Oricon lists the shops according to the Japanese syllables. Therefore, the “A” sound here actually refers to the sounds of A, E, I, O, and U as enunciated in Japanese. Similarly, for consonant plus the vowel “A,” it also encompasses sounds like “KA,” “KE,” “KI,” and so on, as pronounced in Japanese. It’s important to note that the “KA” sound can also represent the “GA” sound and is applicable to other voiceless, voiced, or semi-voiced sounds or contracted sounds in the language.
Additional notes:
- All of the stores listed here can be found on Oricon’s page here.
- The stores here are checked by me, but there could be names that are incorrect, though I am confident that most of them are the right ones.
- 堂 is read as “dou” but there are stores with official translation like Shinseido that spells it as “do”, for those without official translated names, I have decided to remain them as “dou”.
- 楽器 or read as “gakki” is translated to musical instrument, but I have decided to maintain the Japanese word
- 店 can be read as “ten” or “mise” in Japanese, but I decided to leave it as “store”
- 書店 is read as “shoten” in Japanese which means bookstore, for most I have left them as “Bookstore”
- If you happen to find the official reading or name of stores that I have mistakenly written below, please let me know and I shall make the correction.
“A” Sound
| Akai Kumasan, Akabane Biseidou, Akiba Sofmap, Asakusa Yorodou, Asahara Eiyou-dou, Asahina Denki Shokai, A!SMART, Ash-LD’50, Atsumi Record, Abe Record, Aniversal, Aniplex+, Animate, Animate Online Shop, Animega Online, Animega x Sofmap, Amazon.co.jp, Ameyoko Rhythm, R.I.P, YesAsia.com, Aeon Cinema, IKEYA, e-best, Imai Shoten, Iwasaki Denki Service, Indiesmusic.com, Vainqueur, VAMPROSE STORE, Village Vanguard, Village Vanguard Online Store, Weverse Shop JAPAN, WAY (Oh Entertainment), Uta no Eki Enka, HKT48 Official CD Shop, ATEEZ JAPAN OFFICIAL SITE, ATEEZ JAPAN OFFICIAL GOODS STORE, A-on STORE, AKB48 Official Shop, EDION, Etou Nankaidou, N/A OFFICIAL STORE, NGT48 Official CD Shop, M’s Expo Morioka Store, M’s Record Sakuradai Store, Ogaki Shoten, Osawa Record Store, Odeon-dou, Obata Denki, Ongakukan Shimizuya, Ongaku-dou (Aichi), Ongaku-dokoro, Ongyokudou, Onburt Entertainment |
“Ka” Sound
| Kaiondou Gakki Store, Gakuen-dou, Gakushuu-kan, Kasahara Bookstore, Kashiwaya Gakki, Katsuki Bookstore, Kawashita Main Store, Kikuzawa Bookstore, Kinokuniya Bookstore, Kinokuniya Webstore, Chara-Ani, Kyoani Shop!, Gyokkou-dou, KING e-SHOP, Kinkuri-dou, Ginza-dou, Kwon Eun Bi Japan Official Site, Kume Gakki, Kuramoto Records, Guruguru Oukoku, GEO, Gamers, Gamers Online Shop, Kousei-dou, Kougakudou Gakki Store, Koeda Tokei Store, Godzilla Store, Coachan For Group (Reliable), Gobangai, Corazon, Columbia Music Shop |
“Sa” Sound
| Circle Music, Sound Inn Matsuoka, Sound Ace, Sound Area Senti, SOUND GIGA, SOUND BOX MITSUTOMO, Satou, Sato Shoukai, Sunny Record, Sawano Gakki Store, Sun Music, Sanyodo Bookstore, C&K OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE, G-DIRECT, CD&DVD Touyou-Dou, CD/DVD Shop ALANN, CD/Naitou Seiyu Kameoka Store, CD PLAZA WAVE, Jesphile, Jishuban Club, Shinohara Record Shop, JEUGIA, Jujiya CROSS, Joshin Denki, Joshin Web Shop, Shosen, Shoport, silkroadstore, JIN AKANISHI OFFICIAL STORE, Shinseido, Shinseido/WonderGOO/Rakuten Ichiba Store/Yahoo! Store, SWITCHBLADE, Super Books, Scrum, Suzuki Gakki, Star Shop, Stella Worth, STORE by UtaTen®, SPACE SHOWER STORE, Sekine Gakki Store, Seven Net Shopping, Sony Music Shop, Sofmap, Sofmap Digital Collection, Sofmap.com, Sofmap PayPay Mall Store, Sofmap Rakuten Ichiba Store |
“Ta” Sound
| Daitoku, Takahashi Denki Shokai, Takahashi Rie official goods store, Takara Records, Tucker One, Tatsuta Records Store, Tani Gakki Store, Tower Records, Tower Records Online, TSUTAYA (Cultural Convenience Club), TSUTAYA Online Shopping, Tsubameya Gakki Ten, Teichiku Entertainment Online Shop, Disc Inn Murai Gakki, Disc Station AWA, Disc Fan, Disk Union, Disk Union Online Shop, DMM.com, Duke Shop, Tenseido, TOHO animation STORE, Talkport, DONGRAMY PROJECT |
“Na” Sound
| Nakano Meikyoku-dou, Narita Honten, Nanyou Music, Nishimura Denki Shokai, Nishimura Bunmei-dou, Nijisanji Official Store, Nittele-ya Web (Nippon TV), NIPPO, Neowing (CDJapan), Nobi Shokai |
“Ha” Sound
| Hagi Gakki Store, Hashida Gakki, Hasegawa Records, Hataya Gakki Store, Hanabishi Gakki Store, Harada Gakki, Haruya Bookstore, Vanda Records, VICTOR ONLINE STORE, BTS JAPAN OFFICIAL SHOP, PCI MUSIC Online Shop, Hisamatsu Records, Bic Camera, biccamera.com, Big Orange, HITS Ishii, Himeji Miyako, Himeji Records, Hirao Records, Hiroshima Gakki Centre, fiveStars, Family Town Kitamura, Fanplus, forTUNE music, Fukuhara Gakki, Fukuhara Records, bushiya Official Shop, Bushiroad Online Store, Futaba Tosho, Book Ace, BOOKS Nakada, Book Centre Cosmo, Book Marche Abiko Store, BROCCOLI ONLINE powered by Happinet, Bunshindo Bookstore, Heian-dou, Heiwa Records Store, Heiwa-dou Gakki Store, Pet Sounds Records, Horin-dou Bookstore, Hosokawa Records Shop, Hokkoku Shorin, BOYS AND MEN SHOP ONLINE, PONY CANYON SHOPPING CLUB |
“Ma” Sound
| Mainichisha Records, Maeda Gakki Store, Matsuda Gakki Store, Matsuno Gakki, Mass@Mania, Mano TV Records, Marui Records, Maruzen Gakki, Mikiya Gakki Store, Mitsuiya Gakki Store, Mitsuiya Tsuga Store, Miyako, Miyako Ongaku-dou, Miyako Hyotan-yama, Miyako Warabi, Miyata Company, Miyata Record, mu-mo SHOP, Musical “Touken Ranbu” Official Website, Music Shop Smile, Music Shop Dan, Music Shop Baroque, Music Shop BIG, Music Shop Fukutomi, Music Shop Fujiya, Music Shop Heiwa, Music Booth Bunka-dou, Music Plaza Indo, Music Plaza Hamada, Music Plaza Fukuda, Music Plaza Mitsuba, Miyoshiya, Musing, Musica Indo, Murabayashi Gakki Store, Murayama Records, Meion-dou Nagara Store, Meiban-dou, Media Station BIG, Metro Shoten Main Store, Melodies Main Store, Morita Music |
“Ya” Sound
| Yano Gakki Store, Yabuki Gakki, Yamaka Gakki Store, Yamakawa, Yamada Denki, Yamada Web Com (Online Shop), Yamabuki Records, Yamamoto 5, Yamano Gakki, Yamano Gakki Online Shop, Young Record, UM.CREATE, U’-Dio, UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE, Yoshizaki Records, Yoshida Gakki |
“Ra” Sound
| LIKE AN EDISON, Line Records, Rakuten Big, Rakuten Books, Lammtarra, LAPONE ONLINE SHOP, little HEARTS., RYO NISHIKIDO OFFICIAL STORE, Record Shop Hirase, ROCKET-EXPRESS, Lawson Entertainment (HMV stores, HMV&BOOKS online, Loppi, Loppi Osusume) |
“Wa” Sound
| Warner Music Direct, WonderGOO |
Stores that have been identified to not participate in Oricon’s survey so far are:
| AmiAmi Online Shop, O-Entertainment, Lion-dou, Getchu.com, to-on MUSIC, Toranoana, Happinet Online, Books Misumi, Hon no Oukoku, Melonbooks, Yodobashi Camera, MAPPA online shop, Dai Nippon Printing (Honto), Comic Zin |
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