Friendship songs recommended for elementary school students. Bonding songs you’ll want to listen to with your friends.

One moreFUNKY MONKEY BABYS

FUNKY MONKEY BABYS “One More”

Released in 2010, this was FUNKY MONKEY BABYS’ 14th single and was chosen as a support song for the summer high school baseball tournament.

True to its theme of the blazing summer of high school ballplayers who stake their youth on the mound, it’s a coming-of-age anthem that heats up your heart just by listening.

It’s packed with feelings for the friends who endured grueling practices together and the teammates who shared both hope and sweat.

Even when you feel like giving up, just hearing it brings back countless memories, making it a song you’ll want to share with the friends you’ll never forget.

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Everyone falls in love with someone.Sakushi: Sakata Osamu / Sakkyoku: Hayashi Akira

Everyone Falls in Love with Someone (Okaasan to Issho) / Osamu Sakata & Megumi Sakata

This is a song with lyrics by Osamu Sakata and music by Akira Hayashi.

It was featured as the “Song of the Month” on NHK E-TV’s program Okaasan to Issho in February and March 2012, and was included on an album released in October 2012.

The imagery flows from the sky and clouds to people, carrying a warm message that everyone cherishes someone.

Children entering elementary school are often full of anxiety, but listening to this song can encourage them to think, “I’ll try to make friends with the child sitting next to me.” At the entrance ceremony, if everyone sings it as a gift to the new first graders, it might make them feel excited, thinking, “Elementary school is a fun place.”

That’s a friend.Sakushi: Higurashi Shinzou / Sakkyoku: Morimoto Kiyoto

[That's a Friend] [With Mother] [With Choreography] Sister Hinata & Luke

This work stays close to children jumping into a new environment and sings about the wonders of friendship.

Singing it together to the bright melody can be a great way to deepen bonds.

It was selected as the Monthly Song on NHK’s program “Okaasan to Issho” from July to August 2011, and it became popular in the anime “Tomodachi 8-nin” as a song featuring the full cast of characters.

It was included on an album released in October of the same year, as well as on various special compilations, and it remains enduringly popular.

It’s especially recommended for first graders starting their new school lives.

Be sure to listen to this warm message song that cherishes dear friends.

Your SongHey! Say! JUMP

Hey! Say! JUMP – Your Song [Official Music Video]

A track that strikes the heart with Hey! Say! JUMP’s sweet vocals and lyrics about universal love.

Released in 2020, it was used as the theme song for the TBS drama “Kiwadoi Futari – K2 – Ikebukuro Police Station Criminal Investigation Division Kanzaki and Kuroki.” It’s a heartwarming, uplifting song that brightly sings of unchanging love—whether between friends, family, siblings, or lovers—and conveys the message that even in tough and painful times, you can look forward because everyone is there for you.

A medium-tempo number that makes you feel gentle when you listen to it.

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This is the friend-making factoryKannuim Kumiko

[Chorus] This Is the Friendship Factory

An entrance ceremony is a place where you meet new friends for the first time.

Some children may feel anxious.

This work is aimed at those children, carrying a message to the friends with whom they’ll be spending fun times together.

You can almost feel the warm spring air, and it gives a cozy feeling.

Published as a magazine supplement in April 2014, this song features a very bright and energetic melody that leaves a strong impression.

At an entrance ceremony, you might be sitting next to a child you don’t know at all.

But once you start singing together, before you realize it, you’ve become good friends! It’s also recommended to sing it together with the children to ease the tension of the entrance ceremony.

Best friendSnow Man

The official lyric video for “Best Friend” from the 9th single “Dangerholic” is now streaming! #SnowMan #BestFriend #Dangerholic #Sunotube

How about a heartwarming song that straightforwardly expresses gratitude to an irreplaceable best friend? Featured on the standard edition of the single “Dangerholic,” released in September 2023, this track is a friendship song performed by Snow Man.

It conveys a heartfelt “thank you” to a friend who stayed by your side without saying a word when you were worn out by everyday life and hurt by what others said.

The relay-like structure in which the nine members take turns singing conveys a strong bond and gentleness.

It’s a perfect classic for telling a friend who’s heading down a different path the appreciation that’s usually too embarrassing to say out loud.

If everyone sings it together on the milestone day of graduation, holding past memories close, it will surely become a lifelong treasure you’ll never forget.

secret base ~What You Gave Me~ZONE

ZONE “secret base ~What You Gave Me~” MUSIC VIDEO

A medium-tempo number released in 2001, its bittersweet memories of “you,” who is transferring to another school, resonate deeply.

The lyrics are filled with keywords that evoke childhood, capturing the faint memories of summer just as they were.

Back when this song was made, nobody had smartphones, and once you were apart, the only ways to keep in touch were by phone or letters—it must have felt so lonely.

That’s precisely why the unforgettable memories and recollections that bind the two together so strongly hit home, making this a song that leaves you with a beautiful, pure feeling.

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