Friendship songs to listen to in April: a curated selection of tracks themed around new encounters!
April marks the start of a new school and business year in Japan, and many people begin life in new environments like schools and workplaces.
It’s also a time when new relationships are formed, and when we find ourselves missing the people we used to spend time with.
In this article, we introduce friendship songs perfect for April.
From tracks that celebrate newly blossomed friendships to songs that think of friends far away, and spring-like tunes themed around cherry blossoms—these are all timeless pieces that are impossible not to get emotionally invested in.
May you find a song that stays close to your heart.
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Friendship songs to listen to in April: a curated selection of tracks themed around new encounters (11–20)
Our TomorrowElefanto Kashimashi
Elephant Kashimashi’s “Oretachi no Ashita” sings out, “How’re you all doing?” to friends who are now each walking their own paths in life.
It was released in 2007, but twelve years later, in 2019, it was chosen as the theme song for the drama Shudan Sasen!! starring Masaharu Fukuyama.
As new lives begin, it gets harder to meet up with friends like we used to.
This song gives you strength with lyrics that cheer on those friends—and yourself—saying, “Let’s keep doing our best together!” The powerful melody and Hiroji Miyamoto’s vocals will energize you too.
Song of a FriendGReeeeN
GReeeeN’s “Tomodachi no Uta,” included on an album released in 2012, is a song about friendship that will continue far into the future.
We are all born into different families, raised in different ways, and will walk our own paths in life from here on out.
Even so, the one thing we continue to uphold is the feeling of caring for each other—that is, friendship.
Our pasts and futures may differ, but the unshakable bond formed by our encounter will never change, no matter what lies ahead.
It’s a gentle yet passionately heartfelt track that lets you feel the strength of such a deep friendship.
smileikimonogakari
We all want our dear friends to always be smiling, don’t we? Ikimono-gakari’s “Egao” is a song that conveys exactly that feeling.
It was chosen as the theme song for the movie “Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom” featuring Seikyō Yoshioka, the band’s vocalist, in a voice acting role.
The lyrics warmly express the promise to stay by your side so we can smile together not only in happy times, but also in tough, sad, and lonely moments.
Combined with the gentle vocals, it fills your heart with comforting warmth.
If you have a friend who’s feeling down, gift them this song along with your brightest smile!
Best FriendKiroro
Kiroro’s “Best Friend” expresses gratitude to a cherished friend and a bond that will never change.
It was chosen as the theme song for NHK’s morning drama Churasan, starring Ryoko Kuninaka, which is set in Okinawa—the hometown of the two members of Kiroro.
With Kinjo’s piano and Tamashiro’s vocals, the song fills you with a gentle warmth.
Being with friends can make you feel happy and help you overcome hardships.
This song makes you realize that friends are indispensable in your life.
It’s a tender piece that gently embraces the wish you and your friend share: to keep supporting each other as you go on living.
together; along with; bothWANIMA
WANIMA, whose straightforward, hard-hitting Japanese lyrics resonate not only with the younger generation but with a wide range of listeners, are widely popular.
Among WANIMA’s songs, the fan favorite “Tomoni” was also featured in a commercial, so many people have probably heard it.
The track is included as the first song on their second single, “JUICE UP!!,” released in 2016.
It’s a song that conveys the feeling that, although life is full of fun and hardship and the emotions never run dry, the most important thing is that we were able to meet.
Its exhilarating sense of speed also perfectly matches the buoyant mood of spring.
road movieTakahashi Yuu
“Road Movie,” a single released by Yu Takahashi in 2017, also served as the theme song for the animated film Crayon Shin-chan: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri.
I recommend it as a friendship song perfect for spring, but it can also be heard as a love song—and of course as a song about friendship—and even as a reflection of familial love.
It’s a song that makes you feel it’s about a very ‘great love.’ It captures the emotional wavering that comes with growing physical distance from friends, and transforms those feelings into something steady and steadfast.
Friendship songs to listen to in April: carefully selected tracks themed around new encounters! (21–30)
my friendHY
Set to a refreshing band sound that evokes Okinawa’s beautiful sea and sky, this HY song sings of gratitude and bonds with irreplaceable friends.
Opening the 2015 album “LIFE,” it was also featured in a Lawson Okinawa commercial.
Even when physically apart, our hearts are always close—this mature, deep friendship is portrayed in down-to-earth words.
Its bright, uplifting message will spur you on, bringing back vivid memories of carefree fun with school friends.
For those leaving their hometown for school or work, striving in a new environment: when you feel a little anxious, listen to this song and think of the dear friends who are far away.