[Basketball Cheer Songs] A curated selection of tournament theme songs and energizing anthems!
Basketball’s popularity is on the rise in Japan, thanks to the national team’s strong performances at the Olympics and the excitement surrounding the professional B.League.
Japanese players shining in the NBA are also drawing a lot of attention.
Beyond cheering through the TV, many people are passionately involved in school clubs or heading to arenas to enjoy games in person.
In this article, we’ve gathered basketball-related songs: tracks you can use to cheer during games, theme songs from the domestic league and international tournaments, and opening themes from anime that feature basketball.
They’re all perfect as pump-up BGM for practice, so whether you’re a player or a fan, be sure to check them out!
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Kernkraft 400Zombie Nation
The basketball player Rui Hachimura studied abroad at Gonzaga University in Washington State, USA.
The crowd performance you can see in the video has been passed down as the pep tradition for the university’s basketball team.
The track is “KernKraft 400” by the techno group Zombie Nation, a club anthem released in 1999 and beloved around the world.
Unified cheering is fun both for those doing it and for those watching, isn’t it?
helm’N bass10-FEET
The sounds of rock and reggae blend beautifully, and just listening to it fills you with energy.
Released in July 2024, this track was created as a support song for 3×3.EXE PREMIER.
Its powerful lyrics and exhilarating melody are perfect for boosting motivation before games or during practice.
It’s an ideal track as BGM for any sport—not just basketball.
B-THE ONESPYAIR
It makes you want to shout along with the beat! This is a song by SPYAIR, a rock band from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, released in 2019 as their second digital single.
It served as the official theme song for the B.LEAGUE 2018–19 season, Japan’s professional men’s basketball league.
They say it was composed with the pre-game arena atmosphere in mind, and you can definitely picture the players walking in with their heads held high and the crowd heating up.
The emotional lyrics and the sound are insanely cool!
LevitateHadouken!
This is a song by the British band Hadouken!, whose name comes from the Street Fighter special move “Hadouken.” Though they’re a band, they keep creating energizing music that uses EDM sounds as their weapon.
The title “Levitate” means to float, and its vibe pairs perfectly with basketball—where jumping is a key skill—to lift your spirits.
Lailasumika
This is a song chosen as the 70th anniversary theme for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders, a basketball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.
It’s a work by sumika, a pop-rock band from Kanagawa, included on their 2020 EP “Harmonize e.p.” The lyrics say it’s strange to just conform to those around you and encourage living life in your own way, which is inspiring.
The energetic sound is really cool.
Incidentally, this is the third song sumika has provided for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders.
Dynamic Ryukyu – Cheer VersionNarisoko Yūko
Yuko Narusoko is an artist who focuses on traditional Japanese music and folk songs, especially creating many pieces themed around the nature and culture of Okinawa.
Her representative work, “Dynamic Ryukyu ~Cheering Version~,” was released as a single on February 21, 2018, and is also used as a cheer song for a high school basketball team in Okinawa.
The track is powerful, characterized by its percussion rhythms, and evokes the beauty of Okinawan culture and nature.
It’s recommended for listeners seeking energetic music.
Against The WindOno Kensho
This song opens with a cool guitar riff and soaring vocals.
It was featured as an insert track in the film Kuroko’s Basketball: Last Game, based on the basketball-themed anime Kuroko’s Basketball.
Released in 2017 as the fourth single by Kensho Ono—the voice actor for the protagonist, Tetsuya Kuroko—it’s a rock number brimming with energy that urges you to surpass your past self.
With this song in your heart, don’t be afraid of failure—take on anything!