2022 in Japanese music

The year 2022 in Japanese music.

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
5	City	SixTones	^{[citation needed]}
5	Placebo	ASP	^[8]
12	We are Girls²	Girls²	^{[citation needed]}
	Ichi	Yuuri	^{[citation needed]}
	OnlyOneOf Japan Best Album	OnlyOneOf	^[9]
19	Bad Mode	Hikaru Utada	^[10]
25	Ray of Light	The Rampage from Exile Tribe	^{[citation needed]}
26	Mirror	Scandal	^[11]
26	Kyōgen	Ado	^[12]

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
1	Love Cycle	Ayaka	^[13]
2	1518	@onefive	^[14]
	26/27	Airi Suzuki	^[15]
	Blue Cresc.	Cynhn	^[16]
	Visions	Milet	^[17]
9	Fo(u)r YuU	Liyuu	^[18]
16	Team	Team Shachi	^[19]
23	Dream	Ai	^[20]
23	Tokyo	Super Beaver	^{[citation needed]}

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
4	Queendom	Awich	^[21]
9	Gundam Song Covers 3	Hiroko Moriguchi	^[22]
	Collage	Masaki Suda	^{[citation needed]}
	Flare	Milet	^{[citation needed]}
	Our Teen: Blue Side	T1419	^[23]
16	1 or 8	Eito	^{[citation needed]}
	#Twice4	Twice	^[24]
	Epitaph	Tohoshinki	^[25]
23	Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku	Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku	^{[citation needed]}
23	Umibe	Sid	^[26]
30	Pinky Swear	CIX	^[27]
	Oh My Girl Best	Oh My Girl	^[28]
	Adapt	Sakanaction	^[29]

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
6	Bloom	Red Velvet	^[30]
13	Dignified	SennaRin	^{[citation needed]}
20	Terzo	Juice=Juice	^{[citation needed]}
	Journey	Little Glee Monster	^{[citation needed]}
	L.S.	Lyrical School
22	Shunka Ryougen	Haru Nemuri

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
11	Antidote	Taichi Mukai	^{[citation needed]}
17	Shukuten	Momoiro Clover Z	^{[citation needed]}
18	Assort	Novelbright	^[31]
18	Reflection	Tofubeats	^[32]
25	Kizuna	JO1	^[33]
	Break and Cross the Walls II	Man with a Mission	^{[citation needed]}
	Beyond: Zero	Ateez	^[34]
27	She's the Boss	The Boyz	^[35]
30	The Greatest	BoA	^[36]

Debuting groups

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
1	The Highlight	Sexy Zone	^{[citation needed]}
8	Harukakanatae	Haruka Fukuhara	^[37]
15	Sono Ichi	Ho6la	^[38]
15	Phalaris	Dir En Grey	^[39]
17 / 20	Marumaru to Ninomiya to	Kazunari Ninomiya	^[40]^[41]
22	Circus	Stray Kids	^[42]
22	Softly	Tatsuro Yamashita	^[43]
29	Made In	King & Prince	^{[citation needed]}
	Mikansei no Mirai	NGT48	^[44]
	The Best: Dear Fantasy	SF9	^[45]

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
6	Nonnegative	Coldrain	^[46]
	Delighted Reviver	Nana Mizuki	^{[citation needed]}
	Life Goes On	Onew	^[47]
8	Unity	Mrs. Green Apple	^[48]
13	But Wait. Cats?	Alexandros	^{[citation needed]}
13	1st Love	Naniwa Danshi	^{[citation needed]}
20	First Snow First Love	Yuki Yomichi	^[49]
20	Dempark!!!	Dempagumi.inc
27	Plasma	Perfume	^[50]
27	Celebrate	Twice	^[51]

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
3	As You Know?	Sakurazaka46	^[52]
3	Nocturnal	Tokyo Girls' Style	‌^[53]
10	Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red	Ado	^[54]
	Weather	B.O.L.T	^[55]
	Highway X	B'z	^[56]
11	Youth	WEi	^[57]
17	Falling Into Your Eyes Record	Aimyon	^[58]
	We are Cats.	The World Standard	^{[citation needed]}
	Savior	AB6IX	^[59]
	Vocalo Zanmai 2	Wagakki Band	^[60]
24	Genesis	Arcana Project	^{[citation needed]}
24	Stand Up!	Omega X	^[61]
31	Be: 1	Be First	^{[citation needed]}

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
2	Japan Activity Best	EXID	^[62]
9	Luxury Disease	One Ok Rock	^{[citation needed]}
14	Feelin' Like	Pentagon	^[63]
21	Unleash	Band-Maid	^[64]
	Snow Labo. S2	Snow Man	^[65]
	For.	Sumika
28	Beyooooo2nds	Beyooooonds	^[66]

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
5	Joy Ride	Kang Daniel	^[67]
5	Doki Doki Love	Rocket Punch	^[68]
12	Quarter	Anly	^[69]
12	Hitori Toiro	Karin Miyamoto	^[70]
26	Sadame	Enhypen	^[71]

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
2	XYZ	ExWhyZ	^[72]
9	Dream	Seventeen	^[73]
16	Lander	LiSA	^[74]
18	E-Side 2	Yoasobi	^[75]
23	Dopamine	Oneus	^[76]
30	The World EP. Paradigm	Ateez	^[77]

Date	Album	Artist	Ref.
14	Deep Down	Aimer
	Hotel Insomnia	For Tracy Hyde	^[78]
	Magnetic	Kaela Kimura	^[79]
	Seize the Fate	Nemophila	^[80]