Toshinobu Kubota’s Breakup Songs: Popular Song Ranking [2026]

Is there any Japanese person for whom the words “funky” and “soul” fit this perfectly?

Enter Toshinobu Kubota.

He is a key figure who helped popularize Black music in Japan.

Here are some of Kubota, who has been a major-label artist for over 30 years, his popular breakup songs.