Tear-jerking songs recommended for women in their 50s: classic and popular Japanese hits
Every listener has their own memories and personal connections to musical works.
This time, we’ve put together a selection of “tear-jerker” songs that are likely to be especially memorable for women in their 50s.
The focus is on hit songs from the 1980s to the 1990s and the popular ballads of the time.
As you read this article, we hope it helps you recall your own “good old days,” and that just hearing a melody or a line of lyrics will instantly bring back the atmosphere of that nostalgic era—letting you feel the power of music.
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Tear-jerking songs recommended for women in their 50s: Classic and popular Japanese tracks (31–40)
Another OrionFujii Fumiya
Released in 1996, it was chosen as the theme song for the TBS Friday drama “Shards of Glass,” in which Fumiya Fujii himself starred.
It’s a gentle piano ballad with a grand, expansive feel that evokes a star-filled night sky.
If you listen while letting your thoughts wander, you may find tears spilling out before you know it.
It always begins with rain.ASKA
ASKA’s third single, released in 1991.
The opening phrase is so striking, isn’t it? The gentle sound, like a softly falling rain, seems to wrap your heart tenderly.
Just like in these lyrics, we all want to be cherished by someone, don’t we? Recommended for times when you’re tired and need quiet comfort.
I’ve always liked you.Saitō Kazuyoshi
Released in 2010.
Featured in a Shiseido IN&ON commercial.
It’s a situational love song about being confessed to by a former classmate at a school reunion.
Many people may have experienced something similar.
It’s a sweet-and-sour, nostalgic, slightly heart-wrenching tearjerker.
Embracing sleepless nightsZARD
ZARD’s fourth single, released in August 1992.
It came out right in the heyday of J-pop, a time when million-selling hits were coming one after another, so many people in their 50s may find this song familiar.
As an artist from Being, a label that was soaring alongside Avex at the time, the song is, in my view, perfectly produced to showcase 120% of ZARD vocalist Izumi Sakai’s charm.
Try listening to it while reflecting on your own experiences of sleepless nights.
Sorrow like snowHamada Shogo
Released in 1981 and reissued as the theme song for the 1992 TV drama “Ai to Iu Na no Moto ni,” this dramatic track is one of Shogo Hamada’s signature masterpieces that became a major hit.
Its lyrics—saying that not only you, but everyone, sheds hidden tears—may bring comfort to you in your sorrow.
Tear-Jerking Songs Recommended for Women in Their 50s: Classic and Popular Japanese Tracks (41–50)
MissingKubota Toshinobu
A track from the 1986 album “SHAKE IT PARADISE.” When it comes to bittersweet love songs, this is the one.
Even if you love each other, you mustn’t hope to be together… How sweet, how heartrending, and how painful! Highly recommended for when you want to fully sink into a tearful mood.
Happy endingOhtaki Eiichi
This is Eiichi Ohtaki’s 14th single, released in 1997.
Many of you may know it as the theme song for the Fuji TV drama “Love Generation.” From the very first line, it’s classic Ohtaki through and through.
It’s a sweet, mature love song—when do you feel like listening to it?