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 accompany new beginnings (11–20)
RPGSEKAI NO OWARI
With its fantastical atmosphere and marching rhythm, this song gives a gentle push to new adults stepping into a new world.
Released in May 2013, SEKAI NO OWARI’s single “RPG” is a cheer anthem themed around friendship and adventure.
Written by Fukase and Saori, the lyrics portray the strength to face forward and overcome hardship, drawn from their own experiences.
The song also became beloved as the theme for the film “Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-Class Gourmet Survival!!”.
Even if you feel lost on the adventure called life, listening to this track will give you the courage to believe you’ll be okay.
GO!!!Hitsuji Bungaku
A song that cheers on a fresh start.
This track by Hitsujibungaku is included on the album “12 hugs (like butterflies),” released in December 2023.
It’s a powerful message song that weaves reflections on past choices and experiences together with hope for the future.
The lyrics convey a determination to carve out the future with your own hands.
It’s a gentle push for anyone leaping into a new environment—like moving or starting a new life.
Step and a stepNiziU
This song is by NiziU, a girl group born from the Japan–Korea joint audition project “Nizi Project.” As the title suggests, it seems to express steadily moving forward one step at a time, and the beat-driven track evokes the feeling of a powerful stride.
It also conveys an encouraging message about advancing toward a new future at your own pace and believing in yourself.
With its fresh air and bright mood, it’s a charming cheer song.
Starting lineBaba Toshihide
When the present feels unbearably painful—when you’re trying so hard but not seeing results—there’s a song I want to share with you: “Start Line.” Written by singer-songwriter Toshihide Baba, who paints life’s scenes like a road movie in addition to his universal appeal, it’s one of his signature songs, and he has even performed at NHK’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
His gentle voice feels like he’s speaking right by your side, sinking deep into your heart.
“You’ll get as many chances as you need.” If you keep the feeling you had when you first began, things will surely turn in a better direction—this song makes you believe that.
It helps reset your heart and gives you a push toward a fresh new start.
Beginnings keep beginning again.Fukuyama Masaharu
It’s a warm, comforting song by Masaharu Fukuyama that seems to depict the long journey of life.
Rather than lamenting a life that doesn’t go as planned, it conveys a sense of enjoying the unexpected.
It also feels like it teaches us that beyond the many experiences of success and failure lies the future, and that life includes the times when things don’t go well.
It’s a song whose straightforward positivity comes through clearly and can lift you out of a slump.
crawlHakubi
Released in November 2024 by the Kyoto-based three-piece band Hakubi, this work pairs a driving guitar-rock sound with a declaration to live true to oneself.
It’s a track that captures the band’s determination to keep moving forward even while struggling.
The music video portrays someone pushing through a pool packed with people, visually expressing the song’s worldview.
If you’re longing to break free from the suffocation and loneliness of everyday life, this song will surely give you a gentle push forward.
For a Fresh Start! Songs That Support New Beginnings (21–30)
It’s okaywacci
When your heart is overwhelmed with worries about a new chapter in life, sometimes a single word can save you.
This work by wacci is a warm, gently seeping anthem of encouragement themed around those magical words.
The down-to-earth message woven by vocalist Yohei Hashiguchi softly stays close to those who push themselves too hard, loosening the taut strings of their hearts.
Released as a single in August 2015, it also became widely known as the theme song for the TBS drama “37.5°C no Namida” (37.5°C Tears).
On nights when you feel worn out from unpacking after a move or suddenly feel lonely, lend your ear to this gentle melody.