Recommended cheer-up songs for people in their 30s: classic and popular Japanese hits
When work is tough, when you want to push yourself in sports, when you’re steadily working toward a goal—there are so many moments when you feel like listening to a pep song, no matter your age.
So in this article, we’ll introduce a selection of especially recommended cheer-up songs for people in their 30s, all in one go!
We’ve gathered plenty of tracks you’ll likely recognize: nostalgic hits from your school days, songs by artists of the same generation, and classic anthems in the pep-song genre.
Be sure to listen while reading the lyrics and find the one song that fits you perfectly.
We hope you’ll discover a track that gives you courage.
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Cheering songs recommended for people in their 30s: Classic and popular Japanese tracks (21–30)
Chase the chanceAmuro Namie
It’s a song that stirs up that teenage urge for adventure.
Rather than a club track, it feels more like disco music—catchy and energizing.
Around this time her songs became very popular, and Amuro quickly became a fashion icon for high school girls.
It brings back memories of my youth and gives me a boost again.
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It’s about stopping the version of yourself that keeps running away and instead running forward, and it’s incredibly encouraging.
The melody has a light, upbeat tempo, so there’s no sense of suffering.
It puts you in the mood to stay positive and do your best, and while you won’t cry any more, the idea of shedding tears of joy is really lovely.
blinkAwesome City Club
Awesome City Club captivates with their refined sound woven by male and female twin vocals.
“Matataki” is a piece they released in April 2021.
This song warmly encourages those moving toward the future.
It sings of a sparkling hope that keeps you facing forward, even as you experience meetings and partings.
Even on days when you’re battered by a downpour of words, the message that it will become a story uniquely your own resonates deeply.
It’s the perfect anthem for taking a new step—and it’s also great for relaxing nighttime listening.
Cheer up!Takeuchi Mariya
We’re from different generations, but the way she sings—like she’s speaking to you—is soothing.
It feels like the taut string of tension in my stiff, straightened back finally loosens.
It’s a song that encourages a broken heart, yet it gives you strength even outside of romance.
With one liter of loveVaundy
Vaundy, who handles everything from songwriting and composition to video production, delivers genre-defying music.
The track in question, included on the acclaimed album “replica” released in November 2023, quietly stays by your side on days when you feel emotionally empty.
Its light flow and simple band sound seem to affirm the sense of lack and loneliness in everyday life.
It encourages you to accept those unfulfilled feelings as your honest emotions, giving you the push to take the next step.
The album “replica,” which features this song, reached No.
2 overall on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart.
It’s a stylish, gentle pep song that can fill you up on mornings when you’re just not feeling it.
IdeaHoshino Gen
This is a masterpiece by Gen Hoshino that I especially want you to listen to when you’re feeling a bit low.
Released in August 2018, the song was used as the theme for the NHK morning drama series “Half, Blue.” Its structure is captivating, unfolding from a buoyant, marimba-based intro into a gentle first verse.
His warm voice gives you a soft push forward.
The positive worldview—one that seems to turn even the sound of rain into song—will surely lighten your heart, whether on your commute to work or school, or as you stand before an important challenge.
Fukuwarai (a traditional Japanese “lucky laugh” face-making game)Takahashi Yuu
Yu Takahashi has many songs that give you the strength to keep going when times are tough and help you stay positive.
This track is exactly one of those: it conveys, in a straightforward way, that smiles are a universal language that transcends linguistic barriers.
The hope that one person’s smile will inspire another’s, creating a happy chain that spreads across the world, really resonates.
Released in February 2011 as Takahashi’s third single, this song became widely loved as the CM song for Tokyo Metro’s “TOKYO HEART.” For some reason, Yu Takahashi’s music brings a deep sense of reassurance—it makes you feel like you have an unfailing ally.
Listening to it gives you that comforting feeling, like a dose of nourishment for the heart—an empowering number.