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>>17034810
Uchoten is one of my favorite japanese bands!
The keyword for bands similar or related to Uchoten is Nagomu Records. That was the label owned by Kera (vocalist of Uchoten), and bands under that label (usually very quirky, out of the norm new wave, although there really wasn't any defined sound to nagomu. Bands like Tama (avant garde folk) or kinniku shoujo-tai (metal) started on Nagomu. Also the techno gods Denki Groove, were once a nagomu bands, known as Zin-Say! (or Jinsei).
You should check out those bands for sure. They are not really like Uchoten sound-wise though, I think Uchoten had a unique kind of synth-punk sound that was copied (or influenced by) later by bands like Metronome, sometimes Zin-Say can sound similar to Uchoten, same as early Kinniku Shoujo-tai (they used to be a lot weirder during the nagomu days, also Fumihiko wasn't in the band yet, and they had less of a metal sound and more of a weird jazzy punk sound, which kind of remained in the band later, but in Nagomu days it was a lot more capitalized. Tama is completely folk music, nothing like Uchoten, but you should listen to them still. They all share that weird vibe. It's like taking a trip to Japan's most bizarre corner of the music world in the 80s.
Zin-Say's Substance III (There is no Substance I or II, the only other one is Substance V, they're both compilations or most of their records).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVtvAa6dWeI
Kinniku shoujo tai (the nagomu days)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGWrLjsbjOo
>dat western-sounding version of San Francisco
Tama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw7oAFoddiE
There are other less known nagomu bands that are worth checking out, Klara Circus for example, a 3 girl unit, piano, violin and voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsC8zLNsZPo
And of course, Kera's solo work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BlRahj3N-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwCxlB1NNE
Kera has a bunch of other bands including Karate Bakabon (unit with Kenji Ohtsuki), and most recently No Lie-Sense, a unit with Keiichi Suzuki from Moonriders, really great stuff, hope they release a 3rd album.