Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

I’m glad it wasn’t a sneeze.Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi29rank/position

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi – Glad It Wasn’t a Sneeze (from “ACOUSTIC LIVE”)

The melody is quite hard to sing, but the content of the song is kind of cute (lol).

Since it’s up-tempo, I think the chorus will stick in people’s heads.

When Tsuyoshi sings, it seems like he can make any lyrics sound cool (lol).

CLOSE YOUR EYESNagabuchi Tsuyoshi30rank/position

CLOSE YOUR EYES – Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi

It’s the theme song of the film “YAMATO,” and a very warm piece.

If you listen while thinking of someone dear to you, I think the song will resonate with you even more.

With its gentle, quiet tone, it might help you relax and fall asleep if you listen before bed—together with Tsuyoshi’s kind words.

GraduationNagabuchi Tsuyoshi31rank/position

TSUYOSHI NAGABUCHI – Sotsugyou

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi’s song “Sotsugyo” is a quintessential staple of the graduation season.

On the eve of graduation, the protagonist’s poignant feelings—harboring hope for the future yet unable to confess to their unrequited love—resonate deeply with listeners.

The bittersweet emotions toward the one they care for overlap with the listeners’ own memories, slowly filling their hearts.

The stirring lyrics and Nagabuchi’s powerful vocals offer courage and a sense of kinship to young people standing on the threshold of graduation.

Dreams shatteredNagabuchi Tsuyoshi32rank/position

Nagabuchi Film of History: Broken Dreams

A track included on the self-cover album “NEVER CHANGE,” released in 1988.

It’s a song that conveys the feeling of hitting rock bottom—failing in your dreams and losing someone important.

When things aren’t going well, nothing seems to go right no matter what you do.

You end up feeling isolated, thinking it’s only you.

But realizing that even Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi went through slumps like that and climbed back up time and again might ease that loneliness a little, reminding us that we’re all in this together.

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O beloved messengersNagabuchi Tsuyoshi33rank/position

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi – O Beloved Departed (from “Stay Alive ARANA TOUR 2012”)

This song was composed after the earthquake, and I remember almost crying the first time I heard it.

In each and every word of Tsuyoshi’s lyrics, there is strength and kindness, making it a soothing song.

The melody also seems to express both sorrow and hope.

bare faceNagabuchi Tsuyoshi34rank/position

bare face

If you only know Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi as the passionate singer with a husky voice, you might be surprised when you hear a song like Sugao, where he sings beautiful melodies in a clear high tone.

It’s a track from his 1979 album Gyakuryū, which became his breakthrough in the early stages of his career.

The tune carries a folk-rock flavor steeped in a distinctly ’70s sense of melancholy.

And don’t forget to carefully read the lyrics, which are very characteristic of the ’70s: the perspective shifts from a woman in the first verse to a man in the second, giving it a diary-like, autobiographical narrative quality.

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Hold Your Last ChanceNagabuchi Tsuyoshi35rank/position

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi / Hold Your Last Chance

Everyone carries their own weakness and loneliness.

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi’s songs, which urge us to rise again no matter how many times we fail and to become stronger than our tears, encourage me when things don’t go well and I start to doubt whether I can get back up or I feel timid.

Even if the days of living feel harsh and long, life is a road we can never walk back.

His songs stay close, telling us to seize the once-in-a-lifetime chances.