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[For Kids] Songs That Give You Courage: A Collection of Tracks That Fill You with Strength When You Listen
Do you believe in the power of music?
When times are tough, music stays close and encourages us.
When we feel anxious, it supports our hearts.
Music has the power to uplift and give us courage.
That power of music is something both adults and children can feel in the same way.
In this article, I’ll introduce songs for young children that will give them courage just by listening.
If your kids are about to take on a challenge and can’t quite find their courage, try listening to the songs below together!
[For Kids] Songs That Give You Courage: A Collection of Uplifting Tracks That Fill You With Strength (1–10)
Double Double FIGHT!CANDY TUNE
It’s a cheer song packed with sparkling smiles and energy that will heat up your heart and body! This release by the idol group CANDY TUNE from KAWAII LAB.
delivers a message of getting back up with twice the strength no matter how many times you fall and learning to love yourself—pushing listeners forward with powerful encouragement.
The exhilarating sound crafted by Tamaya 2060% is perfect as workout BGM, too.
Released as a digital single in April 2024, it went viral in 2025 thanks to TikTok dance videos, shot to the top of the charts, and even led to a confirmed performance at Makuhari Event Hall, making it a track that symbolizes the group’s breakout.
Listen when you’re feeling down, and it’ll blow away your worries and fill you with the courage to look ahead.
How about charging up your energy with it in the morning?
Mirai BanaAndrop
This is a warm, encouraging song filled with uplifting messages that was broadcast on NHK’s “Minna no Uta.” Set to a gentle melody, it tenderly sings—through a clear, translucent voice—of past memories blooming into flowers of hope for the future.
Seamlessly blending androp’s emotional musicality with listener-centered messaging, the piece was released in April 2025 and is also included on the album “hooray.” It’s a song we hope you’ll listen to in this season when farewells and new encounters intersect—graduations, moving up to the next stage, and the start of new lives.
We are the ONE ~We are one~Kushida Akira
The ending theme that wrapped up 2003’s Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger is a song that truly celebrates teamwork, brightly sung by Akira Kushida and the Mori no Ki Children’s Choir.
Repeating words like “courage” and “hope,” it delivers a powerful message that we can face hardships because we have our friends by our side.
With the team name and callouts popping up one after another, it cleverly invites kids to sing along.
The lyrics are by Yumi Yoshimoto, the music by Yasuo Kosugi, and the arrangement by Seiichi Kyoda, and the song was also used as an insert track in the show itself.
The single was released by Nippon Columbia in March of the same year, and it’s included on the best album “BEST — I am the ONE —.” It’s perfect for family time enjoying the Super Sentai series, and when everyone sings together, it creates a real sense of unity.
To the children’s futureKetsumeishi
This song is imbued with deep love for children and a wish for their brilliant future.
It poses the question of what we, as parents and as members of society, can pass on to the next generation.
It is also a grand prayer for a future so happy it surpasses our imagination.
Released in June 2008, the track was featured in a corporate commercial for Mizuho Financial Group and was also included on the acclaimed album “Ketsunopolis 6.” It is a song meant to be delivered to the young people who will carry the future.
Let’s smileyonige
This is a song that makes you feel happy, as if your luck might improve just by listening to it.
Since it was used as the CM song for au’s “Santaro Series,” which aired from December 2017, many of you have probably heard it.
This work is a yonige-style cheer song that combines the kindness of saying you don’t have to force a smile with the strength to keep looking forward.
Based on an American folk song, its familiar melody gently soaks into the heart.
When you’re feeling down or low on energy, it will quietly give you a nudge forward—a little charm to carry with you.
No.1DISH//
This one is perfect for kids who love anime and rock! It’s a song by the dance-rock band DISH//, released in 2021 as their 13th single.
It served as the opening theme for the anime My Hero Academia, based on the Jump manga.
The song’s high-speed energy is so cool! The lyrics—blowing away your anxieties and pushing forward, forward!—are fiery and uplifting.
It stirs the emotions deep in your chest.
Definitely recommended when you want to boost your motivation.
The reason for deep breathingAqua Timez
A vitality-filled cheering song.
Aqua Timez’s powerful sound is packed with an uplifting message that nudges you to take a step toward tomorrow.
The road toward dreams and goals may be steep, but by taking a deep breath and facing yourself, new courage wells up again.
Gently singing about such subtle shifts of the heart, it soothes listeners across generations, from children to adults.
Broadcast from February to March 2025, this work delivers even deeper emotion together with visuals created by active university student and animation artist Hirohisa Sakimura.
The message performed by the reunited Aqua Timez will quietly give a push to anyone striving to live each day to the fullest.