Before a match or when you feel like giving up! Cheer songs to keep you going in club activities
“Youth in our school days is packed into club activities!” Many students probably feel that way and are giving their all to their clubs today, too.
Even after you become an adult, the bonds with the teammates you fought alongside in your school clubs stay just as strong.
Of course, it’s not all fun—there are tough times as well.
But including those moments, club activities during your youth will surely become wonderful memories.
In this article, we’ll introduce lots of uplifting songs to cheer you on in your club activities, as well as great tracks that help you reaffirm the bonds with your teammates.
As you listen, try exploring different songs while looking for ones that resonate with your own experiences and feelings.
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Before a match or when you feel like giving up! Cheer songs to keep you going in your club activities (101–110)
GIFTMr.Children
It was chosen as the theme song for NHK’s coverage of the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, as well as the song for Shiseido’s MAQuillAGE commercial.
With a characteristically Mr.Children, gentle and beautiful melody, it has a charm that makes you close your eyes and listen intently.
It’s a warm, tender song that makes you feel, when you’re tired, like you can say, “I’ll try again.”
Dream FighterPerfume
It’s a grand dance tune that can serve as a guide for walking through life.
It’s a track by Perfume, a dance-vocal group also highly popular overseas, released in 2008 as their eighth single.
While the sound arrangement is mechanical and inorganic, you can still feel a kind of heat emanating from beneath it.
The lyrics, urging us to strive toward our own personal “best,” are truly reassuring.
They make you feel like you can face any adversity.
a winning battleToukyou Jihen
This piece was also chosen as the image song for WOWOW Tennis 2020.
It’s performed by Tokyo Jihen, a band whose members each boast exceptional musicianship.
The track’s pop yet edgy sound vividly evokes athletes fighting with everything they’ve got.
The English lyrics embody an unrelenting obsession with victory, and simply listening to it stirs your competitive spirit.
The song is included on the classic album “Sports,” released in February 2010.
It’s the perfect track to play when you want to sharpen your focus before a match or when you’re heading into a contest you absolutely cannot lose.
Be sure to check it out!
GO!!!FLOW
Get pumped with energetic mixture rock! From FLOW, the rock band behind hits like “DAYS” and “WORLD END,” this track was released in 2004 as their fourth major-label single.
It drew attention for being used as the opening theme for the anime NARUTO.
As the title suggests, its driving, high-energy sound is the main appeal—perfect for putting you in an “I’m gonna do this!” mood.
Also recommended for singing at karaoke with all your friends.
DiamondKobukuro
This gentle-sounding song by the musical duo Kobukuro was written as the theme for Nettō Kōshien in 2013.
While it moves at a relaxed tempo, the vocals gradually build in strength, leaving a strong impression and conveying a sense of stirring the heart.
The powerful lyrics are also striking, expressing the importance of cherishing limited opportunities to take on challenges and the determination to live fully in the present moment.
It’s a moving piece that conveys memories and strong bonds forged through continued effort with teammates, and a resolve to keep moving forward even when hurt.
For before a match or when you feel like giving up! Cheer songs to power you through club activities (111–120)
YELLikimonogakari
A song by Ikimono-gakari that sings of hope for the future, it was created as the set piece for the Junior High School Division of NHK’s National School Music Competition.
It’s a standard not only as a cheer song but also as a graduation song, and its piano-centered, gentle sound conveys a warmth that feels like looking back fondly on memories.
It expresses the sadness of parting from friends with whom one has shared many memories, as well as the determination to hold those memories in one’s heart and move forward into the future.
It is a gentle yet powerful piece that seems to express the strong bonds with friends that can be felt even when apart.
JUMPIkuta Rira
Rira Ikuta is a singer-songwriter who also performs as the vocalist of YOASOBI, now enjoying popularity both in Japan and abroad.
Her seventh digital-only single, “JUMP,” is also known as the theme song for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which captivated the entire nation.
The lyrics evoke the moments before a battle, making it perfect for boosting your spirits before a club match.
With its transparent vocals and sound, powerful choral work, and uplifting energy, this pop tune feels like a tailwind that raises your excitement.
