Okubukako’s famous and popular songs

Glass FlowerOku Hanako

Glass Flower

It was released in 2010 as Hanako Oku’s 11th single.

The song was issued as a lead single from her fifth album, Utakata, and was used as the opening theme for the PlayStation Portable game Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X.

It’s a positive song that makes you feel like you can strive toward your dreams.

presentOku Hanako

Hanako Oku – Present

This song is included on Hanako Oku’s second album, TIME NOTE, which was released in 2007.

It was used as the ending theme for the BS Asahi Korean classic drama Beijing My Love.

The song endearingly captures a woman’s sweet feelings of love—her wish to spend soothing time together with him and to give him many cherished memories.

Your smileOku Hanako

Oku Hanako – Your Smile (Kimi no Egao – Oku Hanako)

It’s a song included on Hanako Oku’s album “Kimi no Egao – smile selection -,” released in 2011.

The album is a compilation produced as part of a support campaign for areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and this track was completed after the disaster, with verses from the second onward written afterward.

It was used as the CO-OP Kyosai commercial song.

Under the SunOku Hanako

Hanako Oku - Under the Sun

It’s a song included on Hanako Oku’s third album, “Koi Tegami,” released in 2008.

Chosen as the image song for Sun Street Hamakita, it features memorable lyrics about meetings and partings, and about encouraging those who are moving toward their dreams.

It’s a warm song that makes you feel everyone is connected under the sun.

Come back home.Oku Hanako

Oku Hanako - Come Home

This song is included on Hanako Oku’s first album, “Yasashii Hana no Saku Basho,” and was released in 2006.

It was used as the JR East “Ekinaka” commercial song.

Even on days when you feel down or something unpleasant has happened, listening to this song makes you realize you have a place to return to and people who truly understand you.

It gives you peace of mind and the motivation to keep going—an uplifting, healing song.

Become a memoryOku Hanako

Become a Memory / Hanako Oku (Digest PV)

It was released in 2016 as Hanako Oku’s 16th single.

The song was used as the ending theme for TV Asahi’s “Jun Sanpo” in October and November 2016, and it is a breakup song told from a male perspective.

Oku herself has said she created the song with the desire to keep singing it for a long time.

Don’t live on sadness alone.Oku Hanako

Oku Hanako – Don’t Live on Sadness Alone (Kanashimi dake de Ikinaide – Oku Hanako)

It’s a song included on Hanako Oku’s sixth original album, “good-bye,” released in 2012.

It was used as the ending theme for the BS Nippon TV drama series “Drama Premiere: Sosuke Mabi Psychic Phenomenon Investigation Office – Eyes in the Back.” The song was created through an email exchange with a woman Oku met when she visited an evacuation shelter in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, an area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.