Recommended cheering songs for men: classic and popular J-Pop tracks

Soul RevolutionSuperfly

Superfly 'Tamashii Revolution' Music Video

A song that became well-known for its 2010 collaboration with the Japan national soccer team.

Fitting for sports, it’s a powerful track that drives on those who are giving their all.

It also actually collaborated with KONAMI’s game “Tales of Zestiria,” so it’s recognized even by people who aren’t into sports.

With one liter of loveVaundy

With one liter of love

Vaundy, who handles everything from songwriting and composition to video production, delivers genre-defying music.

The track in question, included on the acclaimed album “replica” released in November 2023, quietly stays by your side on days when you feel emotionally empty.

Its light flow and simple band sound seem to affirm the sense of lack and loneliness in everyday life.

It encourages you to accept those unfulfilled feelings as your honest emotions, giving you the push to take the next step.

The album “replica,” which features this song, reached No.

2 overall on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart.

It’s a stylish, gentle pep song that can fill you up on mornings when you’re just not feeling it.

SupernovaELLEGARDEN

ELLEGARDEN「Supernova」

Among ELLEGARDEN’s songs, which remain deeply popular even after their breakup, this is a top-tier guitar-rock classic.

It’s a quintessential ELLEGARDEN track, single-mindedly sprinting toward a place that shines like a supernova, and it’s no exaggeration to say that only these members could sing words that are so cool they’re almost embarrassing.

Messenger from SundayZa Hairouzu

Messenger from Sunday – THE HIGH-LOWS (Full)

The song’s title comes from the time when Hiroto Kohmoto felt like dying on a Sunday, turned on the TV, saw Hitoshi Matsumoto from Downtown, and regained the will to live.

Set to an upbeat, pop rhythm that lifts the spirits, the song features an easy-to-sing melody that turns into a massive sing-along at live shows.

bare light bulbtaiyozoku

Taiyouzoku “Bare Light Bulb” Shibuya O-WEST 2013.5.5

An encouragement song in Hanadan’s style, written in honor of a friend who had been in a band in Tokyo but returned to his hometown in Fukushima to become a doctor after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Rather than chanting “Hang in there, hang in there,” it’s crafted as a talking blues that speaks frankly about what he feels for himself and the people around him.

The intensity of the words is on another level—an unexpectedly chest-tightening track that stirs your heart.

Blue SpringSUPER BEAVER

SUPER BEAVER “Blue Spring” MV ~10th Anniversary Ver.~ (Full)

A song composed to commemorate SUPER BEAVER’s 10th anniversary.

It’s a power anthem quintessentially SUPER BEAVER, wishing for good news in the spring of the people who support them—the people they “love.” Though they once made a major-label debut, they chose the indie path to keep making the music they wanted; this masterpiece puts their true character front and center.

FLY AGAINMAN WITH A MISSION

MAN WITH A MISSION「FLY AGAIN」 (Official Video)

This is a signature song by MAN WITH A MISSION, whose striking, unconventional visuals featuring wolf heads leave a powerful impression.

It portrays an indomitable spirit that searches for the meaning of life, looks back on the past, and spreads its wings to take flight once more.

Confronting life’s impermanence and harshness, it delivers a strong message about finding one’s own truth, fused with an energetic sound that inspires listeners.

The track was included on their major-label debut album “MAN WITH A MISSION,” released in June 2011, and was chosen as a theme song for tvk’s “Mutoma” and TV Tokyo’s “Goddotan.” When you’ve been knocked down yet still want to look ahead, its straightforward lyrics will stand by you.

It’s a song that makes you want to experience the unity of a massive sing-along at a live show.