A coming-of-age song that was a hit in the ’90s. A classic and popular track in Japanese music.
“SAY YES,” “Tomorrow never knows,” and “Nani mo Ienakute… Natsu”—
The youth songs of the ’90s hold treasured memories hidden in everyone’s heart.
The bittersweet love of CHAGE and ASKA, the hope for the future from Mr.Children, the summertime melancholy of THE JAYWALK.
It’s as if we’ve boarded a time machine, and those shining memories of back then come flooding back.
Shall we look back on that page of youth engraved in our hearts, together with those nostalgic songs?
Ah.
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Coming-of-age songs that were hits in the ’90s: classic and popular J-Pop tracks (71–80)
Romantic Flightkome kome CLUB
It’s an exhilarating track that makes you feel like you could set off on a journey right now.
You can listen to it with the sense of taking wing toward new places and the future.
It’s truly a song that conjures up the image of reveling in your youth.
Cactus Flower ~Under the Same Roof~Zaitsu Kazuo
It’s a song that is likely etched in my heart along with memories of the drama “Under One Roof.” It brings back the importance of family and the conflicts between siblings, together with so many recollections.
That’s all the more true because of those faint memories from youth.
It feels as if it teaches us how much we come to realize after becoming adults.
Love will winKAN
As we grow older, we often forget the delicate exchanges of young love and those aching feelings.
This song teaches us what love truly is and the importance of believing.
Many will be reminded of the time when they believed in love with all their hearts.
Coming-of-age songs that were hits in the ’90s: classic and popular Japanese tracks (81–90)
Red tambourineBLANKEY JET CITY
A quintessential 90s love song that symbolically portrays pure feelings and passion for a beloved.
Released by BLANKEY JET CITY in January 1998, the track weaves a unique tapestry of metaphors to explore what love is.
The protagonist longs to gift a shooting star to the one they love, and the way their heart trembles in everyday, fleeting moments is strikingly depicted—evoking the bittersweetness of love that resonates with anyone.
Included on the album “Romeo no Shinzou” (Romeo’s Heart) and used as the opening theme for TV Asahi’s ‘Sunday Jungle,’ the song reached No.
11 on the Oricon weekly singles chart.
With its heartwarming melody and lyrics, it’s a track you’ll want to play when healing from heartbreak or reaffirming your feelings for someone special.
DiamondsPRINCESS PRINCESS
Princess Princess spread as a pioneering all-girl band.
Many women likely started playing instruments in junior high or high school because they admired them.
Their upbeat, catchy songs haven’t lost their shine even today, and hearing them probably brings back memories of youth for many people.
Unwavering WishTamura Naomi
A song that became the opening theme for the TV anime “Magic Knight Rayearth.” The anime I watched back then comes back to life along with the memories of that time.
It feels like it opens the door to memories of my school days, including youthful moments like talking at school about the anime we watched the night before.
loadTHE toraburyū
While the song progresses in a rather monotonous way, the lyrics are truly wonderful, as if reminiscing about one’s youth.
It reminds you of that sensitivity—how things that seem insignificant now felt incredibly joyful back then.
Precisely because we can’t go back, this is a song that makes you long even more for those youthful days.