[Recommended for High School Students] New Graduation Songs & Classic Tearjerkers Collection

Gazing up, the sky is blueHata Motohiro

Motohiro Hata / Aogeba Aozora Music Video

In the season of departures, even when we part ways with classmates and teachers we’ve spent time with, there are feelings we don’t want to forget.

“Aogeba Aozora,” included on Motohiro Hata’s 2019 album Copernicus, is a song that gives us a chance to appreciate the time we shared.

Its lyrics gently remind us that farewells don’t signal an end, but a new beginning, leaving us with a tender, sentimental feeling.

Why not try singing it for classmates who are graduating, or for your teachers or your loved one?

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Because we’re friends.Ochiai Wataru

Wataru Ochiai – Because We’re Friends (Music Video)

A song by Wataru Ochiai that focuses on feelings of parting and friendship.

It was released digitally in February 2022.

While looking back on school-day memories and the fun times with friends, it’s filled with the loneliness of saying goodbye and the hope of dreaming about the day you’ll meet again.

With friendly lyrics in the Osaka dialect, it gently embraces memories with friends and the anxieties about what lies ahead.

Centered on days spent in school uniforms and memories of laughing and crying together, it’s a song that will surely make you feel stronger when everyone sings it together.

If it played at a graduation ceremony, it would be a track that lets you feel your connection with your friends.

Graduation SongHUNGRY DAYS

HUNGRY DAYS Graduation Song

HUNGRY DAYS was a band that won overwhelming support from teenagers with their straightforward lyrics and melodies, but sadly disbanded in 2006.

In 2005, while they were actually seniors at an Osaka prefectural high school, the members created this graduation song, pouring in their true-to-life feelings.

Its unpretentious, honest message, paired with a catchy melody and powerful sound, lands straight in the heart.

It’s an anthem to youth that assures us our irreplaceable memories of those days will never be forgotten, and will continue to shine deep within us forever.

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Ayaka / “Sakura” (from the LIVE DVD & Blu-ray “Acoustic Live Tour 2017–2018 ~3-STAR RAW~”)

Here is Ayaka’s first graduation song, released in 2018.

It’s a beautiful, gentle ballad.

For Japanese people, drifting cherry blossom petals are perhaps one of the most memorable sights.

This song, which focuses on cherry blossoms, evokes a vivid, beautiful scene just by listening.

The choral arrangement has also been well received.

Since the song works wonderfully with just a solo piano accompaniment, it’s perfect as a choral piece as well.

Create a memorable graduation ceremony with this song.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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era; age; time; periodNakajima Miyuki

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For high school students embarking on a new chapter, Miyuki Nakajima’s “Jidai” is a song that offers courage and empathy.

With a universality that belies its release nearly half a century ago, it continues to be sung at many graduation ceremonies today.

From a simple solo performance with just a guitar to full-voiced chorus renditions, the forms of expression vary, but the song’s defining feature is the strength of its message that resonates no matter how it’s performed.

Nakajima’s profound lyrical worldview supports everyone leaving their place of learning and gives them the courage to take a new step forward.

“Jidai,” which conveys the importance of continuing to move forward without fear of failure, will surely remain beloved by many people for years to come.