Takashi Yu's masterworks and popular songs

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BE RIGHT

Yu Takahashi, beloved for songs that speak for people’s hearts and give them courage, does it again with “BE RIGHT.” From the very first moment, this track hits you full throttle.

Rather than just giving you a gentle push forward, it feels like it digs into your subconscious and speaks to you head-on, leaving you with the sense of being firmly addressed.

It’s a powerful, dependable song that forcefully drives home the truths you kind of already know deep down, but needed to hear squarely and unmistakably.

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utatane

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Masaki Takahashi “Arigatou” MV short ver.

It can feel a little embarrassing to express gratitude to someone, right? At times like that, how about saying it through this song? It’s a track by Takahashi Yu, a real-time singer-songwriter.

It was released in 2018 as his 20th single and served as the theme song for the film “My Dad is a Heel Wrestler.” Its straightforward lyrics and vocals resonate deeply.

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Araki Jakkan

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Takahashi Yu “one stroke” MV

This is a track from Yu Takahashi’s seventh full-length album, “PERSONALITY,” which was released on October 21, 2020.

It’s crafted into a very pleasant song with a bright major-key feel and a medium up-tempo groove.

Takahashi’s vocal performance throughout the track is strikingly confident and resonant, and if you practice and learn to sing this song well, you’ll surely develop the ability to recreate its big groove and driving feel.

Even if your voice cracks a little or you can’t quite reach the high notes, don’t worry too much—just enjoy singing it.

That kind of attitude is actually very important when it comes to singing!

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Kei Takahata

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Yukino Hisseki

Yu Takahashi is a singer-songwriter known for his powerful vocals.

His 2022 album “ReLOVE & RePEACE” drew attention for featuring songs that explore profound themes such as life and human nature.

Among them, “Yuki no Hisseki” (Traces in the Snow) is a track that likens the life one has walked to a snow-covered path.

The lyrics affirm the many ways a life can be lived, so listening to this song is sure to leave you feeling uplifted.

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Yu Takahashi – “The Reason I Was Born” MV short ver.

It was released in 2016 as Takahashi Yu’s 14th major-label single.

The song was written in response to the marriage of a staff member who had worked with Takahashi since before his debut, and from the groom’s perspective it depicts meeting someone, marriage, the birth of life, and happiness.

It’s a popular wedding song often played at wedding ceremonies.

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Rashinban

It’s “Compass,” a song by singer-songwriter Yu Takahashi that’s used in AXA’s commercial.

Like the message of the commercial, the lyrics encourage people who are feeling lost to stay positive and move forward.

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Yu Takahashi “End Roll” MV

A medium-tempo ballad of gratitude and resolve that Takahashi Yu released to mark the major milestone of his 15th anniversary since his major-label debut.

It’s a lead track from the best-of album “Jiyū Gozen,” set for release in December 2025, and it was digitally released in July.

Starting with a quiet piano motif and building powerfully toward the latter half, its structure unfolds like a single film retracing his journey so far.

It’s a work infused with his soul—he even rebuilt it from near completion after deciding, “This isn’t it.”