Aiko’s Heartbreak Songs: Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

skirtaiko8rank/position

aiko-『skirt』music video

This song leaves a lingering aftertaste of bittersweet love.

Released in August 2024 and included on the album “Zanshin Zansho,” it showcases the delicate emotional expression that is uniquely aiko.

Centered on themes of lost love and the pain of parting, it portrays the struggle to move on while recalling a past relationship.

The lyrics, which try to sweep away old memories, feel quintessentially aiko.

It’s a track you might find especially relatable when you’re trying to get over a heartbreak.

As you’re soothed by aiko’s gentle voice, it’s a song that gives you the courage to look forward.

Andromedaaiko9rank/position

aiko - “Andromeda” music video

There are times when someone you thought you’d forgotten suddenly comes to mind one day, aren’t there? In those moments, even painful events are somehow idealized, and when you look back, everything feels like a fond memory.

It can feel sad to have forgotten an old lover so much that you wouldn’t even notice them if you passed on the street, but it’s also proof that you’ve kept moving forward.

This is a song that gently nudges those who are struggling now and gives them the strength to turn their eyes toward a joyful, happy future.

two peopleaiko10rank/position

aiko - “Futari” music video

The song used in the Hoyu hair color commercial featuring Aya Omasa was “Futari” by aiko.

Although the track was released in 2008, it wasn’t chosen for the commercial until six years later, in 2014.

The lyrics portray the bittersweet realization that the person you have feelings for is actually thinking of someone else.

Many people have likely experienced a situation similar to what the song describes.

In the lyrics, the narrator says she realized the other person had feelings for someone else before she fell completely for them, yet the tone elsewhere suggests she’s already deeply smitten and unable to stop her feelings.

It’s a poignant song that tells the story of a love with nowhere to go.

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Hane Keisuke

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The Other Side of Meaiko11rank/position

aiko - “The Me Beyond Me” music video

Aiko is one of those artists who’s always there for every stage of love, gently staying by your side.

This song, which served as the ending theme for the drama “Suteki na Sen TAXI,” written by Bakarhythm and starring Yutaka Takenouchi, soothes the sadness of parting with a melody so bright you wouldn’t think it was a breakup song.

You kind of knew that goodbye was coming, but you pretended not to, struggled anyway, acted like you didn’t understand, and hoped for a dramatic twist in the end…

Aiko is always the one who gives voice to those tender, wavering feelings.

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SAKI

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medicineaiko12rank/position

aiko “Medicine” cover [Piano & Vocal / Short with Lyrics]

A track from her second major-label album, “Under the Cherry Tree.” With her signature, strikingly real lyrics that make you think, “This is totally her own story,” the carefully chosen words pierce straight into your heart.

It’s a song that reminds you that whenever you feel hurt and think you can’t go on, time is always on your side—and can be a remedy.

moreaiko13rank/position

aiko - “More” music video

The song I especially want those who “just can’t forget that person” to hear is “Motto.” Beloved across generations, singer-songwriter aiko released it in 2016.

Carried by expansive piano sounds, her vocals resonate with a bittersweet beauty.

The lyrics, depicting lovers whose feelings slowly drift apart as they go about their daily lives, are sure to stir your heart.

The repeated phrase at the end of the chorus also conveys a wishful, earnest feeling.

Give this ballad a listen—it’s a song that will warm the cold winter season.

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mutō

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April Rainaiko14rank/position

aiko - "April Rain" music video

The song that sings about how, no matter how many years pass, you can still recall the pain as if it were just yesterday is Aiko’s “April no Ame” (“April Rain”).

Released in 2013 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of her debut, the single reached No.

2 on the Oricon Singles Chart.

It was also used in a contact lens commercial.

The song portrays a couple at a crossroads in April, a season of meetings and partings, who walk separate paths yet spend the same time together.

It’s also said that “April Rain” is a love song from Aiko to her fans.

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Hamada Takuya

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