[Summer Love Songs] Hot and Heart-wrenching! Carefully Selected Summer Tunes of Love That Set Your Heart Ablaze
When you think of summer, it’s the season that never runs out of love stories! Around you, a new romance might be blooming—or perhaps one has sadly come to an end… And maybe you yourself are in the midst of a romance right now.
In this article, we’ve gathered songs that capture summer love.
From fun, high-energy summer love songs to heart-wrenching ballads, we’re introducing a wide range.
Find the perfect track that matches your love story—the one gem that resonates with how you feel right now!
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[Summer Love Songs] Hot and Heart-wrenching! A Curated Selection of Searing Love Songs and Summer Tunes (91–100)
A Shortcut to SummerSakurazaka46

Its sweet-and-sour, refreshing melody is striking, as if capturing the tender feelings of first love that blossom with the arrival of summer and the casual yet sparkling moments with friends.
This track is included on the fifth single, “Sakurazuki,” released in February 2023.
A love song perfect for summer, coloring a page of youth.
Be sure to listen to it in your favorite scene!
End of SummerShimizu Shota

This song is a lovely ballad that captures the unique loneliness everyone feels at least once at the end of summer.
Its bittersweet yet beautiful melody seeps deep into the heart, evoking memories of a summer romance that ended too soon and a nostalgia too delicate to put into words.
Shota Shimizu’s soulful, sometimes fragile vocals bring that scene to life with even greater clarity.
The track appears on Shota Shimizu’s fifth album, ENCORE, released in March 2014.
It’s perfect for listening alone on a late summer night.
Love SongGReeeeN

Released in May 2007 as GReeeeN’s third single and their first love song, this work features lyrics filled with sincere feelings for a loved one and a warm, heart-soothing melody that deeply resonates.
The protagonist, brimming with straightforward love, gratitude, and the resolve to walk into the future together, evokes a romantic scene of two people leaning on each other and pledging a happy future.
How about listening to this song as you reaffirm the bond with someone dear to you?
A world that sways around youMarushii

A refreshing track by Marcy that captures the exhilaration of traveling with a lover and the unassuming tenderness found in everyday life.
The words woven by vocalist Ukyo Yoshida convey a deep love for “you” that grows despite his clumsiness, along with an earnest wish to stay together forever.
It reminds us that a relationship where you can laugh about little things becomes a warm refuge amid the whirlwind of daily life.
Released in May 2025, the song also serves as the image song for a JTB commercial, and just listening to it fills you with the thrill of travel.
If you listen with the glittering memories you’ve shared with someone special in your heart, it may deepen the bond between the two of you.
AnniversaryHirai Dai

It may be that the most ordinary days are, in fact, irreplaceable anniversaries for the two of you.
Woven together by Dai Hirai’s warm vocals, this song resonates with an affection that cherishes each small moment shared with a lover, turning all 365 days into something special.
Told from a woman’s perspective, the growing list of “firsts” in her planner and the way she finds even her partner’s little flaws endearing gently warm the heart.
Released in October 2021 and included on the album HOPE, this piece is perfect for a summer evening—listen to it with someone dear, and even the passing of summer will be etched in your heart as a sweet memory.
Stand by me, Stand by you.Hirai Dai

This is a digital single by Dai Hirai that sings of the love between two people brought together by fate, set to the warm, heartening tones of an acoustic guitar.
You can picture lovers who, against miraculous odds among billions, find each other, feel happiness in everyday moments, and support one another.
As summer draws to a close and a touch of wistfulness sets in, listening to this song may help you reaffirm the bond with the person by your side.
Released in September 2020, the track is also included on the album “Life Goes On.” It has colored many couples’ happiest moments as the CM song for Mynavi Wedding.
It’s a song we hope will be heard by two people who, along with their shining summer memories, wish to stay together forever.
Kiss ShurikenNogizaka 46

This is a cute love song that likens hiding one’s unrequited feelings to a ninja.
It’s a track by the popular idol group Nogizaka46, included on their fourth album, “Ima ga Omoide ni Naru Made,” released in 2019.
The melody evokes an image of a refreshing summer breeze blowing through.
It’s recommended for young listeners, especially junior and senior high school students.



