Breakup songs you’ll want to sing at karaoke. Heart-healing songs about parting ways.

Just… I want to see youEXILE

EXILE / I Just... Want to See You - Short version -

A popular song since the early EXILE days with vocalists SHUN and ATSUSHI.

It was their 19th single.

The lyrics were written by SHUN (Shunsuke Kiyokiba), who was the main vocalist at the time.

It was distributed for free on a certain mobile phone service.

Back then, ATSUSHI had commented that he couldn’t match SHUN’s talent as a vocalist, and although they later re-recorded the song with current vocalist TAKAHIRO, he reportedly felt it couldn’t surpass the original version with SHUN.

Silent EveKarashima Midori

Midori Karashima / Silent Eve (Piano): Midori Karashima – Silent Eve (Piano)

Released in 1990, it was the theme song for the drama “Christmas Eve.” It is Karashima’s biggest hit.

The song is about a woman who falls in love with a man who already has someone, and resolves to leave him.

It’s also well-known as a Christmas karaoke song; the quiet, clear vocals match the slightly melancholy lyrics and are moving to listen to.

The Story You Don’t Knowsupercell

The Story You Don’t Know – supercell

This is the first single by supercell, featuring nagi (yanaginagi), the vocalist who had been active under the name “Gazelle,” as a guest singer.

It served as the ending theme for the TV anime Bakemonogatari.

While it’s an anime song, it stayed within the top 200 of the Oricon charts for over a year.

The song is about unrequited love that ends without ever being confessed—an unspoken, one-sided heartbreak.

From our joined handsback number

back number – From the Hands We Held

Released in 2014, this is the 10th single.

It was used in a JTB Premium commercial.

The song expresses a man’s feelings as he realizes only now how important his former girlfriend was to him.

His lingering affection for her is sung alongside various memories, making it a song many listeners can likely relate to.

Blue BenchSasuke

Blue Bench / Sasuke

Their 2004 debut single reached No.

8 on the Oricon Singles Chart.

It’s the song that triggered Sasuke’s big breakthrough and later gained popularity as a cover by Tegomass (Johnny & Associates) in 2011.

It pairs a refreshing melody with the bittersweet feelings and regret of a man who couldn’t speak his true mind.

Last LoveKato Miria

Miliyah Kato 'Last Love'

It’s a heartrending breakup song.

While looking back on the time we spent together and our past, it sings of a lonely life spent alone as she tries to cut off her lingering feelings for the man she loved.

It’s very sad and poignant.

Someday at ChristmasDISH//

DISH// – Merry Christmas Someday [Official Video Short ver.]

It’s a high-energy, pop-style song packed with a man’s anxiety and pain as he prays to God about not having found a girlfriend since Valentine’s Day.

Technically it’s a heartbreak song, with lyrics overflowing with sadness.