J-Fest ( Russian: ''J-FEST'', formerly ''Фестиваль японской поп-культуры'' "Japanese Pop Culture Festival") is an annual event held in

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. The main organizer is the Embassy of Japan in Russia.

Musical artists

This is a list of musical artists who have performed at the festival: * 2010:

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...

* 2011: Kan,

May J. , better known by her stage name May J., is a Japanese pop and R&B singer who made her major label debut under Sony Music Japan on July 12, 2006, with her first mini-album '' All My Girls''. She was born to an Iranian mother and Japanese father. ...

Haruko Momoi is a Japanese singer, songwriter and voice actress. She also produces an all-female pop group called Afilia Saga. She was born in Tokyo, Japan and is affectionately referred to as Halko by her fans, a nickname she gave herself which is inspired ...

* 2012: Yui Makino * 2013: Sumire Uesaka

* 2014: Eir Aoi

References

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* Festivals in Russia Japanese popular culture Music festivals established in 2012 Music festivals in Russia Rock festivals in Russia J-pop {{japan-festival-stub