Top 50 Composers in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest composers in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 131 composers tracked in Japan, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Muffler, Pep's and John Bull (composer) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1,219,575 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 49,993, and the largest, Muffler, reaches around 666,067 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each composer, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Muffler	666,067	25.7%	Composer	Cars & Mobility
2	Pep's	374,205	6.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
3	John Bull (composer)	179,303	40.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
4	John Williams	137,571	1.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
5	Hans Zimmer	130,021	1.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
6	Mura Masa	122,947	24.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
7	Joe Hisaishi	88,333	17.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
8	A. R. Rahman	52,281	0.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
9	Björk	49,200	2.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
10	Roy Ayers	46,723	4.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
11	Kaytranada	44,158	3.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
12	Caetano Veloso	30,848	0.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
13	Oneohtrix Point Never	30,786	12.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
14	Alan Menken	29,789	6.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
15	Jake Shimabukuro	28,280	17.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
16	Mad Professor	27,217	20.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
17	Henry VIII of England	26,286	0.4%	Composer	Politics & Society
18	Marcus Miller	25,032	4.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
19	Danny Elfman	24,668	0.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
20	Philip Glass	21,716	2.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
21	John Cage	21,142	3.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
22	Max Richter	20,956	2.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
23	Kelela	19,908	10.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
24	Grover Washington, Jr.	19,103	9.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
25	Ólafur Arnalds	19,033	6.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
26	Ennio Morricone	18,448	0.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
27	Ralph Vaughan Williams	16,706	4.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
28	Anirudh Ravichander	15,444	0.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
29	Burt Bacharach	15,051	1.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
30	Jean-Michel Jarre	14,548	0.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
31	Giorgio Moroder	12,959	1.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
32	Chris Botti	12,122	2.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
33	Yanni	11,792	0.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
34	George Gershwin	10,970	1.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
35	Yann Tiersen	10,851	1.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
36	Daniel Barenboim	10,387	1.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
37	Nosaj Thing	10,254	21.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
38	Stephen Sondheim	10,108	1.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
39	James Newton Howard	9,789	2.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
40	mc gui	8,947	2.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
41	Alan Silvestri	8,617	2.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
42	Keith Emerson	8,398	2.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
43	John Barry (composer)	8,028	1.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
44	Mike Patton	7,884	0.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
45	Jordan Rudess	7,732	4.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
46	G. V. Prakash Kumar	7,722	3.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
47	Richard Rodgers	7,360	3.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
48	Edvard Grieg	6,922	0.8%	Composer	Literature
49	Kevin Murphy	6,693	0.4%	Composer	Beauty & Wellness
50	Jóhann Jóhannsson	6,371	8.5%	Composer	Music & Radio