Mitsuhiro Mihashi Popular Song Rankings [2026]
Michiya Mihashi, who had been attracting attention in the folk song world since his teens and made his full-fledged debut in 1954 with “Sake no Nigasa yo,” is best known for which song? If you asked me that… there are so many “correct answers” that it’s hard to choose just one.
He was known for having a great number of hits, and even after his passing in 1996, his songs have remained in many people’s hearts and continue to be sung.
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Michiya Mihashi Popular Song Ranking [2026] (11–20)
Chakkiri-bushiMitsubishi Michiya15rank/position
This is a new folk song themed around Shizuoka, with lyrics written by Hakushū Kitahara.
It has been performed by various singers, including The Peanuts and Mieko Hirota; this video features the version sung by Michiya Mihashi.
Also, the National Chakkiri-bushi Championship is held every May.
Soran BushiMitsubishi Michiya16rank/position
Michiya Mihashi was one of the leading singers of the Showa-era popular music scene.
He is a legendary vocalist said to have sold over 100 million records.
A recording of his home region Hokkaido’s folk song, “Soran Bushi,” ranks sixth among the twelve million-selling folk songs and has surpassed 2.5 million copies sold.
His soaring high notes are truly overwhelming!
Kushimoto-bushiMitsubishi Michiya17rank/position
This song beautifully and evocatively sings about Kushimoto and Oshima.
It reminds me of when I traveled to both places long ago.
I was very young then and didn’t know much about Kushimoto, but listening again, I feel everything is captured in this song.
Kyoto is crying.Mitsubishi Michiya18rank/position
This song is a single by Michiya Mihashi released in 1974.
He hadn’t had a hit since “Naruto Kaikyō” in 1969, but it drew attention again after he performed it on NHK’s “Hiru no Present,” among other appearances.
His soaring, resonant voice is truly captivating.
Evening Moon over ShinanoMitsubishi Michiya19rank/position
Michiya Mihashi, who is also a folk singer, calmly speaks of an unfulfilled love to the flow of the Chikuma River from a gently rising hilltop; it’s a song of travel-worn melancholy, reflecting on the past while drawing solace from the mountains of his hometown in difficult times.
Perhaps the reason there are more songs about heartbreak than happy ones is that they turn the kind of nature that heals the heart into poetry.
South windMitsubishi Michiya20rank/position
Shiroshitamachi no Onna is a studio album released by Michiya Mihashi in 1976, featuring local songs from various regions of Japan.
The song about Kochi is Minami no Kaze on the B-side, with lyrics by Yū Aku and music by Makoto Kawaguchi, a composer of many kayōkyoku (Japanese popular songs).
Michiya Mihashi Popular Songs Ranking [2026] (21–30)
The monk from IwateMitsubishi Michiya21rank/position
Michiya Mihashi, who is also famous as a folk singer, sang this kind of comical song as well.
It’s about someone who couldn’t endure the harsh winter and ascetic training deep in the mountains of Iwate, and, feeling homesick for his mother, descends the mountain and returns to his hometown—only to find it’s festival time.
He decides to stay in his village as long as his hood hides his shaved monk’s head and no one notices… but it seems he probably won’t make it as a full-fledged monk.