Masterpieces of bittersweet breakup songs. Recommended popular tracks.
It seems that when you’re feeling down, listening to somber songs rather than forcing yourself to listen to upbeat ones is actually better for your heart.
This time, we’ve put together a collection of Japanese breakup songs to send to you, who are hurting from heartbreak.
Let yourself fully relate to the songs you connect with, and clear your mind.
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A classic selection of bittersweet breakup songs. Recommended popular tracks (201–210)
emptyyuzu
The lyrics really capture the complex, ambiguous, and delicate feelings of a man who told his partner it was over because he wasn’t sure if he still loved her.
Even if you’re the one who ends it, it’s hard to truly dislike someone you once loved, isn’t it? The wistful sound of the harmonica gives a sense of loneliness.
I want to see you.yuzu
This is a song from Yuzu that was used as the theme for the NHK drama “Ghost Friends.” It’s a song about feelings for a deceased father, so it may be a bit different from a heartbreak song, but as a song about parting, you can feel the sadness and poignancy of never being able to meet again.
The vocals are, as expected, excellent too.
Even so, they still won’t sleep well.Betsuno Kana
It’s a song open to interpretation—it can sound like it’s on the verge of heartbreak or like someone is reminiscing about the past—but it just, simply, makes you cry.
windKobukuro
It was released in 2002 as Kobukuro’s fourth single.
In the TV Asahi drama “Isshō Wasurenai Monogatari,” an episode titled “Soko ni Ita Kaze,” whose script was written based on this song, was broadcast and became a long-running hit.
At the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, this song was performed with just a single guitar.
single bedSha ran Q
It was released in 1994 as Sharam Q’s sixth single.
The song was used as the ending theme for the Nippon TV anime D·N·A²: A Girl Who Was Born to Be Loved, and thanks to its long-running success, it became Sharam Q’s first million-selling single.
It is now considered one of the band’s signature ballads.
These tears I do not knowkatahira rina
It was released in 2016 as Rina Katahira’s sixth single.
The lyrics and music were written by Rina Katahira herself, and it was used as the ending theme for tvk’s “saku saku” and Fukushima TV’s “Fukukamaru.” The song is themed around a delicate, vulnerable woman and stands as Katahira’s first ultimate heartbreak ballad.