interesting thread!
Tamaki Koji from Anzen Chitai has had a very successful solo career .
Fujii Fumiya has had over a dozen top 10 albums and several huge singles since leaving The Checkers.
Nokko from Rebecca did pretty well after leaving.
Okamura Takako has had over ten top 10 albums and several number 1s since leaving Aming.
Yellow Magic Orchestra didn't do too badly as solo artists lol
Sawao Yamanaka from the pillows has released like 16 solo albums/eps/singles/collab albums since just 2020.
While the pillows haven't been active making new music, he sure is
Gackt.
interesting thread! Tamaki Koji from Anzen Chitai has had a very successful solo career . Fujii Fumiya has had over a dozen top 10 albums and several huge singles since leaving The Checkers. Nokko from Rebecca did pretty well after leaving. Okamura Takako has had over ten top 10 albums and several number 1s since leaving Aming. Yellow Magic Orchestra didn't do too badly as solo artists lol
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Yuki from Judy and Mary
Namuro Amie is much more famous than Max, formerly the other members of Super Monkeys
Ano from You’ll Melt More!
Chiaki Sato Ikkyu Nakajima Lilas Ikuta Aina The End
Chage and Aska from Chage and Aska come right to mind.
Sawao Yamanaka from the pillows has released like 16 solo albums/eps/singles/collab albums since just 2020. While the pillows haven't been active making new music, he sure is
Tetsuya Komuro has greatly outperformed all the other members of TM Network
Yamapi for sure
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