Japanese breakup song ranking [2026]
We’re excited to present the latest top 100 ranking of Japanese breakup songs, all in one go, ordered by most views!
Breakups are sad, lonely, and very painful—but many of us have gone through them once or twice.
Many artists have created breakup songs that seem to speak for those painful feelings.
We hope you can process those emotions in a healthy way and take a step toward a new love.
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Japanese Pop Breakup Song Rankings [2026] (81–90)
hundreds of millions of light-yearsOmoinotake85rank/position
This song was written as the theme for the drama “Eye Love You” starring Fumi Nikaido, and it’s performed by the piano rock band Omoinotake.
Its theme is steadfast love that never fades, no matter how far apart you are—even transcending time.
While the bright, exhilarating sound makes your heart dance, the lyrics portray a poignant longing for someone you may never meet again, and that contrast really hits home.
After its release in February 2024, the song captured so many hearts that it surpassed 100 million streams at the sixth-fastest pace in history.
When you can’t easily see someone important to you, this song is sure to gently stay by your side.
I long to see you now.MISIA86rank/position
MISIA’s song “Aitakute Ima” (“I Want to See You Now”) expresses feelings for a precious person you can no longer meet.
Released in 2009, it was used as the theme song for the drama JIN.
Many people were likely moved by the melody of love—sung with MISIA’s expansive, soaring voice—together with the drama.
The lyrics convey an overflow of emotions for a dear you whom one longs to see but cannot.
It’s a famous song featured as a drama theme, and the parts that can be sung freely and powerfully make it especially approachable even after a heartbreak.
Sing it with all your heart, so your feelings reach the one you loved.
I miss you so much, I want to see you.Nishino Kana87rank/position
Kana Nishino’s 10th single.
Selected as the theme song for the GemCEREY commercial, this track poignantly voices the pain of heartbreak with a wistful melody.
Released in May 2010, it peaked at No.
2 on the Oricon weekly chart.
Its memorable lines captured the hearts of many listeners, and it has come to be known as one of Kana Nishino’s signature songs.
The lyrics candidly express lingering feelings for an ex and the desire to see them again—emotions anyone who’s experienced a breakup can relate to.
It’s great for karaoke, but it might also be nice to listen to alone while reflecting on past love.
Cats and Allergieskinoko teikoku88rank/position
This song delicately portrays the feelings of having to accept an inevitable farewell, even while still longing for a lover.
Accompanied by a heartrending vocal, the resolve to move forward while cherishing past memories resonates deeply.
It is the title track of Kinoko Teikoku’s album “Neko to Arerugī,” released in November 2015, a major-label debut that drew significant attention.
With its gentle arrangement incorporating piano and strings, the song signaled a new horizon for the band and has been embraced not only by fans but by many listeners.
It’s a piece I especially recommend to anyone who knows the ache of loving someone yet being unable to stay together.
Et ceteraONE OK ROCK89rank/position
A tear-jerking rock ballad that wrings out the sorrow of lingering feelings for an ex—wanting to shake them off but being unable to.
It’s a song by ONE OK ROCK, also known for hits like “Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer” and “The Beginning,” released in 2007 as their third single.
Since it was used in a docomo commercial, many of you may have heard it.
You can feel that desperate emotion of wanting to say “We’re done” but somehow being unable to, and it tightens your chest just listening to it.
The summer you gave meieiri reo90rank/position
This is a heartbreak song sung by Leo Ieiri, chosen as the theme for the drama Koinaka starring Sota Fukushi.
They believed they would always be together even after summer ended, but the future where the two of them are together will never come.
That reality weighs painfully on the heart in this song.
When you’re in a relationship, you never doubt that the two of you will be in any future together.
But when the time to part finally comes and you realize you’re not someone needed in your partner’s future, that realization settles in as a deep sorrow that’s hard to bear.
Leo Ieiri gently sings about the bittersweet feeling of no longer being able to see a future for the two of you.
Japanese Pop Heartbreak Song Rankings [2026] (91–100)
dearestKOH+91rank/position
This is the second single by KOH+, the musical duo of actress-singer Kou Shibasaki and singer-songwriter Masaharu Fukuyama, who are both active as actors as well.
Written specifically as the theme song for the film “The Devotion of Suspect X,” its lyrics—told from the perspective of characters in the movie—are heartrending.
The message, which sings of a love lost because one couldn’t be honest, and of feelings that still won’t fade, will resonate with anyone who has experienced a romance marked by lingering regret.
Its lyrical melody further expands the story within the lyrics, making it a love ballad that truly touches the heart.
