Yumi Arai Popular Song Rankings [2026]

Departing AutumnArai Yumi26rank/position

Departing Autumn

Singer-songwriter Yumi Arai has been active at the forefront from the 1970s to the present.

This song, included on the classic album MISSLIM released in October 1974, closes the record and is a perfect fit for the autumn air.

Its poetic worldview, which overlays a fading romance with the end of the season, leaves you feeling a touch sentimental as you listen.

The sophisticated arrangement by Masataka Matsutoya and the otherworldly sound featuring Tatsuro Yamashita and others are a perfect match.

The album MISSLIM reached No.

8 on the weekly charts.

Why not immerse yourself in the beautifully melancholic atmosphere of this work on a long autumn night?

Rainy StationArai Yumi27rank/position

♪ Rainy Station / Yumi Arai (LIVE)

“Ame no Station,” which Yuming released when she still had the surname Arai, is said to be set at Nishi-Tachikawa Station.

The season is the rainy monsoon.

Her ex-lover already has someone new.

She says, “Don’t remember me for that person’s sake,” yet when she stands at the station filled with their memories, she can’t help but think he might be there.

It’s a work that depicts such shifting emotions with a trembling delicacy.

ripplesArai Yumi28rank/position

Sazanami — Yumi Arai “Ripples” — Studio Live Recording

This song is included on the album “The 14th Moon,” released in 1976 during Yuming’s “Yumi Arai” era.

It’s a song about a young woman who rows a boat out onto an October lake and reads a collection of short stories alone.

Both the sound and the lyrics have a wonderful sparkle.

It’s a heartbreak song, but it’s also a refreshing, hidden gem from Yuming.