Kiroro's Cheer Songs and Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

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Kiroro “To the Future” Official Music Video

This song is a staple among graduation tunes.

It’s a track by Kiroro, a female duo from Okinawa, released as their second single in June 1998.

Originally, the songwriter composed it in middle school to express gratitude to her mother, but its warm lyrics also resonate with the feelings we have for those who supported us at graduation.

Its simple, heartfelt melody has been featured as an insert song in the anime “Tsuki ga Kirei” and in commercials.

Singing of hope for the new paths ahead, this moving piece gives courage in times of parting and new beginnings.

It’s sure to be a song that gently nudges someone forward.

Only by livingKiroro2rank/position

Kiroro – Live to the Fullest (Music Video)

When you think of Kiroro, “Mirai e” and “Best Friend” are the songs with overwhelming name recognition, and they remain beloved standards even many years after their release.

But Kiroro has many other wonderful tracks as well.

One I’d like to highlight is “Ikite Koso.” Set to a gently soothing ballad accompaniment, its lyrics express gratitude to one’s parents and the importance of living.

As you listen—contemplating the birth of new life, the meaning of your own existence, and the preciousness of life itself—this song becomes a chance to revisit what truly matters.

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Hane Keisuke

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Kiroro 「Best Friend」 Music Video (Short ver.)

Did you have any friends who were indispensable during your student life? “Best Friend” is a song dedicated to such a dear friend.

This track was released in 2001 by the female duo Kiroro and was used as the theme song for the 2001 NHK morning drama series Churasan.

Kiroro’s vocalist, Chiharu Tamashiro, is said to have written the song for Ayano Kinjo, the keyboardist who is both her bandmate and best friend.

It’s a song that conveys gratitude to a best friend who is always by your side, offering support.

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Yoimachi Jēn

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Kiroro tried singing Sango’s “Relay of Life.”

A song performed by the unit Sango, formed by Kiroro and Izumi Nakasone of HY.

These Okinawa-born artists released it in 2015, seventy years after the war, as part of a project to pass down the stories of the Battle of Okinawa.

War takes many lives.

Yet among that loss, there were lives born and lives saved, and through countless turns, here we are today.

It feels as though life is being relayed—just like the title of this song.

One day, we too must carry that relay forward to the next generation.

For the happiness of those who come after us, this is a song that makes me want to cherish our own lives, and all the lives before us now.

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SAKI

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Kiroro “Nagaimono” Official Music Video

It is the major-label debut single released on January 21, 1998.

Although it initially entered the Oricon singles chart at number 27, it gained traction through cable broadcasts and radio programs, reaching number one on the Oricon chart in its ninth week.

It was also used as the entrance march for the 71st National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in the spring of 1999, during which Okinawa Shogaku High School won their first championship.