Okuni Hanako’s Cheer Songs and Popular Tracks Ranking [2026]

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Hanako Oku / Garnet (Solo Performance) [Music Video]

A moving ballad that brings to mind scene after scene from student days—the sprinting figures on the field, casual after-school conversations, lines of handwriting in a notebook.

Released in 2006 as Hanako Oku’s fourth single, it reached a wide audience as the theme song for director Mamoru Hosoda’s animated film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

It’s a celebrated classic that also won the Heisei Anime Song Award for Best Film Theme.

In simple words, it conveys both the ache of time slipping away and gratitude for the encounters that made one stronger.

Even if we are separated, those days will never fade.

That message resonates deeply, making it a perfect song for the milestone of a graduation ceremony.

It’s a piece we especially hope junior high school students will sing as they engrave memories with friends in their hearts and take their first steps forward.

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[Complete Version] “Winter Fireworks” Live Painting PV [Illustrator: May Sickness Mario] / Hanako Oku

Hanako Oku’s “Fuyu Hanabi” (Winter Fireworks) is a song that portrays the feelings of a woman with an unrequited love.

The setting is winter.

The moment she realizes, “I love this person,” he tells her that he likes her friend—a heartbreakingly bittersweet love story.

When both the person you like and your friend are precious to you, how painful must it be to let it end without ever confessing your own feelings…

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Oku Hanako – Your Smile (Kimi no Egao – Oku Hanako)

This is a song released in 2012 by singer-songwriter Hanako Oku.

It became the symbol of the “Smile Live” series of free concerts she held across the disaster-stricken areas and throughout Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Oku’s clear, transparent vocals and the beautiful piano melody are a must-hear.

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Birthday

“The fact that you were born—that itself is a miracle.” This is the message in Hanako Oku’s birthday song.

In life, each day can feel repetitive, but in truth there isn’t a single day that’s exactly the same.

So even if today is the worst day, tomorrow might be the best.

It’s also a song that lifts you up to think that way, so I’d love to give this track as a cheer song for a loved one’s birthday.

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Hanako Oku – Kimi no sora (Sub. Español – Kanji – Romanización)

It’s a lovely song that makes you feel there’s no such thing as a final farewell.

It wraps up all the partings that come with setting off on a new journey, and seems like a piece that any generation could embrace.

If it played as background music at a farewell gathering, you might find yourself captivated.

If there’s someone you absolutely want to see again and want to express that feeling to, try sending them this song!