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)
migratory bird[Alexandros]
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The song Wataridori performed by [Alexandros] is striking for its bittersweet music video and the exhilarating feeling it leaves after listening.
Their collaboration with Go Ayano in a NTT Docomo commercial also became a hot topic, with the handsome “Ayano Sandrop” gaining popularity.
The meaning of goodbyeNogizaka 46
Nogizaka46’s “The Meaning of Goodbye” became known as a moving graduation song after Nanami Hashimoto, who served as the center for this track, graduated from Nogizaka46 and retired from the entertainment industry.
The music video continues as a series, and its storyline is also a highlight.
A gentle lieAcid Black Cherry
When you think of Acid Black Cherry, a fierce image tends to come to mind, but this one is a straightforward ballad.
Its theme is lies born from having loved someone too much.
The keyword “lies” expands the song’s scope—capturing the fragile parts of ourselves that, even while knowing we were being lied to, still leaned on those lies, and the sorrowful destination we reached as a result of our own weakness.
Hidden gems of tearjerker songs. Recommended popular tracks (11–20)
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.
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.
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.