[au Commercial] Songs Featured in the Commercials. A History of CM Songs [2026]
As a major mobile carrier beloved by many users for years, au has aired countless commercials.
In the 2000s, during the heyday of feature phones, they rolled out LISMO, a service that let you listen to music on your phone, and their commercials featured songs by many popular artists.
In this article, we’ll introduce not only those nostalgic classics but also the songs used in the latest commercials.
See if you can find the tunes you heard on TV or those memorable old commercial jingles!
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[au Commercial] Songs featured in the commercials. Historical CM songs [2026] (11–20)
Kanata HarukaRADWIMPS
The commercial “Toward a More Interesting Future, Together with Our Communities” features footage from director Makoto Shinkai’s anime film Suzume.
The CM uses RADWIMPS’ Kanata Haluka, which also serves as the film’s main theme song.
Its lyrics depict being drawn to someone completely different from yourself and falling in love.
A budding romance grows into a great love… This sweeping story is powerfully sung along with the sound of strings.
Not only those who have seen the movie, but even those who haven’t will find themselves captivated by the world of the song.
Reach it, all of it.Oni-chan
This is a film depicting how the Santaro characters, the image mascots of au, relate to things they find beautiful.
It conveys a grand message: when you want to share something beautiful with someone important to you, it leads to human connection, a sense of fulfillment in life, and great happiness.
The song that highlights the film’s sweeping yet warm atmosphere is “Todoke, Zenbu.” sung by Oni-chan, played by Masaki Suda.
It’s a song about wanting to share the happiness you’ve felt with someone dear, and its powerful yet gentle vocals express the depth of that feeling.
Everyone is free.Half time Old
A four-piece band from Aichi Prefecture formed in 2011, Half time Old’s song.
It’s an arrangement of the ragtime piece “The Entertainer,” composed by American composer Scott Joplin, and many listeners may feel the melody is something they’ve heard somewhere before.
The original is a piano piece and has no lyrics, but this version features lyrics themed around the commercial.
It’s a fast-paced number with a comfortable rock vibe, offering a different feel from the laid-back piano original.
CHE.R.RYYUI
YUI’s “CHE.R.RY” was chosen as the commercial song for au’s “LISMO!”, a music streaming and e-book service.
Released in 2007 as her eighth single, it reached No.
2 on the Oricon Singles Chart.
The lyrics portray a woman’s feelings as she confesses her love by email, evoking a sweet, bittersweet mood.
Its fresh, fast-paced sound is another big draw—definitely give it a listen!
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 – First Movement (Fate)ishii yuuko
In the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 commercial “Zen-shin Ringo” from the series with super high-awareness Takasugi-kun, featuring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Honoka Matsumoto, and Taishi Nakagawa, Beethoven’s Symphony No.
5 in C minor, Op.
67, First Movement is used.
Commonly known as “Fate,” this piece is famous for its striking opening “da-da-da-daa!” It’s a classic masterpiece that lets you feel the thrilling sense of pressing forward, even while fearing what fate may await.
The commercial uses a version arranged by Yuko Ishii, who has worked on many commercial songs.
Let Us Clap Our Hands, OkayYamada Katsuya
In addition to the familiar trio of Shota Matsuda, Gaku Hamada, and Kenta Kiritani, fitness instructor Marina Takewaki appears in the AU Ouen-wari commercial “Cheer Exercise.” This CM uses an instrumental version of the song “Let Us Clap Our Hands, Okay.” In Japan, the song is known as “Te wo Tatakimashou” and is famous as a children’s hand-play song.
Many of you probably remember clapping your hands or stomping your feet to it.
In the commercial, the track is arranged in a trance style to perfectly suit exercise music, matching the story of the ad.
[au Commercials] Songs Featured in the Commercials. All-Time CM Songs [2026] (21–30)
Let’s smileyonige
The first au commercial of the New Year in 2018 is the “Let’s Laugh” edition.
The song used in the CM is “Waraou” (“Let’s Laugh”) performed by the girl band yonige.
It’s a track that conveys the wish to make the year full of smiles—perfect for the New Year.
The song is an arrangement of the jazz standard “When the Saints Go Marching In,” which is why it feels somewhat nostalgic and familiar.
Laughing is a very natural act, but the lyrics make you realize that it’s also something very important; you can feel that in various lines throughout the song.
