Introducing popular J-pop songs that start with “Ta”!
Have you heard of shiritori karaoke, where you connect songs by using the last letter of the previous song’s title? Surprisingly, it can get pretty exciting—sometimes you can’t think of any songs, or there aren’t as many singable ones as you expect.
So this time, I’ll introduce a bunch of Japanese songs that start with “ta.” I’ve picked popular J-POP tracks so you can use them both for karaoke and for playing shiritori using only song titles.
Please use this as a reference, and if there’s a song you’d like to try singing, go for it!
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Introducing songs starting with “Ta” from popular J-POP! (401–410)
On the Day of DepartureKojima Noboru, Sakamoto Hiromi, Matsui Takao
Just listening to it brings tears to your eyes, and at the very top of that list is the song “Tabidachi no Hi ni” (“On the Day of Departure”).
Back when there weren’t many so-called graduation songs, every school sang this one.
In fact, it has surpassed “Aogeba Tōtoshi” and “Okuru Kotoba” to become the most widely sung graduation song in the country.
The song was born from a teacher’s wish to gift it to graduating students—just that behind-the-scenes story alone is enough to make you cry.
In 2007, it was used in a commercial featuring SMAP, which helped cement its status as a quintessential “graduation song.” It is a true graduation anthem we hope to pass down to the next and the next generation.
Fragments of the SunOzaki Yutaka
This is the single that marked Yutaka Ozaki’s return to activity, released in 1988.
It remained uncollected on albums for a long time, but in 2007 it was included on “Street Trees +2” within the CD box set “71/71,” which compiled his work during his lifetime.
It’s also noteworthy that the song is described as conveying a sense of loneliness drawn from personal experience and a deep love directed toward someone important.
The gentle vocals and sound, as if quietly facing one’s own heart, also convey a warmth.
If you imagine speaking the words with care, it may not only make the song easier to sing but also bring out its atmosphere more strongly.
BirthOzaki Yutaka
Yutaka Ozaki, who still enjoys enduring popularity as a rock singer.
The song “Tanjou” (Birth) is included on his fifth album, also titled “Tanjou,” released in 1990.
Up until around 8 minutes and 20 seconds from the start, it has a breezy rhythm and powerful lyrics from the first-person perspective using “ore,” so it seems like a track that would get people fired up at karaoke.
After 8:20, it shifts to a mid-tempo feel, and the lyrics are woven in sync with the music as if he’s speaking to someone.
While many of the lyrics deal with life, it seems this particular song was a gift to his son, Hiroya Ozaki.
Rise upYamashita Nanami (Wake Up Girls!)
Nanami Yamashita, who was also active as a member of the voice actor-artist unit Wake Up, Girls!, is from Tokushima Prefecture.
With a background of entering auditions due to her interest in singing and dancing, she started out with little knowledge of acting or anime.
Through her activities with Wake Up, Girls!, she steadily demonstrated solid ability as a voice actor and artist.
Her distinctive voice is a major attraction, and her dance performances—grounded in her classical ballet experience—are also a significant highlight.
Introducing songs that start with “Ta” from popular J-POP! (411–420)
High-Pressure GirlYamashita Tatsuro
Speaking of summer, many people in their 50s probably recall Tatsuro Yamashita’s songs wrapped in those refreshing jackets illustrated by Eizin Suzuki.
One of his tracks became the campaign song for All Nippon Airways in 1983, and among them, this particular song must have left a strong impression.
The arrangement—quintessential Yamashita—opens with a cappella chorus and percussion, and its breezy tone evokes a hot yet dry, crisp kind of summer, perfectly elevating that resort feeling.
For example, it’s the magic of courage.Yamazaki Haruka
It’s a grand electric number that sings, “If I’m with someone precious like you, I can keep moving forward anywhere.” The song is by Haruka Yamazaki, who is also active as a voice actress, and was released as her second single in 2021.
It serves as the opening theme for the anime “Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town.” The bright, clear melody pairs beautifully with Yamazaki’s free and expansive vocals—they really shine! It may not be a love song in the strict sense, but it somehow makes you want to fall in love.
Perhaps it’s the straightforward feelings you can sense from the music that have that effect.
Takeda LullabyYamamoto Junko
Takeda Lullaby is a “lullaby” that was sung to children facing buraku discrimination in Kyoto Prefecture—not to put babies to sleep, but to express the feelings of children who were subjected to discrimination.
Although it is a folk song handed down in Kyoto, its deep, painful story led many folk singers to cover it and convey its message.
It became widely known as a hit song, appeared in textbooks, and can be described as a folk song that cast a stone into society.
It remains a piece that is tenaciously preserved as part of Kyoto’s folklore.
