For a Fresh Start! Songs that accompany new beginnings
A new season, a new company or school, your first project, love and relationships—no matter the situation, there’s always a “first time.”
Here, we’re introducing start songs that celebrate those kinds of “beginnings.”
First times make your heart race and raise your expectations, but they also come with worries, don’t they?
We’ve selected tracks that support your fresh start while staying close to those mixed feelings.
Give them a listen and let them boost your spirits.
We’re cheering on your new beginning!
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[For a fresh start!] Songs that support your beginnings (91–100)
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.
Before the departureWANIMA
This is a support song from WANIMA dedicated to everyone taking a new step forward.
It warmly conveys the greatness of getting back up again and again, and the importance of turning past failures and regrets into strength for the future.
WANIMA’s hallmark upbeat sound overflows with a refreshing energy that makes your body sway before you know it.
Released digitally in April 2021, the song was also chosen as the theme for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks’ “Fight! Kyushu” project.
It’s a track that gently gives a push to those starting a new chapter or facing challenges right now.
CHE.R.RYYUI
A timeless song portraying the beginning of a bittersweet romance comes to us from YUI.
Centered on acoustic guitar, its simple arrangement gently wraps around the protagonist’s fluttering feelings as they revel in casual exchanges over a cell phone.
It captures universally familiar emotions—tender infatuation for someone special and the heart-pounding anticipation of waiting for a reply—making it impossible not to relate.
Released in March 2007, the track was featured in a KDDI commercial and included on the album “CAN’T BUY MY LOVE.” With a refreshing atmosphere that makes you want to listen as spring arrives, this piece will softly encourage you as you take your first steps into a new environment.
Helloyama × bocchiboromaru
This is a heartwarming collaborative work by yama and Bocchi Boromaru, packed with courage and hope for stepping into the future.
It carries a message of strong determination to move forward and the importance of staying true to oneself, gently encouraging those heading into new environments.
It has been broadcast as the opening theme for the TV anime Pokémon since October 2023, and a CD single was released in December 2023.
The transparent vocals and warm tones blend beautifully, resulting in a song that closely accompanies the listener’s heart.
It’s highly recommended for those feeling anxious about a new life or changes in their environment, and for anyone striving toward their dreams.
Bring it on, spring.non
Non’s new song is a youth-fueled, full-throttle anthem celebrating the arrival of spring.
Non wrote the lyrics herself, and it’s reportedly a fan favorite at live shows.
The theme is an uplifting message for people taking a new step forward with spring—packed with energetic vibes that blow away everyday stagnation and capture the passion of youth.
It was released digitally in January 2025, and the music video is also generating buzz.
Non’s look as a member of a student band is seriously cool! It’s the perfect track to kick off spring and give you a push.
Highly recommended for anyone about to start a new chapter in life.
UraraBikkeburanka
This is Vickeblanka’s breakout work, wrapping the farewells that come with the arrival of spring in a refreshing, forward-looking melody.
While influenced by Showa-era pop, it offers a modern interpretation that expresses the joy of overcoming goodbyes and moving toward a new self.
Released in April 2018 as the first single, it features a simple, straightforward message and a light, acoustic guitar–driven sound.
It’s a song that stands by those starting a new chapter or taking a fresh step forward.
Brimming with positive brightness and freshness, it will surely give you a push when you listen to it before heading out in the morning or during your commute to school or work.
IdeaHoshino Gen
An uplifting cheer song filled with hope and the power to move forward has been born.
Written with Hoshino Gen’s vivid touch, it’s a track themed around “inventiveness” as a means to overcome adversity.
Riding on a light, breezy rhythm, it speaks to how even the walls we encounter in everyday life can open into new paths when we reassess them from a fresh perspective.
With a tone as bright and gentle as the morning sun, it’s sure to deliver warm courage to listeners’ hearts.
Released in August 2018, the song became widely beloved as the theme for the NHK morning drama series Half Blue.
It’s a piece I highly recommend as a guiding song for those starting a new chapter in life or taking their first step forward.