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 you’ll want to listen to when retiring from your club (21–30)
If you laugh at the skywacci
One song I want to give to seniors and teammates who narrowly lost their retirement game: “If You Smile at the Sky.” This song, which captures feelings like “I could do my best because I had my teammates” and “In the end I was left with frustration, but I gave it my all,” brings back memories of the tough days of practice and the times we laughed and cried together.
Listening to it can turn the irreplaceable club-activity days that were the center of our lives into beautiful memories, and help us use them as fuel to step into a new future.
It’s the one song I want you to listen to together, one last time, with the teammates who are about to head down different paths.
It’s okayberii guddoman
Suffering and hardship are part and parcel of the process of striving.
"Daijoubu" by Berry Goodman is a song about standing back up for your dreams again and again, even when it feels like the pain is crushing you.
For those who have worked hard, it’s a song that’s easy to relate to.
It also helps you remember the tough times as one of your cherished memories.
OrangeSPYAIR
This work was released in February 2024 as an EP from Sony Music Associated Records.
It drew attention for being selected as the theme song for Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle.
It’s a wonderful piece that evokes youth, with SPYAIR’s distinctive emotional expression and melodies blending beautifully.
Within the limited time we have, it elevates encounters, bonds, and the fleeting nature of farewells through an emotional sound.
When you’re at a crossroads in life or when you feel like remembering someone important, this is a song that will stay close to your heart.
Blue SpringRADWIMPS
No matter what anyone says, my friends are wonderful, the time I spend with them is amazing, and I want to stay together forever.
This song, which expresses a strong love for those friends, is a friendship anthem that will support you when you feel sad after retiring from your club activities.
The longer you spent time with your teammates, the lonelier it feels when you suddenly stop seeing them after retirement, right? But if you listen to this song, doesn’t it make you feel like there’s still plenty of time to spend with your friends in the long life ahead? Even if club activities end, friendship doesn’t!
sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)SEKAI NO OWARI
As the end of the club activities you devoted yourself to during your student life draws near, you’re likely to be filled with deep emotion.
When you listen to “Sazanka,” it should give you the courage to look back on the days of friendship and growth and step forward into a new beginning.
The warm melody and lyrics of this song will surely bring back the joy you felt while immersing yourself in your club and the memories of the challenges you faced.
Fukase’s gentle voice delivers the feelings woven into the lyrics straight to your heart and will stand by graduates in this moment.
It’s a highly recommended song for etching into your heart both the loneliness felt at retirement and the time spent with your teammates.
lilacMrs. GREEN APPLE
If I had to recommend a song that evokes the end of youth, it would be this one.
Released by Mrs.
GREEN APPLE in April 2024, it was also chosen as the opening theme for the TV anime “Oblivion Battery.” Its lyrics, which sing of transience and beauty, perfectly capture the feelings of students retiring from their club activities.
The contrast between the refreshing melody and the deeply moving words is striking, and the more you listen, the more it will resonate with you.
It’s a song that gives you the courage to step onto a new path.
Last SongOfisharu Higedan Dism
A heart-stirring song that’s perfect for a club activity retirement scene.
Included on Official HIGE DANDism’s 2019 album “Traveler,” this track features lyrics that poignantly convey both the sadness of parting and the spark of new hope.
It was used as an insert song for the Kansai TV/Fuji TV drama “Ato 3-kai, Kimi ni Aeru” (We Can Meet Three More Times), closely mirroring the story’s portrayal of a relationship’s end.
A calm, piano-centered ballad, it’s marked by its moving melody.
It’s a song you’ll want to listen to when making your final memories with teammates you’ve worked hard alongside, or when you need the courage to take a new step forward.