Chitose Hajime’s Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

Kurudando-bushiHajime Chitose8rank/position

Chitose Hajime “Kuro Dando Bushi”

This is a classic folk song from Kagoshima Prefecture that is sung on Amami Oshima, Kikaijima, and Tokunoshima.

It originally began as a song for praying for rain, but it features improvised lyrics describing everyday life on the islands.

The words are sometimes adapted into celebratory messages or love lyrics, and it remains beloved by island residents to this day.

Passing down through storytellingHajime Chitose9rank/position

Chitose Hajime “Passing Down Stories” Official Music Video

Singer Chitose Hajime, who hails from the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture.

Her 2002 release Wadatsumi no Ki became a hot topic as a soothing, healing song.

Among her works known for their high healing effect, the 2005 release Kataritsugu Koto is a track that strongly conveys both a Japanese aesthetic and nuances of folk music.

With its simple melody sprinkled with the exotic atmosphere of Amami folk songs, it’s a piece that reveals deeper richness the more you listen to it!

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Yuuki

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Over the RainbowHajime Chitose10rank/position

Over the Rainbow

Narrated as taking emissions reduction seriously, this is a series of Colt commercials that aired in 2003.

The Colt ads at the time featured a cover of “Over the Rainbow,” a song from The Wizard of Oz.

In the commercial introduced here, a cover version by Chitose Hajime is used.

Her folk-like vocal inflections are striking, resulting in a lovely arrangement that, despite being a foreign song, conveys a distinctly Japanese atmosphere.

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Hane Keisuke

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Bound by fateHajime Chitose11rank/position

Chitose Hajime “Tied by Fate” (Lyric Video)

A supreme song infused with the soul of Amami Ōshima.

Chitose Hajime, a native of Amami, weaves tenderly with her clear, transparent voice the love for her homeland and the preciousness of the bonds that shape our lives.

Its haunting melody—where distinctive folk inflections blend with modern arrangement—will carry listeners to the beautiful landscapes of Kagoshima.

Released digitally in February 2022, the piece was chosen as the theme song for the PR movie “Life, Laid Bare: Amami Ōshima,” commemorating the island’s inscription as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site.

A heartwarming gem of a ballad, recommended for anyone wishing to feel the ties that connect us to those we hold dear.

Memento of SpringHajime Chitose12rank/position

CHITOSE HAJIME Moto Chitose · Memento of Spring 2008.5.31 in Minamata City

An exotic, oriental-style anime song.

It’s a track by singer Chitose Hajime, known for the smash-hit debut single “Watatsumi no Ki,” released in 2006 as her seventh single.

It was used as the ending theme for the anime Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, which is based on traditional Japanese ghost stories.

The ethereal sound pairs perfectly with the fragile message in the lyrics—“I will keep thinking of you forever”—and it brings me to tears.

Ideally, listen while gazing at a scene of cherry blossoms drifting in the wind.

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Araki Jakkan

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Koto no HaHajime Chitose13rank/position

Kotonoha

It is truly the song of a goddess.

A track that is purely beautiful and captivating, carried by a miraculous voice.

It also sounds like a tribute to the beauty of “voice” as sound and the beauty of the “words” that sound weaves.

Listen to it even once, and it will undoubtedly remain in your memory and your heart.