Aiko’s Tearjerker Songs, Cry-your-eyes-out Tracks, and Popular Songs Ranking [2026]
Despite her ever-teenage, adorable looks, aiko’s songs are profoundly feminine and graceful.
Perhaps because of their straightforward sincerity, many of the pieces she performs so earnestly are real tearjerkers.
I’ve compiled a ranking of her most moving, popular songs.
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Aiko’s Tearjerker Songs: Best Crying Songs and Popular Tracks Ranking [2026] (11–20)
two peopleaiko15rank/position
A work that beautifully portrays a brave, self-restrained love telling itself, “I’m glad I realized it before I fell any deeper,” is the song released in March 2008 by singer-songwriter aiko.
Set to an up-tempo, exhilarating sound, you can picture the protagonist getting elated and crushed by the tiniest gestures of the person they like.
Even while knowing that person’s gaze is directed at someone else, the aching sadness of feelings that won’t stop comes through vividly.
The song was a hit, reaching No.
3 on the Oricon weekly chart, later included on the acclaimed album “Himitsu,” and it resonated with many as the theme for a Hoyu commercial.
Even when you know it’s a love that won’t come true, you can’t help but think of them.
This is a number that gently stays by the side of anyone struggling with such a complicated unrequited love.
Summer Love Lifeaiko16rank/position
Depicting the sweet, heartrending end of a romance, this song carries the feelings aiko had at age 19.
The piano melody, which evokes the cool breeze at summer’s end, is striking, and its heartfelt lyrics and tune move listeners deeply.
Released as a digital single in March 2023, it was also featured in a Calbee potato chips commercial.
Whether facing a breakup or a turning point in life, this song will offer you fresh courage and warmth.
It’s a recommended track for anyone who wants to look back on summer memories while keeping their eyes forward and moving ahead.
Milky Wayaiko17rank/position
Because you can hardly ever meet in a long-distance relationship, the time you spend with the one you love feels all the more precious, doesn’t it? “Amanogawa” by the queen of love songs, aiko, is a track that makes you rediscover how special those moments with your partner are.
When you’re together, you don’t let a single moment slip by—you etch it into your heart; when you’re apart, you recall and reflect on the time you spent together again and again.
In this way, your time with that person becomes something precious and irreplaceable, whether you’re together or far apart.
Path of Loveaiko18rank/position
A masterful song by aiko that captures both the ache and warmth of a long-distance relationship.
Included on the album “Himitsu,” this track delicately portrays the feelings of two people in love despite the distance.
From the opening lines, you can sense the awkwardness and anxiety of their reunion.
Yet it also highlights the importance of communication, singing that “the two of us still have words.” Released on the April 2008 album and performed on her 2011 live tour, it’s a highly recommended song not only for those in long-distance relationships but for anyone who wants to feel the bond with someone special.
Tomorrow’s songaiko19rank/position
The songs of singer-songwriter aiko—who has earned support from a wide range of listeners with her unique lyrics spun from a female perspective and her catchy pop sound.
This track opens her 11th album, “Awa no Yōna Ai Datta” (“It Was a Love Like Bubbles”).
It’s an impressive number featuring a sprightly yet faintly melancholic piano and a rapid-fire, cascading melody.
No matter how much she suppresses her feelings, the reality that she still has to cut things off—and the feeling of love that persists—captures the delicate complexity of a love that won’t go smoothly.
It’s a realistic breakup song that evokes deep empathy for the tangled emotions after a heartbreak.
Chapped lips will cost you love.aiko20rank/position
From aiko’s album “Ima no Futari wo Otagai ga Miteru,” released in March 2023, the advance single was “Areta Kuchibiru wa Koi wo Nakusu.” It’s an upbeat number with a lavish horn section, showcasing the happy, characteristically aiko sound.
In contrast, the lyrics tell a bittersweet story of longing for a former lover, and the gap between the sound and the words makes the sadness hit even harder.
The song “Areta Kuchibiru wa Koi wo Nakusu” was performed on NHK’s music program “SONGS,” which aired on April 13.
Aiko’s Tearjerker Songs, Cry-Your-Eyes-Out Tracks, and Popular Hits Ranking [2026] (21–30)
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In the Mercari commercial that aired in 2020, Aiko’s song “Aozora” was featured.
Released in the same year as the commercial, the song portrays the end of a painful love.
Many people have probably experienced something similar to what the lyrics describe—feeling so heartbroken that looking back only makes it worse after a breakup.
For times when you feel, “I can’t move forward just yet,” or “I want to linger a little longer in a past love,” this is a song that gently stays by your side.
