Captivating in many styles and forms! Love songs in Japanese rap
In recent years, music that uses rap has been seen across a variety of genres—not just hip-hop.
The appeal of Japanese rap lies in how it crosses genre boundaries and is loved by people of all generations and styles.
Here, I’ll introduce love songs that feature Japanese rap!
I’ve picked out everything from fresh tracks that resonate with younger listeners to masterpieces by seasoned veterans.
These are all songs you’ll want to listen to carefully while reading the lyrics, so please enjoy.
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Various styles and forms are captivating! Japanese rap love songs (21–30)
Girl feat. kojikojiSorane
This is a collaborative track with kojikoji included on Soraune’s second album, “19FACT,” released in June 2020.
As Soraune has said—“I wrote from a girl’s perspective about a girl’s feelings”—the song stands out for a male rapper deliberately portraying romance from a female point of view.
It captures the inability to be straightforward and the complicated emotions toward a lover with a light, effortless flow.
Blending chill hip-hop and R&B, the soft vocals by kojikoji layer on top to create an intimate mood that makes you want to listen alone in your room at night.
Selected as MUSIC ON! TV’s “M-ON! Recommend” and Space Shower TV’s “it!,” this piece is a love song that resonates strongly with listeners of the same generation.
snow jamRin Oto
Snow jam is Rin-ne’s first winter song.
Released in 2020, it became a long-running hit that stayed near the top of the charts for a long time.
The blend of Rin-ne’s rich, low-toned melodic rap and the mellow mood is incredibly relaxing.
The flowing, well-rhymed verses feel smooth, and the lyrics—likening longing for a lover to jam—are sweet and adorable.
It’s the kind of love song that’s sure to make couples happy when they listen together, and even if you’re on your own, it’ll fill you with a warm feeling.
Various styles and forms are captivating! Japanese rap love songs (31–40)
IS THIS LOVETERRY
When you pursue either love or your dreams, the other drifts away.
It’s not that either is wrong, but in the end you have to choose one.
If you keep putting it off and choose neither, eventually one of them will slip away…
This is a slightly sad love song that sings about that dilemma.
TERRY is a rapper from Miyagi Prefecture who, since the earthquake, has been engaged in activities that contribute to various communities.
Ms. U feat. idom & SALUKvi Baba
A love song that portrays the feeling of thinking only of one precious person amid the dense streets of Tokyo.
Featuring singer-songwriter idom and the revered SALU, Kvi Baba released this track in March 2024.
Against a backdrop of urban clamor and crowds of countless people crossing paths, the urgency of keeping one’s gaze fixed on a single person is woven through each of the three artists’ distinctive expressions.
Kvi Baba’s introspective lyrics, idom’s delicate vocals, and SALU’s urbane flow overlap to create a depth unique to this collaboration.
Selected as the ending theme for ABEMA’s news program ABEMA Prime in May 2024, the song has reached a broad audience.
It’s a piece that keeps you company on late-night drives or in quiet moments spent thinking of someone special.
Flow lovesanari
Flow love stands out with its languid, drifting rap mood and a chorus that exudes a sense of loss.
It’s included on the 2019 self-produced mini-album SICKSTEEN, which was made at home.
The track was also used in the show ‘Shirayuki to Ookami-kun ni wa Damasarenai,’ in which Sanari himself appeared, and it stirs up a mix of feelings that can get pretty emotional.
The lyrics poignantly reveal the hollowed-out heart after a breakup, yet at live shows the song also radiates a warm atmosphere—this duality makes it a compelling love song.
Kinmokusei feat. Mamiko SuzukiTOSHIKI HAYASHI (%C)
TOSHIKI HAYASHI (%C), a Tokyo-based beatmaker.
This track featuring Mamiko Suzuki of chelmico was included on his 2017 album “THREE” and released as a 7-inch analog single in August 2018.
Its mellow groove evokes an autumn dusk, and the flow—shifting smoothly from conversational rap into melody—intertwines exquisitely to gently portray emotions and memories that resurface with the changing seasons.
The sound, blending a lo-fi beat sensibility with city-pop-style harmonies, feels like a snapshot of small urban melancholies.
It’s a calm, warm love song perfect for the season when the fragrant olive blooms and scents the air.
sparklersloppy dim
A love song by sloppy dim themed around clumsy love, portraying a fragile relationship through the image of sparklers.
It tenderly weaves, with a melodious flow, the frustration of being unable to express affection well and the heartfelt desire to be accepted nonetheless.
The scene of lighting sparklers on a backstreet at night symbolizes the couple’s fleeting time together, and the emotion of not wanting to let go of the present, even while understanding it’s destined to fade, resonates deeply.
It was included on the EP “BALLOON” released in December 2020, and reached No.
11 on Apple Music’s R&B/Soul chart in February 2021.
Recommended for when you want to soak in the bittersweetness of summer’s end or savor time with someone special.