Commercial Songs by Japanese Female Artists: CM Songs and Popular Track Rankings [2026]

At HomeNakajima Miyuki57rank/position

At Home

Miyuki Nakajima’s “Home nite (At the Platform)” is a song included on the B-side of the single “Wakare Uta,” released in 1977.

Despite being a B-side, it gained popularity thanks to numerous tie-ins, including being used as insert music for the drama “From the North Country” (Kita no Kuni Kara).

Set to a quiet, acoustic guitar–centered sound, it depicts the scene of a train platform bound for one’s hometown, imbued with both loneliness and warmth.

It was also used in a JR East commercial as a CM song; as a track themed around train stations, it conveys a warm atmosphere that evokes thoughts of one’s hometown.

era; age; time; periodNakajima Miyuki58rank/position

Era - Live 2010–11 (from Tokyo International Forum Hall A)

A song used in many programs and elsewhere, including Suntory’s “BOSS.” Even about 40 years after its 1975 release, it remains a beloved classic.

It is sometimes sung at graduation ceremonies and is included in music textbooks, making it popular across a wide range of generations.

Snow BlossomNakajima Mika59rank/position

Mika Nakashima 'Yuki no Hana' Music Video

Although the lyrics overflow with love, it’s a song that makes tears well up just from hearing Mika Nakashima’s voice and the melody.

The dark tone of the music video further emphasizes the sense of loneliness.

It was used as the commercial song for Meiji Seika’s “boda” and “galbo,” in which Mika Nakashima herself appeared.

foreignerKUBOTA Saki60rank/position

Foreigner – Saki Kubota (Full)

The commercial song for Sanyo Electric’s color TV “Kukkiri Tate 7.” It’s Saki Kubota’s debut single, released in 1979.

Brimming with exotic flair, the song became a major hit and has been covered by many artists.

A super-famous track loved across generations.

PIECE OF MY WISHImai Miki61rank/position

Miki Imai – “PIECE OF MY WISH” (from the 30th Anniversary Concert Tour 2015 “Colour”)

This is a TV commercial for Kao’s detergent New Beads.

It shows a woman played by Yuriko Yoshitaka who whispers, “I want to be praised,” for getting out of bed on a winter morning, making it home despite the cold, and still doing the laundry.

The CM song is “PIECE OF MY WISH,” released by Miki Imai in 1993.

The song’s message—“believe in even the slightest hope and turn it into the strength to move forward”—feels like an answer song to the ad.

Stand upKuraki Mai62rank/position

Mai Kuraki “Stand Up”

She was chosen to appear in a tea commercial.

True to her fluency in English, the song even includes English lyrics.

The melody lifts your spirits and fills you with energy to the point that you want to listen to it over and over, and the chorus is so catchy you can’t help but sing along.

You canKuraki Mai63rank/position

Mai Kuraki You can

It’s a song included on Mai Kuraki’s third best-of album, “Mai Kuraki BEST 151A -LOVE & HOPE-,” released in 2014.

It was used as the CM song for the 2014 U-Can commercial “Utsukushii Futari” (Beautiful Couple).

The ad, featuring Etsushi Toyokawa and Haruka Igawa as a married couple, with Toyokawa and Mikawa in a boss-subordinate relationship at the same company, was wonderfully done.