[For Elementary School Students] Feel the Spring Vibes with Songs! A Collection of Classic Spring Tunes You'll Want to Sing

Late-blooming cherry blossomsNEW!AKB48

Nagorizakura

For those who feel a touch of sadness at springtime farewells and new departures, I recommend “Nagori-zakura.” It’s the 67th major single by AKB48, one of Japan’s leading idol groups, released in February 2026.

This time, 19th-generation member Momoka Ito serves as center.

The lyrics, which sing of nostalgic school routes and memories with friends, tighten your chest as you listen.

The bittersweet melody and vocals resonate in the heart.

It’s a perfect song for sixth graders approaching graduation or elementary school students who will be separated from close friends.

Please give this slightly heartrending track a listen—perfect for the cherry blossom season.

cherry blossom breezeNEW!botchiboromaru

Bocchi Boromaru “Sakura Breeze” × TV Anime “Class 3-Z Teacher Ginpachi-sensei”

It’s a fast-paced pop number that delivers courage and smiles for those heart-pounding new days.

Sung by Bocchi Boromaru, an artist known for a unique worldview, the track was released in November 2025.

It was chosen as the opening theme for the popular TV anime “Class 3-Z Ginpachi-sensei,” so many of you may have heard it.

Its playful sound, packed with the anime’s lively and fun atmosphere, is truly captivating! It’s infused with hopes and resolve felt while growing into adulthood, and just listening to it can lift your spirits.

It’s the perfect song to spark conversations with new friends or to recharge your energy on the way to school.

Spring loveNEW!DXTEEN

Spring Love

A refreshing pop song that sings of heart-fluttering love under the warm spring sunshine.

It’s included on the global boy group DXTEEN’s album “Heart Beat,” released in 2026.

The lyrics vividly capture that bittersweet feeling of constantly checking your phone as you think about the person you like.

With its sparkling melody and the members’ gentle vocals, it’s perfect for the start of a new season.

Give it a listen when someone catches your eye at the beginning of a new school term.

It’s a bright, energetic spring song that wholeheartedly cheers on your feelings of love!

Spring ThiefNEW!Yorushika

Yorushika – Spring Thief (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

This is a song I hope you’ll enjoy along with the scenery in the season when cherry blossom petals dance on the wind.

It was used in a Taisei Corporation TV commercial, so many elementary school students have probably heard it.

Included on Yorushika’s EP “Sosaku,” released in January 2021, this track charms with its unique perspective of likening the wind that scatters the cherry blossoms to a thief.

The story crafted by composer n-buna and the clear, translucent vocals of suis gently convey the beauty and transience of spring.

It’s perfect for the moment you’re excited about meeting new friends, or when you look up at the cherry trees on your way to school.

It’s a recommended number that celebrates the arrival of spring while quietly accompanying that faintly bittersweet feeling.

HarukaNEW!YOASOBI

YOASOBI 'Haruka' Official Music Video

This is a song that fills you with warmth and makes you want to express gratitude to someone special.

Released in December 2020, it’s a work by YOASOBI, the hugely popular unit known for turning novels into music.

Based on Osamu Suzuki’s novel “Tsuki Ōji” (Moon Prince), it tells a story from the perspective of a mug, watching over the growth of the girl who owns it.

The piece is captivating for its gently enveloping melody and ikura’s clear, translucent vocals.

As spring brings both meetings and farewells, listen while thinking of the teachers, friends, and family who have supported you.

It’s a moving masterpiece that naturally brings forth feelings of “thank you.”

On nights when cherry blossoms fallNEW!aimyon

Aimyon – On the Night the Cherry Blossoms Fall [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

If you want to feel a wistfulness like flower petals fluttering down on a spring night, this is the song.

It’s a track by Aimyon, a singer-songwriter from Hyogo Prefecture, released in 2021.

Chosen as the theme song for ABEMA’s romance reality show “Koi to Ookami ni wa Damasarenai” (“Don’t Be Fooled by the Wolf”), it delicately portrays a love swaying in the season of meetings and partings.

The straightforward feelings in the lyrics—wanting to see you for no particular reason—pierce deeply into the hearts of those in love.

You can picture the scene of thinking of someone amid a blizzard of cherry blossoms, and the song seems to teach us the preciousness of falling in love.

How about listening to it while feeling the spring breeze on your skin?

Heralding springNEW!yama

yama – Harbinger of Spring (Official Video)

If you’re looking for a stylish, cool spring song, this is the one! It’s a track by yama, a singer who gained attention through online activity.

With its brisk beat and urban sound, it’ll have you wanting to sway along as you listen.

The lyrics depict the loneliness felt in a late-night room, gently accompanying those fluttery feelings that come with a new environment.

Released digitally in April 2020, this piece was reportedly produced without yama ever meeting the songwriter-composer Kujira in person.

If you can ride the rhythm and sing it through, it’s sure to blow away any lingering gloom.

For elementary schoolers who want to enjoy spring with a slightly mature vibe, give it a try!