A masterpiece piano ballad
This is a song list of ballads performed by Japanese singers, featuring striking piano sounds.
It’s packed with highly soothing tracks whose warm piano tones and gentle melodies will put listeners at ease.
Recommended for those who are feeling tired.
- J-POP to Play on Piano | A Curated Selection of Beautiful, Soul-Cleansing Ballads
- [Touching the Heart] Timeless Ballad Masterpieces. A Collection of Unfading Classics and the Latest Songs [2026]
- [Piano × J-POP] Tearjerker! A Selection of Moving/Touching Songs
- Poignant and beautiful! A collection of recommended piano pieces
- [2026] A Collection of Classic Japanese Ballads with a Jazz Flavor
- [Calming Classics] Soothing masterpieces whose piano melodies gently touch the heart
- A lineup of timeless masterpieces to pass down to future generations! Ballad songs born in the Reiwa era
- Hidden gems of Western ballad songs. Recommended popular tracks.
- A ballad that will definitely make you cry at karaoke
- [2026] Latest Masterful Ballads | A Curated Selection of Heartfelt Love Songs and Uplifting Anthems
- A poignant ballad song. A tear-jerking masterpiece of Japanese pop music.
- Today's Piano: Masterpieces and Popular Pieces Woven with Delicate Tones
- Iconic ballads of 90s J-pop: nostalgic mega-hits and fan favorites
Masterpieces of Piano Ballads (31–40)
To the futureKiroro
It was released in 1998 as Kiroro’s second single.
It is often sung in middle and high school music classes and at choral competitions, and it is also a standard graduation song.
It reached No.
4 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
As one of Kiroro’s signature songs, it is popular and is a soothing piece with its piano tones and gentle vocals.
Under the same skyayaka
It was released in 2009 as Ayaka’s 10th single.
The song was used in a Kao “ASIENCE” commercial, and it was released as her last single before taking a hiatus for treatment of Graves’ disease.
Although it was originally “a song written for a friend,” the lyrics ended up closely reflecting her feelings before the hiatus, resulting in a ballad that gives you the courage to know you’re not alone.