[Exams, Club Activities, Dreams] Encouragement songs recommended for teens: Tracks to listen to when you want to do your best
When you think of your teens, it’s a time when you throw yourself wholeheartedly into everything—studies, club activities, and love.
Some of you may be chasing your dreams and working hard, too.
In this article, we’ve gathered Japanese support songs we want teenagers to hear!
We’ve picked not only tracks by artists popular with younger generations, but also classic cheer-up anthems.
There are plenty of songs packed with messages that resonate with teens, so give them a listen when you’re struggling, want to do your best, or need someone to give you a push.
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[Exams, Clubs, Dreams] Encouragement songs recommended for teens: Tracks to listen to when you want to do your best (121–130)
Fanfaresumika
Sumika is a rock band named with the concept of becoming a place that feels like home to many different people.
Their second single, Fanfare, which was selected as the opening theme for the animated film Let Me Eat Your Pancreas, was released as a double A-side together with Shunka Shuto, also a theme song for a film.
Its message—that only you can break through when things aren’t going well—could bring a powerful shift to the atmosphere of a school club.
With its clear, airy sound and driving beat that pushes you forward, it’s a refreshing rock tune.
CrossKamenashi Kazuya
This is a song created as the theme for the sports program “Going! Sports & News,” featuring Kazuya Kamenashi.
It conveys a strong will to push steadily toward one’s goals.
The lyrics were written by Kamenashi himself, and he has said they reflect the feelings of athletes he has encountered through sports coverage.
Another highlight is that Tomoyasu Hotei composed the music, with a powerful, guitar-driven sound that evokes the strength to carve out the future.
It’s a song that portrays the importance of believing in yourself as you chase your dreams, and the determination to press on, trusting in the efforts you’ve built up over time.
Go for it!!!Takehara Pisutoru
The original song is Miyuki Nakajima’s “Fight,” released in 1994.
It’s a track from before today’s teens were even born.
Many artists have covered it, but Takeshi “Pistol” Takahashi’s version has a slightly different flavor from the others, carrying a kind of passionate intensity that really resonates with teenagers!
Hooray, hooray, me!Adachi Kana
The singer-songwriter Kana Adachi released her second single “Fure Fure Watashi” in 2017.
As the title suggests, it’s a cheer song where you cheer yourself on.
Even when you’re troubled, feeling down, or comparing yourself to others, the person who understands you best is you.
It’s a song that feels like your “inner self,” another version of you, is cheering you on.
When you’re down and can’t talk to anyone, let a song like this gently encourage you.
[Exams, Clubs, Dreams] Recommended Cheer-Up Songs for Teens: Tracks to Listen to When You Want to Do Your Best (131–140)
Letter ~To You, Fifteen~Anjura Aki
This song, which begins with the gentle sound of piano, is based on a letter Angela Aki wrote to her future self when she was 15.
The lyrics feel like an exchange of letters between a troubled 15-year-old “me” and the future self who replies—an especially moving piece.
It gently stays close to the emotional ups and downs of a sensitive time and seems to encourage you, reminding you that the future isn’t only dark.
Released in September 2008 as her eighth single, the track is also included on the album ANSWER.
It was chosen as a required piece for the NHK National School Music Contest, and is also known as a song featured on NHK’s Minna no Uta and as the theme song of the film “Have a Song on Your Lips.” It’s an inspiring anthem that will resonate with your heart as you graduate and set out on a new path.
A view I’ve never seen beforeSuda Masaki
Masaki Suda, who has been expanding his career not only as an actor but also as a full-fledged musician recently.
His debut single, “Mita Koto mo Nai Keshiki” (“A Landscape I’ve Never Seen”), aired in an au commercial where he appeared as Oni-chan, and it was also broadcast as a song supporting Japan’s national soccer team.
With lyrics that embody the spirit of giving it your all, it’s a track that resonates not just with soccer fans but with anyone striving in sports.
OutsiderAwesome City Club
When you want to stay true to yourself, this is the Awesome City Club song to play.
Released in July 2015 and included on their second album, “Awesome City Tracks 2,” it features a crisp, upbeat groove with sharp guitar cutting and a stylish, urban interplay between male and female twin vocals.
The song’s theme is the importance of following the path you believe in.
That powerful message reportedly became a major turning point for the band.
It was also chosen as the theme song for Akita Asahi Broadcasting’s “Sata Navi!” and drew considerable attention.
If you listen to it when you’re taking a new step forward or feeling a bit unsure, it just might give you the courage you need.