Recommended karaoke songs for teenage girls: classic and popular J-pop hits.

Promise of SunflowersHata Motohiro

Himawari no Yakusoku – Motohiro Hata (Full)

This song, the theme of the movie STAND BY ME Doraemon, brings the film’s scenes to mind and moves me just by listening to it.

I want to sing it at karaoke with friends I watched the movie with, and with those who haven’t seen it.

Not just hype-up songs—I’d like to include tender, reflective ones like this, too.

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Ayaka – Crescent Moon

Ayaka’s “Mikazuki” is a love ballad themed around a long-distance relationship.

However, it’s said that these lyrics were actually written about her feelings for a dear friend with whom she had spent so much time, as she left her hometown to move to Tokyo.

It might also be nice to sing it with the feeling of “let’s both do our best,” thinking of a close friend you’ve grown apart from after graduating school.

User ManualNishino Kana

Kana Nishino 'Torisetsu' MV (Short Ver.)

The lyrics are like an instruction manual for how to handle a girl, and everything about it—the words and the melody—is just unbelievably cute.

If you sing this in front of guys and it helps them understand how girls feel, that would be perfect.

I think it’s a song that’s sure to make you popular if you sing it at karaoke.

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Kerakera – Star Liberation

This is Star Love Ration by Kerakera, the theme song for the Fuji TV drama Last Cinderella.

The title is Kerakera’s original coined word combining “star” (sparkle), “love” (romance), and “vibration” (heartbeat).

Just like the title, it’s a love song that cheers on sparkling, heart-throbbing romance.

Is being cute not enough?CUTIE STREET

[MV] CUTIE STREET "Isn't it enough to be just cute?"

CUTIE STREET, the idol group that’s all the rage right now.

They’re not just popular with men—many women are fans too—so I think a lot of high schoolers know them.

Among their songs, the one I especially recommend is “Is Being Cute Not Enough?”.

Thanks in part to its huge popularity on TikTok, the pre-chorus hook line and the chorus melody are incredibly addictive.

The highest note is a slightly high hi D#, but since it only appears in the final chorus, as long as you set the key with that section in mind, it shouldn’t be difficult to sing overall.

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miwa “Miracle -short ver.-”

This is miwa’s 11th single, “Miracle.” It’s a song written specifically for a Shiseido SEA BREEZE commercial, and even through the TV screen you could feel the sparkling expressions of summer.

Let’s sing while thinking of the radiant face of the one you love!

Effeminate; overly sentimental; being clingy/whiny (context-dependent)Gōruden Bonbā

Golden Bomber “Memeshikute” Music Video

Golden Bomber, who had appeared on the Kouhaku every year until last year.

Their debut song has choreography that really gets the crowd going at karaoke, so I always pick it.

If you listen closely from a man’s perspective, the lyrics are thought-provoking too, and I think it’s a really great song.