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[1st Birthday] Perfect songs for kids’ celebrations—great for birthday parties and videos

10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminderkepiko
Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.
9 years of experience as a nursery school teacherShibata Risa
I am an active nursery school teacher with 9 years of experience. After graduating from university, I worked at a daycare center. The time I spent happily with children—playing piano, singing songs, and doing finger-play—are priceless memories to me. Currently, while raising three children of my own, I work at an after-school day service, engaging with children and providing individualized developmental support. Drawing on my diverse experiences as a childcare worker and as a mother, I hope to express and convey my thoughts through writing.

A first birthday is a truly special moment!

To celebrate the joy of your child’s growth, why not brighten the birthday with lovely music and a heartfelt movie?

Fun songs and gentle melodies will make those smiles and memories even more wonderful.

Dance and sing together with friends and family, and enjoy a delightful time.

Be sure to celebrate with beautiful music and photos that reflect your baby’s first year of life.

May the birthday be the best day ever, filled with music and memories!

1st Birthday Celebration Song (21–30)

from now onHirahara Ayaka

Ayaka Hirahara “From Now On” Music Video — Our Future Ver.

from now onHirahara Ayaka

This is a song filled with a strong desire to keep living together no matter what happens.

Parenting is a series of things that don’t go ideally or as planned.

There are times you may blame yourself or cry when things don’t go well.

But the reason you’ve safely reached your child’s first birthday is because you’ve overcome each of those days one by one.

Listening to this song may bring back memories of those struggles and make you feel like you can continue moving forward with your child, learning from mistakes together.

Please give it a listen on this special birthday.

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presentTamaki Kōji

Koji Tamaki: Digest Video (“Den-en,” “Present,” “Searchlight”)

presentTamaki Kōji

Koji Tamaki’s “Present” is a ballad known for its warm, heartfelt lyrics and melody.

It’s a perfect song for a first birthday party or a commemorative video.

The lyrics, which cherish the small joys of everyday life, will resonate with parents as well.

Released in 2005, the song was also used as a TV drama theme.

At a birthday party, it would be lovely to listen to it with the children while looking back on memories from the past year.

Wrapped in his gentle vocals, it will make a special day even more wonderful.

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1st Birthday Celebration Songs (31–40)

pupilaiko

aiko - “Hitomi” (from Live Blu-ray/DVD ‘My 2 Decades 2’)

pupilaiko

Hitomi, included on the album Kanojo released in 2006 by Osaka-born singer-songwriter aiko, became a hot topic as the song used in Kao’s “Humming” commercial.

Beginning with piano, its gentle melody and lyrics about a child’s birth and growth make it a perfect song to give on a birthday.

There will surely be many events in your child’s life ahead.

It’s a song that tenderly conveys, “No matter what happens, Mom and Dad are always on your side.”

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Happy☆Lucky Birthday!Doraemon

Doraemon: Happy★Lucky Birthday!

Happy☆Lucky Birthday!Doraemon

This is a popular birthday song performed by the voice actors who play the main characters in the national anime Doraemon.

It was used in broadcasts such as the Doraemon Birthday Special aired in 2013, and it may feel nostalgic for those born in the 2000s and later.

The way they sing without breaking each character’s image is fun, and since it’s a birthday song the whole family can enjoy, it’s a perfect track especially for fans of Doraemon!

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Embraced by loveSuperfly

Superfly “Embraced by Love” Music Video

Embraced by loveSuperfly

This song, which closes Superfly’s second album “Box Emotions” released in 2009, was written by vocalist Shiho Ochi for a close friend who was getting married.

The music video begins with choosing gifts for a baby on the way, and the song itself evokes the anticipation of a new life.

It’s a gentle piece that makes you feel as if a dear friend far away is thinking about your child.

Perhaps it’s thanks to the watchful care of many people—of Mom, of Dad, and of others—that we’re able to celebrate our precious child’s birthday.

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GirlHata Motohiro

Motohiro Hata – "Girl" Music Video

GirlHata Motohiro

‘Girl’ is said to be a song Qin Motohiro wrote about his own child.

The lyrics express a parent’s love and the happiness and hope a child brings.

They also portray the bewilderment that comes from a child’s unconditional trust, which many mothers and fathers who have struggled, worried, and wrestled with parenting over the past year may relate to.

The song ends with a declaration to the child, making it a perfect piece to give your little one on their first birthday.

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Ordinary daysUemura Kana

Ordinary days

Ordinary daysUemura Kana

This is a song included on singer-songwriter Kana Uemura’s 2015 album “The Best Songs.” Uemura is known for her hit “Toire no Kamisama” (“The God of the Toilet”) and had a child in 2015.

This track feels like it’s dedicated to that child—overflowing with love and gratitude.

It paints scenes of everyday family life: ordinary days that are, in fact, irreplaceably happy moments.

The warm lyrics say that it’s thanks to you—who were born—that we can feel such moments.

Be sure to listen to it on a first birthday.

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