[Cup Noodles Commercial] Popular CM Songs. Historical CM Songs [2026]
Nissin Cup Noodles, a classic staple of instant ramen, is a product you often see at convenience stores and supermarkets! The Cup Noodles commercials are charming for their meticulous creativity—ranging from drama-style spots to humorous ones that use parody songs with lyrics themed around Cup Noodles.
A wide variety of music, both Western and Japanese, is featured in these ads.
We’ve picked out tracks used in the latest commercials as well as songs from older ones, so take this opportunity to explore and enjoy a range of tunes.
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[Cup Noodles Commercial] Popular CM Songs. Historical CM Songs [2026] (31–40)
Monday Mondayitō ginji
A song released in 1989 was used as the theme for a Nissin Cup Noodles commercial, and since then, with a wide range of talents, they have been active as a songwriter, arranger, and music producer for many artists.
Their most famous work is the theme song for Waratte Iitomo!.
Dance With YouOKAMOTO’S
A four-piece rock band, OKAMOTO’S, formed by classmates from their junior high school days and named because all members are fans of the famous artist Taro Okamoto, released this as their seventh single.
The song was featured in Nissin Cup Noodles’ “Baka-Kakkoii” commercial, and as the title suggests, it’s an upbeat number with a dance-inducing beat that gets your energy up.
You can enjoy arrangements that showcase the band’s high level of musicianship—four-on-the-floor rhythm, a prominent bassline, and guitar work that switches between tight and loose.
It’s a catchy rock tune with a repeating phrase that sticks in your head.
Born-Free SpiritRoveBard
ROVE BARD was a trio of childhood friends from Nemuro, Hokkaido, and they have since disbanded.
Their songs, which blended rock and pop, were notable, and they scored a smash hit when one was featured in a Nissin “Cup Noodles” commercial.
It’s unfortunate that they had no major activities after that.
Canon
Cup Noodles Miso was such a hit that production couldn’t keep up, leading to a temporary sales halt.
The commercial has also drawn attention for featuring Kizuna AI—the self-proclaimed world’s first virtual YouTuber—appearing in a miso storehouse.
Pachelbel’s “Canon,” a song beloved worldwide, is arranged with a Japanese flair themed around miso, using koto and shakuhachi for a beautifully rendered version of the Canon.
In the Sun and the DustCHAGE and ASKA
It was released in 1991 as CHAGE and ASKA’s 26th single.
Originally a re-cut from the album “SEE YA,” the song gained popularity during their concert tour and was subsequently released as a single.
It’s a classic track that was also tied in as the theme for Nissin Foods’ “Cup Noodles Red Zone” commercial.
[Cup Noodles Commercial] Popular CM songs. Historical CM songs [2026] (41–50)
Only YouTHE PLATTERS
This is a song by The Platters released in the United States in 1955.
It became a million-seller nationwide, and after being featured as an insert song in the 1973 film American Graffiti, it gained widespread fame in Japan through a Nissin Cup Noodles commercial that showed only hot water being poured, playing on the phrase “only hot water.”
I LOVE YOUOzaki Yutaka
It was released in 1991 as Yutaka Ozaki’s 11th single.
It is said that the song was hastily put together to make up for a shortage of tracks on the album.
More recently, it drew attention when his son, Hiroya Ozaki, covered and performed it.
In 2001, it was featured in a Nissin Cup Noodles commercial.