Mayo Okamoto’s classic and popular songs
You feel healed when you listen to Mayo Okamoto’s beautiful, clear voice, don’t you?
I’ve put together a song list of her hit and popular tracks.
There are many songs with gentle melodies and encouraging lyrics, so listening to them when you need a push might lift your spirits.
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Mayo Okamoto’s Famous and Popular Songs (1–10)
EverlastingMayo Okamoto
Released in 1998 as the ninth single.
This song was used in a commercial for Kraft’s “6P Cheese with Camembert,” and it captures the feelings of a woman who is hopelessly in love.
She’s happy when she’s with him, but when they can’t meet, she becomes anxious—something many women can relate to.
GoodbyeMayo Okamoto
Released in 1997 as the sixth single.
It reached No.
5 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
The song is a bittersweet tale in which a woman unilaterally tells her boyfriend goodbye.
She decides to pursue her own dreams, but knowing she couldn’t break up if she saw his face, she leaves without saying a word—a deeply sad portrayal.
If you want to break up, just say so.Mayo Okamoto
It’s a song included on the third original album, “Smile,” released in 1997.
Even though he’s changed and doesn’t even reach out anymore, as long as these feelings of love remain, the sadness wells up.
It’s a painful song that captures a woman’s turmoil as she hates this hazy uncertainty yet can’t help but struggle with it.
Mayo Okamoto’s Famous and Popular Songs (11–20)
Stay just the way you are.Mayo Okamoto
It was released in 1997 as the fourth single.
The song recounts memories of a high school classmate and best friend who passed away at the young age of 26, and it is sung as a cherished memory for both the friend and Mayo Okamoto herself.
It was used as the image song for Shinkin Bank and also featured as an insert song on TBS’s “Kaettekita Second Chance.”
Beautiful DaysMayo Okamoto
This song is included on the 13th original album, “Close To You,” released in 2010.
It was chosen as the theme song for the nationwide Tokai TV/Fuji TV drama series “Hanayome Noren.” The positive lyrics—about how having someone important by your side gives you the strength to face any hardship or difficulty—mirror the drama’s story and make it a very uplifting track.
Your Only StoryMayo Okamoto
It’s a song included on the fourth best-of album, “20th anniversary ALL TIME BEST ~ Cheering on Everyone Who’s Doing Their Best ~,” released in 2015.
It’s a positive track that gives a push to people who are working hard or feeling troubled, with lyrics and a sound that make your heart feel lighter.
treasureMayo Okamoto
It was released in 1999 as the 10th single.
The song was used as the theme for the TBS TV drama “Mamachari Detective,” and it’s a very cute track about encouragement from a lover who became separated after graduation.
It’s a song that makes you feel positive, believing that tomorrow will be a better day than today.