Famous songs celebrating heroes. Recommended popular tracks.
This is a playlist of songs themed around heroes.
It includes selections from a wide range of eras, from the 1980s to the latest hits.
The musical styles and lyrics vary, and it could be interesting to compare how different artists portray heroes in their own ways.
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Masterpieces that sing of heroes. Recommended popular songs (41–50)
Hero MissingNisshoku Natsuko
A track featuring technically intricate, fast-paced interplay of piano, bass, and drums that bursts with energy—its thick, rich sonority is hard to believe comes from just three players.
The lyrics, sprinkled here and there with literary turns of phrase while seeming to satirize a hero, create a truly unique worldview.
Burning HeroOkita Hiroyuki
A towering landmark of anime songs that sings of dreams and passion over samba rhythms and a catchy melody! This masterpiece briskly and humorously portrays the presence, skill, and influence of an ace player.
Hiroyuki Okita’s refreshing vocals brilliantly capture the allure of soccer and the throbbing energy of youth.
Released in 1983 as the opening theme for the TV Tokyo anime Captain Tsubasa, it became a classic that helped spark the soccer boom.
In 2018, it was remade by Ryuhei Maruyama of Kanjani Eight.
It’s a song that powerfully pushes the backs of everyone striving toward their dreams—not just soccer fans—and one we highly recommend you listen to.
HERO (When You Become a Hero, That Time Is Now)Kai Band
It’s one of Kai Band’s signature songs.
It sings about the moment of determination—loving, protecting, and standing up to fight for someone—as the time you become a hero.
The song conveys a powerful feeling: that it’s enough simply to become a hero for the person you cherish.
Superheroshiritsu ebisu chūgaku
It was released as the ninth single by Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku.
Furthermore, it sold 69,000 copies in its first week, marking their highest sales to date.
Another track on the limited first edition is Ponpara Pecorna Papiyotta, composed by Yoko Kanno, and the regular edition includes the song Korya Medalna, written and composed by Satsuki ga Tenkomori.
Panda HeroYonezu Kenshi
This is one of the Vocaloid songs that Kenshi Yonezu posted on a video-sharing site back when he was still using the name “Hachi.” It’s also one of his million-hit tracks, and although it predates his major-label debut, there’s no doubt it shook the Vocaloid scene.