Top Songs Ranking of Tokiko Kato [2026]

Hiroshima, River of LoveKatō Tokiko11rank/position

"Hiroshima: River of Love" Massive Riverside Chorus on August 6 — First Event — Filmed in 2015 (70 years after the bombing)

This is a message song praying for everlasting peace, with lyrics written by the late Keiji Nakazawa, author of Barefoot Gen, set in Hiroshima, which was devastated by the atomic bomb.

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Kato, known for the classic Shiretoko Ryojo and for voicing Gina in the Studio Ghibli film Porco Rosso, delivers a powerful performance.

Sometimes, a tale from long ago — from Porco RossoKatō Tokiko12rank/position

Sometimes, a tale from long ago — from Porco Rosso

This is a work written and composed by Tokiko Kato herself, whose warm yet faintly bittersweet worldview evokes a deep nostalgia for days of youth gone by.

As it searches for an unseen future, it conjures scenes of passionate conversations with friends—memories many listeners will find echoing their own.

The song was included on the album “MY STORY / Toki ni wa Mukashi no Hanashi wo,” released in February 1987, and is also known as the ending theme of the 1992 film Porco Rosso.

The piano arrangement used in the film, with its striking timbre, gently lets you linger in the afterglow of the story.

With its calm melody, it’s also great to play as background music when you want to focus on work.

A Million RosesKatō Tokiko13rank/position

A Million Roses Tokiko Kato

This is the B-side track of the single “Seaside Journey.” The original is a Russian popular song with storytelling lyrics about a poor painter’s feelings for an actress.

It’s a romantic and bittersweet piece.

It’s also a well-known song that has been covered by many different artists.

Paris in the Beautiful Month of MayKatō Tokiko14rank/position

Beautiful May in Paris - Tokiko Kato (Original Vocals)

This is a song arranged and given Japanese lyrics by Tokiko Kato, sung by her, based on a song sung by participating students during the May 1968 revolution in Paris, France.

Its original title is “Ah! le Joli Mois de Mai à Paris,” which also appears in the Japanese lyrics Kato sings.

Although the song has a somber mood, it’s crafted in a way that evokes the flavor of the folk and pop music of the time.

Surely this song must have supported many students.

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Hane Keisuke

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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?Katō Tokiko15rank/position

Where have the flowers gone?

In 2022, Tokiko Kato released the album “On the Endless Earth,” imbued with her hopes for peace and her anti-war convictions.

The song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” included on this album, can rightly be called one of the world’s most famous anti-war songs.

Written by American singer Pete Seeger, it has been covered in Japan by numerous artists, including YMO and Kiyoshiro Imawano.

Some may feel that war is something that happens far away and has nothing to do with them.

But after listening to this song, will you still feel the same? It’s a piece you’ll want to hear while imagining yourself and your family in its place.

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utatane

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If I could fly in this skyKatō Tokiko16rank/position

If I Could Fly in This Sky — Tokiko Kato

This song is a single released by Tokiko Kato in 1978 and was used as the theme song for a drama at the time.

Although the song was written by Miyuki Nakajima, Kato reportedly asked her to write it because she wanted to sing a song by Nakajima, who had won the Grand Prix at the World Popular Song Festival.

It’s a wonderful masterpiece with a relaxed triple meter, a slightly folkloric mood, and a touch of melancholy.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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No one knows anyone.Katō Tokiko17rank/position

I sang Tokiko Kato’s “Daremo Daremo Shiranai.”

With just a single guitar, Tokiko Kato unfolds a marvelous world of song.

Many people may not be familiar with her debut track, right? As her career has grown through the ’70s and ’80s, her music has deepened, and surely many listeners resonate with Tokiko’s art.