For Your Karaoke Picks! Recommended Graduation Songs Sung by Male Artists [2026]
When graduation season comes around, don’t you feel like humming those songs full of memories? Singing graduation songs at karaoke can bring back those days and deepen your bonds with friends.
In this article, we’ve gathered a rich selection of graduation songs performed by male artists—from fresh tracks born in the Reiwa era to classic hits that colored the Heisei and Showa periods.
These bittersweet yet warm melodies and heartfelt lyrics are sure to move both singers and listeners alike.
If you’re unsure what to sing at karaoke, use this as a guide—and read to the end!
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For Your Karaoke Picks! Recommended Graduation Songs Sung by Male Artists [2026] (71–80)
From hereWANIMA
Kokokara by WANIMA is a song that sings of hope for the new life that’s about to begin.
It’s a track I especially recommend when you’re feeling the sadness of graduation.
KENTA’s bright vocals naturally lift your spirits as you listen.
The call-and-response parts that come in midway are also highlights.
The home video–style music video, which weaves together various memories, will make you feel very positive as you watch.
Be sure to check it out along with the song during graduation season!
Song Yellyuzu
A heartwarming cheer song from Yuzu! Its refreshing melody and powerful lyrics gently give listeners a push forward.
Released in February 2018 as an Olympic support song, it was also featured in a Nippon Life commercial.
With themes that encourage those facing difficulties, it carries the message that everyone can move ahead at their own pace.
It’s a perfect track for graduation season.
Highly recommended for people taking a new step or for those who want to cheer on friends who are giving their all.
Let’s sing it together and boost our spirits!
Bridge of Gloryyuzu
This is a moving song that became a huge hit thanks to the Athens Olympics.
It’s one of the signature works by Yuzu, the duo that has been active at the forefront of the J-pop scene for many years, and it was released in 2004 as their 21st single.
The positive message in the lyrics—saying that even if you struggle or feel like giving up, you are who you are now because you kept moving forward—is wonderful, isn’t it? It gives you the courage to spread your wings toward the future.
In fact, I’m sure some of you have sung it at graduation ceremonies or are planning to sing it.
For Your Karaoke Picks! Recommended Graduation Songs Sung by Male Artists [2026] (81–90)
Our TomorrowElefanto Kashimashi
Since the massive hit of their 15th single “Koyoi no Tsuki no Yō ni,” the four-piece rock band Elephant Kashimashi has cemented their presence in the J-POP scene.
Their 34th single “Oretachi no Ashita,” featured in a House Foods ‘Ukon no Chikara’ commercial, is a track whose impactful, straightforward message and melody stick in your ears.
With lyrics that cheer on yourself and your friends, it inspires the determination to forge ahead on your own paths even after student life ends.
It’s a powerful rock tune that will have everyone belting out the chorus at karaoke.
Graduationgagaga supi
This song, one of the signature tracks by Kobe’s youth punk band Gagaga SP, is about graduating from someone you love.
Its fast-paced, driving sound, rapid-fire lyrics, and Kozak Maeda’s raspy vocals leave a strong impression.
That quintessentially “them” style just hits you right in the heart…! For those who become separated from their crush at graduation, or whose unrequited love never came to fruition, the lyrics of this song will pierce your heart all the more painfully.
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“Shiori,” a high-velocity CreepHyp song that conjures images of cherry blossoms fluttering through the air.
It’s included on the album “Nakitakunaru Hodo Ureshii Hibi ni.” Created as a campaign song in collaboration between FM802 and TSUTAYA, it featured various artists during the campaign, including Aimyon, Kenta Kataoka from sumika, and Shikao Suga, who all collaborated on this track.
The lyrics express the sadness of relationships—whether with someone you like or with friends—that are still in progress, like needing to mark your place with a bookmark, being torn apart by graduation.
It’s a refreshing song that gently accompanies a loneliness everyone feels.
Highly recommended for karaoke—pour all that sadness into singing this one!
When spring is overkepura
Kepla is a next-generation rock band formed in 2020.
Their song “After Spring Has Passed” is included on their first mini-album, Days of Youth.
It’s a fast-paced pop number, and the lyrics depict making plans to keep hanging out even after April.
How about singing it when you make similar plans to hang out—or when you actually meet up again? Either moment is sure to feel moving.
It would also be fun to have everyone sing along to the final chorus.
