	1
56	MY FIRST STORY	1
56	THE BACK HORN	1

Demographics

Between the 17th and the 31st of January 2021 2,843 visitors to the goo Ranking site and associated properties completed a public questionnaire. No further demographics were given.