Crying songs, tear-jerker tunes. A request of tears dedicated to you.
When you hear the phrase “tearjerker song,” what kind of track comes to mind?
A heartbreaking breakup song, a love song that sings of earnest devotion, a piece that tells a moving story, an anthem that cheers on life, a song about loss…
Even just listing them like this shows how many kinds of tearjerker songs there are, doesn’t it?
In this article, we’ll introduce a selection of masterpieces that shake us listeners to the core—songs you can’t hear without tears.
We’ve picked out all kinds of genres and moods—above all, songs that will make you cry.
If you find one that resonates with your experiences and feelings, it’s sure to become a treasured song for you.
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Crying songs, tear-jerker anthems. A request of tears dedicated to you (91–100)
Kawaramachi StationDoramachikku Arasuka
This is a song about someone you’ve parted ways with.
Every time you pass the station exit where you always used to meet, you’re painfully reminded of them.
It seems you broke up without ever hearing the real reason you were dumped.
I especially want people who still have lingering feelings for their ex to listen to it.
Aomori StationMani☆Raba
On the occasion of graduating from high school, my partner leaves our hometown of Aomori for Tokyo to pursue their dreams.
Even though we felt the same way about each other, neither of us could bring ourselves to say it until the very end.
It’s a heartrending song about seeing them off at Aomori Station as the snow keeps falling.
Crying songs, tear-jerker tunes. A tearful request dedicated to you (101–110)
Tears aren’t just for show.Nakamori Akina
Akina Nakamori’s 10th single, released in November 1984.
The songwriter Yosui Inoue also recorded a self-cover.
While it isn’t a slow, tear-jerking ballad, the song uses tears and crying as its motif.
Its striking title and Inoue’s distinctive worldview resonated with many people across the country, making it one of her signature works.
MissingKubota Toshinobu
Surprisingly, this song was included on Toshinobu Kubota’s first album, released in 1986.
It has become one of his signature songs and has been covered by many artists.
The song portrays the feelings of a man who believes it’s easier to forget an unattainable love.
Tears Flowing EndlesslyNatsukawa Rimi
The title is an Okinawan word meaning “tears flow and fall.” The song was created by Ryoko Moriyama in memory of her late brother and was released in 2000 as a single by BEGIN.
It was later covered by Rimi Natsukawa in 2001.
Continuing as a long-running hit, it sold a total of 680,000 copies on the Oricon charts.
Even now, it remains a standard number often sung on amateur singing shows and at karaoke.
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Anyway, the guitar technique, taste, and melodic lines are unbelievably smooth and deeply moving—the strongest kind of music that sinks into your heart.
After the tempo change in the latter half, the slide guitar phrases have melodies that evoke healing music and are sure to move anyone who listens.
Falling in LoveKobayashi Akiko
It was used as the theme song for the TBS drama “To Friday’s Wives III: Falling in Love,” and it expresses the painful, heartrending feelings of a woman who has fallen for a married man.
Although it’s an illicit love—an affair—she can’t help falling for him, and the song poignantly conveys her quiet, unspoken affection for him.