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 roundup of songs to listen to when retiring from your club (41–50)
Until we meet againHirai Dai
This is a moving ballad about parting, sung by Dai Hirai, a singer-songwriter immensely popular with younger generations.
His lustrous vocals shine against the slow-tempo, mellow accompaniment, creating a deeply emotional atmosphere.
The lyrics repeatedly express gratitude for having met, along with a resolve that, although they will now go their separate ways, they will surely meet again somewhere.
Released in February 2015, the song is included on Hirai’s album “Slow & Easy.”
[Youth] A Compilation of Songs to Listen to When Retiring from Your Club Activities (51–60)
CorrectRADWIMPS
A song called “Seikai” (The Answer), which vocalist Yojiro Noda created while reflecting on himself at 18.
On NHK’s “RADWIMPS 18 Festival 2018,” RADWIMPS and 1,000 youths aged 17 to 19 performed this song together, which became a hot topic.
It’s a track I’d love you to listen to at the close of that club-activity youth you’ve raced through with your friends.
Even if the road ahead is one you’ll walk alone, the time you spent with your friends will be your strength and support.
This song makes you feel exactly that.
Connect!Misaka Saki
With its moving choice of words and Saki Misaka’s transparent, pure vocals in harmony, “Tsunage!” has gained popularity as a song that colors many youths.
The lyrics, filled with gratitude for teammates who shared joys and hardships and for those who have supported you until now, deliver a powerful message to students retiring from their club activities.
The song includes lines that look back on the days of club life that have come to an end, and while it lets you linger in the memories, it also gives you the courage to face forward.
It is a song that, at the moment of retirement, etches deeply the emotions of encounters and partings while softly whispering “thank you” in your heart.
YELLikimonogakari
During our school years, our hearts can sway intensely, and we often find ourselves wrestling with our own feelings.
Ikimono-gakari’s “YELL” is a song that lays bare that kind of struggle.
It was also composed as the set piece for the Junior High Division of NHK’s National School Music Competition.
Though the melody isn’t exactly bright, the earnest vocals carry Ikimono-gakari’s own form of encouragement.
lost itemVaundy
Singer-songwriter Vaundy, a current art university student who’s taking the J-POP scene by storm with his cutting-edge musical sensibility.
His 19th digital single, “Wasuremono,” chosen as the CM song for McDonald’s Japan’s “Time-Travelling Burger” campaign, stands out with its catchy guitar sound and wistful melody.
The lyrics, which remind us that the tears we shed while throwing ourselves into club activities were proof of how fulfilling those days were, are sure to send memories flooding back when you listen at the time of retirement.
It’s a rock tune you’ll also want to play after some time has passed since stepping away, when you start to feel something’s missing—one that brings back what truly matters to you.
one’s true feelingssumika
sumika’s song “Honne” captures a vivid slice of youth.
Known for their fresh yet deeply resonant vocals, the band provided this track as the support song for the 99th All Japan High School Soccer Tournament.
When you devote yourself wholeheartedly to a club activity, there are times when you struggle with various hardships and feel like giving up.
The lyrics of this song express deep gratitude to the friends who supported you during those moments.
It’s a song that will surely resonate with students who’ve had similar experiences.
It’s the perfect track to listen to on the day you retire.
GIFTMr.Children
The days we spent in our club activities are a gift packed with each person’s best memories.
It’s a song that tells you those memories are truly wonderful.
It was chosen as NHK’s broadcast theme song for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, and with this song the artist made their first appearance on that year’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
Inside that memory-filled gift are both good things and bad, and many things meant to be shared while supporting one another.
It’s a song that makes you want to cherish that gift forever and keep striving toward your new goals even after retiring from your club.
