Waƙar hip hop ta sami tafiya ta musamman a Japan, tare da nau'in nau'in ɗanɗano na gida. Mawakan hip hop na Japan sun yi nasara wajen haɗa abubuwan gargajiya na Japan tare da kiɗan hop hop, ƙirƙirar sabon sararin al'adu a cikin tsari. Ɗaya daga cikin masu fasahar hip hop na Japan na farko shine DJ Krush, wanda ya fara aikinsa a farkon 1990s. Sauran majagaba na farko na wasan hip hop na Japan sun haɗa da masu fasaha kamar Muro, King Giddra da Scha Dara Parr. A yau, wasu shahararrun mawakan hip hop na Japan sun haɗa da irin su Ryo-Z, Verbal da KOHH. Tashoshin rediyo da yawa a Japan suna da shirye-shiryen kiɗan hip hop na musamman. Japan FM Network - JFN ɗaya ce daga cikin manyan hanyoyin watsa shirye-shiryen watsa shirye-shirye na Japan waɗanda ke da tashar hip hop mai sadaukarwa: J-Wave. Sauran gidajen rediyo irin su FM802, InterFM, da J-WAVE suma suna da shirye-shiryen kiɗan hip hop. J-Hip hop, kamar yadda ake magana a cikin Japan, wani nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau’in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau’in nau’in nau’in nau’in nau’in nau’i nau’i nau’i nau’i nau’i nau’i naui naui naui naui naui naui naui naui naui naui naui naui) ya girma cikin shahara a tsawon shekaru. Tare da haɗin kai na musamman na al'adun Jafananci da na hip hop, ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa wannan nau'in yanzu ana jin dadinsa da kuma godiya a ciki da wajen Japan.