Masaharu Fukuyama’s Most Moving Songs and Popular Tracks Ranking [2026]

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A heartwarming message song that gently lights the journey of life.

Released digitally in May 2009, this piece features a soft sound arrangement highlighted by piano and acoustic guitar.

Masaharu Fukuyama’s warm vocals beautifully express gratitude toward someone dear.

The chorus is so soothing it can sweep away the anxieties and hardships swirling in your heart.

It will likely bring to mind the faces of those who support your life—your parents, grandparents, a partner, and other loved ones.

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Masaharu Fukuyama – Wishful Longing (Inspire Movie for the film “If Only I Could Meet You Again at the Hill Where That Flower Blooms”) *NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen performance song

This is a work by Masaharu Fukuyama that portrays a heartrending romance and parting during wartime through delicate emotional expression.

The lyrics carefully weave together feelings for a loved one, a longing for peaceful everyday life, and the inescapable flow of fate, conveying the emotions of people buffeted by the era of war.

The tender vocals depict a yearning for the small joys of daily life and the warm moments shared with someone precious.

Created as the theme song for the film “If Only I Could Meet You Again on the Hill Where That Flower Blooms,” released in December 2023, this piece brilliantly expresses the worldview of the original novel through music.

Despite dealing with heavy themes such as war and separation, it is a song that evokes human warmth and hope, recommended for those who wish to reflect on the bonds with their loved ones and the preciousness of peace.

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Masaharu Fukuyama – Pure White Lilies for Your Birthday (Full ver.)

This warm, quietly heartfelt song expressing deep gratitude to one’s parents was released in April 2013 as Masaharu Fukuyama’s 30th single.

Created as a message from a child to their parents, it resonated widely as the theme song for TBS’s Sunday drama Tonbi, and features the distinctive timbre of the South American folk instrument, the zampoña.

The song gently embraces awkward feelings about the parent–child relationship and the unspoken words of thanks.

It also reflects Fukuyama’s real-life habit of giving his mother flowers on her birthday each year, richly conveying a child’s feelings toward their parents.

It’s a song that quietly nestles close to the heart—perfect as a Mother’s Day gift or as a message of gratitude to someone special.

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Masaharu Fukuyama – Camphor Tree (Fukuyama☆Great Summer Festival 2015 Inasayama)

A work themed on a camphor tree that, despite being damaged near the hypocenter of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Prefecture in 1945, has continued to flourish with beautiful greenery to this day.

It is a song by singer-songwriter Masaharu Fukuyama from Nagasaki, included on his 2014 album HUMAN.

The lyrics, which depict the preciousness of life, and Fukuyama’s steady, resonant vocals are striking.

It is an anti-war song that pierces the heart and will likely serve as a model for how we should live from here on.

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Masaharu Fukuyama – Beloved (Full ver.)

Produced in October 2008 as the theme song for the film “The Devotion of Suspect X,” this gem of a ballad portrays deep affection and the ache of parting.

While anticipating farewell to a dreamlike presence, it sings of the fragility and beauty of continuing to love.

The pure love that Tetsuya Ishigami, a character in the story, holds for Yasuko Hanaoka is expressed through the delicate words crafted by Masaharu Fukuyama, and the song was also used in Toshiba’s LCD TV “REGZA” commercial.

As the unit KOH+ with Kou Shibasaki, it reached No.

5 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

Fukuyama later included his own version on the album “Zankyo.” It is a supreme masterpiece that accompanies adult romance—perfect for quietly savoring a drink in a night lounge.

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Masaharu Fukuyama – Hitomi (Drama 'When Spring Comes' Inspire Movie) Theme Song for the Double-Starring Nao × Noritake Kinashi [Mondays 10 PM on Kansai TV/Fuji TV Network]

It’s a song filled with kindness and warmth that gently stays close to the heart.

Written as the theme song for the drama “When Spring Comes,” it features memorable lyrics that convey the importance of unseen feelings and love.

Masaharu Fukuyama’s warm voice tenderly sings about the beauty of human connection.

Released in February 2024, the song captures the small happiness found in everyday life and the love for family.

If you listen to it when your heart is tired or when you want to reaffirm your feelings for someone important, it will surely make you feel gentle and at ease.

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Masaharu Fukuyama – Squall (WE’RE BROS. TOUR 2014 in ASIA)

A song by Masaharu Fukuyama that conveys the poignant feelings of a summer romance, it is a self-cover of a track he originally wrote for Eiko Matsumoto.

The gentle piano tone, which seems to express serenity and happiness, and the airy guitar timbre, which captures the movements of the heart, are especially striking, letting a range of emotions be felt through the sound.

The lyrics depict cherishing and looking back on the summer memories the two shared, as well as the love within that can no longer be contained, and they also convey a sense of resolve and strength in the decision to confess those feelings.

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