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[Piano Solo with Vocals] Recommended for Piano-and-Vocal Performances! Hit Songs from the Heisei to Reiwa Eras

Representative, Elysion Philharmonic Orchestrasai-kisaragi
Heisei College of Music, Composition Course. Studied composition and conducting under Keizo Ideta, piano under Chinami Kira, and arts management under Takuma Konishi. With a focus on community and music, I work to revitalize my hometown of Saga Prefecture. While performing as a double bassist with wind ensembles and orchestras across Kyushu, I participated on double bass in the “Orchestra Without Borders” orchestra camp of the professional game and anime music ensemble Eminence Orchestra, held in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture in September 2012. During CAPCOM’s Kyushu Tour in 2016, I not only performed as an orchestra member but also served on the production staff. I currently serve as the managing representative for the game and anime performance groups Elysion Philharmonic Orchestra (Saga Prefecture) and Fukuoka Game Music Wind Orchestra (Fukuoka Prefecture), and handle conducting, arranging, and public relations.
Accompanist / Piano Instructoryuri
Accompanist pianist × piano instructor × web writer. I began piano lessons at age four and, inspired by my piano teacher, decided to pursue music. I went on to specialized music programs in high school and university, where I discovered the appeal of accompanying instrumentalists and singers. Currently, alongside teaching piano, I work mainly in my home region of Aichi as an accompanist for flute, voice, choir, and more. Through lessons, my students often introduce me to trending songs, and my hobby is trying anything on the piano—Japanese and Western pop, commercial jingles, and beyond. Since 2021, I’ve also been active as a web writer, covering music and a variety of other genres.

Singing while accompanying yourself on the piano—piano-vocal performances—are so cool and wonderful, aren’t they!

Many famous artists perform in a piano-and-vocal style, and every year brings a wealth of great songs.

In this article, we’ll introduce recommended songs for those who want to try piano-vocal covers, focusing on hits from the Heisei and Reiwa eras.

We’ve gathered a variety of tracks—not only songs originally written for piano-and-vocal performance, but also pieces with captivating piano timbres, songs where the piano isn’t the main instrument yet suit piano-vocal arrangements perfectly, and more.

Why not use this article as a starting point to make your own piano-vocal debut?

[Piano Solo with Vocals] Recommended for Piano and Vocal Performances! Hit Songs from the Heisei to Reiwa Era (41–50)

Promise of SunflowersHata Motohiro

Motohiro Hata – “Himawari no Yakusoku” Music Video

Promise of SunflowersHata Motohiro

The theme song for Toho’s 3DCG animated film “STAND BY ME Doraemon” is Motohiro Hata’s “Himawari no Yakusoku” (Promise of Sunflower).

It’s one of Hata’s signature songs, having reached No.

10 on the Oricon singles chart.

While the original is a guitar-and-vocal piece, the singer Amatsuki—who rose to prominence on Nico Nico Douga and YouTube—has covered it in a version sung with piano accompaniment.

Please use it as a reference and try your hand at a guitar-and-vocal performance!

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Flowers will bloom.hana wa saku purojekuto

[Two-Part Chorus] Flowers Will Bloom [With Lyrics]

Flowers will bloom.hana wa saku purojekuto

Hana wa Saku (Flowers Will Bloom) was created as a charity song for the Great East Japan Earthquake.

It was recorded by entertainers with ties to Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, and it’s a masterpiece whose lyrics—told from the perspective of those who lost their lives in the disaster—and gentle piano tones move listeners to tears.

All royalties from the song are donated to the affected areas as relief funds.

So every time it’s performed at a concert or sung at karaoke, the amount of aid sent to the disaster areas increases.

Why not help with the recovery by covering it often as a piano-and-vocal piece?

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In conclusion

This time, we introduced piano-and-vocal (piano self-accompaniment) songs recommended mainly from the hits spanning the Heisei to Reiwa eras.

Did you find any pieces that make you want to try singing and playing? Doing the completely different actions of “playing” and “singing” at the same time is by no means easy.

It might feel difficult at first, but there are scores arranged to be easy to perform.

Watching people do sing-and-play performances in videos makes you want to try it yourself, doesn’t it? If you’re about to start, use those videos as references and definitely give it a try!