Mayo Okamoto’s classic and popular songs

It’s so heartbreaking it makes me cry.Mayo Okamoto

Mayo Okamoto “So Heartbreaking It Makes Me Cry” Music Video

It was released in 1997 as the fifth single.

It was used as the ending theme for the TV Asahi anime series Cutie Honey F.

The song is about a long-distance relationship; while she tries to keep faith in him, her longing to see him overflows and turns into heartache—the lyrics express the complex feelings of a woman.

LastlyMayo Okamoto

Mayo Okamoto “Lastly” Music Video

Mayo Okamoto is a female singer who was active from the 1990s through the 2000s.

In the early part of her career she specialized in gentle ballads, but recently she has also been presenting songs with a bit more edge.

Among them, the one I especially recommend is Lastly.

It’s basically a piece with a narrow vocal range, and the pitch movement isn’t all that drastic.

It remains easy to sing, but there are moments where long falsetto notes appear, so you need to watch out for those.

If the key is set too low, you won’t be able to produce a solid falsetto, so it’s best to raise the key by one or two steps from your usual optimal key.

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Summer of UniformsMayo Okamoto

Summer of Uniforms

It’s a fresh, bittersweet song by Mayo Okamoto that unfolds scenes of youth before your eyes—summer sunshine and the sea glimpsed from the window of a swaying train.

It delivers the thrill we felt rushing around in our school uniforms, carried by a crisp acoustic sound.

The quickening heartbeat for the person who just happened to sit beside you, the wordless, frustrating feelings—don’t they overlap with the precious memories everyone keeps tucked away inside? When you want to linger in the shining memories of your school days, why not gently open the album of your heart with this song?

Silver WeekendMayo Okamoto

Silver Weekend - Mayo Okamoto

It was released in 1998 as the coupling track to the ninth single, “Everlasting.” It is included on the second album, “Pureness,” and appears in a different version on the third best-of album, “My Favorites,” released in 2010.

GoodbyeMayo Okamoto

Goodbye Mayo 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

If you want to break up, you should just say so.

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.

Beautiful DaysMayo Okamoto

Mayo Okamoto “Beautiful Days”

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.