Boost your new life and new school term! A top pick of encouragement songs that connect to the future
Right before a new chapter begins, your heart races with excitement, doesn’t it?
After experiencing new encounters, farewells, and changes in your surroundings, you may feel some anxiety, yet your imagination is surely swelling with thoughts of what kind of future awaits.
In this article, we’ve picked out plenty of uplifting songs we’d love those starting a new life to listen to—tunes that warm the heart and cheer you on!
Along with classic anthems, we’ve also included songs that focus specifically on new beginnings, so choose the one that fits you best.
Listen to some wonderful motivational tracks and enjoy your new life at your own pace!
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Boost your new life and new school term! Top recommended cheer songs that lead to the future (121–130)
Rolling DaysWANIMA
A youthful rock tune that captures the quiet of early morning and the restlessness within.
WANIMA powerfully conveys young people’s anxieties, conflicts, and their strong determination to move forward, riding on a brisk, fast-paced melody.
It’s a warm song that feels like a close friend walking beside you—comforting troubled hearts and cheering them on.
Created as an anthem for high school students devoted to their clubs and studies and released in August 2024, this track gently supports those feeling tense or uneasy in new environments, as well as anyone striving toward their dreams.
No matter how smallwacci
An uplifting song has been born, warmly and gently portraying people who keep moving forward despite feeling how hard life can be.
Alongside the familiar melodies woven by the five members of wacci, the courage to face one’s own weaknesses and flaws, and the resolve to take one step at a time, are vividly expressed.
Written and composed by Yohei Hashiguchi, this piece speaks to you in those moments when you feel you might lose your sense of self, telling you that your efforts have meaning.
It was written as the theme song for the Nippon TV drama “After-School Chart” in October 2024 and is also included on the album “Dressing,” released in January 2025.
It will surely continue to be cherished as a song that stays close to your heart when you lose your way on the path you chose and come to a standstill.
to live onKANA-BOON
A heartwarming song that portrays saying goodbye to the past and taking a new step forward.
Written by Maguro Taniguchi before moving to Tokyo, the track conveys a powerful resolve to leave a place filled with memories and a hopeful gaze toward the future.
Its message of “moving forward” gently encourages those who are relocating or starting a new chapter in life.
KANA-BOON released the song in August 2014, and the music video featuring Yukino Kishii is a must-see.
It’s a song that stands beside anyone feeling anxious about life in a new place or coping with parting from someone dear.
road; way; path; street; route; Tao (in philosophy)EXILE
This is “Michi,” a popular EXILE song often sung at schools.
Spring is the season of meetings and farewells.
As you look back on student life with your friends, this beloved cheer song encourages you to keep striving toward your dreams, supported by your friends along the way.
Boost your new life and new school term! Top recommended cheer songs that lead to the future (131–140)
Dreams HesitateMr.forute
This is the season when excitement and anxiety about a new chapter intertwine.
The latest song from Mr.
Forte is a gentle push on your back for moments like these.
Even as you struggle through days that feel like mere cardboard cutouts, the lyrics, which sense a fresh breeze and give you the courage to step toward your dreams, resonate deeply.
Released digitally in advance in February 2022, the track is included on the album “Love This Moment.” It was also selected as the image song for Haruyama Co., Ltd.’s project “Our Youth Vlog.” It’s a song for anyone stepping into a new environment, striving toward their dreams, or simply wanting to live true to themselves.
DarlingMrs. GREEN APPLE
It’s a perfect song for the spring season.
Released in January 2025 as the theme for NHK’s special “18-sai Matsuri,” where Mrs.
GREEN APPLE performed with 1,000 eighteen-year-olds, it features lyrics centered on the struggles and growth of youth, celebrating the importance of staying true to yourself.
Its energetic sound blends pop-rock elements, and the catchy melody leaves a strong impression.
It’s a track that stands by those starting a new chapter or stepping into a new environment, and it’s especially recommended for the spring school entrance season.
Days I can truly call the best right nowNORTH
Setting off for a new place is a situation that makes anyone feel anxious.
This is a song by NORTH that gently stays by your uneasy heart and gives you the courage to move forward step by step.
Centered on the sound of the piano while emphasizing the rhythm, it evokes the image of charging ahead.
It expresses a positive cheer: that the experiences you’ve built up and the bonds you’ve forged with companions become the strength to move forward.
