Encouraging songs: timeless masterpieces that resonate with the heart, recommended popular tracks
For everyone who just can’t get motivated, who’s stuck in their thoughts after a shock, or feeling down after making a mistake at work—we’ve put together a long list of “encouragement songs” to lift you up.
We’re introducing timeless, heart-touching classics—both new and old—to support all of you giving your best every day.
Watch the MVs while you listen, or pop in your earphones and let the music give you a solid boost!
Use these to recharge your heart and power up.
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Encouraging songs: timeless tracks that resonate with the heart, recommended popular picks (61–70)
The reason for deep breathingAqua Timez
A vitality-filled cheering song.
Aqua Timez’s powerful sound is packed with an uplifting message that nudges you to take a step toward tomorrow.
The road toward dreams and goals may be steep, but by taking a deep breath and facing yourself, new courage wells up again.
Gently singing about such subtle shifts of the heart, it soothes listeners across generations, from children to adults.
Broadcast from February to March 2025, this work delivers even deeper emotion together with visuals created by active university student and animation artist Hirohisa Sakimura.
The message performed by the reunited Aqua Timez will quietly give a push to anyone striving to live each day to the fullest.
In the Morning of DeterminationAqua Timez
Aqua Timez, who have captivated many listeners with their melodious sound and lyrics that resonate with the heart, released this ambitious work as their major-label debut single in July 2006.
While acknowledging one’s true, unvarnished self yet still choosing to face forward and keep walking, the song makes a striking impression and can also be seen as a challenge to a modern society obsessed with perfection.
It deftly expresses the doubts and anxieties felt while chasing dreams, as well as the resolve to grow.
Chosen as the theme song for the animated film “Brave Story” and earning the band a spot on NHK’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen, it became a social phenomenon.
It’s a song that feels like a gentle push on your back when you’re at a crossroads in life or on the verge of losing your way—warm, encouraging, and truly a source of strength for the heart.
waxing; filling up; becoming full; growing (e.g., the moon growing fuller)Fuji Kaze
A song by Fujii Kaze that quietly seeps into the heart with a deep longing for a loved one.
It also drew attention as the theme song for the film “April, Come She Will,” starring Takeru Satoh.
The gently played piano tones and the warmly enveloping vocals resonate as if releasing the burdens that have piled up in the heart.
It beautifully depicts that all things come to an end, and the process of lightening and fulfilling the heart by letting go of attachment.
Imbued with a message like a guiding signpost, this work will surely stay close to those struggling with illness or anxiety and kindle a warm light in their hearts.
YellKobukuro
Kobukuro has many songs that deliver a passionate, heart-stirring sense of encouragement, and this track is their major debut single.
Perhaps that’s why it carries such strong feelings.
It’s a song that makes you think: because of the painful past, I am who I am now; a future will surely come when I can feel that way—so let’s keep going!
Flash GirlToukyou Jihen
A digital single released by Tokyo Jihen in 2007.
It’s a cool track with an upbeat tempo and a catchy melody.
The lyrics, repeating “now, tomorrow, yesterday” in chronological order, are striking, and they shine with a positive message: if the present is going well, that’s enough—let’s focus on living firmly in the now.
one’s true feelingssumika
An anthem of encouragement that expresses moments when you feel like giving up in honest, straightforward words.
Written by sumika as the support song for the 99th All Japan High School Soccer Tournament, the track was released in January 2021 as a double A-side single and was included on the album AMUSIC in March of the same year.
Within its powerful sound that evokes the intensity of sports, it conveys the importance of walking forward with your teammates.
Starting in April of that year, it was also featured as the TV commercial song for Aisin Corporation.
Whether you’re feeling defeat or loneliness, or want to link arms with friends and face forward, this song is sure to give you courage.
BeautifulSuperfly
The music unit Superfly, known for their soothing vocals that heal listeners’ hearts, has gained widespread popularity.
Their song “Beautiful,” included on the 5th album WHITE, is a track with multiple tie-ins, including serving as the theme song for the TV drama Mother Game: Kanojotachi no Kaikyū.
Its message—that it’s okay to move forward on the path you believe in just as you are—may give you a push when you feel uncertain about your choices.
Brimming with energy, this upbeat tune features powerful vocals that feel like a tailwind at your back.
