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Youth songs you want to listen to in spring. Classic and popular spring songs.

Spring is known as the season of meetings and farewells, with graduations, job transfers, school admissions, and new hires all happening around this time.

Some of you might feel like listening to coming-of-age songs when you’re experiencing encounters or partings, right?

In this article, we’ll introduce a selection of coming-of-age songs that you’ll want to listen to in spring.

We’ve gathered not only classic anthems about friendship and bonds, but also spring-like graduation songs.

Find the ones that match your current feelings and situation!

Let’s get started.

Youth songs to listen to in spring. Classic and popular spring tracks (91–100)

OrangeSPYAIR

SPYAIR “Orange” Music Video (Theme Song for Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle: The Movie)
OrangeSPYAIR

A bittersweet anthem of youth by SPYAIR, released in February 2024 as the theme song for the film Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle, which poignantly portrays sweet-and-sour coming-of-age moments.

With fresh, vibrant vocals and an energetic band sound, the song captures the hearts of young people where hope and anxiety intertwine, conveying a strong resolve to keep moving forward even as they reluctantly part from friends.

Its refreshing yet heartrending melody and empowering message that points toward the future make it perfect for spring—the season of new beginnings like moving up a grade or graduation.

It’s a song that gently gives a push to everyone setting out on a new path with memories of cherished friends close to their hearts.

Sakura MitsutsukiSPYAIR

SPYAIR “Sakura Mitsutsuki (Short ver.)”
Sakura MitsutsukiSPYAIR

Many of you probably enjoy songs with a sense of speed and a refreshing punch, and often sing them at karaoke.

“Sakura Mitsutsuki,” a track by the three-piece rock band SPYAIR, was released in 2013 and was also used as the theme song for the anime Gintama.

It’s a farewell song that captures the unique sentimentality of the cherry blossom season.

Still, it’s finished with SPYAIR’s signature touch as a catchy goodbye song for sakura season.

I think everyone has those moments when they suddenly remember someone they parted ways with.

This is a perfect number for those sentimental scenes.

THANXWANIMA

WANIMA- THANX(OFFICIAL VIDEO)
THANXWANIMA

With its fiery sound and powerful message, this is a pep song that stands close to the listener’s heart.

It’s a heartwarming piece filled with gratitude and a desire to cheer on that first step toward a hope-filled future.

The track gently embraces the feelings you have at life’s crossroads—partings with loved ones and new departures.

Released in November 2015 on WANIMA’s album “Are You Coming?”, it became the band’s first nationwide distribution release.

The music video, shot in an outdoor live-performance style, also gained popularity and is beloved by many fans.

It’s a song especially for those who don’t feel okay as they face a new life or changes in their environment.

WANIMA’s energetic sound will surely give you the push you need.

migratory bird[Alexandros]

[Alexandros] – Wataridori (MV)
migratory bird[Alexandros]

Characterized by a driving, uplifting melody and powerful lyrics, it gives listeners a positive burst of energy.

It was included on a single released in March 2015 and was also selected as the theme song for the film “Ake-Garasu (Akegarasu).” It was [Alexandros]’s first-ever movie theme song.

This track is perfect for people starting a new life or taking on fresh challenges.

Listening to it in the spring will make your heart dance.

Cherry Blossom Timeaiko

aiko - “Sakura no Toki” music video
Cherry Blossom Timeaiko

A masterpiece that seeps into the heart, capturing a bittersweet yet beautiful scene of love under the radiant spring sunlight.

Released by aiko in February 2000, this song gently sings of a new romance budding with the season of cherry blossoms.

While carrying doubts from the past, the protagonist finds meaning in life through meeting someone special, portrayed alongside a calm, soothing melody.

Chosen as a Calpis Water commercial song, it has brought comfort to many listeners.

Included on the album “Sakura no Ki no Shita,” which reached No.

1 on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart.

It’s a track you’ll want to play on a spring drive beneath rows of cherry trees—resonating in your heart as the scenery passes by the window.

sentimentalculenasm

culenasm “Sentimental” (Official Music Video)
sentimentalculenasm

culenasm’s song delivers sentimental emotions with powerful intensity.

It’s a shoegaze number with beautifully resonant guitars.

Released digitally on February 5, 2025, the track explores themes of regret over past relationships and the bittersweet longing of wishing you could go back to that moment.

Through its guitar-driven sound, it expresses both the beauty of memories and the feeling of remorse.

In December 2023, the band also provided the theme song for director Hideki Noda’s film “Futari no Kizuato” (The Scars of Us).

It’s a perfect song for the graduation season, recommended for anyone looking to confront past memories and emotions.

proofflumpool

flumpool “Proof” Music Video (Full Chorus ver.)
proofflumpool

This is a heartwarming song themed around parting with friends and embarking on new journeys.

Released in September 2011, it was created as the required piece for the junior high school division of the NHK National School Music Competition that year.

It is also included on flumpool’s third original album, “experience.” The song was performed on the NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen, where it captured the hearts of many.

With lyrics that sing of hope for the future and bonds between friends, it especially resonates with students.

It is a song that many facing changes such as graduation or advancing to a new school can deeply relate to.

While expressing the loneliness of parting with friends, it also conveys a mutual respect for each other’s dreams, making it a piece that offers comfort to listeners.