Popularity Ranking of Rentaro Taki’s Songs [2026]

Rentaro Taki, who was active during the Meiji era, is always taught in music classes as one of Japan’s great musicians.

Many of the works he left behind are still sung to this day.

I’ll introduce Taki’s songs—which could be called the heart of Japan—in a ranking format!

Taki Rentaro’s Popular Songs Ranking [2026] (11–20)

The Moon (Autumn Moon) / Rentaro Taki Michiko Tai

There are many children’s songs with the moon as their theme, but among them, “Tsuki” composed by Rentarō Taki is perhaps especially famous.

Although Taki is known as a composer, he actually wrote the lyrics for this “Tsuki” as well.

Picture the moon floating in the autumn sky and give it a listen.

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