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Popular Japanese Girls’ Band Songs Ranking [2026]
I’ve gathered a variety of popular Japanese girls’ band songs, both old and new.
The songs are presented in a ranking format based on video view counts.
Take a look to see which tracks are popular and use it as a reference.
Popular Japanese Girls' Band Songs Ranking [2026] (1–10)
Tomorrow as wellSHISHAMO1rank/position
An energetic rock number that blows away the fatigue from weekday work and study.
Included on SHISHAMO’s album “SHISHAMO 4,” released in February 2017, this track is widely known as an NTT Docomo commercial song.
As an anthem cheering on people who work hard every day, it resonates with many listeners.
The lyrics, filled with a forward-looking determination to go see the person who supports you on the weekend, are perfect for women giving their all each day.
The key change in the chorus is exhilarating, and it’s sure to be a hit if you sing it together at karaoke.
Pick it when you want to liven up a girls’ night out.
Dear, boyHump Back2rank/position
This is a passionate track by the Osaka-based rock band Hump Back.
Released as a single in June 2018, it became a hit with multiple tie-ins, including TV show endings and a commercial song for Shinken Zemi High School Course.
It’s also included on the album “Ningen Nano Sa,” released in July 2019.
Based on notes vocalist Momoko Hayashi wrote in her teens, the song carries a message that encourages people dealing with anxiety and feelings of frustration.
It’s perfect for pumping up the crowd at events like school festivals.
It’ll get stained.Chatto Monchī3rank/position
A mid-tempo number where the loneliness that drifts through the night city intersects with thoughts of someone special.
Wandering down an unfamiliar street, narrowing their eyes through cigarette smoke, the protagonist’s wavering emotions are vividly captured in lyrics by Akiko Fukuoka.
Eriko Hashimoto’s soaring vocals deliver a stinging blend of bitterness and wistfulness—a song that conveys the complexities of a woman’s heart.
Released as a single in November 2008, it was written as the theme song for the late-night NTV drama “Tonsura.” It also drew attention for being the first time Seiji Kameda served as producer, and it broke into the top 10 on the Oricon charts.
It has become a signature track, repeatedly included on releases such as the album “Kokuhaku” and various best-of compilations.
A song that stays by your side on nights when love leaves you swaying and you want to cherish your time alone.
Hey,SHISHAMO4rank/position
A true-to-life coming-of-age love song that blends the sweet-and-sour tang of unrequited feelings with a sense of impatience.
Opening the June 2018 album “SHISHAMO 5,” this popular track was also featured in the summer “Calpis Water” commercial.
Brimming with feelings for the other person yet unable to take that final step, it vividly captures the frustration atop a driving guitar-rock sound.
You’re scared to say it outright, but you want them to notice what’s in your heart… It’s perfect for subtly hinting at those secret feelings in an Instagram Note when words won’t do.
A relatable number that will gently give a nudge to anyone in love.
OH！SHISHAMO5rank/position
This is a Sō commercial featuring SHISHAMO, Suzu Hirose, and around 1,000 teenagers performing one of the band’s signature songs, “OH!”.
Titled the “Zenryoku Gassō-bu” (Full-Power Ensemble Club) version, the CM has the youths joining in with brass and ensemble parts alongside SHISHAMO’s performance.
The song “OH!”, played in the ad, was released in 2019 and is a track that showcases the band’s trademark catchiness, brightness, and uplifting lyrics.
Many listeners have likely found encouragement in its message—“Even if it’s rough around the edges, let’s give it our all and push straight ahead!”—which offers a supportive nudge forward.
You and the summer music festivalSHISHAMO6rank/position
Released in July 2014 as SHISHAMO’s debut single, this exhilarating guitar rock track ties together the live culture of summer festivals with the thrill of romance.
It’s also well known that Asako Miyazaki, who had little experience with things like going to the beach, chose a festival—an event she could easily picture at the time—as the theme.
Set to a rush of driving band sounds, it vividly portrays the anticipation and flutter of heading out with someone you like, lifting the listener’s spirits in an instant.
It’s perfect as BGM to color a special day that steps just a little outside the everyday—and a great fit for an Instagram profile.
MPRINCESS PRINCESS7rank/position
A signature ballad by PRINCESS PRINCESS that quietly seeps into the heart, singing of the ache of an unattainable love.
With unadorned words and a wistful melody that trace the lingering afterglow of heartbreak and feelings that won’t fade, this song gently nestles into the listener’s memories.
Released in November 1988 as a track on the album “LET’S GET CRAZY,” it later became widely beloved as the B-side to a smash-hit single.
Transcending eras, it drew attention again in 2014 when it was chosen as the ending theme for the drama “Last Night’s Curry, Tomorrow’s Bread.” Give it a listen on nights when you can’t cut ties with a finished relationship and feel like you might come to a standstill.
Along with your overflowing tears, it will surely wrap your heart in gentle comfort.