[High School Baseball Anthems] A curated selection of moving masterpieces that color the players’ drama!
High school baseball, where young players wage fierce battles.
Because it’s featured on TV, many people probably find themselves moved to tears every year by the countless inspiring games.
In this article, we introduce tear-jerking hit songs that are sure to rekindle the emotions of high school baseball! We’ve picked a wide range of baseball-related works, including theme songs used in past tournaments and special programs, tracks from dramas and anime centered on baseball, and songs that celebrate the players’ hard work.
Take your time listening while reflecting on the players’ passion.
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[High School Baseball Songs] Carefully Selected Moving Masterpieces That Color the Players’ Drama! (11–20)
TouchInaba Hiroshi
It’s a heart-stirring number where the original melody is matched with Hiroshi Inaba’s powerful vocals.
It carries a message of encouragement to athletes who are steadily putting in the work toward the big stage.
You can feel the rising excitement before the competition, and it really sets your heart on fire.
This piece, a cover of a single originally released in March 1985, came out in March 2026.
It was selected as a support song for the World Baseball Classic.
When you’re trying to overcome hardships, it’s sure to move you.
There may be days when you’re brought to tears, but give it one more push with this work—may you reach your dream stage like a wind that blows straight through!
In that windlol
An inspiring cheer song by lol that portrays the earnest pursuit of dreams and the warmth of the bonds that support it.
Released digitally in July 2019, it served as the theme song for tvk’s “High School Baseball News 2019” Kanagawa tournament, adding fiery color to many players’ summers.
It powerfully and directly sings about the greatness of chasing your dreams without giving up, and the gratitude one feels toward family and friends—an anthem of youth that gently pushes listeners forward.
SING ALONE GOODammo
This is a song by ammo that shakes the souls of everyone who throws themselves wholeheartedly into something.
Even while struggling in boundless darkness, the fierce determination to live fully in the “today” we have surges straight to the heart, carried by emotional guitar rock.
The track has been selected as the theme song for the East and West Tokyo Tournaments of the 107th National High School Baseball Championship in the summer of 2025.
It’s an anthem that will set your heart ablaze—supporting not only the ballplayers who single-mindedly strive toward their goals, but also you as you take on your own challenges.
prideGReeeeN
GReeeeN has a deep connection with high school baseball, including tie-ins with the drama ROOKIES, which centers on a team aiming for Koshien.
This track, included on their album, was selected as the 2012 support song for Asahi Broadcasting’s “Summer High School Baseball” and the theme song for ABC TV’s “Netto Koshien.” It’s a song that reminds us that it’s not just the grand stage at Koshien—every bit of “effort” put in through the regional tournaments leading up to that day will never betray you.
It conveys the determination to believe in yourself and your teammates, to shine even brighter at the destination your efforts have brought you to, and to fight for the very top.
Push PlayPorunogurafiti
It’s a soul-stirring number from Porno Graffitti that feels as if it captured the electric energy of a stadium and turned it into sound.
The lyrics’ fiery determination to push beyond one’s limits and the thirst for victory resonate powerfully, like an anthem cheering you on.
A live version of the track was included on the single “Neomelodramatic/ROLL,” released in March 2005, and a studio version was featured on the album THUMPχ in April of the same year.
It’s the perfect song for high school baseball players fighting hard on the field—and for anyone taking on a big challenge.
A dream within a dreamberii guddoman
Berry Goodman, whose many released songs have been used as walk-up music for various professional baseball players, saw this track, Yume no Mata Yume (Dream upon a Dream), selected as the theme song for a TV Saitama program that aired highlights of the high school baseball qualifiers, as well as for the eSports pro baseball league eBASEBALL.
In addition, Berry Goodman’s songs have frequently been used as theme music for programs that broadcast regional tournaments held across various prefectures.
This moving song embodies a determination to keep striving—refusing to be defeated by tough days when things don’t go well—so that dreams won’t remain just dreams.
[High School Baseball Songs] A Handpicked Selection of Moving Masterpieces That Color the Players’ Drama! (21–30)
On Your SideSuperfly
A Superfly number that seems to envelop high school baseball players—each carrying their own feelings—with warm vocals.
It was created as the 2015 ABC Summer High School Baseball Support Song and the theme song for “Netto Koshien.” During the 2015 tournament, it was also used as the train arrival melody at Hanshin Railway’s Koshien Station.
No one can stand on the Koshien stage alone.
It’s a stage made possible by teammates, coaches and teachers, fellow students cheering, and parents.
Those people are the ones who always give you strength on such nerve‑wracking, grand stages.
This is a song that lets you feel their warm presence—on your skin and in your heart.