Yamada Kōsaku Popular Song Rankings [2026]
Kosaku Yamada was a musician who worked tirelessly to popularize Western music in Japan and was active both at home and abroad.
He is known for composing numerous works that incorporate distinctly Japanese melodies, as well as for founding Japan’s first symphony orchestra.
He also conducted orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Leningrad Philharmonic, and his achievements are indispensable to the history of Japanese music.
In this article, we present a ranking of Kosaku Yamada’s most popular pieces.
We hope you’ll listen while imagining the atmosphere of the era.
Playlist
| Yamada Kōsaku Popular Song Rankings [2026] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| show_chart | Title | Playlist | Review |
| 1 | red dragonflySakushi: Miki Rofū / Sakkyoku: Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Red Dragonfly, a song of memories of my hometown |
| 2 | Pechka (a type of Russian masonry stove)Sakkyoku: Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Pechka, a heartwarming fireplace song for the cold winter |
| 3 | Pechka (a type of Russian masonry stove)Sakushi: Kitahara Hakushū / Sakkyoku: Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | A scene of a family conversing by the fireplace on a snowy night |
| 4 | Song of the Railway SpiritSakushi: Kitahara Hakushū / Sakkyoku: Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Born in 1935 (Showa 10) as a company song established by the Ministry of Railways… |
| 5 | Kayano-KeyamaSakushi: Kitahara Hakushū / Sakkyoku: Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Roasting kaya nuts over an autumn irori hearth |
| 6 | This roadSakushi: Kitahara Hakushū / Sakkyoku: Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | A masterpiece that expresses the beauty of the four seasons |
| 7 | waiting in vainSakushi: Kitahara Hakushū / Sakkyoku: Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Children’s Songs by Kitahara Hakushu and Yamada Kōsaku |
| 8 | Suzaka City AnthemSakushi: Minamisawa Tsuguo / Sakkyoku: Yamada Kousaku |  play_arrow | With dignified elegance, celebrating the majestic nature of Shinshu and a deep love for our homeland… |
| 9 | Victory Cry and PeaceYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | They say it’s the first symphony ever written in Japan, and… |
| 10 | Cranford DiaryYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Yamada, known as the first Japanese symphonic composer… |
| 11 | Piece Dedicated to Scriabin, No. 1: “Nocturnal Poem”Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Kôsçak Yamada visited Moscow in December 1913... |
| 12 | SonatinaYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Yamada, known as the first Japanese symphonic composer… |
| 13 | Karatachi Flower for PianoYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | A composer who had a profound impact on the history of Japanese music, ... |
| 14 | Piano Quintet “Resonance of Marriage”Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Kósçak Yamada has given us many familiar... |
| 15 | Theme and Variations: A Changing-of-Clothes Piece Dedicated to My MotherYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Ko Yamada, one of Japan’s most prominent composers, ... |
| 16 | Symphonic Poem “Flower of the Mandala”Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Kósçak Yamada was a pioneering figure in Western music in Japan… |
| 17 | National High School Baseball Championship Tournament MarchYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | The opening ceremony of the Summer Koshien, imbued with a solemn yet exhilarating atmosphere… |
| 18 | Elegy: Variations on the Theme of ‘Moon over the Ruined Castle’Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Composer Yama…, who had a tremendous impact on the history of Japanese music |
| 19 | Variations in C majorYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Kósçak Yamada composed orchestral works and ... for children. |
| 20 | Overture in D majorYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Kósçak Yamada, a composer who represents modern Japanese music… |
| 21 | Japanese-Style Shadow Play, No. 1: “Good Morning”Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Composer Yama…, who had a tremendous impact on the history of Japanese music |
| 22 | Genji Music NotebookYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Kósçak Yamada created melodies that made use of the intonation of the Japanese language... |
| 23 | Songs Without WordsYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Gave birth to numerous masterpieces that deeply resonate in the hearts of the Japanese… |
| 24 | Young Pan and the Nymphs — Five Poems — No. 1Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | A composer who is also called the father of Japanese classical music… |
| 25 | Blue FlameYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | The composer Yam… who left a great legacy in the history of Japanese music |
| 26 | Kagoshima Prefectural AnthemYamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | Kagoshima Prefectural Anthem: Singing of Sakurajima and the Spirit of Satsuma |
| 27 | The flowers are fragrant.sakushi: Kuzuhara Shigeru / sakkyoku: Yamada Kōsaku |  play_arrow | The nursery rhyme poet Shigeru Kuzuhara wrote the lyrics, and the music… |