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Popular Unrequited Love Songs: Japanese Music/J-Pop Artist Rankings [2026]

To help calm those heart-fluttering feelings of unrequited love, we’ve put together a ranking that shines a spotlight on songs about one-sided love.We’re sure you’ll find Japanese artists you know on the list.

Popular Unrequited Love Songs: Japanese Music / J-POP Artist Rankings [2026] (91–100)

Blue Springakane (Otoniae)99rank/position

Aoharu/Akane (Onriame) [Official MV]
Blue Springakane (Otoniae)

Otoniae’s track “Aoharu” is a 2022 release written and composed by Akane.

The lyrics portray the ups and downs of a protagonist falling in love, expressed with raw, true-to-life emotions.

They capture the fun of laying one’s own romantic experiences side by side—feeling both impatience and heart-fluttering excitement at once.

The purity that seeps in with the arrival of spring and the thrill of ordinary moments turning into a stage for romance are sure to resonate with younger listeners.

The protagonist’s endearingly straightforward way of expressing feelings is also a highlight.

It’s a song that stays close to every heart that wonders, “Could this be something?”

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swallowtail butterflyPorunogurafiti100rank/position

Porno Graffitti – Swallowtail Butterfly / THE FIRST TAKE
swallowtail butterflyPorunogurafiti

In contrast to the passionate Latin rhythm delivered by Porno Graffitti, what unfolds is a heartbreakingly bittersweet tale of unrequited love.

At first, simply “meeting you was enough,” but somewhere along the way, the wish to be “loved” took hold, and the whole world changed.

Chasing after the other, who flutters like a beautiful butterfly, they seem like a desert oasis—always out of reach.

Knowing they can never have them, the protagonist aches for love as if thirsting for moisture, their anguished cry pressing upon the heart.

Released in June 2001, this million-selling track was also featured in a cosmetics commercial.

When you’re suffering from a love that won’t be returned and can no longer suppress the feeling of “wanting to be loved,” this is a song that stays close to that helpless pain.

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