Japanese Reggae, Dancehall, Ragga

Reggae Japansplash

For those who have asked, there IS a Japanese Reggae/Dancehall/Ragga/Bashment scene in Japan. The scene like in most countries has progressed from Reggae to Dancehall/Ragga.

Dancehall is as much about dancing as it is about the music. Besides getting tanned and braided, the dance moves from the women include some serious erotic hip shaking movements. Japan held 3 events earlier this year, the Reggae Japansplash, the first-ever Avex sponsored Black Summit and Japan’s premier dancehall festival, the annual Yokohama Reggae Sai.

Currently, Japan’s most famous dancehall music group is Mighty Crown. Other artists to check out are Ryo the Skywalker, Pushim, Fireball, Homegrown, Mighty Jam Rock, Pang, Munehiro, Megaryu and Lecca and the Ichi Bang Boshi Crew.

Japanese Reggae, Dancehall and Ragga music videos

Ichi Bang Boshi Crew

Dancehall raggae singjay “DONNA”

As One feat Pushim and Luciano



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4 Responses to “Japanese Reggae, Dancehall, Ragga”

  1. lionpaw Says:

    I love the connection between the two worlds that reggae music have made. t One L

  2. lionpaw Says:

    http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/firecrackerrecs checkout the various artist CD

  3. hansu Says:

    hi,
    i wanted to know any japanese reggae or ragga. could ya send me some titles or band’s names, so i can download any of them??

  4. Dan Anderson Says:

    it’s interesting to learn that there is an active reggae scene in Japan. I know of Jamaican artists who have toured there, but not of any local bands.

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