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 (31–40)
Bedtime StoryNishino Kana
It’s a love song that weaves a pure love story to the very end.
It’s a track by the queen of love songs, Kana Nishino, released as a single in 2018.
It really makes you think, “I want to experience a sparkling romance like this.” Even just the lyrics are moving.
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.
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.
A hundred flowers in full bloomIkuta Rira
A dramatic song by Rira Ikuta that paints a vividly colored future beyond hardship.
The melody, infused with traditional Japanese elements, blends beautifully with the grand sound.
Her translucent vocals and powerful beat deftly express the protagonist’s inner strength and delicate emotions.
Released in December 2024, the track was chosen as the opening theme for the anime “The Apothecary Diaries,” which begins airing in January 2025, and its vibrant jacket photo by Mika Ninagawa also drew attention.
It’s a song not only for anime fans, but one to hear when you’re at a crossroads or feeling lost.
It will surely awaken the courage sleeping in your heart.
FLASHPerfume
How about a moving, grand electronic number? It’s a song by the performance group Perfume.
It was included on their 2016 album COSMIC EXPLORER and also made waves as the theme song for the film Chihayafuru.
It’s a track I highly recommend listening to alongside the movie.
Recommended moving songs for junior high school students (41–50)
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!
HeroAmuro Namie
Some of you might be listening to this before an important club match.
It’s a smash hit by Namie Amuro, released in 2016.
It’s an inspiring, heart-stirring cheer song.
It gained attention as NHK’s theme song for its Rio Olympics coverage.