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[Spring Love Songs] Recommended Classics and Popular Love Songs to Listen to During Cherry Blossom Season

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Spring is a season of meetings and farewells.

Some loves begin, while others quietly come to an end.

In this article, we introduce recommended springtime love songs that capture all kinds of romances.

This time, we’ve picked a wide range—from timeless spring classics to the latest hits.

Whether you want to revisit a beloved masterpiece or discover a tear-jerking spring ballad, this playlist is perfect for you.

They’re also great for karaoke, so why not enjoy them with new friends you meet this spring?

[Spring Love Songs] Recommended Masterpieces & Popular Love Songs to Listen to During Cherry Blossom Season (1–10)

Late-blooming cherry blossomsNEW!AKB48

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Late-blooming cherry blossomsNEW!AKB48

This is a spring number imbued with a bittersweetness that tightens your chest in the season of partings.

It’s a song released in 2026 by the nationally beloved idol group AKB48, with 19th-generation member Momoka Ito serving as center.

The lyrics, depicting the pangs of fleeting youth and a love that scatters as delicately as cherry blossoms, are truly stirring.

With its refreshing melody that resonates in the heart, this piece is perfect to listen to as graduation approaches, when you want to look back on memories with someone you love.

Surely every memory will remain gently in your heart.

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Winter and Springback number

back number – Winter and Spring

Winter and Springback number

It’s a deeply moving song that delicately portrays winter’s chill and the arrival of spring.

The pain of heartbreak and the image of a woman striving to overcome it are expressed in parallel with the changing seasons.

The beautiful metaphor of snow-covered bare branches being likened to flowers, as well as lyrics that reference fairy tales, leave a strong impression.

The characteristically bittersweet lyrics of back number blend perfectly with the refined sound produced by Masataka Shimida.

Released in January 2024, this song gently accompanies those carrying the pain of heartbreak and evokes the sense that a new spring is on its way.

It’s a heartwarming ballad you’ll want to listen to alone on a quiet night.

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to chew the windYorushika

Yorushika – Eating the Wind (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

to chew the windYorushika

A song woven with gentle warmth that quietly seeps into the heart and sharp insights into modern society.

This track by Yorushika is a soothing piece that tenderly embraces hearts weary of consumer culture.

Released digitally in October 2020, the work’s poetic phrase “eating the wind” conveys a search for essential richness beyond material values.

For those seeking to take a new step with the arrival of spring, it is a song that will surely support the heart.

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[Spring Love Songs] Recommended Masterpieces and Popular Love Songs to Listen to in Cherry Blossom Season (11–20)

It’s love, right?wacci

wacci 'Koi Daro' Music Video

It's love, right?wacci

A heartwarming love song by wacci that offers the most straightforward answer to the question, “What is love?” Its lyrics teach us that love transcends gender, age, background, and nationality—resonating with many listeners.

Written as an insert song for the Fuji TV drama ‘A Family Undisturbed,’ it was released in April 2022 and won the Excellence Award at the 64th Japan Record Awards.

Brimming with warmth, this track gently encourages those struggling with love or lacking confidence.

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Sakura RabbitKawasaki Takaya

Takanori Kawasaki - Sakura Usagi [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

Sakura RabbitKawasaki Takaya

Singer-songwriter Takaya Kawasaki made his name known with the hit of his signature song “Mahō no Jūtan” (Magic Carpet).

His 2021 track “Sakura Usagi” centers on the bittersweet feelings of love just before graduation.

The lyrics, which liken the singer’s anxious, wavering heart to a rabbit, leave a strong impression.

Carried by interwoven acoustic guitar and strings, his emotional vocals resonate.

It’s a graduation song that stays close to the loneliness of not being able to see the one you care about.

Try singing this song that helps you accept parting and take a step forward.

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Oh no.Ren

ReN – Ahh. [Official Lyric Video]

Oh no.Ren

A heartfelt song by ReN that blends the feeling of spring with the ache of heartbreak.

It delicately portrays a woman who can’t bring herself to say goodbye, tightening the listener’s chest.

The conflicting emotions of longing for her lover and losing her sense of self are skillfully expressed, and the sigh-laden phrases convey the poignant sadness of love.

Released in April 2021, this track is perfect for spring, a season of farewells.

It’s a song that offers comfort to those who’ve experienced heartbreak or are struggling with love.

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Sing of springback number

Sing of spring

Sing of springback number

When it comes to love songs, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call the three-piece rock band back number a byword for the genre.

Their song “Haru wo Uta ni Shite” (Make Spring into a Song) is included on their indie-era debut album “Nogashita Sakana,” released in 2009, and it’s a love song that’s very popular among fans.

From the intro, it already evokes a bittersweet spring, a track packed with feelings so intense they make your chest ache.

For those who can’t forget someone, or who have experienced heartbreak, it’s surely a song that will bring you to tears.

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