Moriyama Naotaro Popular Song Rankings [2026]

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Hibi / Naotaro Moriyama (cover)

I like a lot of Naotaro Moriyama’s songs, but I think this is the one that makes me want to play it on acoustic guitar.

It’s not a flashy song, but if you listen closely, it gradually seeps into your heart.

Yahagi in the music video also fits perfectly.

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Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) - Solo - Naotaro Moriyama - LIVE

Because the harmonies feel so good and the song is well put together, this piece is often transcribed and covered by a cappella groups.

Many people are surely encouraged by Naotaro Moriyama’s powerful singing voice.

It’s a song you’ll want to listen to not only in spring or during the cherry blossom season.

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Naotaro Moriyama / “Ikiteiru” Music Video

This piece is included on Yumizuruhanoha, one of the two concept albums—Yumizuruhanoha and Yeeeehaaaaw—released by Naotaro Moriyama in October 2025.

It’s a song that gazes into the very source of life.

Built solely around piano and strings, its ambient soundscape gently envelops the tremors and transience of everyday life.

Moriyama’s deep, folk-rooted vocals and lyrical melody resonate in the heart.

It’s a track that quietly stays by your side when you lose your way in life.

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Naotaro Moriyama – If Being Alive Is Painful

This is a single released in 2008.

It came about when Naotaro, while helping a friend move, happened to find a sheet of paper with a poem written on it at the home of his friend, the poet Ochanomizu Kado.

It’s a song that earnestly faces life, and it carries particular conviction because it’s by Naotaro Moriyama, who continues to sing about delicate human emotions as well as bright, life-affirming themes.

Although some of its expressions sparked mixed reactions, they don’t come from a place of apathy; rather, they seem to convey a wish for listeners to take a brief, comforting pause.

Precisely because times can be tough, a song that fully stays with your despair or heavy feelings can be a source of solace.

It’s a song that feels like it accepts you just as you are.

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KEI

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Naotaro Moriyama Rhapsody of Hydrangeas and Rain

You wouldn’t think it’s a stalker song unless you listen carefully—this track, Naotaro Moriyama’s “Hydrangea and Rain Rhapsody.” If you listen casually, you might take it for a peppy love song, but in fact it’s very much a stalker song.

It’s one of the tracks on Moriyama’s third album, “In Search of New Spices,” released in 2004.

From the title and lyrics you might expect a breezy love song for the rainy season, but it’s actually a number that conveys a sense of madness hidden beneath that breeziness, as the narrator slowly corners the other person.

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utatane

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Taste of SinMoriyama Naotaro36rank/position

Naotaro Moriyama conveys the “sinfully delicious” taste: Nissin Foods’ Bukkokumi-meshi forbidden theme song, “Flavor of Sin.”

Cup Noodles BUKKOMI-MESHI, which has gained popularity for its style of throwing rice into leftover ramen broth, is a product that Nissin Foods seriously researched and developed—fully aware of its sinful deliciousness—and it became a hit.

Now that this product has collaborated with Naotaro Moriyama, the result is a profoundly moving and beautiful ballad number that resonates deep in the heart.

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Naotaro Moriyama "Young People"

The theme song of the drama “Wakamonotachi” (Young People).

Family bonds, love, life.

It’s a wonderful song that makes you feel you can face everything in life with just this one track.

Whenever I go through something tough, I listen to this song and find comfort in Naotaro Moriyama’s voice.

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Naotaro Moriyama – Become the Wind

Kaze ni Natte (Becoming the Wind) was released in 2006 as Naotaro Moriyama’s 11th single.

It was used as the theme song for Nippon TV’s 30th Birdman Rally and as the ending theme for Yomiuri TV’s information program Miyane-ya.

It’s a soothing track featuring a fresh, expansive vocal that makes you feel as if you could ride the wind and fly through the sky.

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Naotaro Moriyama – Kazahana (Windblown Snowflakes)

A delicate yet grand medium-tempo ballad, its clear falsetto by Naotaro Moriyama resonates deeply in the heart.

Released in November 2005 as his ninth single, the song was chosen as the theme for the NHK morning drama series Haruka of the Wind (Kaze no Haruka).

The lyrics depict a fleeting scene of snow on distant mountains dancing in the wind, mirroring the heroine’s pursuit of her dreams and perfectly aligning with the drama’s world.

The track was later included on the album Kazemachi Kousaten and was also performed on the Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

It’s a song that quietly instills courage on a winter morning when you’re taking a new step forward.

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Naotaro Moriyama – Sakura (Solo)

Naotaro Moriyama duets on his signature song “Sakura (Dokushou)” with Michiko Shimizu.

While Moriyama sings tenderly, Shimizu keeps slipping in choruses by doing an exaggerated impression of his mother, Ryoko Moriyama, which makes Naotaro involuntarily burst into laughter—an endearing moment to watch.