ZARD Popular Song Ranking [2026]

To a city where the wind passes throughZARD29rank/position

Nostalgic commercial: ZARD new single “To the Town Where the Wind Blows Through.”

During the 1990s Being artist boom, ZARD, a music unit that gained popularity with a style featuring a female vocalist, made a significant impact.

Their 21st single, “Kaze ga Toorinu keru Machi e,” is a pop tune also known as the campaign song for ’97 Summer JRA.

The chorus melody, with its wide leaps, has a catchy quality that enhances the speed and exhilaration associated with horse racing.

It’s a timeless classic that colors the commercial with its memorable vocals, remaining fresh even as the times change.

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Hoshino Takashi

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TODAY IS ANOTHER DAYZARD30rank/position

WEZARD TV #15 Today is another day

This is a song used in the popular anime YAWARA, and it also became the album’s title track.

Among the tracks on the album, it left a particularly strong impression on me as a grand piece—so much so that I felt it could have worked as a single.

It resonates beautifully in the morning, and I often listen to it before heading out to work.

When I feel like seeing youZARD31rank/position

Bouquet: When I feel like I want to see you…

A classic pop style that starts with a powerful chorus as the intro.

Whether you’re happy but a bit confused, or you’ve just had a fight, listening to this song together will make the tension melt away—so be sure to share it with someone special.

Close your eyesZARD32rank/position

Eyes Closed_ZARD_(Yuki♪ ver.)

The theme song of “Sporut!” It starts with a piano accompaniment, and just as it builds, the band comes in and the groove shifts into a relaxed, side-to-side swaying rhythm—that transition is especially memorable.

In the final chorus, it modulates, pushing the excitement to its peak.

The interlude also features a saxophone solo, which is super cool.

foreignerTAK MATSUMOTO featuring ZARD33rank/position

TAK MATSUMOTO featuring ZARD / Stranger

It was released in 2003 as a collaboration single between Tak Matsumoto of B’z and Izumi Sakai of ZARD.

Although it is a cover of Saki Kubota’s “Ihoujin,” the track is packed with Tak Matsumoto’s guitar technique.

It became ZARD’s final collaboration single.

Goodbyes still dwell in my heart even now.ZARD34rank/position

ZARD “Sayonara wa ima mo kono mune ni imasu” special scene (original deleted)

Izumi Sakai of ZARD is from Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the song was released in 1995 as their 16th single.

It was selected as the theme song for the film adaptation of the TV drama “Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!” The lyrics were written by Izumi Sakai herself, and the single reached No.

1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

I can’t see loveZARD35rank/position

Love Is Invisible / ZARD cover [MiO]

A track that lets you feel the cool side of ZARD’s Izumi Sakai.

While ZARD often gives the impression of gentle, mellow songs, this one comes together as a cool rock number.

The lyrics are about a breakup with a lover, yet the feeling that “I’m the only one who can love you the most and make you the happiest” is a common emotion at the end of a relationship.

What makes it evoke a cool, strong woman is the melody that frames these lyrics in a bold light and Sakai’s passionate vocals.

Rather than “I love you more” in a plaintive sense, it’s more like, with a touch of swagger, “I’m the one who loves you more!” That subtle difference in nuance is what gives this song its strength.

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SAKI

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