List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2021 (Japan)

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The following is a list of weekly number-one singles on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart in 2021.

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Chart history

Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
January 4"Beautiful" NEWS [1]
January 11"Homura" LiSA [2]
January 18 [3]
January 25"Shūkan Umakuiku Yōbi" Johnny's West [4]
February 1"Grandeur" Snow Man [5]
February 8"Boku wa Boku o Suki ni Naru" Nogizaka46 [6]
February 15"Koiochi Flag" SKE48 [7]
February 22"Kimi to Mitai Sekai" Kanjani Eight [8]
March 1"Boku ga Boku Janai Mitai da" SixTones [9]
March 8"Luv Bias" Kis-My-Ft2 [10]
March 15"Usseewa" Ado [11]
March 22"Roar" KAT-TUN [12]
March 29"One Last Kiss" Hikaru Utada [13]
April 5"Let's Music" Sexy Zone [14]
April 12"Take a Picture" NiziU [15]
April 19 [16]
April 26"Ban" Sakurazaka46 [17]
May 3"Not Alone" Seventeen [18]
May 10 '"Born to Be Wild" JO1 [19]
May 17"Something New"Johnny's West [20]
May 24"Negative Fighter" Hey! Say! JUMP [21]
May 31"Magic Touch" King & Prince [22]
June 7"Butter" BTS [23]
June 14 [24]
June 21"Gomen ne Fingers Crossed"Nogizaka46 [25]
June 28"Pale Blue" Kenshi Yonezu [26]
July 5"Wonder" Gen Hoshino [27]
July 12"Butter"BTS [28]
July 19 [29]
July 26"Hello Hello"Snow Man [30]
August 2"Permission to Dance"BTS [31]
August 9"Dekkai Ai" Johnny's West [32]
August 16"Natsu no Hydrangea" Sexy Zone [33]
August 23"Mascara"SixTones [34]
August 30"Real"JO1 [35]
September 6"Gunjō Runaway"Hey! Say! JUMP [36]
September 13"Ano Koro no Kimi o Mitsuketa"SKE48 [37]
September 20"We Just Go Hard"KAT-TUN feat. AK-69 [38]
September 27"Fear"Kis-My-Ft2 [39]
October 4"Kimi ni Shikarareta"Nogizaka46 [40]
October 11"Nemohamo Rumor" AKB48 [41]
October 18"Koi Furu Tsukiyo ni Kimi Omou"King & Prince [42]
October 25"Nagaredama"Sakurazaka46 [43]
November 1"Akeboshi"LiSA [44]
November 8"Tteka" Hinatazaka46 [45]
November 15"Gifted" Be First [46]
November 22"Ubu Love" Naniwa Danshi [47]
November 29 [48]
December 6"Sing-Along"Hey! Say! JUMP [49]
December 13"Secret Touch"Snow Man [50]
December 20"Zankyosanka" Aimer [51]
December 27"Bokura no Kisetsu"JO1 [52]

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