A classic song with a title that starts with “Ru”
Have you ever played shiritori using song titles?
Surprisingly, you can’t recall song names as easily as you’d think, and it gets pretty heated.
One of the trickiest letters in that game—easily among the top contenders—is “ru.”
There just aren’t many songs that come to mind starting with “ru,” right?
But if you look, you’ll find there are plenty of hidden gems that do start with “ru”!
From titles using colors and gemstones to words like rookie and loop, we found lots of songs.
By all means, enjoy the quirky yet wonderful world of songs starting with the notoriously tricky “ru.”
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Masterpieces with Titles Starting with “Ru” (1–10)
Loop the Roomrushino
It’s a track that draws you into that strange feeling of almost breaking free but never quite escaping.
Created by Lushino for the anonymous submission event Colorless Transparent Festival 3, held in November 2025, the song takes inspiration from the urban legend “The Backrooms.” With electronic sounds, it conveys a maze-like sense of confinement and the cyclical sensation of endlessly looping through the same place.
A dark worldview unfolds, as if you’re sinking deeper into a dream.
RootsSHANK
Featured on their debut album “Loving our small days,” this track is a signature song from their indie era, also included on an advance compilation in August 2010.
Set to a driving two-beat and sung in English, its message interweaves anxiety about an unchanging everyday life with the will to push forward.
True to its title, it carries a sense of reexamining one’s “roots,” mirroring SHANK’s mindset at the time as they aimed to break out from Nagasaki to the national stage.
The explosive synergy of high-speed yet melodic guitar riffs and Shohei Ibara’s husky high tones is breathtaking.
It’s a must-hear for anyone craving the invigorating rush of melodic hardcore or looking to release their emotions all at once in a short burst.
LuminousKagami Hayato
A lead single from Hayato Kagami of NIJISANJI’s first mini-album “ULTIMATE CITY,” released in November 2025.
It’s a grand rock number fully produced by Soujirou Oki of Novelbright.
Through the image of a protagonist clutching a blank map and cutting through the darkness, it portrays the strength of will to keep moving forward—believing in a light of hope even amid uncertainty.
Just listening to the soaring, sing-along-ready chorus and the dazzling hybrid sound is enough to set your heart ablaze.
Great songs with titles starting with 'Ru' (11–20)
Loo% Who%Rin to shite Shigure
A one-of-a-kind three-piece rock band, Ling tosite sigure, released the EP “Lost God of SASORI” in October 2025.
This track was newly written as the ending theme for the TV anime Gnosia and is included on that EP.
The lyrics, depicting wavering trust and suspicion—and an impulse toward death—within a looping flow of time, align perfectly with the work’s labyrinthine world.
Meanwhile, the tense sound, woven from odd meters and fierce key changes, creates a unique afterglow that feels like an ending yet hints at a beginning.
With whiplash-inducing guitar riffs and technically dazzling drums, it’s an edgy rock piece that’s utterly overwhelming.
Lubanza FireSEAMO
This is dance music by Seamo that blends catchy pop and rap styles with a sampling-based approach inspired by anime theme songs.
Despite the artist’s strong comedic flair, it’s easy to listen to and offers a bright, uplifting vibe that fits perfectly for September.
Look at meBIGMAMA
On a morning platform, clenching a fist tight inside a packed train.
Starting from that everyday sense of urgency, this song vividly captures the frustration and loneliness of a protagonist not yet twenty.
The world moves on without you noticing, everything rushing past, and in the midst of it, a cry of anger at being left behind.
Originally released to the world in 2006 on the mini-album “short films,” the track was re-recorded and released in 2013 as the B-side of the single “alongside.” It was also included on the 2017 best-of album “BESTMAMA.” It’s a song that resonates with the youthful urgency many have felt—the yearning to assert yourself, and the exasperation when it doesn’t quite come out right.
Room No.Bone Hair Neck
Bone Hair Neck is a rock band based in Sapporo.
Formed in September 2022 as a three-piece, their music is characterized by an energetic, catchy sound.
They’ve been actively performing live mainly in Hokkaido, appearing at events such as GooFES 11vol.
and Shoot Sound Fes vol.1.
As they help energize the scene and steadily broaden their reach, they’re a band you won’t want to miss.
If you love rock, be sure to check them out.