Ranking of Yuta Kakizaki’s popular songs: love songs that pierce the heart

LepidoKakizaki Yūta8rank/position

Yuta Kakizaki – Lepido / Yuta Kakizaki – Lepido

Yuta Kakizaki has earned support for his delicate portrayals of shifting emotions.

Among his works, this track—released in April 2025—stands out for its heart-piercing vocals.

Produced in a home-recording style with Kakizaki performing all instruments himself, the song channels inner turmoil through an alternative sound.

The meticulously layered guitar and keyboard arrangements reveal new details with every listen.

Right after its release, it earned high praise overseas, reaching No.

6 on Apple Music’s J-POP chart in Latvia.

On nights when you’re burdened with unnameable anxieties, or when you want to immerse yourself in music alone, surrender yourself to this sound.

instant deathKakizaki Yūta9rank/position

Yuta Kakizaki – Instant Death

Following the viral spread of its demo on social media, this long-awaited full-length release from Yuta Kakizaki is a single that dropped in March 2024.

With over 3 million plays even at the demo stage, it’s a piece completed under high listener expectations.

The melancholy-tinged vocal lines that press forward in quick succession and the unforgettable, looping chorus create an addictive pull—truly a standout track.

Lyrically, it dryly depicts resignation and futility by likening life to a game, resonating with today’s sense of stagnation.

Produced in the same home-recording style as the previous release, “Baka Mitai ni,” it offers a catchy yet subtly shadowed sound.

If you’re feeling a bit worn down by daily life, or want to sink into a calm, matter-of-fact despair at night, this song will, paradoxically, lighten your heart.

Definitely give it a listen.

Maybe!Kakizaki Yūta10rank/position

Yuta Kakizaki – Maybe!/Yuta Kakizaki – Probably!

Released in April 2025 as a track on the album “Practice of Prayer,” this work stands out among home-recording artists, who come in many styles, for the way Yuta Kakizaki single-handedly handled everything from songwriting and composition to performance and engineering.

The result is a piece that strongly reflects an individual’s inner world.

It gives the impression that he created it while deeply confronting the doubts and regrets in his own life.

The vocals, sung gently and without making definitive statements, have an intimate quality that slips naturally into the listener’s heart.

This style of singing also pairs perfectly with the alternative sound.

If you’re feeling a bit worn out by everyday life, be sure to give it a listen.

Become a ghostKakizaki Yūta11rank/position

Yuta Kakizaki – Become a Ghost / yuta kakizaki – Ghost

The crystalline guitar sound and the almost vanishingly delicate vocals leave a strong impression.

It conveys a sense of loneliness as if you’ve become transparent and disappeared, yet also a heartfelt wish to stay close to someone you cherish.

This is a digital-only single released by Yuta Kakizaki in September 2025.

From songwriting and composition to playing all the instruments himself, this work distills his multifaceted talent.

It’s also intriguing that it has garnered cross-border support, ranking 17th on the UK J-Pop chart.

There’s nothing flashy here, but it overflows with a gentle warmth that quietly stays by your side, and every word is sure to resonate in your heart.

Highly recommended for quiet nights alone or when you want to filter out the haze in your mind.

Please give it a listen.

I just want to be lovedKakizaki Yūta12rank/position

Yuta Kakizaki – Just Want to Be Loved

This song by Yuta Kakizaki, which boldly turns an earnest desire into its very title and grips listeners with its heavy use of refrains, was released in full in August 2024 after short-video plays on TikTok and Instagram surpassed a combined 2 million views.

Many listeners are bound to find themselves empathizing with the lyrical world that portrays self-loathing swirling beneath a façade of composure and feelings that go unrewarded.

Its J-pop sound infused with jazz elements is pleasantly smooth and suits quiet, solitary nights.

Within the career that has followed the album “I loved you,” this work stands out with a unique presence.

When your heart is wavering in complicated love, why not give it a listen as a song that gently stays by your side?

Final episodeKakizaki Yūta13rank/position

Yuta Kakizaki – Final Episode (Music Video) / yuta kakizaki – Ending

Set to driving guitar rock, singer-songwriter Yuta Kakizaki sings with aching urgency about the sense that the end is near.

Released as a digital single in November 2022 and later included on the album “I loved you,” which came out that December, this track never loses the listener’s interest: despite being entirely self-produced at home, its arrangement keeps shifting restlessly over a single repeating chord progression.

The lyrics, which capture that tightening-in-the-chest feeling—the anxiety of an impending breakup that still doesn’t feel real, the emotions you can’t put into words—really hit hard.

Why not give it a listen on one of those frustrating nights when you want to change but can’t? It’s an emotionally stirring number where a lyrical melody shines amid a rock-driven surge.

It’s Tokyo.Kakizaki Yūta14rank/position

Yuta Kakizaki – It’s Tokyo (Music Video) / yuta kakizaki – It’s Tokyo

Among Yuta Kakizaki’s works, this one in particular has a mysterious addictiveness.

Its psychedelic sound and that uniquely “gross but pleasant” floating sensation stick in your head after a single listen.

The lyrics, which seem to satirize urban clamor and the overly predictable rhythm of daily life, resonate over a pop melody.

One highlight is the outro development in the latter half, where the guitar comes in.

Released as a single in September 2022, it was later included on the album “I loved you.” The anecdote that it was completed—arrangement and all—in just three days is a striking testament to Kakizaki’s impulsive creative style.

Why not give it a listen when you’re grappling with fear of change or a sense of restlessness, or on a night when you’re craving something a little unusual?