[New Songs & All-Time] Olympic Cheer Songs and Olympic Theme Songs
Every time the Olympics are held, a variety of songs are chosen as theme songs, right? In addition to NHK’s broadcast theme songs, the theme songs and cheer songs from commercial networks also draw attention.
And many of these songs go on to become staples not only for supporting sports but also as anthems that cheer people on in life, even after the Olympics are over.
In this article, we’ll introduce a comprehensive lineup of Olympic theme songs and cheer songs from over the years! It’s a parade of moving masterpieces that colored some of the most inspiring, unforgettable moments.
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[New Songs & All-Time] Olympic Cheering Songs and Olympic Theme Songs (51–60)
An endlessly continuing storyMISIA
The song chosen as NHK’s theme for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics was MISIA’s “Hatenaku Tsuzuku Story” (Endless Story).
It was her first release in about a year and a month since the previous single, and it reached No.
3 on the Oricon weekly chart.
According to her official site, MISIA, who witnessed the 1998 Nagano Olympics, infused the lyrics with the profound history she felt in the athletes.
It’s a superb ballad that showcases MISIA’s vocal prowess, so be sure to give it a listen!
number oneayaka
This song was released as singer-songwriter Ayaka’s 12th single and was written as the theme song for Fuji TV’s broadcasts of the Sochi Olympics.
Fitting for the Winter Olympics, a music video was produced featuring her performing a piano-and-vocal rendition amid snowy scenery.
White dancesarashi
This piece was chosen as the theme song for the Pyeongchang Olympics, broadcast on the Nippon TV network in 2018.
It’s a track by the nationally beloved idol group Arashi, included on their 54th single, “Find The Answer,” released the same year.
Its sparkling tones evoke images of snow dancing during winter sports competitions.
The message—“Let’s seize the future we’ve been pursuing”—is truly stirring.
It’s a rousing anthem that gives you the strength to live for tomorrow.
ARIGATOB’z
This song was released as B’z’s 37th single and served as a tie-in track for TV Asahi’s coverage of the Athens 2004 Olympics.
The music video was filmed at the Kisarazu Fuji Theater, a movie theater that used to be in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, and features actor Mirai Moriyama.
[New Songs & All-Time] Olympic Cheer Songs and Olympic Theme Songs (61–70)
pure whiteOda Kazumasa
It is Kazumasa Oda’s 22nd single, used as the theme song for the TBS drama “Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no Yō ni…,” and later adopted as the theme for Torino Olympics–related programs on the same network.
It also includes “Tasogare,” a self-cover of the song of the same name from his Off Course era, originally released in 1985.
STARSSuperfly&Tootasumatsumoto
“STARS” was chosen as the theme song for Fuji TV’s broadcasts of the London 2012 Olympics.
It’s a powerful, gospel-inspired track performed as a duet by Superfly and Tortoise Matsumoto.
Apparently, Superfly had been approaching Tortoise Matsumoto about collaborating since around 2010, and this song finally brought that wish to fruition.
Written and composed by Tortoise Matsumoto, the lyrics, which sing of “universal love,” are uplifting.
It’s a song where you can truly enjoy both of their vocal talents—be sure to give it a listen!
Water, land, and sky—infinitely.19
This is the fifth single by the folk duo 19, a song written specifically for the Sydney Olympics.
It also served as the official cheering song for the Japan national team through a tie-up with the Japanese Olympic Committee.
Although there had been official tie-ups before, this was the first song to be explicitly labeled as the “Official Cheering Song of the Japan National Team.”