A song themed around friendship. A track that conveys the importance of friends.
There are times in life when you’re saved by friends, and times when you argue with them—moments that make you feel just how big a part friends play in your life.
This time, we’ve gathered a selection of Japanese songs that sing about friendship.
Listening to these tracks, you may feel that it’s thanks to friendship that you’ve been able to help each other in tough times and overcome various hardships together.
Each song is wonderful, and they’ll help you once again appreciate how important friends are and how precious friendship is—so be sure to check them out!
These songs might even make you want to go see the friend who comes to mind as you listen.
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Songs themed around friendship. Tracks that convey the importance of friends (41–50)
My FriendAI
This is a track from the 2003 album “ORIGINAL A.I.” It’s a hidden gem by AI from before “Story” became a hit.
A medium-tempo ballad with strong R&B vibes, it tenderly sings about feelings for a friend who’s walking a different path and drifting away.
Songs themed around friendship. Tracks that convey the importance of friends (51–60)
Thanks.DREAMS COME TRUE
Released urgently in 1995 as a charity single for the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, it sold 1.069 million copies.
A novel based on this song, Ninjin Rangiri Gojuppon (author: Michiyo Okada), won the grand prize in the 2014 competition “otoCoto presents OtoBon Song Novels Award ~Novels that Feel Music~ DREAMS COME TRUE Edition” and has been released as an e-book.
High school LoveE-girls
E-girls was a project centered around three female groups under LDH—Dream, Happiness, and Flower—but since 2017 it has been a single group of 11 members.
It is also popular as dance music among high school girls.
I’ll beYUI
This song is included on YUI’s coupling best album “MY SHORT STORIES,” released in 2008.
It seems to be about a friend who’s living alone after being separated, and the lyrics—cheering that friend on—are especially striking.
Because it feels like a letter, it’s a song that would delight a close friend who’s now far away.
Hello, my friendMatsutōya Yumi
It was the theme song for Fuji TV’s Monday 9 p.m.
drama “A Summer with You.” Following the previous single “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” it also reached No.
1 on the Oricon chart and sold over a million copies.
The B-side, “Good-bye friend,” was composed as a tribute to Ayrton Senna, a close friend who passed away.
Friendgagaga supi
A punk tune that passionately and energetically sings of heartfelt thoughts and gratitude for friends.
Released in May 2013 by Gagaga SP, a band based in Kobe, this rock number was also selected as the opening theme for the TV Tokyo anime Mushibugyō.
The lyrics, which straightforwardly express feelings for friends who chased their dreams with all they had in their youthful days, leave a strong impression.
It’s recommended as a song to give when you want to convey thanks to a dear friend, or for milestone events such as graduations and weddings.
ReunionRADWIMPS
This RADWIMPS song imbues the vague concept of “friends” with a comforting warmth.
It delves deeply into the meaning of friendship, skillfully expressing both its fragility and its preciousness.
Included on the album ‘X to O to Tsumi to’ released in December 2013, the piece beautifully harmonizes Yojiro Noda’s delicate lyrics with an introspective sound.
The lyrics, themed around reuniting with friends, are filled with reflections on the value of friendship felt in everyday moments.
It’s a moving track that accompanies time spent with longtime companions or old friends you haven’t seen in a while.