Iconic and hit songs by Johnny’s from the 1990s
SMAP, KinKi Kids, V6, TOKIO…
Idols and timeless hit songs that colored the 1990s and still shine today.
In this article, we introduce famous and hit songs by Johnny’s from the 1990s.
From carefully selected signature tracks that define each group’s image to nostalgic TV drama theme songs, we’ve gathered tunes everyone has likely heard at least once.
For those who spent their early youth in the ’90s, this playlist will be deeply nostalgic.
Be sure to listen and let it take you back to those days.
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Johnny’s classic and hit songs of the 90s (21–30)
What kind of good things?SMAP
This mid-tempo number features a gentle, warm melody and lyrics that capture the quiet happiness hidden in everyday life, leaving a deep impression on the heart.
Released in September 1995 as SMAP’s 18th single, it became widely familiar as the theme song for Calbee’s Potato Chips commercials starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Shingo Katori.
Issued on September 9, the anniversary of their debut, it topped the Oricon weekly chart and marked a hit that reflected the group’s growing maturity.
Its message—valuing time spent with someone close over flashy events—offers a gentle embrace for hearts worn out by busy days.
Jet Coaster RomanceKinKi Kids
“Jet Coaster Romance” is KinKi Kids’ third single, released in April 1998.
It was used as the CM song for ANA’s Okinawa campaign.
The lyrics and composition are by Takashi Matsumoto and Tatsuro Yamashita, the same duo behind “Garasu no Shonen,” but unlike the previous two singles, this track has a brighter feel.
Total sales reached 935,000 copies.
TAKE ME HIGHERV6
TAKE ME HIGHER, the fourth single by V6, was released in September 1996.
It served as the opening theme for TBS’s Ultraman Tiga, with Hiroshi Nagano portraying the titular Ultraman.
The song features an upbeat, catchy melody befitting a hero show.
It reached No.
1 on the Oricon Weekly Chart and sold a total of 382,000 copies.
The Blue AgeKinKi Kids
The fourth single by KinKi Kids, released in 1998.
It was used as the theme song for the drama of the same name, Aoi no Jidai (The Blue Age), starring Tsuyoshi Domoto.
It’s a beautiful, dramatic ballad with a heartrending piano sound.
The TBS dramas Aoi no Jidai (The Blue Age), Wakaba no Koro (Season of Young Leaves), and Summer Snow—starring Tsuyoshi Domoto and written by Eriko Komatsu—are known as a youth-themed trilogy.
Cinderella ChristmasKinKi Kids
It was released on December 9, 1998 as a double A-side single, “Happy Happy Greeting/Cinderella Christmas,” in a limited run of one million copies.
With a worldview that fuses Christmas and the Cinderella fairy tale, it blends programmed sounds with strings to create a chic, stylish Christmas song.
I can hear tomorrowJ-Friends
This was the first single by J-FRIENDS, released in 1998, and it was used as the image song for Nippon TV’s coverage of the Nagano Olympics.
J-FRIENDS is a unit formed in December 1997 as a charity for the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake by the Johnny & Associates groups TOKIO, V6, and KinKi Kids.
100% CourageHikaru GENJI
Yuki 100%, the 21st single by Hikaru Genji, was released in May 1993.
Although Hikaru Genji’s momentum had waned considerably by the ’90s, this song still reached No.
5 on the Oricon weekly chart and sold around 100,000 copies.
However, after it was used as the theme for the NHK anime Nintama Rantarō, it became a staple for livening up kindergarten and elementary school events.
Its bright, uplifting message continues to be sung to this day.