Songs with titles starting with “To.” A selection from popular tracks across generations!
When it comes to songs that start with “To,” what songs come to mind for you?
There are plenty of classic tracks titled “Tokyo,” and you can probably think of many song titles that begin with words like “Time” (Toki) or “Friend” (Tomo) as well.
In this article, we’ll introduce lots of songs that start with “To.”
Use this as a handy guide not only for song-title shiritori, but also when you’re stuck choosing songs for karaoke shiritori, where you link the last letter of each song title to the next.
All right, let’s dive in!
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Songs with titles starting with “To.” Introducing picks from popular hits across generations! (111–120)
Sometimes, old storiesKatō Tokiko
This is a ballad for adults that brings back fond memories the moment you hear it.
Created by Tokiko Kato, known as a singer-songwriter, it was included on the album “MY STORY/Toki ni wa Mukashi no Hanashi wo,” released in September 1986, and was issued as a single the following year.
You may also know it as the ending theme of the 1992 film Porco Rosso.
Set to a beautiful waltz of piano and strings, the song looks back on youthful dreams and setbacks, and conversations with friends.
If you play it at a wedding—on the day of a new beginning—during a moment of gratitude to the parents who raised you, the venue is sure to be filled with warm tears.
Why not choose this classic, which conveys both the weight of life and a sense of hope, for your most meaningful moments?
Togetsu Bridge ~Thinking of You~Kuraki Mai
A ballad released in April 2017 as the theme song for the film Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter, set in autumnal Kyoto.
Its lyrics, woven with distinctly Japanese imagery such as the Togetsukyo Bridge, flowing rivers, and autumn foliage, perfectly suit the season and tenderly depict the aching feelings of someone pining for a loved one.
With this song, Mai Kuraki marked her 21st musical contribution to the Conan series, earning a Guinness World Record.
The arrangement incorporating traditional Japanese instruments and the music video featuring junihitoe robes, among other Kyoto-inspired touches, are also captivating.
Why not listen to it on a long autumn night and reminisce about your school days watching Conan?
clockSakamoto Maaya
Artist Maaya Sakamoto, who celebrates the 30th anniversary of her debut in 2025.
Released digitally on December 28, 2025, this medium-tempo track was written as the theme song for the final chapter of the smartphone RPG Fate/Grand Order.
Sakamoto herself wrote the lyrics and composed the music; its dramatic sound, enriched with strings, beautifully colors the story’s climax.
The lyrics, infused with “hope for the future,” are sure to resonate deeply with fans who have shared this long journey.
It’s a moving song, perfectly suited to mark a milestone in the series.
O time, stopILLIT
Since their 2024 debut, ILLIT, the Korean girl group that has been sweeping newcomer awards and gaining attention with “Almond Chocolate,” the theme song for the film I Won’t Fall for Just a Pretty Face, has been in the spotlight.
Their first single in Japan paints, in Japanese, the delicate feelings of a girl swaying at summer’s end.
Shigon’s lyrics are sprinkled with seasonal words like osmanthus and sunflower, and they express a wish to hold on to moments that you don’t want to let pass.
It’s a number that should land vividly even with listeners hearing it for the first time on the Kouhaku stage.
Twinkle Holidaysoundflora*
A happy song packed to the brim with Christmas excitement! “Twinkle Holiday” by soundflora* was released in December 2025.
From the perspective of Hatsune Miku as Santa preparing presents, the song shows her struggling with bagging gifts but pushing through by imagining the children’s joy—so vividly you can picture it, and it warms the heart.
The sound arrangement, light and bouncy like taking nimble steps, is another charm.
It’s a pop tune that makes fun times even more colorful!
Twinkle Star ~A Star to Rely On~Toukyou Sukapara Daisu Ookesutora
A vocal number by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra that brilliantly fuses a sparkling night sky with a sense of speed! Sung by drummer Kin-ichi Motegi, the track is included on the mini-album “Sunny Side of the Street,” released in August 2011.
It served as the campaign song commemorating the 25th anniversary of Tokyo City Keiba’s “Twinkle Race,” and was also selected as the paddock-to-track entrance theme for graded races at Oi Racecourse.
Its message—keep running through anxious nights, guided by the stars—overlaps with the image of thoroughbreds challenging the world of competition.
It’s sure to gently nudge anyone about to take on a new challenge and fill them with a pleasant sense of exhilaration!
TOMORROWLyrics and Composition: Sugimoto Ryūichi
This song, beloved as the ending theme of NHK’s nature documentary program “Ikimono Chikyū Kikō” (A Journey of Life on Earth), is one of Ryuichi Sugimoto’s signature works as both lyricist and composer.
Released as a single in May 1993, it is also included on the album “Tomorrow — NHK ‘Ikimono Chikyū Kikō’ Soundtrack.” Its lyrics, which sing of hope for tomorrow while drawing on the grandeur of nature—like birds soaring in the sky and stardust in the night—leave a lasting impression and gently encourage the listener.
With a calm tempo and expansive melody, it’s perfect for choral performance and is sung in various arrangements, including two-part and mixed three-part choruses.
It has long been cherished as a standard song for graduation and farewell ceremonies, and when voices come together, it warmly colors any moment of departure.