Recommended moving songs for junior high school students
As a junior high school student, what kinds of things move you emotionally?
When you achieve good results in your club activities or studies, when you feel a warm bond with your friends, at graduation ceremonies.
In many different moments, you as a junior high school student probably feel moved every day.
To help you experience even more moving moments, this article introduces inspirational songs we recommend for junior high school students like you!
We’ve gathered songs from various angles—not only ballads full of kindness and bittersweet emotion, but also upbeat tracks whose deep lyrics will touch your heart.
Use them as background music for emotional scenes, or try them at karaoke with your friends or club teammates!
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Recommended moving songs for junior high school students (21–30)
Sakura Clear SkiesYuuri
Prompted by an email from a fan who was graduating without being able to make enough memories during the pandemic, this is Yuuri’s first graduation song, written specifically in response.
It was released in February 2021 and was included on the following year’s album “Ichi.” Built on an arrangement centered around piano and strings, the song layers a wistful yet emotional vocal to create a deeply moving ballad.
The lyrics carefully express gratitude to father, mother, and friends, and they hold both the anxiety and lingering attachment of the season of departure alongside a sense of brightness and hope.
Everyday scenes—like the smell of home or the window by the sill—serve as devices of memory, naturally stirring listeners’ own recollections.
It’s the perfect song for a graduation ceremony, a way to say “thank you” to the people you met during your middle school years.
lilacMrs. GREEN APPLE
Mrs.
GREEN APPLE has delivered a gem of a song that beautifully captures both the brilliance and the fragility of youth.
It delicately portrays the feelings of trying to embrace everyday anxieties, inner conflicts, and the pains of growth as cherished memories.
The song was also chosen as the opening theme for the anime “Oblivion Battery” and won the 66th Japan Record Awards in December 2024, marking an unprecedented achievement of back-to-back wins for the band.
This heartwarming track offers empathy and encouragement to middle school students grappling with the uniquely turbulent emotions of adolescence and feelings of self-doubt.
It will surely stay close to your heart and give you the courage to look ahead.
Recommended moving songs for junior high school students (31–40)
CorrectRADWIMPS
RADWIMPS delivers a tender melody with a profound message that resonates deeply during graduation season.
The warm soundscape woven by piano tones and a student choir gently embraces moments of looking back on youthful days.
The lyrics, which depict the search for the right answers in life and the journey to find one’s true self, strike a universal chord that anyone can relate to.
Released for streaming in January 2024 and followed by a limited-production CD in February, this work was born from encounters with the younger generation and takes on a new challenge by incorporating a student choir.
It is a heartwarming song that stands beside young people leaving their schools and those facing turning points in life.
Marigoldaimyon
Her husky singing voice is addictive.
This is a work by Aimyon, a singer-songwriter from Hyogo Prefecture.
It was released in 2018 as her fifth single.
The lyrics convey straightforward feelings for a loved one.
It’s a bittersweet yet refreshing, moving song.
If I could forgive youieiri reo
How about a message song that squeezes your heart with sadness? It’s a track by Leo Ieiri, a singer-songwriter from Fukuoka Prefecture.
Released in 2018 as her 14th single, it perfectly pairs her cool vocals with lyrics about whether one can forgive others.
The melody alone is enough to make you cry.
IdeaHoshino Gen
This is a hit number that served as the theme song for the drama “Half, Blue.” It was released as a digital single in 2018.
Some of you may have watched the drama every day.
The light, upbeat rhythm is wonderful, and it’s interesting how the band sound and programmed sound switch between the first and second verses!
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.