Ranking of Commercial Songs and Popular Tracks by Male Japanese Artists [2026]

Premeditated revengeMakishimamu Za Horumon64rank/position

Maximum the Hormone 'Yoshu Fukushu' Music Video

It opens with the rugby club forming a huddle and shouting.

You’d think they’re firing themselves up for a match, but… they’re saying, “Man, I’m beat today!” and “Let’s blast away the fatigue with U.F.O.!” Surprisingly, this commercial actually depicts a post-practice scene.

After the huddle, it cuts to the rugby players slurping down U.F.O.

with gusto, and their voracious eating is overwhelming to watch.

For the BGM, “Yoshu Fukushu,” which has been used in past commercials, makes a return.

The calm midsection of the song is performed with original parody lyrics.

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Forewarning and Revenge (Nissin Yakisoba U.F.O. Parody Version)Makishimamu Za Horumon65rank/position

Maximum the Hormone 'Yoshu Fukushu' Music Video

This is a commercial that promotes the idea that the rich flavor of Nissin Yakisoba U.F.O.

can relieve fatigue, using a baseball team as the motif.

While it presents a unique world where the players line up and wolf down U.F.O., the way they eat with such absorption really conveys how delicious it is.

The song that further emphasizes the youthfulness and strength of the visuals is Maximum the Hormone’s “Yoshu Fukushu (Nissin Yakisoba U.F.O.

parody ver.).” The layered vocals within the gentle sound express youth, and the shift into a more powerful sound conveys energy.

The lyrics also highlight how tasty the sauce is—so good it makes you forget you’re tired.

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His SugarKubota Toshinobu66rank/position

Toshinobu Kubota – His Sugar

This is a song that was featured in Pantene commercials from 2000 to 2001.

It’s a track from the 2000 album “As One,” and it’s a quintessential Toshinobu Kubota piece—mellow and sophisticated, leaving a strong impression.

The lyrics portray an aching, unfulfilled love.

That’s because the person the narrator has feelings for already has a partner.

They want that person to come to them, but they know it wouldn’t be allowed.

Many listeners may find themselves empathizing with such complex, heartrending emotions and feeling a tightness in their chest.

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energy flowSakamoto Ryuichi67rank/position

Ryuichi Sakamoto — energy flow

This masterpiece features a delicate, transparent piano tone that gently soothes the heart.

The crystalline melody performed by Ryuichi Sakamoto caresses the listener’s soul like a breeze skimming across the surface of water.

Released in May 1999 as a theme for a Daiichi Sankyo pharmaceutical commercial, the piece—despite its simplicity—carries profound emotion in its sound, and achieved the remarkable feat of becoming the first instrumental work to top the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

Its pleasant sense of weightlessness offers a moment of calm amid a busy day, supports focus, and makes a perfect companion for quiet reading, creating a soothing, restorative atmosphere.

Easy★RiderOkuda Tamio68rank/position

Tamio Okuda “Easy★Rider” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

With its refreshing melody and liberating lyrics, this is one of Tamio Okuda’s signature works that colors life’s most important moments.

The image of a journey, continuing to run freely down an endless road, harmonizes beautifully with the music’s sense of release.

Released in June 1996, the song reached No.

4 on the Oricon weekly chart and stayed on the charts for 16 weeks.

It drew attention as the theme for Nissan’s “Wingroad” commercial, and was also used in a McDonald’s Japan commercial in 2021.

Its sound evokes a pure impulse to set off without a destination, making it the perfect track when you want to step away from the everyday to see new scenery, or when you want to elevate the mood of a drive.

The wind is from the west.Okuda Tamio69rank/position

Tamio Okuda “The Wind Comes From the West”

This is the song used in Mazda’s commercial.

It’s a single released in 2013 by Tamio Okuda, written specifically for Mazda, the company from his hometown.

The music video depicts a story in which a crash test dummy used by Mazda gains self-awareness, and Okuda makes a brief cameo appearance.

With a fiery heartKobayashi Akira70rank/position

With a Fiery Heart ☆ Akira Kobayashi

The commercial song for Ajinomoto General Foods (AGF) “Maxim.” It was released as a single in 1985.

With its expansive, stirringly passionate vocals that linger in the ears, the song became a long-running hit.

Akira Kobayashi also appeared on NHK’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen with this song.