[Baseball Songs] A Collection of Cheering Songs and Theme Music for High School Baseball, Professional Baseball, and Samurai Japan
When you think of songs that electrify a baseball game, what comes to mind?From the chants that echo through the stadium, to the songs forever linked with Samurai Japan’s triumphs, to that one track that colors the emotion of high school baseball—baseball and music are inseparable.Songs that lift players’ spirits and unite the crowd carry a special power that goes beyond sports.In this article, we’ll introduce a wide range of baseball-related tracks that will make watching games at the ballpark or on TV even more exciting.Give them a listen, and you’ll surely feel the heat of the diamond come rushing back!
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[Baseball Songs] A Collection of Cheering Songs and Theme Music for High School Baseball, Professional Baseball, and Samurai Japan (111–120)
A Cruel Angel’s ThesisTakahashi Yoko
Widely known as the opening theme of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, this song was released in October 1995 and remains highly popular more than 25 years later.
Its powerful yet bittersweet vocals and lyrics centered on growth and self-realization are captivating, depicting youthful potential and the spirit of challenge.
It has also long been a staple in brass band arrangements for baseball cheering, and many people have likely heard it during Koshien games.
Combined with Yoko Takahashi’s vocal prowess, the passionate energy imbued in this piece has made it a song that continues to capture the hearts of baseball fans.
NonfictionsDa-iCE
As a new cheer song to color the summer Koshien, the track created by Da-iCE just might have the power to set listeners’ hearts ablaze.
This work doesn’t merely depict the struggles of the ballplayers; it also shines a light on the stories of everyone who supports them.
It has been selected as the 2025 summer high school baseball cheer song and the theme for “Netto Koshien,” and will be used starting in August 2025—making it exciting to imagine this melody echoing across stadiums nationwide.
It’s also great that a brass band arrangement is available.
It feels like a cheer song crafted for everyone chasing their dreams, and for anyone who wants to share a passionate summer.
HEROESGLAY
It’s a rousing anthem dedicated to the heroes of tomorrow, infused with the passionate spirit of the artist’s own youth as a baseball kid.
With straightforward lyrics, it powerfully sings about the importance of never giving up and holding on to hope for the future, while GLAY’s signature exhilarating, energetic rock sound stirs the listener’s heart.
Featured on a single released in May 2015, the song served as the theme for the 2015 Kanagawa Prefecture tournament of the National High School Baseball Championship, vividly coloring the players’ intense drama.
For everyone single-mindedly striving toward their dreams, it offers the courage to rise up at the very moment they face a towering wall.
spring breezeSeven Billion Dots
This is a song wrapped in a pleasantly uplifting feeling—like a fresh spring breeze carrying hope and a touch of uncertainty deep into your heart.
You can feel a straightforward resolve to step into the future, believing that the memories of sweating it out with friends, the scent of the dirt on the field, and even the tears of frustration will surely become your strength.
Included on Seven Billion Dots’ mini-album “pieces,” the track drew attention upon its release in July 2019 and, that spring, served as the theme song for MBS’s “Minna no Koshien” and related broadcasts, encouraging countless high school baseball players.
It is truly a youthful anthem that gives a push to anyone embarking on a new chapter or striving toward a goal.
In that windlol
An inspiring cheer song by lol that portrays the earnest pursuit of dreams and the warmth of the bonds that support it.
Released digitally in July 2019, it served as the theme song for tvk’s “High School Baseball News 2019” Kanagawa tournament, adding fiery color to many players’ summers.
It powerfully and directly sings about the greatness of chasing your dreams without giving up, and the gratitude one feels toward family and friends—an anthem of youth that gently pushes listeners forward.
Effeminate; overly sentimental; being clingy/whiny (context-dependent)Gōruden Bonbā
Darvish Kenji of Golden Bomber was talented enough to enter high school on a baseball recommendation, and he still maintains that physique today.
In 2012, he appeared to throw the ceremonial first pitch at the BayStars vs.
Yakult game, electrifying the crowd with a 142 km/h fastball.
One Night CarnivalKishidan
It was first released as an indie record in 2001, and later came out as a major-label debut single in 2002.
It’s an upbeat rock tune that has become a karaoke staple.
At the FNS Music Festival, it has been performed in various collaborations.