J-Rock

Japanese rock music,J rock, is a large genre that is mainly heard by the American audience on anime opening or ending themes. Bands such as Maximum the Hormone and Asian Kung Fu Generation are featured in popular animes such as Death Note and Bleach.

J-Pop

Japanese pop music,J-pop, is also popular in America due to anime and japanese video games like Square Enix's emmensely popular Kingdom Hearts series. Singers like Utada Hikaru and Vocaloid Miku Hatsune are examples of J-pop.