A collection of songs you’ll want to listen to when retiring from your school club [Youth]
“Retiring from your club” marks a special moment in youth—a line drawn after days spent running headlong, giving it your all.
Whether it’s a sports team or a cultural club, the time you spent with your teammates is an irreplaceable treasure.
In this article, we’ve gathered youth anthems and moving songs we hope you’ll listen to at the moment you step away from your club activities.
From tear-jerking tracks to numbers that help you look forward, these songs are perfect for the milestone of retirement.
You’re sure to discover music that will stay in your heart.
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[Youth] A Collection of Songs to Listen to When Retiring from Your Club Activities (81–90)
Promise of SunflowersHata Motohiro
A song chosen as the theme for the animated film STAND BY ME Doraemon.
With Motohiro Hata’s gently companionable vocals and the soft tone of acoustic guitar, it feels like it could tenderly embrace the whole world.
It’s a versatile friendship song you can use for any occasion—retirements, graduations, special celebrations, and more.
Every single minute and second, you and IHoneyWorks meets Sufia
When you’re feeling lonely at retirement time, I want you to listen to this one song: “Ippun Ichibyo Kimi to Boku no.” It’s the ending theme of the film “I’ve Always Liked You: Confess Your Love Committee,” a collaboration between the creator unit HoneyWorks and the voice-actor unit Sphere.
For those who poured their hearts into club activities, club life is youth itself.
When the time to retire comes, many may feel an unexpected sense of loss.
This song tells you, “Those precious moments will continue to live on inside you.”
I can’t be a hero.kyanai
This is a song I especially want people who devoted themselves to their club activities to hear—a youthful story woven by Kyanai.
With its melodic sound and profound lyrics, Kyanai’s unique expressiveness shines through.
Released as a major-label digital single in June 2023, the track resonated with many listeners.
Surely you, too, have bonds forged through club activities and complex feelings as retirement approaches.
This work is a song that stands by those emotions—certain to become a source of support.
It’s a track I’d love for anyone facing retirement or anyone who once threw themselves into their club to listen to.
rainbow-coloredayaka
It was chosen as the theme song for the NHK morning drama series Hanako to Anne.
It’s a song that teaches you important things, with each word making you stop and think.
Bright and pop, yet sung gently.
Retirement and graduation are a little lonely, but life still goes on.
Let’s enjoy it.
StardomKing Gnu
The song I want people who have devoted themselves to their club activities without ever giving up to hear is “Stardom.” It was released in 2022 by King Gnu, a rock band known for delivering genre-defying tracks, and it was also chosen as the theme song for NHK’s soccer coverage that year.
The band’s grand sound and the lyrics convey passion and courage.
It’s a song that supports those who have worked earnestly toward their dreams and goals.
Let yourself receive its message that not only reflects the past and present, but also brims with momentum for the future.
Wherever You AreONE OK ROCK
A grand rock ballad that’s also hugely popular as a wedding song.
It’s a track by ONE OK ROCK, a band active internationally, included on their fourth album, Niche Syndrome, released in 2010.
It’s a heart-stirring love song addressed to someone precious, but couldn’t those feelings for someone also apply to the teammates you’ve worked hard with in your club? Seniors, classmates, juniors, teachers, parents—surely you’re surrounded by many people who are important to you.
[Youth] A roundup of songs you’ll want to listen to when retiring from your club (91–100)
Cry BabyOfisharu Higedan Dism
This is the fifth digital-only single by Official HIGE DANDism, a four-piece piano pop band that keeps releasing buzzworthy tracks thanks to their outstanding pop sensibilities and high musicality.
Chosen as the theme song for the TV anime Tokyo Revengers, the track is addictive with its heavy rock sound and a complex melody and song structure that repeatedly modulate.
The lyrics evoke the feeling of club activities you kept at despite your spirit almost breaking many times; listening to it at the time of retirement will surely make your journey flash before your eyes.
Its intricate arrangement mirrors the twists and turns of club life, calling to mind a youth that was anything but straightforward.
