Toshiki Kadomatsu Popular Song Ranking [2026]

From this stationKadamatsu Toshiki8rank/position

From This Station... Toshiki Kadomatsu

This is Toshiki Kadomatsu’s 18th single, released in May 1991.

It’s a track where you can fully enjoy his distinctive melodic sense and sound—what you might call quintessential Kadomatsu.

Speaking of 1991, when this song came out, the bubble economy had already burst, yet traces of that era still lingered among ordinary people.

For men in their 50s as of 2021, many may remember using Kadomatsu’s songs or albums as in-car BGM for drive dates with their girlfriends.

I hope you can enjoy it along with those nostalgic dating memories.

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Kei Takahata

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vaseKadamatsu Toshiki9rank/position

Toshiki Kadomatsu - Vase (30th Anniversary Live)

Toshiki Kadomatsu is a great singer-songwriter who energized Japan’s AOR scene.

He excels in AOR, black contemporary, and city pop, and is known worldwide as a leading artist of city pop.

Among his songs, the one I especially recommend is Kabin (“Vase”).

While it incorporates some elements of Black music, the vocal line isn’t difficult.

In addition, because it features many long tones, it’s an ideal piece for practicing vibrato.

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Ryo

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Mrs. MoonlightKadamatsu Toshiki10rank/position

Toshiki Kadomatsu — Mrs. Moonlight (30th Anniversary)

“Mrs.

Moonlight” is a song included on Toshiki Kadomatsu’s 2010 album Citylights Dandy.

This “Mrs.

Moonlight” depicts a world of extraordinary love: bathed in moonlight’s seductive glow, a woman as enigmatic as the moon herself appears.

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sasashina

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SEA LINE “RIE”Kadamatsu Toshiki11rank/position

Toshiki Kadomatsu (Kadomatsu Toshiki) – Sea Line

In recent years, Toshiki Kadomatsu has been at the center of the city pop movement—a genre of Japanese music that flourished from the late 1970s to the 1980s and has sparked a major boom among overseas music fans.

A heavyweight in the J-pop world, he is known both as a singer-songwriter and as a music producer for artists such as Anri, Akina Nakamori, and Miho Nakayama.

But are you familiar with his 1987 album SEA IS A LADY, which focuses on fusion—one of Kadomatsu’s musical roots? It’s an instrumental album that prominently features Kadomatsu’s guitar playing.

The lead single, SEA LINE “RIE,” is a killer tune that was also used in a commercial tie-in.

Kadomatsu’s exhilarating, freewheeling guitar work, melodious synths, funky bass lines, and flamboyant brass section all come together to create a vibe that’s pure “summer and the sea!”

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KOH-1

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ILE AIYE ~ Let’s dance to become WAKadamatsu Toshiki12rank/position

Toshiki Kadomatsu - ILE AIYE ~ Let’s Form a Circle and Dance (30th Anniversary Live)

The version sung by V6 is also well known, but AGHARTA is the original.

It was the finale song of the Nagano Olympics closing ceremony.

AGHARTA even made a surprise appearance at the closing ceremony and performed live.

It’s a fun song that makes you want to start dancing any time you hear it.

PARASAIL ~Theme of Shurwhite~Kadamatsu Toshiki13rank/position

Parasail (Parasail ~ Surreal White's Theme) - Toshiki Kadomatsu

It was released in 1990 as Toshiki Kadomatsu’s 15th single.

The song was used as a KOSE commercial image song, features extensive choral parts, and was later included on the instrumental album “LEGACY OF YOU” in a different arrangement from the single.

The Day Santa CriedKadamatsu Toshiki14rank/position

The day Santa cried / The sky, the sea, and the wind…

Singer-songwriter Toshiki Kadomatsu, often called a “music craftsman” for his highly evocative, cinematic musicality, released his 19th single, “The Day Santa Cried,” a ballad featured in the commercial for “Torikkiri Konica” (Konica’s single-use camera).

The arrangement moves from an intro with a wistful guitar phrase into a bluesy melody, amplifying the poignancy one feels on a snowy day.

It’s a winter-themed track whose Christmas-tinged sound is pleasantly soothing.

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Hoshino Takashi

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