A roundup of Japanese songs featuring curry—songs about curry and curry rice
Just hearing the words “curry rice” brings back that spicy aroma and makes me hungry… It’s no exaggeration to call it a national dish for Japanese people.So this time’s theme is classic songs about curry!We’ll deliver a diverse selection—not only songs that sing straightforwardly about curry rice, but also tracks where curry pops up in the lyrics of songs that seem unrelated at first glance!They’re great as BGM while you’re making curry, too.Be sure to read to the end!
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A roundup of Japanese songs featuring curry or curry rice (21–30)
Sports currymilktub
Included as the 5th track on the 4th album “Harunatsuaki ROCK’N’ROLL,” released in 2014.
Perfect as BGM if you’re taking on a curry speed-eating or eating challenge.
Is curry a drink? A sport? Or a battle? A cheerful, exotic, fast-paced, and unique punk rock track.
Curry and riceKAN
This is a single released in 2006 by KAN, the pop singer-songwriter famous for “Ai wa Katsu.” It features a gentle sound centered on piano and guitar.
The song overlays a couple who had a quarrel with a pot of curry that’s been left to rest, and the lyrics are truly wonderful.
When you live together, little things can turn into arguments and you end up missing each other’s feelings, right? KAN’s warm, heartfelt words and the comforting “curry rice” that seems to reconnect your hearts really sink in.
Being able to forgive each other, as in this song, might be a testament to the bond of marriage.
It even makes you crave a little curry rice.
A roundup of Japanese songs featuring curry or curry rice (31–40)
Curry and riceLoVendoЯ
Included as the third track on the regular Edition A of the second single “Takaramono / Itsuwari,” released in 2016.
LoVendoЯ is a girls’ band with twin vocals and twin guitars, formed by Reina Tanaka, formerly of Morning Musume, and members selected through auditions.
Good morning with curryOverTheDogs
It’s included as the last track, number 12, on the third album “Present,” released in 2012.
They say curry tastes better on the second day.
Make extra on purpose, and have it the next morning.
Curry Rice SchoolKawagoe Shefu
Included on the 2012 debut single “Okome no Ohanashi / Curry Rice School.” The music was composed by actor and musician Shuji Kashiwabara, and the lyrics were written by Yoshimi Tokui of the comedy duo Tutorial.
Aiming for kids to “enjoy their meals without being picky,” the lyrics weave in a recipe—keep an ear out for that.
Sacchan’s Sexy CurryOmori Seiko
It’s a nostalgic piece that makes you unable to help but think of friends or someone you once loved who are far away.
It’s a song by Seiko Oomori, a singer-songwriter from Ehime Prefecture, released as a single in 2015.
It was written as the ending theme for the anime Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma.
The lyrics, which recall memories of playing with Sacchan and reflect on how she’s doing now, feel somehow bittersweet.
I can’t help but find myself listening to it and thinking, “Come to think of it, what is that person up to now…?”
You haven’t had curry yet, have you?GRAPEVINE
Included as the fourth track on the fifth album “another sky,” released in 2002.
Lyrics by frontman and vocalist-guitarist Kazumasa Tanaka, music by drummer Toru Kamei.
It’s an aggressive song whose lyrics reference titles of Guy de Maupassant’s works, such as “A Piece of String,” “Pierre and Jean,” “Bel-Ami,” and “A Woman’s Life.”