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

RainHata Motohiro

Rain / Motohiro Hata (Cover)

A cover song by Senri Oe.

It was originally included on Oe’s album “1,2,3,4,” and has also been covered by other artists such as Noriyuki Makihara.

Hata’s cover was used in the film “The Garden of Words.” The song poignantly portrays, from a male perspective, scenes of rain and the gradual breakup of a couple whose relationship starts to fall apart.

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.

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.

Let’s count your kissesKoyanagi Yuki

Let's Count Your Kisses – Yuki Koyanagi (Full)

It’s an old song, but it’s a heartbreak song, right? I used to listen to it a lot, especially when I was on the verge of a breakup.

It really makes you cry—when you sing it, your emotions naturally pour into it.

I think it’s a ballad with a strong impact.

LAST CHRISTMASEXILE

EXILE 3JSB FNS Music Festival 2015 Last Christmas

It’s a song that EXILE covered in Japanese from a classic by Wham!, and since it might already feel nostalgic, I consider it a hidden gem.

It’s very straightforward, and I think it’s a song about thinking of an ex-girlfriend.

The overall vibe of the song feels very lavish and well-produced.

YOUYUI

YUI YOU Acoustic Solo/Cover [chakotan15]

If someone could sing this beautifully and lyrically, even the wounds on my heart might heal a little.

Breakup songs are often about lingering feelings—still loving someone yet unable to forget them.

That’s precisely why melodies as lovely as this really shine.

I became a fool after meeting you.Chīmu Kamiuta

[Team Kamiuta] I Became a Fool After Meeting You [Hatsune Miku]

A work by Team Kamiuta sung by Miku.

True to its painfully on-the-nose yet familiar title, the lyrics prompt you to reflect on yourself in various ways.

The way it portrays being crushed by hope, expectations, and an unattainable reality—and the blunt self-awareness of having ‘become a fool’—feels somewhat painful.