Top Songs Ranking of Ningen Isu [2026]

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Shadow Beast

Included on the 1989 album Ningen Isu.

A three-piece rock band from Aomori, formed in 1987.

They are one of the bands that came out of Ikaten.

When they appeared, their lyrics were packed with eerily theatrical Japanese, contrasted by British rock-style melodies, and bassist Suzuki’s “Nezumi Otoko”-like costume became a hot topic.

They’re still a band that shines with their distinctive strengths.

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Ningen Isu - A Love That Leads to Heaven

Included on the 2014 album “This World Is a Dream: 25th Anniversary Best Album.” A three-piece rock band from Aomori Prefecture formed in 1987.

With heavy, loud guitars and a rhythm that unfolds with strength and power, the vocals—delivered with uniquely distinctive phrasing—make this a track that truly embodies who they are.

The guitar solo is, in a word, superb.

It’s the cat, it’s the cat.ningen ishi10rank/position

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This is a track included on Ningen Isu’s 17th album, Mandoro, released on August 7, 2013.

It’s a Japanese-style rock song that sets lyrics—depicting a moonlit romance in historical diction—to a metal sound.

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Aomori Rock Minister

This is a quintessential Ningen Isu track that shouts a twisted love for their hometown over a hard rock sound.

At first listen it may come off as humorous and self-deprecating, but beneath that lies a fierce affection and pride for their birthplace, Aomori.

The anecdote that they incorporated in-train announcements from their trips home into the lyrics also conveys a deep attachment to everyday life back in their hometown.

The song was included on the album Rashomon, released in October 1993, and was also selected for the best-of compilation The Swindler and the Air Man: Ningen Isu Masterpieces.

It even became a local commercial jingle in Aomori—truly an officially recognized local anthem.

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Ningen Isu “Mahoroba” Music Video (NINGEN ISU / Mahoroba)

Since their debut in 1989, Ningen Isu—a three-piece band that fuses literature with hard rock—has built a uniquely macabre world.

Opening their 24th album, “Mahoroba,” released in November 2025, this track is a commanding epic that stretches to nearly eight minutes.

The sound, where the band’s signature weighty riffs intertwine with Japanese melodic sensibilities, is overwhelming.

The lyrics, which stand beside a suffering “you” and speak of striving together toward a utopia, kindle a light of hope in the hearts of those living in today’s anxious society.

It’s a soul-shaking heavy rock piece that portrays the harshness of reality and the salvation that lies beyond it.

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Human Chair Hell

Included on the 1996 album “Blade of the Immortal.” A three-piece rock band from Aomori Prefecture formed in 1987.

The vocalist’s shouts deliver their characteristically literary lyrics over an up-tempo, unfolding rhythm and a hard rock sound, creating a distinctive worldview.

They’re truly one of a kind.