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Noriyuki Makihara’s Tearjerker Songs, Cry-Your-Eyes-Out Tracks, and Popular Hits Ranking [2026]

Noriyuki Makihara is a popular singer-songwriter known for his distinctive voice and relatable lyrics.

All of his songs are well-loved, but he is especially acclaimed for his “tearjerker” tracks.

This time, we bring you a ranking of Makihara’s most popular songs that will make you cry.

Noriyuki Makihara’s Tearjerker Songs, Cry-Your-Eyes-Out Tracks, and Popular Hits Ranking [2026]

Tearful ChristmasMakihara Noriyuki8rank/position

If you’re looking for a Christmas song that’s heartbreakingly moving and sure to bring tears, this is the one.

Noriyuki Makihara’s “Namida no Christmas” is a song that portrays the feelings of a man who got his heart broken just before Christmas.

The lyrics begin with him spotting his ex-girlfriend in town on Christmas Day, spending time with her new boyfriend.

The cheerful, happy atmosphere of Christmas contrasts sharply with the protagonist’s lingering feelings for his ex, creating a resonance that sinks deep into your heart.

The emotional saxophone that appears in the interlude and toward the end of the track seems to mirror his inner state.

Hane Keisuke
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Snow in MarchMakihara Noriyuki9rank/position

This is a coming-of-age ballad capturing a spring scene twenty days after graduation.

With a gentle melody and tender vocals, it expresses young people’s anxieties and hopes about change, as well as the fleeting time spent with dear friends.

Amid an unseasonal snowfall, the image of walking shoulder to shoulder with friends is portrayed in a way that resonates deeply.

Included on Noriyuki Makihara’s album “Kimi wa Dare to Shiawase na Akubi o Shimasu ka.” released in September 1991, this piece is captivating for its calm, warm poetic worldview.

It is a classic you’ll want to listen to with the arrival of spring, a song that offers solace to those facing life’s turning points and harboring feelings about the changing days.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONGMakihara Noriyuki10rank/position

Up-tempo and cheerful is great, but the lyrics are wonderful too.

If you use it as background music at a wedding or a home birthday party, it’s guaranteed to liven things up, and it’s a song that can make you happy even if you’re not the one being celebrated.

If someone sang this to celebrate you, it would make you feel from the bottom of your heart, “I’m so glad I was born.” That’s the kind of heartwarming number ‘HAPPYBIRTHDAYSONG’ is!

Itō Yūta
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