Popular Cheer Songs [Japanese Music Ranking]
We’re excited to present the latest top 100 ranking of Japanese motivational support songs, introduced all at once in order of most views!
There are moments when you need to fire up your team—or yourself—like during club or society matches, important exams or meetings, or when taking on a new challenge.
There are plenty of songs that will give you courage in those times, so be sure to give them a listen.
The playlist is updated weekly.
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Popular Cheer Songs [Japanese Music Ranking] (71–80)
Kimisidai TrainONE OK ROCK71rank/position
A track included on ONE OK ROCK’s classic album “Zankyō Reference,” released in October 2011, it’s known as one of their most iconic anthems.
Its exhilarating, straightforward guitar rock sound makes you feel positive just by listening.
The lyrics carry a powerful message that all past experiences become the foundation for the future, and that the path you should follow is one you choose for yourself.
If you listen when you’re hesitating to take on a challenge or can’t find the courage to take the first step, it will surely give you a strong push forward.
It’s a song that feels like a talisman to fire yourself up.
CHE.R.RYYUI72rank/position
Let me introduce a song that refreshingly portrays a bittersweet spring romance.
Delicately expressing the feelings of unrequited love conveyed through cell phone emails, this track by YUI gently sings about the beginning of love—something everyone has experienced at least once.
With warmth, it depicts the protagonist, who isn’t good with emojis, having their heart skip a beat at messages from their crush and fretting over the back-and-forth of replies with pure sincerity.
Released in March 2007, the song resonated with many and was later included on the album “CAN’T BUY MY LOVE.” It was also used as the ending theme for the anime “ReLIFE: Final Arc.” It’s a perfect cheer song for those experiencing their first love in a new environment, or for anyone ready to take a new step forward with the arrival of spring.
Because I’ve always loved you.neguse.73rank/position
This song, dedicated to the high school baseball players battling it out on the summer Koshien stage, is an encouraging anthem by Neguse.
Released as a digital single in June 2024, it was chosen as the theme song for Asahi Broadcasting Corporation/TV Asahi’s “Netto Koshien.” The track is also included on the EP “Ai to Ai no Fight!” and a music video was released in August.
Its melody expands from a rhythmic rap section into choral-style harmonies, layered with a straightforward message about the value of persevering.
It’s a powerful piece that gently supports not only the players devoted to baseball, but anyone who continues to face what they love head-on.
Listen to it when you’re approaching exams, club activities, or a new challenge—you’re sure to find courage.
If you laugh at the skywacci74rank/position
Let me introduce a motivational song packed with a powerful message: when you feel like crying, look up at the sky and smile.
This track by the five-member band wacci was released digitally in July 2018 and was later included on their album “Gunjo Refrain,” released in November of the same year.
While hard work doesn’t always lead directly to results, the warm perspective that the days you’ve built up are never wasted gently encourages listeners.
Starting in August 2019, it was also selected as the support song for the “Japan Tsunagaru Project” segment on the TV program Mezamashi TV, moving many people alongside the images of those doing their best.
It’s a perfect recommendation for graduation season—an uplifting song that stands by students retiring from club activities and anyone setting out on a new path.
As a personSUPER BEAVER75rank/position
It’s a song by SUPER BEAVER whose straightforward message—embracing human weakness and contradictions in their entirety and shouting “I want to live cool”—really hits home.
The track is included on their album ‘27,’ released in June 2016.
It even became the opening theme for a drama starring Mayu Matsuoka, though it’s surprising it was never released as a single.
The lyrics lay bare the regrets and distrust we all carry, yet convey a determination to keep believing and loving anyway.
If you could shout your convictions like this, it would feel amazing.
When you want to share that fiery feeling with friends, picking this at karaoke will instantly heat up the room.
It’s a fight song for you who, even if clumsy, want to live honestly and straight.
HinataSUPER BEAVER76rank/position
SUPER BEAVER is a rock band that began activity in 2005.
Their song “Hinata” is a captivating number with lyrics that give a push to anyone taking on a challenge.
The message—“Failing is painful, but enduring without trying is even harder, so let’s move forward”—is sure to give you the courage to get through tough times.
The music video, which portrays people giving their all, is also wonderful, so be sure to check it out along with the song!
A Naked Heartaimyon77rank/position
Many of you may have listened to “Naked Heart,” which was also the theme song for the drama My Housekeeper Mr.
Nagisa, while overlapping it with your own experiences.
One-sided love that never seems to go well.
Even so, the lyrics of this song—wishing to fall for someone again and to be accepted for who you are—gently resonate to the point of tears when you listen to it after a heartbreak.
It even portrays facing love once more at the end, making it a song that inspires you to think, “I’ll try again too.”
