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What songs are popular among elementary schoolers? Well-known and sing-along favorites! [2026]

DancerFukkun:)Tatsuki Fukuda
Primarily active in Tokyo, I have experience as a backup dancer for artists, a music video dancer, and a commercial dancer. I continue to work as a dancer while also engaging in article production. After discovering Michael Jackson in junior high school, I began dancing in my second year of high school. Since starting dance, in addition to the J-Pop and Japanese rock I had been listening to, I began exploring Western R&B, rap, alternative music, and other tracks commonly used for dance. In elementary school, I spent three years in a choir, and because I love singing, I often go to karaoke for fun. These days, I enjoy a wide range of music, from Japanese rock and rap to K-pop.
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Started working as a music writer as a side job while employed at a record shop, and for over 18 years I’ve contributed to music magazines, disc guide books, mooks, and web media. As a writer my main field is Western music, but as a listener for over 35 years, I always try to keep my curiosity alive with the motto “I like what I like.” I have experience playing in bands, where I was a bassist who handled songwriting and composition. Instruments I’ve played include bass, guitar, and piano. I began studying English in my mid-40s and continue to do so today.

These days, you can listen to songs and watch music videos through various social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube.

Of course, many adults do, but I think a lot of elementary school kids watch them too.

This time, we’ll be introducing songs that are popular among elementary school students, as well as highly well-known tracks!

We’ve gathered plenty of songs that today’s elementary schoolers often hear—like dance numbers that blew up on social media and tracks used as theme songs for popular anime—so please read to the end!

If there are any songs you don’t know, be sure to give them a listen!

Now, let’s get started.

What songs are popular among elementary school kids? Popular songs everyone knows and wants to sing! [2026] (101–110)

Daijoubumirage²

Girls² – Daijoubu (It’s Okay) YouTube ver. (MV/Commentary)

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Girls² is a group formed by eight girls from the three units miracle², magical², and mirage².

Their song “Daijoubu” is Girls²’s debut track and was chosen as the opening theme for the drama Secret × Warrior Phantomirage!.

Making their first starring appearance in a drama at the same time as debuting as a girl group, they’re real-world Cinderella girls.

Be sure to give their fresh and poppy dance number a listen!

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rainbow-coloredayaka

Ayaka / “Nijiiro” (Theme song for the NHK morning drama series “Hanako to Anne”) Music Video (Short Ver.)

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This is Ayaka’s 13th single, first released on RecoChoku on April 28, 2014.

The song was written as the theme for the NHK morning drama series “Hanako to Anne.” For elementary school kids, watching the morning drama is a battle against the dilemma of wanting to see it to the end but needing to leave early for school to avoid being late!

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Thank you / Ikimonogakari (Cover)

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Released on May 5, 2010, this is Ikimono-gakari’s 18th single.

It was written as the theme song for the NHK morning drama series Gegege no Nyobo.

The song is very familiar even to elementary school children, as it is played during lunchtime at schools and the like.

This might be the best song to appreciate vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka’s resounding voice.

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ChopstickNiziU

NiziU(니쥬) 1st Album 「Chopstick」 MV

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This song is based on Euphémie Allen’s piano piece “The Celebrated Chop Waltz.” You can really hear its influence in the piano intro.

I’ve heard that quite a few dance schools use NiziU’s songs as practice pieces.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say the kids’ dance scene is already dominated by NiziU.

Just as the “jump rope dance” drew attention in “Make you happy,” this time, in “Chopstick,” which means “ohashi,” there’s a dance part where you use your fingers to mimic chopsticks.

I bet every elementary school kid is already copying it!

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For the First Time in ForeverKanda Sayaka

For the first time in my life ♪ Let's sing together ♪ For The First Time in Forever Japanese lyric

For the First Time in ForeverKanda Sayaka

This is a song used in the Disney movie Frozen, and within the film it’s probably the second most famous song after Let It Go.

I bet there isn’t an elementary school girl who doesn’t know it.

It’s sung by Sayaka Kanda, the daughter of Seiko Matsuda, who also voices the film’s protagonist, Anna.

As you’d expect from someone who performs in musicals, her singing is excellent.

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