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 masterpiece of bittersweet heartbreak songs. Recommended popular tracks (211–220)
time goes byEvery Little Thing
The key is a little high, but it’s a masterpiece about a breakup between a couple who’ve been together for quite a long time.
It’s a song I’d love for you to sing as you work through your separation from her.
Cherish the past, and value what’s next.
A bittersweet breakup song that teaches you about love.
I miss you.UVERworld
They’re a band known for many cool, masculine-sounding songs, but this track is an easy-to-relate-to breakup song because it straightforwardly expresses the feelings of heartbreak.
UVERworld is such a hugely popular band that whenever they appear on TV, social media is flooded with talk about them.
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.
In loveHY
HY, a band from Okinawa, released “Koi o Shite” in December 2024.
It serves as the theme song for the film “366 Days,” which hits theaters in January 2025, and is positioned as a sequel to the ballad “366 Days” of the same name that centers on heartbreak.
The lyrics portray moving forward while overcoming the pain of parting, and it’s truly stirring.
Please give it a listen while thinking of someone special to you!
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.