Chihiro Onitsuka’s Most Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

Tiger in my LoveOnitsuka Chihiro15rank/position

Chihiro Onitsuka - Tiger in my Love

This track is included on the third album Sugar High, released in 2002, whose striking impression is capped by a photo of Onitsuka staring at the camera with a blonde hairstyle.

Although it wasn’t released as a single, it’s a song that carries a rock-to-pop sense of speed within an album largely filled with slow ballads, giving it a somewhat distinctive, even unconventional feel.

Led by a tumbling piano tone and a busily played bass line, Onitsuka’s vocals—delivered in a lower register with a rapid-fire rush of words—are simply electrifying, cool, and stylish.

That said, no Onitsuka Chihiro song would end there; the thrilling exchange of words, with her signature Onitsuka flair in full force, is something you can only experience in her music.

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Chihiro Onitsuka – edge

Released in February 2001 as a double A-side single together with the masterpiece Dizziness (Memai), Edge was also used as the theme song for the film Oboreru Sakana directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

Tsutsumi also directed the music video, which vividly captures Onitsuka’s uniquely somber sonic world through poetic imagery.

It’s said that Onitsuka wrote this song when she was 19, before her debut, and that it was originally in English before being rewritten in Japanese for the recording.

Despite its gentle, soothing ensemble, the lyrics—interpretable as utterly despairing—are painfully raw, and Onitsuka’s beautiful falsetto comes across like a cry from a heart with nowhere to go.

That sense of something “desperately beautiful” may be something rarely found among artists today.

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BACKDOOROnitsuka Chihiro17rank/position

Back Door

It’s a rare upbeat and quite good song for Chihiro Onitsuka.

The title sounds a bit negative, but the song itself isn’t.

Because of that, it has even been used as a cheering song.

It’s one of the few Chihiro Onitsuka songs that makes you feel like you want to do your best after listening.

infectionOnitsuka Chihiro18rank/position

Chihiro Onitsuka – Infection

This is the fifth single, released in 2001.

It was also used as the theme song for the drama “Hyoten 2001.” The sound, built around piano and strings, and the vocals that evoke inner suffering are striking.

It’s a song that seems to portray the weaker side of human nature: the struggle against one’s own growing weakness, a heart gradually falling apart, and the self-reproach that follows.

As it moves toward the end, both the sound and the vocals grow more intense, conveying emotions that can no longer be contained, which resonates deeply.

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A Good Day to Set Out on a JourneyOnitsuka Chihiro19rank/position

Chihiro Onitsuka – Setting Off on a Good Day, Westward

Chihiro Onitsuka is an artist who has built her own unique world with a soul-stirring voice.

Debuting in 2000, her song Gekkou, which became a massive hit as the theme for the TV drama TRICK, sold over 560,000 copies.

Her ability to captivate listeners with just piano and vocals is a truly unparalleled charm.

Her acclaimed album Insomnia became a million seller, and in December 2001 she won the Japan Record Awards’ Lyrics Award for Mezame.

If you want to immerse yourself in lyrics and vocals that cut deep into the heart, be sure to step into her world.

Our rosy daysOnitsuka Chihiro20rank/position

Chihiro Onitsuka – “Our Rose-Colored Days”

This is another song where you can still feel Chihiro Onitsuka’s vibe.

When you think of Chihiro Onitsuka, this is the atmosphere that comes to mind—you can really savor it.

Even after she changed, she still writes good lyrics, but this mood is my favorite and the most comforting.

It’s a great track.

BODERLINEOnitsuka Chihiro21rank/position

Chihiro Onitsuka - BORDERLINE

It’s a song that can only be described as amazing.

It’s packed with everything that makes the artist Chihiro Onitsuka so extraordinary.

Not only does the mood of the song keep shifting, but the way she sings and uses her voice to match those changes is stunning and overwhelming—it’s the kind of song that leaves you completely drained after listening.