Memorable Commercials [2019]

Editor-in-Chief, RAG MUSICHane Keisuke
Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC. JFC-certified fact-checker. After working in a music studio and handling wedding sound, joined the RAG MUSIC editorial team in 2016. Experienced with a variety of instruments: marching band in elementary school, clarinet in junior high school wind ensemble, and drums in a band from high school onward. Drawing on my own musical activities and the experience gained through my work, I produce daily articles, including various song introductions, features on music festivals around the country, and live reports. In music, I enjoy not only rock from Japan and abroad but, lately, a wide range of J-pop as well.

Commercial jingles that are etched in our hearts across generations.

2019 was a special year when many such memorable songs were born.

Alongside visuals that evoked shifts toward new lifestyles and a changing era, a stream of songs emerged that stayed in many people’s memories.

In this article, we’ll introduce the tunes that made waves in 2019—from unforgettable commercial songs everyone has heard at least once, to hidden gems that make you want to hum along.

Ready to relive that excitement and nostalgia all over again?

Memorable Commercials [2019] (11–20)

Suntory Kakubin Highball “Younger Sister” Version 30 Seconds

You like whisky, don’t you?Fujimaki Ryota

You like whisky, don’t you?

This is the “Little Sister” installment of the Kaku Highball commercial series, featuring a beautiful bar madam played by Haruka Igawa and regular customers played by Ryo Kase and Kei Tanaka.

This time, Haruka Kinami appears as Ryo Kase’s younger sister.

The classic Suntory whisky CM song “Do You Like Whisky?” is originally by Sayuri Ishikawa, and for this commercial it’s covered by Ryota Fujimaki, formerly of Remioromen.

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