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"Ruins" formed in Japan in 1985. They combine the raw energy of hardcore punk with progressive rock's flair and musicianship. There have been several line ups so far, featuring drummer / vocalist / main composer Yoshida Tatsuya. https://ruins.bandcamp.com/album/pallaschtom

Bondage Fruit is a progressive rock/Zeuhl band from Tokyo, Kantō, Japan, that was formed in 1990.

Happy Family is an instrumental progressive rock/fusion/Zeuhl band from Tokyo, formed in 1987.

https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/toscc

Japanese producer born in 1998. https://hakushihasegawa.bandcamp.com/

Single from WaqWaq Kingdom (Kiki Hitomi and Shigeru Ishihara).

https://waqwaqkingdom.bandcamp.com/track/yaren-soran

OOIOO is a Japanese avant-rock band, founded in 1995, led by drummer Yoshimi, from Boredoms. https://ooioojp.bandcamp.com/album/nijimusi

Founded in Tokyo in 1999, Le Silo is an instrumental trio with members of Elegant Pünk.

Rinnesya (輪廻社) is an experimental band from Japan. Just this one release.

High energy fusion ensemble from Tokyo Japan, founded in 1997. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/leap-second-neutral

Rock band formed in Okinawa Japan in 2008.

Wha-Ha-Ha were an experimental/avant-garde Japanese group who recorded three very obscure records in the early 1980's. Very little reliable information exists regarding the history of the group. All the members continued to have active independent music careers.

They made music for RIO/avant-prog fans looking for something a bit more creative than another Zappa or Univers Zero clone.

Yoso-Wa-Yoso are a math rock group from Japan. I cannot find much information about them.

https://yoso-wa-yoso.bandcamp.com/album/terraformed

Nuito are an experimental math rock/post-rock trio who formed in Kyoto, Japan in 2004. Their music is defined by tapping guitars, slap bass and spastic drums with rapidly changing time signatures. https://nuito.bandcamp.com/

Mermort is an experimental prog hardcore band from Tokyo.

https://mermort.bandcamp.com/album/polygon

"The album is made mainly in varying tempos because the capitalistic world has become overly rational, and the album is attempting to refute society's turn toward pragmatism."

Post-rock / math-rock band 3nd (meaning 'three times' in Japanese) was formed in Tokyo in 2001. https://zankyorecord.bandcamp.com/album/view-from-here

toe is a Japanese post-rock/math rock band formed at the end of 2000. https://toe-music.bandcamp.com/

Japanese quintet playing music in the realm between Canterbury and jazz fusion.

Plastic Dogs is a progressive metal jazz band based in Nagoya Japan, led by Ono Ryoko (Ryorchestra, Sax Ruins, etc).

https://onoryoko.bandcamp.com/album/ivert-2

Japanese musician, producer, composer and multi‑instrumentalist. Born in 1949 in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Modern Canterbury from Japan. Combining the Soft Machine-esque atmosphere, with the crazy Zappa freak outs. They also have hints of video game soundtrack influence.

"Stubbs" was an obscure Japanese group naming themselves after a song by "Hatfield and The North" (The Stubbs Effect). The group was creating music in the Canterbury scene vein during the mid 80's on 3 releases which didn't get much circulation. Led by keyboardist Kojiro Yamashita, who went on to release similar music under the name Canterburilogy.

https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=9478

Pochakaite Malko is a Japanese band formed in Tokyo in August 1996. Some members were in a group called "Magma Copy Band". While Zeuhl influenced, they are more RIO/Avant-Prog.

This one-off Japanese supergroup was formed by musicians that had played with Bondage Fruit, Korekyojinn, Ground Zero, Rovo, etc.

Japanese symphonic progressive rock band founded in Tokyo, Japan in 1983.

Kenso is a Japanese progressive rock / jazz rock fusion band formed in 1974.

Rovo is a space rock supergroup from Kansai, Japan, formed in 1995.

https://rovoandsystem7.bandcamp.com/album/phoenix-rising-lp

Keyboardist Midori Hirano was born in Kyoto, now based in Berlin Germany.

https://midorih.bandcamp.com/album/otonoma

Jazzy Rock Noise Unit formed by Otomo Yoshihide in 1990 and disbanded in 1998. https://groundzone.bandcamp.com/

Masahiro Takahashi (髙橋 政宏) was born in Japan, now based in Toronto Canada. "In Another" was released on March 20th.

https://masahirotakahashi.bandcamp.com/album/in-another

(I was unable to determine if Masahiro is related to Kitaro)

Kitarō (喜多郎), born Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則) in 1953, is a Japanese recording artist, composer, record producer, and arranger noted for his electronic-instrumental "New Age" music. Hw was a member of the psychedelic "Far East Family Band".

Composed by Yuki Koseki, and sung by the pop stars, twin sisters Emi & Yumi Ito.