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[Yutori Generation] Looking back at the cute songs that colored our youth

In the 2000s and 2010s, when the yutori generation spent their youth, countless adorable songs were born that make your heart feel warm and light.

Do you have any songs packed with memories—ones you hummed with friends on the way home from school, or listened to alone in your room with a flutter in your chest? Pop and catchy melodies, down-to-earth lyrics, and bright, uplifting sounds that give you energy just by listening.

In this article, we’ll introduce cute tracks that vividly capture the atmosphere of that time.

Let yourself sink into nostalgia and remember how you felt back then.

Playlist

[Yutori Generation] Looking back at the cute songs that colored our youth
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1CHE.R.RYYUI
CHE.R.RYYUIplay_arrow
Flip-phone love mail, pure feelings
2I am a bear.Utada Hikaru
I am a bear.Utada Hikaruplay_arrow
In November 2006, Hikaru Utada made her first...
3Chocolate DiscoPerfume
Chocolate DiscoPerfumeplay_arrow
A classic, pop-style love song for Valentine’s Day
4Heavy rotationAKB48
Heavy rotationAKB48play_arrow
AKB48’s “Koi Suru Fortune Cookie” is a big hit.
5joyYU-KI
joyYU-KIplay_arrow
The song released in 2005 is pop...
6Apply false eyelasheskyarī pamyu pamyu
Apply false eyelasheskyarī pamyu pamyuplay_arrow
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's debut single
7cherry (sweet cherry; cherry fruit)Otsuka Ai
cherry (sweet cherry; cherry fruit)Otsuka Aiplay_arrow
Ai Otsuka’s 2nd single, a song depicting romantic love.
8Peach-Colored Unrequited LoveMatsuura Aya
Peach-Colored Unrequited LoveMatsuura Ayaplay_arrow
Aya Matsuura’s peach-colored love song
9User ManualNishino Kana
User ManualNishino Kanaplay_arrow
Kana Nishino’s theme song—a track inspired by an instruction manual.
10paprikaFoorin
paprikaFoorin
A song written and composed by Kenshi Yonezu, …
11Moo!Pimm’s
Moo!Pimm'splay_arrow
A danceable rock number that makes your heart skip a beat, and…
12do do pi doCAPSULE
do do pi doCAPSULEplay_arrow
The album “L…” released in 2005
13Joyfulikimonogakari
Joyfulikimonogakariplay_arrow
The memorable song from the Pocky commercial, with a bright, cheerful vocal
14SantaMomoiro Kurōbā Zetto
SantaMomoiro Kurōbā Zettoplay_arrow
A bright, bubbly c... that colored the winters of the 2000s
15homesickness for one’s homelandToukyou Jihen
homesickness for one’s homelandToukyou Jihenplay_arrow
In 2004, the band Tokyo Jihen led by Ringo Sheena...
16PolyrhythmPerfume
PolyrhythmPerfumeplay_arrow
Released in September 2007, Perf…