[Great Lyrics!!] Recommended Tear-Jerking Graduation Songs with Heartfelt, Moving Words [2026]
A collection of songs that color graduation ceremonies.
Among them, there’s something special about tracks whose every word of the lyrics resonates deeply in your heart.
Graduation songs that put into words the days spent with friends and the feelings toward the path ahead can bring you to tears every time you listen.
In this article, we’ve carefully selected graduation songs filled with phrases that strike a chord.
From timeless classics sung for generations to newer tracks that are quickly becoming beloved, we’ve picked a wide range.
The lyrics brimming with gratitude for loved ones and hope for the future are sure to move you.
Find the one song that will brighten your new beginning.
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[Great Lyrics!!] Recommended Tear-Jerking Graduation Songs with Words That Resonate in Your Heart [2026] (121–130)
Sakura (Solo)Moriyama Naotaro
When you think of Naotaro Moriyama, many of you probably remember this song.
It’s one of his signature tracks—a timeless masterpiece we hope will be sung for years to come—and it’s also famous for having been covered by numerous artists.
As both a graduation song and a “sakura” (cherry blossom) song, it’s almost always mentioned; during that season, you often hear it on TV and around town.
If you listen while savoring every single word of the lyrics, it will surely make you cry—a quintessential song that reaffirms just how good the lyrics are.
GraduationKobukuro
Kobukuro has many moving, heartfelt songs.
They have fans across generations—many even parent-and-child duos—and you can understand that broad appeal as soon as you listen.
From the title alone, this track is a straightforward graduation song.
The lyrics are firmly centered on graduation, and it’s a piece that will surely bring tears as you look back on three years of student life.
What once felt ordinary reveals itself, in hindsight, to be irreplaceable—something you realize when you graduate and even more so as you become an adult.
It’s a deeply moving song that I hope adults will listen to as well, one that brings back those feelings.
Sakura: To You Who Couldn’t GraduateHanzaki Yoshiko
A song by Hokkaido-born singer-songwriter Yoshiko Hanzaki.
It’s a number sung in her poignant high-tone voice, expressing feelings for a late friend who should have graduated together.
It’s a different kind of graduation song—one that brings tears as it evokes the presence of someone who slipped out of reach before the words you wanted to say could be spoken.
Sayonara ColorSUPER BUTTER DOG
Graduation season is a time of parting, but SUPER BUTTER DOG’s “Sayonara COLOR” reminds us that some things begin from goodbyes.
SUPER BUTTER DOG was a funk band that featured Takashi Nagazumi, also known as Hanaregumi, and Takafumi Ikeda, also known as Rekishi.
It’s an anthem cheering on those who struggle to stay true to themselves, making it a perfect song for students graduating and setting out into the rough seas of the world.
Nagazumi’s sultry vocals and the lyrics’ strong sense of resolve make it a masterpiece that resonates deeply when you listen.
Words of FarewellKaientai
Kaientai is a folk group centered around Tetsuya Takeda, who has a distinctive presence as an actor and in recent years has also been active on variety shows.
Their 16th single, “Okuru Kotoba,” which was used as the theme song for the TV drama “Mr.
Kinpachi in Class 3B” and has become a standard graduation song, was actually written based on Takeda’s own heartbreak—did you know that? At graduation ceremonies, where teachers and students alike are overflowing with things they want to say to each other, there’s hardly a message more fitting than this.
It’s a song with beautiful, lyrical lyrics that resonate deeply, linking to many different scenes of parting.