Hidden gems among tear-jerker songs. Recommended popular tracks.
This is a playlist of carefully selected hidden gems among tear-jerking Japanese songs that move listeners to tears.
While it’s centered on ballads, the approaches vary: some are dramatic, some unadorned, some have a rich, weighty sound, and others are built simply.
All of them have great lyrics, so be sure to check them out.
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Hidden gem tearjerker songs. Recommended popular tracks (1–10)
ArrowsBUMP OF CHICKEN
Released on December 19, 2007 as BUMP OF CHICKEN’s third major-label and fifth overall album.
A truly hidden gem within this studio album, their first in three years and four months since Yggdrasil.
Centered around acoustic guitar, this track enjoys immense popularity among fans.
White LoveSPEED
White Love, sung by SPEED, is the group’s fifth single and was released in 1997.
Although SPEED’s name may now be well-known for the wrong reasons, back then they enjoyed enormous popularity, and there was a constant stream of young people trying to enroll in the same dance school.
I don’t want to let go.T-BOLAN
A timeless love song sung with a clear, expansive voice, overflowing with feelings for a beloved person! The chorus is moving, and it’s the kind of thing every woman would want to hear at least once! If it were sung with just piano accompaniment at a wedding, it might bring everyone to tears.
Hidden gems of tearjerker songs. Recommended popular tracks (11–20)
Tree of WadatsumiHajime Chitose
Hajime Chitose (Chitose Hajime) is a singer from Setouchi Town in Oshima District who made her major debut in 2002.
Wadatsumi no Ki is her debut single, which reached No.
1 on the weekly Oricon chart and became a long-running hit.
It’s a song that’s sure to move you to tears.
searchlightTamaki Kōji
Koji Tamaki’s “Searchlight” was also used as the ending theme for the Nippon TV serial drama “Tokyo Bandwagon: A Downtown Family Story,” in which he himself appeared.
It was a tear-jerking family drama featuring a star-studded cast that included Kazuya Kamenashi.
I love you. ~100 Regrets~Sonar Pocket
Sonar Pocket’s song “Suki dayo.
~100 Regrets~” is, just as the title suggests, a heartrending love song.
All of their tracks are hugely popular, but this is one of their very best ballads.
It’s a tearjerker that chronicles the sorrow of breaking up with someone you truly love.
YELLikimonogakari
Ikimono-gakari’s “YELL” is a song created as the set piece for NHK’s National School Music Competition.
The CD includes “Joyful” as a double A-side, and it became a bit of a talking point because the difference in energy between the two songs is huge.