Recommended cheer-up songs for high school students: tracks that will motivate you to do your best on entrance exams and club activities when you listen to them.
Between club activities, daily classes, and studying for entrance exams, high school students have more than ever to work hard on, don’t they? Sometimes you might hit a wall and feel troubled.
In times like that, I recommend listening to your favorite motivational songs to lift your spirits! Upbeat tracks or lyrics filled with encouragement can give you the strength to try again.
In this article, we’ll introduce motivational songs recommended for high school students.
There are plenty of perfect songs to cheer you on for clubs and exams, so be sure to find the one that’s just right for you.
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Recommended cheer-up songs for high school students: tracks that will motivate you for exams and club activities (61–70)
BlizzardMrs. GREEN APPLE
This track, included on the post-hiatus album “ANTENNA,” is a number that portrays the will to press on through a biting headwind.
Even while bearing a pain that freezes the heart, the protagonist’s figure cutting through the blizzard and forging ahead is sung with power.
Motoki Omori handled both lyrics and composition, with Hayato Suyama also participating in the arrangement.
Its advanced ensemble—featuring rapid-fire key changes and guitar tapping—brilliantly captures the emotional swells that waver within the storm.
It carries a strong push for those moments when you want to carve out your own path without yielding to the cold or adversity.
Extraordinary day&TEAM
This song was written as the theme for TBS’s 2025 Beppu Oita Mainichi Marathon.
With its rhythmic tempo and light, breezy melody, it gives listeners the urge to start running.
The lyrics emphasize the importance of bonds with friends and believing in yourself, encouraging not only marathon runners but anyone facing daily challenges.
In 2024, &TEAM released four works as part of their Spring-Summer-Autumn-Winter series, and their second album, Yukiakari, topped various charts.
This track is also recommended for those working hard toward exams, careers, or their dreams.
DarlingMrs. GREEN APPLE
This is a heart-stirring cheer song themed around being yourself and love.
Released in January 2025 as the theme song for NHK General’s special program “Mrs.
GREEN APPLE 18-Fes,” the track marks the first release in the band’s 10th anniversary year.
Performed together with 1,000 18-year-olds, the live rendition showcases an energetic side that resonates with young people.
With a catchy melody quintessential of Mrs.
GREEN APPLE and a pop-rock sound, the song brims with the anxiety, confusion, and hope felt during youth.
It’s a track I wholeheartedly recommend to high school students preparing for higher education or a new life, and getting ready to take their first step forward.
lilacMrs. GREEN APPLE
A masterful song by Mrs.
GREEN APPLE that delicately portrays the radiance and anxieties of youth, as well as the conflicts we carry while growing up.
Chosen as the opening theme for the anime “Oblivion Battery,” which began airing on TV Tokyo in April 2024, this piece gently embraces the memories accumulated as time passes and the feelings of confronting the unease hidden in everyday life.
Its refreshingly youthful guitar sound and clear, transparent vocals resonate with listeners’ hearts and give them courage.
It won the 66th Japan Record Award, marking the band’s first-ever back-to-back victory.
When you feel lost or anxious, or when you wish someone would give you a push forward, give it a listen.
You’ll surely find a budding feeling of cherishing yourself.
voiceikimonogakari
Ikimonogakari is a two-member music group whose straightforward vocals and songs with a wide, spacious feel captivate listeners across generations.
“Koe” (Voice), released in advance from their 10th major album “Maru,” was chosen as the theme song for the ANYTEAM-led project “#CheeringIsASportThatDeliversFeelings.” Its lyrics, which believe in effort and possibility and offer support, give you the strength to overcome challenges.
With an ensemble full of Ikimonogakari’s signature freshness, it’s an uplifting, feel-good uptempo tune that gives you a push forward.
FanfareNovelbright
A powerful, encouraging track from the rock band Novelbright that says, “Dive into what you want to do and carve out your future!” Featured on the album Assort, this song was released in May 2022 and was also chosen as the theme song for ABEMA’s audition program The Star’s Chair Is My Chair Season 2.
Haven’t we all experienced our hearts wavering between hope and anxiety when facing a big goal? At times like that, its brisk, exhilarating sound will stir your spirit, reminding you that the challenge starts here.
Surges (feat. Natsuse & Luan)Orangestar
This is a cheering song by Orangestar, whose exhilarating feel—like bursting through a summer blue sky—will fire up your determined heart.
Released in August 2021 and featured in a Calorie Mate web video, many of you may remember it.
Overlapping with the image of students sweating toward their goals, this piece gives you the courage to push through emotions that ebb and flow like waves and to dash toward the future.
Doesn’t that crystal-clear voice make you feel like it’s gently nudging you forward, whispering, “You’ve got this!”?