Famous songs about the crescent moon. Recommended popular tracks.

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Fumiya Fujii “Mikazuki” (1998)

Mitsuki is a track included on Fumiya Fujii’s 1998 album Sora Moyou.

Fujii—who also drew attention when his son became an announcer for Fuji TV—crafted a beautiful song with lyrics that liken the crescent moon and its light to a delicate woman.

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Quruli – Crescent Moon

This song, Quruli’s 21st single, has a rather unusual music video set in a Chinese restaurant, but the track itself is an undeniable masterpiece.

I’ve heard the restaurant, a Chinese place in Kyoto, has since closed down.

The phrase “a fragment of the crescent moon” has an indescribable charm.

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Ayaka – Crescent Moon

Speaking of “Mikazuki,” this is the quintessential track! It’s also famous for being covered by many artists, including Kobukuro, Dreams Come True, and Koji Tamaki.

The song becoming a theme song led to Ayaka marrying Hiro Mizushima, who was one of the drama’s lead actors.

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&TEAM ‘crescent moon’s wish’ Special Video for LUNÉ

This is an &TEAM ballad that entrusts their gratitude to fans and their promise for the future to a crescent moon twinkling in the winter night sky.

It’s the first time the members took part in the production, and their straightforward feelings—seeing their fans as the light that illuminates their path in the darkness—resonate over a gentle piano melody.

The song is included on the album “Yukiakari,” released in December 2024.

A special video, akin to a love letter to fans, was also created, and with over 490,000 copies sold in its first week, the release truly stands as a testament to the bond between the group and their fans.

It’s a heartwarming track you’ll want to listen to on nights when you feel grateful for someone special, or when you want to be wrapped in tender vocals.

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Crescent Step / Hatsune Miku

This is a track that irresistibly draws your heart in with a sound wrapped in poignancy and translucence, like a crescent moon floating in the night sky.

One-sided love, the jealousy of feeling like someone you like has been taken by someone else—r-906 rides those helpless emotions atop brisk drum and bass, sublimating them into a strangely soothing, weightless world.

Released in November 2020, the song was included on the EP “Lunar Calendar” and later became playable in the popular rhythm game “Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat.

Hatsune Miku,” broadening its fanbase.

On nights spent wrestling with a love that just won’t work out, why not surrender yourself to this addictive rhythm? It brims with a charm that seems to turn even your frustration into light, buoyant steps.

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Crescent Moon Night / Ayano Tsuji [2017/07/02 Tanabe Mini Live]

This song by Ayano Tsuji, which shot to popularity after being featured as the theme song for Studio Ghibli’s film The Cat Returns and in a House Foods commercial, is a lovely piece that sets the bittersweetness of reminiscing to guitar scales.

Its melody is so wonderful that anyone who plays guitar will find themselves thinking, “I want to play this song at least once!”

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Spitz / Mikazuki Rock No. 3 #S

This song by Spitz, known as the “Magician of Melancholy” and often said to be unmatched when it comes to singing heartrending songs, was released as the B-side to the single “Stargazer.” Since the album “Mikazuki Rock” did not have a title track, it was later released as part three six months afterward.