Listening will surely fill you with courage! Cheer songs released in the Reiwa era
When you’re pursuing your dreams or goals, or when a challenge stands in your way, you want the courage to face it, don’t you?
It’s best if you can talk to trusted family or friends and get their encouragement, but everyone faces moments when they have to stand up to things alone.
At times like that, you may want something to support your heart and give you a gentle push forward.
So this time, we’re introducing the latest cheer-up songs released in the Reiwa era!
From tracks that fire you up to songs that offer gentle companionship, we’ve compiled a wide range—so please find the ones that resonate with you!
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Listen and you’re sure to feel encouraged! Cheer songs released in the Reiwa era (41–50)
Curtain Call feat.TakaShimizu Shota
Led by grand strings, the piano melody and the overlapping emotional vocals truly move the heart.
This song by Shota Shimizu and Taka from ONE OK ROCK radiates an overwhelming appeal through the powerful back-and-forth of their vocals.
While confronting the reality that not everyone can be the star, its message—keep walking until the day you shine—gently gives you a push forward.
Released in July 2021 as the lead track from the album “HOPE,” the piece also made headlines for surpassing 100 million streams.
It’s a refined power song that’s perfect for those moments when you’re feeling a bit down and need the strength to face forward again.
Listening will surely fill you with courage! Cheer songs released in the Reiwa era (51–60)
Great personVaundy
Written in 2021 as an inspire song for the NHK Taiga drama “Reach Beyond the Blue Sky,” the track—left unreleased for nearly four years—finally became available for streaming in October 2025.
Inspired by the life of Eiichi Shibusawa, the piece confronts a reality that cannot be satisfied by existing norms or ready-made answers, while singing of the will to keep moving forward nonetheless.
Its stance of accepting one’s imperfect self as is and choosing to live with a smile carries a message that resonates especially in today’s era, when self-denial often prevails.
if you comeAqua Timez
Released in October 2025, “if you come” was written specifically for Fuji TV’s New Tokyo Water Police and stands as the band’s final song after their reunion.
Its lyrics carry the message of moving forward in the present even while bearing difficulties, resonating with those who refuse to give up hope.
The melodious, dynamic band sound is striking as well.
It’s a gem of a rock track that symbolizes their career.
My AnswerRyokushokushakai
This song earnestly sings about the growing weight of choices as we become adults and the conflicts that arise from them.
Written as the theme song for TV Asahi’s drama Emergency Interrogation Room Season 5, it portrays the wavering feelings of modern people who want to choose but can’t, who can’t act on emotion alone.
You’re drawn in by the message that, no matter the ending, an answer reached after agonizing deliberation is a strong one.
It’s a song that stands beside anyone at a crossroads in life.
With one liter of loveVaundy
Vaundy, who handles everything from songwriting and composition to video production, delivers genre-defying music.
The track in question, included on the acclaimed album “replica” released in November 2023, quietly stays by your side on days when you feel emotionally empty.
Its light flow and simple band sound seem to affirm the sense of lack and loneliness in everyday life.
It encourages you to accept those unfulfilled feelings as your honest emotions, giving you the push to take the next step.
The album “replica,” which features this song, reached No.
2 overall on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart.
It’s a stylish, gentle pep song that can fill you up on mornings when you’re just not feeling it.
Gimme Gimme SanctuaryNanawo Akari
An uplifting upper-tune in search of a true, personal “sanctuary”! With lyrics and composition by Nayutalien and arrangement by Akita Horie, this track brilliantly fuses a highly addictive melody with a fast-paced band sound.
Its lyrics, which accept one’s inner frailty and express the desire to stay true to oneself, are encouraging.
The song is included on the best-of album “Flying Best 2,” released in August 2025 to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the major-label debut.
It’s a work that will support anyone searching for a place they belong.
The continuation of a dreamMinase Inori
This is a commemorative number marking Inori Minase’s 10th anniversary as an artist.
It serves as the lead track of her half-album “Turquoise,” releasing in September 2025, and is a concept song themed around her own journey.
The same production team from her 2015 debut single has reunited for this, and the lyrics—woven as if speaking to her past self—leave a strong impression.
It portrays her stepping into the future while embracing both hope and inner conflict, and as you listen, you naturally feel encouraged.
When you’re ready to take a new step, this song will surely help you!