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! (481–490)
Full of SunHikaru GENJI
Hikaru GENJI, the idol group that enjoyed immense popularity around 1990 and became a social phenomenon.
Their 7th single “Taiyō ga Ippai” lifts your spirits with its clear, shimmering synth sound and lively vocals.
True to the title, the lyrics evoke the sun and the sea, and along with the pop ensemble, they amplify the feeling of summer in the air.
For those in their 50s, it’s a pop tune that likely brings back memories of their youth, embodying the quintessential idol song.
An unbearably sweet seasonTomita Rabo
Tomita Lab is an alias of Keiichi Tomita.
He’s a music producer as well as a composer and arranger.
He’s a major heavyweight who’s provided songs for artists like Yumi Matsutoya, Kirinji, and Motoharu Sano, among others! If you didn’t know, he’s a must-check.
The stylish, adult track he offers here is “An Unbearably Sweet Season.” Its lyrics—about being rooted in sorrow after a breakup while the seasons move on unchanged—touch on a certain awakening to what it means to be an adult.
The various shades of rain that color the song never feel forced, which is another big plus!
TimingNanbara Kiyotaka (BLACK BISCUITS)
Black Biscuits was a unit formed on the popular show “Ucchan Nanchan no Urinari!!,” which aired from 1996 to 2002.
One of its members, Kiyotaka Nanbara—known in the group as Kyoya Nanami—hails from Takamatsu City in Kagawa Prefecture.
Songs with that distinct ’90s vibe, starting with Black Biscuits’ “Timing,” evoke an inexpressible nostalgia both for those who listened back then and for those who didn’t.
Be sure to enjoy the rival band Pocket Biscuits’ tracks as well.
dandelionŌta Hiromi
A classic that captures delicate feelings of first love from a unique perspective.
The emotions of a modest yet pure-hearted girl in love are overlapped with the image of dandelions blooming by the roadside, gently singing of the bittersweet feelings everyone experiences.
Takashi Matsumoto’s poetic lyrics and Kyohei Tsutsumi’s melody blend beautifully, and Hiromi Ohta’s pure voice perfectly conveys the song’s world.
Released in April 1975, it was later included on the album “Tanshūhen” (Short Stories) and gained popularity.
It’s a song that comforts those who strive to live strongly—like a dandelion that keeps blooming while facing forward—even when they carry loneliness in their hearts.
Recommended for anyone who wants to relate to the ache of unrequited love and the feelings of being in love.
someone else’s shipOno Yukiko
Yukiko Ono was born in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Since her birth on December 16, 1944, she has shone with a unique brilliance in Japan’s music scene.
At 16, she trained under maestro Minoru Endo and made her singing debut in 1963.
In 1980, carrying on the spirit of her senior singers, her performance of “Taninbune” won the hearts of many and became a massive hit, selling over one million copies.
She also demonstrated her talent as an actress, and by 1992 she was dedicated to cultivating the next generation.
Her meticulously honed vocal skills allow listeners to fully experience the appeal of enka.
Even now, the unchanging passion she brings to the stage continues to resonate with many.
Her life, in which outstanding talent and effort have borne remarkable fruit, inspires us to stand a little taller.
dimple of the sunYamashita Tatsuro
Tatsuro Yamashita’s “Taiyo no Ekubo” (Sun’s Dimple) gently illuminates listeners with a melody like sunbeams pouring down.
Released in 2005, the song was used on a TV program from March to September of that year.
The lyrics are filled with a deep love for the sun—not merely as something that shines, but as a presence that brings happiness, heals the heart, and bestows many good things upon people.
With the sun’s gentle light and this song, it feels like you could live cheerfully and happily every day.
Mr. SunTamaki Kōji
This song gently sings of feelings directed toward the sun that is always shining on us.
It’s included as the opening track on the 1997 album “JUNK LAND.” The simple sound of percussion and acoustic guitar highlights the message of the lyrics and the vocals.
The way the words are packed in and the way the line endings are delivered is distinctive, but overall the vocal style is more of a level, conversational melody with little dramatic rise and fall.
Imagining yourself casting your feelings out into the distance may make it easier to sing.
