Japanese Pop Valentine’s Day Song Rankings [2026]

Snow WhiteFlower43rank/position

Flower “Snow White” — 2nd album “Hanadokei (Flower Clock)” out 3/4

The ultimate soothing song to calm the flutter of your heart on Valentine’s Day is Flower’s “Shirayukihime.” Since its 2013 release, it has remained in many people’s hearts as one of their signature works.

Over a sound that fuses synth-pop and soul, a single-minded love gently and poignantly falls like snow.

The song paints a unique world that blends the pain and purity of unrequited love.

Like a star shining brightly beneath the lonely winter night sky, this track illuminates the listener’s heart.

The lyrics, infused with the feelings of a protagonist who keeps waiting for Snow White, are enough to bring many to tears.

To you who mustered your courage but weren’t rewarded, this song sends a heartwarming message.

Lavisurii44rank/position

Lavie / Surii feat. Kagamine Len

“Lovey” is a track that made waves for hitting a million plays.

What’s drawn especially big attention are its catchy lyrics, which play on rhymes using “Lovey” and “yummy.” The song was created by the Vocaloid producer Surii, with Kagamine Len on vocals.

By the way, besides meaning “delicious,” “yummy” can also describe someone who’s attractive.

Keeping that in mind might make the song sound a little different.

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Specially, do it.＝LOVE45rank/position

=LOVE (Equal Love) / 18th Single “Tokubechu, Shite” [MV full]

=LOVE, the idol group produced by Rino Sashihara.

Included on their 18th single released in February 2025, this song is a super-sweet love track that sings of feelings so intense that “I love you” alone isn’t enough.

The lyrics portray a love so strong it longs to keep the other person all to oneself—pure maidenly devotion straight from the heart.

The music video, with Maika Sasaki as center, drew major attention, surpassing 5 million views just nine days after its release.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, if you listen while preparing that special chocolate for the one you love or when you need courage to confess, it’s sure to amplify those sweet, passionate feelings even more!

Meltryo46rank/position

Hatsune Miku "Melt"

A song that represents the VOCALOID world.

Even people who don’t know much about VOCALOID might know this one.

When it comes to the feelings of a girl in love, this is it.

It’s sure to give you the push you need to take a step forward on Valentine’s Day!

Happinessback number47rank/position

Happiness / back number (cover)

Back number, with their exquisite love songs, really tightens the chest.

When a man’s voice sings a woman’s feelings, it seems to stir up a different kind of emotion.

It might be nice once in a while to quietly hold onto a devoted unrequited love that only wishes for a precious person’s happiness, and lose yourself in this song.

I think this track will sing those unspeakable, heartrending feelings on your behalf.

wishsumika48rank/position

sumika / Wish [Music Video]

A heart-stirring ballad by sumika that portrays the ache of unrequited love and the inner conflict of wishing for the other person’s happiness.

Included on the single “Negai / Higher Ground,” released in December 2019, this song was written as the theme for TV Asahi’s Saturday Night Drama “Ossan’s Love -in the sky-.” In an astonishing anecdote, vocalist Kenta Kataoka reportedly revised the lyrics 117 times to align with the drama’s worldview.

The lyrics, which struggle to hold back overflowing feelings, and the melody that grows more heated as the emotions rise, are sure to bring tears.

It’s a gentle yet heartrending masterpiece, one we especially hope those who can’t muster the courage on Valentine’s Day and are holding onto painful feelings will listen to.

Flowers blooming in the night skyMEGARYU49rank/position

MEGARYU / Flowers Blooming in the Night Sky

It’s a heartbreak song, but the upbeat tempo makes it easy to listen to for both men and women.

It really sticks in your ears.

I think everyone has a summer romance they remember, so I hope you’ll listen to this when you think back on yours.

Even though it’s about a breakup, it treats those memories as something precious, which makes you feel it wasn’t all for nothing—a positive, uplifting song.