The mastermind behind some of, if not the greatest Jpop acts of all time. Perfume, Capsule, Coltemonikha, to name a few. I am continually inspired by his work. The Albert Einstein of Jpop. He reminds me a lot of my friend Chicken.
The late Susumu Yokota is one of the most brilliant and prolific producers, cranking out dozens of dance albums in the mid to late 90s and then moving into more ambient and psychedelic productions.
Start with 1998 but then don't miss him on his more downtempo Symbol, which samples Beethoven.
Or if you're lazy and like dancier stuff, here's a primer from Ciel:
there is little more british than grave robbing i’m not sure what to tell you. as for the appeal, consider the innate proclivities towards divadom endemic to homosexuality… ahhh yes. my mother (biological) put me onto the first of many mothers (figurative). used to plug in another controller and let me convince myself i was doing shit. her cone bra built nations. i thought i was going to be a game designer before anything else. she’s the beyoncé of video games and her IP holders need to remember that