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Mottos of Japanese music artists: words that resonate with the heart

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Started performing in bands in junior high school. Influenced by Japanese rock and UK rock, spent over 10 years continuing band activities while creating original songs. Later began producing Vocaloid tracks using Hatsune Miku, with total plays of released songs surpassing 10,000. Has five years of experience writing for music magazines. Currently works as a music writer, director, and composer, keeping a ground-level perspective on the scene by attending live shows across Japan. Now performs at live houses in Tokyo, showcasing guitar playing centered on acoustic guitar and informed by knowledge of chord analysis and guitar scales. Also writes leveraging a broad knowledge of music genres.

A personal motto is something you keep in mind as you go through life.

People use all kinds of phrases—four-character idioms and quotes from famous figures, for example.

Some of you may be looking for the personal mottos of Japanese pop artists who share their music through singing and instrumental performance.

In this article, we’ll introduce a collection of personal mottos from Japanese music artists.

We’ve gathered heartwarming words mainly from magazine and TV interviews.

Check out these messages that can support your heart when you’re striving toward dreams and goals or when you’re feeling down.

Mottos of Japanese Music Artists: Words That Resonate with the Heart (41–50)

In the end, everything depends on you. I mean, that’s obvious, right? If you’re crap, the world’s crap.Masafumi Gotoh

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION “Rewrite” (M-1 Grand Prix 2024 Promotion Video Theme Song)

結局のところ、すべては自分次第だ。つまり、当たり前だろ？お前がダメなら、世界もダメなんだ。後藤正文

Watch “In the end, everything depends on you. I mean, that’s obvious, right? If you’re crap, the world’s crap. Masafumi Gotoh” on YouTube

These are the words of Masafumi Gotoh, the vocalist and guitarist of ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION.

How we see things and the mindset with which we live change how the world appears to us.

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Gotoh says that everything depends on ourselves.

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It doesn’t matter if it’s clumsy or awkward. What’s important is that I want to convey my feelings to you—this pure emotion, and nothing else.Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi – Hitotsu (from “Stay Alive ARANA TOUR 2012”)

It doesn’t matter if it’s clumsy or awkward. What’s important is that I want to convey my feelings to you—this pure emotion, and nothing else. Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi

Watch “It doesn’t matter if it’s clumsy or awkward. What’s important is that I want to convey my feelings to you—this pure emotion, and nothing else. Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi” on YouTube.

These are the words of Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, a singer who has been active ever since his debut in 1977.

He teaches us that what truly matters in conveying your feelings is simply how strongly you want to communicate them; even if you can’t speak well, that alone will surely get your feelings across.

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In conclusion

We’ve introduced the mottos of artists who encourage people through their singing and performances.

I imagine there were a variety of words—from warm messages that lighten the heart to passionate phrases.

Many of them emphasize living in the present and remind us of the importance of staying positive.

You can use them as a reference when choosing your own motto, and it’s also recommended to listen to the artists’ songs again with their mottos in mind.