Angela Aki’s Popular Song Rankings [2026]

Shining personAnjura Aki8rank/position

Angela Aki “Kagayaku Hito” Music Video

A song released on April 14, 2010 as the 10th single.

It was used as the theme song for a human documentary program.

Angela’s first guitar-and-vocal performance.

It’s a slow number that sings of a boy’s feelings as he imagines a happy figure amid the loneliness of everyday life.

A I U E OAnjura Aki9rank/position

A I U E O Angela Aki Self-Accompanied Cover With Lyrics Tanaka Yasuko

Included as the first track on the 2012 release “BLUE.” It’s a short piano-and-vocal piece, but pay attention to the lyrics packed with emotion.

You can’t help but be impressed that so much meaning can be carried by just the Japanese syllables “a-i-u-e-o.” Be sure to check the kanji in the lyric booklet.

confessionAnjura Aki10rank/position

Angela Aki “Confession” Music Video

Angela Aki is strongly associated with playing the piano.

She plays the piano in this song as well, but it also features electronic sounds, like a synthesizer.

That’s a new element not found in her previous work! Now, looking at the lyrics, there’s a bold experiment going on.

Amazingly, the lyrics describe the brain’s activity and the flow of blood from the moment of confessing one’s feelings to the moment of getting a yes! Experience this new side of her!

Every Woman’s SongAnjura Aki11rank/position

Angela Aki – Every Woman’s Song

A song included on the album “LIFE.” It’s a collaborative piece with a friend who mutually acknowledges and respects each other.

This is a piano-and-vocal ballad sung by a woman, expressing that all women are one—beyond nationality, race, and age—regardless of life or death.

LIFEAnjura Aki12rank/position

LIFE AngelaAki

A song included on the fourth album “LIFE,” released on September 8, 2010.

It was used in a life insurance commercial.

It’s a slow piano-and-vocal piece that contemplates honesty and justice, teaching that the truth lies between right and wrong, between encounters and farewells.

RequiemAnjura Aki13rank/position

Angela Aki - Requiem (cover)

A track included on the album “ANSWER.” It’s a four-part suite with a running time of about 11 minutes.

The lyrics tell the story of a soul: beginning with the moment of death, depicting interactions in the afterlife and lingering attachments to the living world, and ultimately setting off toward an eternal realm.

Kiss Me GoodbyeAnjura Aki14rank/position

Angela Aki – Kiss Me Goodbye (live)

It was chosen as the theme song for the globally popular Final Fantasy series.

The piece captures the game’s worldview as it is, and I think it’s perfect for a farewell song.

The powerful, expansive vocals convey the song’s grandeur and depth of feeling, making it easy to connect with.