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HY Ballad Songs: Popular Song Ranking [2026]
If you’re in your 20s to 40s, you’ve probably shed tears to an HY song at least once.
This time, we’ve picked out HY’s ballads.
We hope you’ll listen while reminiscing—“Oh right, there was such a great song,” and so on.
If you don’t know HY yet, be sure to check them out!
HY Ballad Songs: Popular Song Ranking [2026]
366 daysHY1rank/position
A four-member mixture band HY, based in Okinawa and also known for producing a natural brand beyond music, delivers this song.
It’s a ballad included on their 5th album, HeartY.
The lyrics, born from Izumi Nakasone’s real-life experience, paired with a heartrending melody, evoke the genuine emotions one feels after a breakup.
Released in April 2008, it drew attention as the theme song for the film Red Thread.
With a straightforward message to someone unforgettable that tightens the heart, this representative HY song continues to be sung across generations.
Song for…HY2rank/position
A gem of a ballad whose gentle piano melody and bittersweet vocals slowly bloom in your chest.
Based on the real experiences of HY’s keyboardist and vocalist Izumi Nakasone, it portrays a single-minded love that, despite a fateful encounter, runs up against the wall of age and keeps waiting in faith for a reunion.
Many listeners will likely feel their hearts tighten at this earnest devotion.
The song is included on HY’s album “TRUNK,” released in July 2004, which reached No.
1 on the Oricon charts.
On a summer evening, when a sudden loneliness washes over you, this warm melody is sure to echo softly in your heart.
NAOHY3rank/position
This work, which vividly portrays the pain of unrequited and unattainable love, is a ballad that brings listeners to tears.
The lyrics are based on the real-life experience of vocalist Izumi Nakasone’s close friend, and the aching feeling of not being noticed by the one you love comes through painfully clearly.
Included on the album “Confidence,” released in April 2006, it’s a timeless classic that has long been cherished by many fans.
It is also featured on the best-of album “STORY ~HY BEST~,” and has become established as a signature heartbreak song by HY.
Set to a piano accompaniment that lets you sing your heart out, it’s perfect for those times when you want a good cry to feel refreshed.
If there’s someone you just can’t forget, why not sing this song at karaoke and let all your feelings out?
In loveHY4rank/position
Even if you weren’t the one they chose, the fact that you loved doesn’t change… A bittersweet yet forward-looking sentiment runs through this touching HY ballad.
Written as the theme song for the film “366 Days,” released in January 2025, the track is positioned as an answer song to their 2008 classic “366 Days.” It beautifully portrays emotional growth—rising from the pain of heartbreak and embracing even that experience as a cherished memory—and is also included on the album “TIME.” Set across Okinawa and Tokyo, the film unfolds a pure love story spanning 20 years, and this song superbly captures its worldview.
For those who have reached the end of a romance, or who are about to take a new step forward, this is a song that will gently give you a push.
my friendHY5rank/position
This is a song that conveys heartfelt gratitude to the friends around us.
It makes you realize once again how important friends are.
You can feel HY’s close bond through this song.
Even when you’re down, heartbroken, or going through something tough, I believe it’s your friends who stay by your side in the end.
When I’m with my friends, I remember my school days and many other times.
Remembering them fills me with joy.
It’s thanks to my friends that I can feel this happiness.
youHY6rank/position
HY is a popular mixed-gender band known for signature songs like “366 Nichi,” “AM11:00,” and “NAO.” Their song “Anata” is a ballad in which vocalist Izumi Nakasone’s voice delivers an overwhelmingly commanding presence.
It pours out overflowing feelings toward a loved one.
While many of HY’s songs are heartrending, this one carries warmth amid the melancholy.
It takes solid vocal ability to sing it perfectly, but if you put emotion into it, you can capture the mood—so I hope many women will give it a try.
