Recommended ballad songs for children

My loverGorin Mayumi

My Lover

Mayumi Itsuwa might be a relatively unfamiliar female singer to children today.

However, she shone brilliantly in the Showa era and was truly a singer who represented her time.

“Koibito yo” is also a very beautiful song, and I hope children will listen to this classic.

If being alive is painfulMoriyama Naotaro

Naotaro Moriyama – If Being Alive Is Painful

A song I definitely want to share with children—and want them to know—is Naotaro Moriyama’s “If Living Is Painful.” When kids are struggling with friendships at school or in their play spaces, I hope they won’t carry it all alone, and that by listening to this song they can feel the meaning of “escaping.”

Under the big onionbakufū suranpu

Bakufu Slump: Under the Big Onion at Budokan

“Under the Big Onion,” the famous ballad sung by Bakufu Slump, is a deeply moving song.

With a generous dose of youthful bittersweetness, it portrays a relationship with a pen pal—something that has become unfamiliar today.

It’s a song I’d love children to hear.

I don’t really remember.Mr.Children

I don’t really remember.

It’s a song with lyrics expressing a child’s feelings—realizing only now how grateful they are to their parents, yet not being able to remember much about those days.

Children often don’t remember much of what their parents did for them, do they? This is a track that makes you want to cherish everyday gratitude.

It is included on the 2007 album “HOME.”

Hello AgainMy Little Lover

My Little Lover "Hello, Again ~A Place That’s Been There Since Long Ago~

The song “Hello Again” might not be very familiar to children.

But this classic by My Little Lover is a ballad that vividly sings of youth, and it’s a track I’d love children—who are about to embark on their own youth—to listen to.

From the WildernessNakajima Miyuki

Miyuki Nakajima “From the Wilderness” Music Video (Short Ver.) [Official]

When it comes to Miyuki Nakajima, many of her fans are older, and I think most of the people who actually listen to her are adults.

But her songs are filled with the joys and sorrows of life, so I believe it’s the children who are about to set out on the vast ocean of life who should listen to them.

BoyhoodInoue Yosui

Boyhood / Yosui Inoue

“Shonen Jidai” (Childhood), renowned as one of Yosui Inoue’s greatest masterpieces, is also a summer song that perfectly suits the image of a boy standing in the rural countryside during summer vacation.

Both the melody and the lyrics are very simple, and precisely because of that, they resonate powerfully with the heart.