The problem with being a fan of J-Rock is people automatically assume you have the same level of enthusiasm for anime, and I absolutely do not.
These tracks have been selected to help you lift heavier, run faster, roll harder and get more out of your workouts.
But feel free to close your eyes and imagine you're training to pilot a Gundam (pffft) or Valkyrie (+1) or lead a motorcycle gang or something.
What goes on inside your head is your own business.
G E T T H E P L A Y L I S T
Get the playlist with the links above on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and YouTube, or check the complete track listing below and add any of the songs to playlists of your own.
SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM |
|---|---|---|
DRAGON FROM THE WEST | 松本孝弘 | 西辺来龍 DRAGON FROM THE WEST |
Rosier |
LUNA SEA |
Mother |
Seventeen's Map |
Yutaka Ozaki |
All Time Best |
Honey Dripper |
ACTION |
Movin' and Rockin' |
神風 |
NoGoD |
現実 |
Don't Change Your Mind |
Mari Hamada |
ROMANTIC NIGHT |
Hari No Yama |
Ningen Isu |
Ningen Shikkaku |
Not Satisfied |
Anarchy |
Anarchy |
Gloria |
ZIGGY |
Hot Lips |
Hard Blow |
FLATBACKER |
Senso |
Bad Communication |
B'z |
Bad Communication - Single |
Baka Survivor |
Ulfuls |
Baka Survivor - Single |
No Scared |
ONE OK ROCK |
Zankyō Reference |
COUNTDOWN |
HYDE |
HYDE |
Decide |
exist†trace |
Twin Gate |
Marionette |
BOØWY |
Pyschopath |
Shanghai Honey (Album Remix) |
Orange Range |
1st Contact |
X |
X JAPAN |
Blue Blood |
Baby Stardust |
thee michelle gun elephant |
Punk Is Our Life |
Finger |
Johnny, Louis & Char |
tricycle |
Stripper |
Kenji Sawada |
Stripper |
日本印度化計画 |
Kinniku Shojotai |
猫のテブクロ |
Metal Man |
Electric Eel Shock |
Best of EES |
Battle Without Honor or Humanity |
Hotei |
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack) |
Grasshopper |
9mm Parabellum Bullet |
Dawning |
IN THE MIRROR |
Loudness |
ON THE PROWL |
Money |
Shogo Hamada |
DOWN BY THE MAINSTREET |
レクイエム |
オートモッド |
REQUIEM(滅びゆく時代へのレクイエム) |
Body To Body |
SOFT BALLET |
Earth Born |
Ameagarinoyozorani |
RC Succession |
King of Beast |
Tokyo City Wa Kaza Darake |
A.R.B. |
A.R.B. Complete Best 1978-1990 |
MONSTER ROCK |
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra |
スカパラ登場 |
Close to Me |
Hi-STANDARD |
Angry Fist |
Life (REVIVE Version) |
NEMOPHILA |
REVIVE |
Re: Re: |
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION |
Sol-Fa |
Amagi Goe |
Marty Friedman |
Tokyo Jukebox, Vols. 1 & 2 |
リンダリンダ |
THE BLUE HEARTS |
THE BLUE HEARTS |
BOUND TO BREAK |
Anthem |
BOUND TO BREAK |
Phantom Nation |
Dead End |
Ghost of Romance |
Re:fire |
Aldious |
Radiant A |
One Night Carnival |
Kishidan |
TOKYO - SUMMER 2021 - |
Sorani Utaeba |
175R |
175R(e) Best - EP |
Himitsu Girl's Top Secret |
Zazen Boys |
Himitsu Girl's Top Secret - EP |
Sutekinayozora |
JUN SKY WALKER(S) |
Hitotsu Dakishimete |
Thrill |
BAND-MAID |
New Beginning |
Hageshii Ame Ga |
THE MODS |
HANDS UP |
Dead Leaves Rising |
Unlucky Morpheus |
Black Pentagram - Single |
Taisetsuna Mono |
ROAD OF MAJOR |
Golden Road (Best) |
Romantist |
THE STALIN |
Stop Jap |
Runner |
Bakufu-Slump |
GOLDEN BEST Bakufu Slump All Singles |
Rock'n Roll Rider |
THE STAR CLUB |
Vintagebreaker tune version |
Omissions...
J-Rock has always been a little trickier to track down from time to time.
In the 90s CDs in Japan were expensive, and even if you had a way to get a hold of them, the cost of shipping made you think twice.
Nowadays it's licensing. Things appear and disappear or never appeared on the popular streaming services, or are indexed in Japanese, or by a Romanized English release and might not appear when you search for it.
Here's the problem tracks I know of in the above playlist:
- Dragon From The West by Tak Matsumoto is unavailable on YouTube Music
- Close to Me by Hi-STANDARD is unavailable on YouTube Music
- レクイエム by AUTO-MOD is unavailable on YouTube Music or Spotify
- リンダリンダ by THE BLUE HEARTS is unavailable on Apple Music, Spotify or YouTube Music
- ストリッパ by Kenji Sawada is unavailable on YouTube Music
All are worth tracking down and adding to playlists of your own if you can find them.