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)
Perfect WorldE-girls
This is a song by the girls’ dance-vocal group E-girls.
It was released as a digital single in 2018.
The lyrics sing about the happiness of days spent with a loved one.
Their warm vocals resonate deeply.
Perfect for middle schoolers in love—give it a listen!
Aino Katachi feat. HIDE (GReeeeN)MISIA
The beautiful piano tones and clear, transparent vocals are truly soothing.
This is a collaboration between MISIA, a singer from Nagasaki Prefecture, and HIDE, a member of the music group GReeeeN.
It was released in 2018 and was used as the theme song for the drama “Gibo to Musume no Blues” (Stepmother and Daughter’s Blues).
It’s a moving song that expresses honest feelings for someone special.
Recommended moving songs for junior high school students (31–40)
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.
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.
A Bouquet for YouUtada Hikaru
It’s a masterpiece that you can’t help but listen to intently.
It’s a song by singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada, included on the 2016 album “Fantôme.” It became a hot topic as the theme song for the drama “Toto Nee-chan.” Its beautiful worldview will move you to tears.
fireworks (launched into the sky)DAOKO × Yonezu Kenshi
This song became a hot topic as the theme for the film “Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?” The collaboration between popular artists drew a lot of attention.
The lyrics portray a fleeting summer romance that brings you to tears.
I’d love to experience a love like that.
Can you hear me?HONEY WORKS
How about a Vocaloid song? It’s HoneyWorks’ Vocaloid self-cover of “Can You Hear Me feat.
Haruki,” released in 2018.
Just reading the story-like lyrics is moving, isn’t it? The beautiful sound of the strings resonates pleasantly in the ears.