Popular Sakura Song Rankings [2026]

lightly; nimbly; flutteringlyŌhara Sakurako22rank/position

Sakurako Ohara – Hirari (Music Video YouTube ver.)

Sakurako Ohara’s “Hirari” evokes cherry blossoms blooming with a gentle smile.

Released in 2017, the song was chosen as the theme for the film “Let’s Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to U.S.

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Even as spring arrives and we go our separate ways, we’ll never forget the memories we shared and the cherry blossoms we saw together.

Whenever something happens, we’ll recall those happy times and keep pushing forward.

The lyrics portray turning that kind of friendship into strength to live boldly into the future.

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10-year cherry blossomsAKB4823rank/position

[MV full] 10nen Zakura / AKB48 [Official]

A heartwarming AKB48 song that accompanies the season of graduations and farewells.

Its lyrics, depicting friends vowing to reunite in ten years, beautifully capture the universal loneliness of parting and the hope for the future.

Released in March 2009, the track became the group’s first to reach the Oricon Top 3.

It’s a gentle push for those taking a new step with the arrival of spring, and is also recommended as background music for send-offs and graduation ceremonies.

cherry blossom rainJUJU24rank/position

JUJU “Sakura Ame” (Cherry Blossom Rain)

A poignant medium-tempo ballad by JUJU, layered with reflections on a beautiful cherry blossom rain.

Visiting a riverside path of memories alone, the protagonist wistfully recalls a past love—tenderly portraying the bittersweetness of spring in a gem of a song.

Released in February 2010, it was featured as the March opening theme for TBS’s CDTV and in a RecoChoku commercial, and is also included on the album “JUJU.” It’s a song to listen to on nights when the coming of spring makes you look back, or when you’ve said goodbye to someone dear.

Sakura, flutterSazan Ōrusutāzu25rank/position

Southern All Stars – Sakura, Hirari [Official Visualizer]

The new song by Southern All Stars features a heartwarming melody that evokes the arrival of spring.

With cherry blossoms as its motif, it carries a message of hope and renewal, and it’s truly wonderful.

Released as a lead single from the album “THANK YOU SO MUCH” on January 1, 2025, the track coincided with the first anniversary of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

Keisuke Kuwata’s warm vocals are accompanied by an acoustic guitar that feels like a spring breeze.

It’s a moving song you’ll want to hear during graduation and school entrance season.

I hope elementary school students will listen to it, too.

Cherry blossoms, along the path where petals swirl upElefanto Kashimashi26rank/position

Elephant Kashimashi – “The Road Where Cherry Blossoms Dance Up”

Sakura no Hana, Maiagaru Michi wo, released by Elephant Kashimashi in 2008, portrays a resolve to live forever together with a beloved person, building a future as beautiful as cherry blossoms.

It tells of how meeting someone special changed the narrator’s indifference toward cherry blossoms into a desire to walk toward a wonderful future with that person.

Encounters with others can truly transform our feelings, can’t they? If you’ve had a meeting that changed your life, please give this song a listen and let your future bloom even more.

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Even if we forget springaibii karaa27rank/position

Ivy Color [Even If We Forget Spring] Music Video

Set against a flurry of cherry blossoms, this work poignantly portrays a scene of parting.

Ivy to Color’s delicate lyrics and nostalgic piano melodies seep deep into the heart.

Released in March 2019 as the single’s title track, it beautifully expresses both the hope that comes with spring’s arrival and the melancholy of farewell.

It resonates even more strongly when heard during graduation season or the start of a new chapter.

Recommended for anyone who has experienced parting with someone dear against a springtime backdrop, it stands as a signature piece that fully showcases Ivy to Color’s musicality.

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Yuzu “Sakura-kai” Music Video

This is a masterpiece of Yuzu’s spring songs, in which eternal love is sung by drawing parallels with cherry blossoms.

A firm bond with a loved one, unchanging affection, and hope for the future are expressed over a beautiful melody.

The arrangement incorporating traditional instruments and the warm harmonies leave a strong impression.

Released in February 2010, the song reached No.

2 on the Oricon weekly chart.

It was also used in 2012 as the campaign CM song for JR West, resonating with many people.

With lyrics themed around cherry blossoms and Yuzu’s characteristically gentle vocals, it’s the perfect track for looking back on memories with someone special as spring arrives, or for warming the heart in a season of new encounters.