Kana Nishino’s Most Moving Songs and Popular Hits Ranking [2026]

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Kana Nishino 'if (short ver.)'

This song was chosen as the theme for the popular anime film Naruto Shippuden: The Lost Tower.

It’s a grand ballad that showcases Kana Nishino’s clear, high-toned vocals, so it’s sure to get everyone excited if you use it at a school festival.

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Kana Nishino “The Reason to Hold Hands” MV (Short Ver.)

Kana Nishino’s winter song “Te o Tsunagu Riyuu” (“The Reason We Hold Hands”), which deeply resonates with women, has lyrics that, as the title suggests, express the reasons for holding hands with someone you love.

It’s a bittersweet love song filled with the wish not to be forgotten.

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Nightcore – Happy Birthday 「 Kana Nishino 」

The perfect BGM to brighten up a friend’s birthday party is Kana Nishino’s “Happy Birthday.” It was included as a coupling track on the single “We Don’t Stop,” released in 2014.

The lyrics portray the lively atmosphere from preparing for the birthday party to the big moment itself.

Hearing the feelings of gratitude embedded in the song and the wish to stay close friends from here on will surely move the birthday person.

Let this day be the start of deepening your bonds of friendship!

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Kana Nishino - “SAKURA, I love you?” (short ver.)

Set against the backdrop of a beautiful spring scene with cherry blossoms dancing in the air, this pure and elegant song by Kana Nishino poignantly portrays a woman’s heart swaying between lingering feelings for a past love and the pull of a new romance.

Its delicate piano melody and crystalline vocals gently envelop the bittersweet memories of love that resurface with the arrival of spring.

Released in March 2012, the track was featured in Sony’s Walkman “Play You.” commercial and included on the album Love Place.

It’s a gem of a ballad perfect for a spring night, where the emotions wavering between memories revived under rows of cherry trees and complex feelings toward an ideal present lover resonate with the fleeting beauty of nighttime blossoms.

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Kana Nishino 'No Matter How Much...' MV Full

It’s a sweeping love ballad that sings of regret for someone precious you’ve lost and the complicated feelings you can’t do anything about.

Kana Nishino, an artist who resonates with many through her love songs, wrote the lyrics infused with her own unvarnished emotions.

The deeper you fall in love, the more you somehow end up missing each other—everyone’s felt that, right? Released in November 2011 as her 15th single, the track was also featured in a SONY WALKMAN commercial.

Its heartrending melody and vocals tighten your chest.

The song is also included on the album “Love Place,” released the following year.

It’s the kind of track that grips your heart—perfect for nights when you want to revisit a past romance and sink into a touch of melancholy.

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Kana Nishino “Pa” MV (Short Ver.)

As always, she sings an unbelievably cute song.

It’s the TV commercial song for Otsuka Foods’ “Vitamin Carbonated MATCH,” sung by Kana Nishino.

It’s a super positive, uplifting tune that blows away everyday anxieties, stress, and worries in a flash.

The lyrics that play on the idea of a carbonated drink are brilliant, too.