Recommended entrance songs for high school students: moving masterpieces and popular hits.
At the time of graduating from junior high and entering high school, many of you may be going to different schools from your friends for the first time.
It can feel a bit unsettling to take separate paths from the friends you spent elementary and junior high school with.
Some of you might also be worried about whether you’ll make new friends and keep up with your studies.
On the other hand, many of you probably have hopes and dreams for your high school life.
So in this article, we’ll introduce encouraging songs that can ease those worries, as well as entry songs that inspire a sense of hope.
These are entrance songs we want high schoolers—who may feel like they’ve taken a step closer to adulthood—to hear!
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Recommended entrance songs for high school students: moving classics and popular tracks (31–40)
GOBUMP OF CHICKEN
This is a song by BUMP OF CHICKEN that shows how wonderful it is to forge ahead on the path you chose for yourself! We tend to give up when results don’t come right away, but when you look back on the road you’ve traveled—stumbling and failing along the way—you’ll find treasure-like experiences you could only have gained on that route.
Listening to this song will surely make you realize the importance of the journey toward your goals.
The many failures you experience in high school, if you keep stacking them up without fear, may one day connect to a big achievement!
Let there be lightBURNOUT SYNDROMES
If there’s a song that perfectly marks the start of high school life, it’s Hikari Are by BURNOUT SYNDROMES.
Released in 2016, this energetic rock track is a perfect fit for students embarking on a new chapter.
The powerful message of Hikari Are ignites hearts filled with both anxiety and anticipation, giving you the energy to take your first step toward the future.
WINDING ROADAyaka × Kobukuro
WINDING ROAD, released in 2007 as a collaboration between Kobukuro and Ayaka, is a song that has remained beloved across generations for its powerful vocal chemistry.
It’s a track people keep listening to.
For those of you who have just entered high school—without knowing anyone, unsure how to act, uncertain about what lies ahead, as if you’ve stepped into the unknown—this is a song that can support your heart.
May this song help you stay positive and express your true self with confidence.
Starting lineBaba Toshihide
“Start Line” is a song sung by Toshihide Baba, released in 2007, featuring his mature vocals.
It may not be classic mainstream pop, but its wistful melody evokes nostalgia and lingers in your ears.
In the lyrics, while portraying the gritty parts of reality, the chorus gives you a push, telling you to keep looking forward.
If you’re going to do it, you might as well break through the trials that stand firmly in your way with everything you’ve got.
It’s also a track that makes you want to dive deeper into Toshihide Baba’s music.
Song of Beginnings ~The distant sky is clear~ikimonogakari
Ikimono-gakari’s “Hajimari no Uta ~Tooi Sora Sunde~” is a perfect song for a new beginning where anxiety and hope intertwine.
Written and composed by Hotaka Yamashita, it sends encouragement to everyone about to start their high school life.
Having impressively reached No.
1 on the Oricon charts and resonated with many listeners, this song will gently push forward all those setting out toward their dreams.
Recommended entrance songs for high school students: moving masterpieces and popular tracks (41–50)
Full-Power BoyWANIMA
This is a song by Sukima Switch released in 2005.
It has been used as an insert song in films and in commercials.
This popular track, which could be called a classic of pop music, is likely one you’ve heard at least once.
It’s a song that fires you up when you’re stuck in dull, dreamless days, and makes you feel like you want to change yourself.
As our daily lives evolve with a new start, we too should keep polishing ourselves.
Let’s welcome the new chapter with ambition.
sakura colorGReeeeN
I’m sure there are many people who enter high school without knowing anyone around them, feeling anxious because they don’t have any friends yet.
For those people, I highly recommend GReeeeN’s “Sakura color.” This song resonates with anyone who, in spring, faces a new beginning and finds themselves alone in an unfamiliar place, feeling isolated.
Some of you may miss your middle school friends and even wish you could go back.
But this track encourages you to look forward and try your best here and now—it will become a cheer song that supports your anxious heart.