Today's recommended ballads: A carefully curated selection of heartwarming, gem-like masterpieces!

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Accompanist pianist × piano instructor × web writer. I began piano lessons at age four and, inspired by my piano teacher, decided to pursue music. I went on to specialized music programs in high school and university, where I discovered the appeal of accompanying instrumentalists and singers. Currently, alongside teaching piano, I work mainly in my home region of Aichi as an accompanist for flute, voice, choir, and more. Through lessons, my students often introduce me to trending songs, and my hobby is trying anything on the piano—Japanese and Western pop, commercial jingles, and beyond. Since 2021, I’ve also been active as a web writer, covering music and a variety of other genres.

Thought-provoking, profound lyrics set to a smooth, mellow sound… Ballads have a mysterious charm that stirs the heart and brings tears to your eyes.

In this article, we’re introducing a selection of exquisite ballads we especially recommend today.

Even within the genre of ballads, themes and messages vary widely—sad love, feelings for someone dear who’s now far away, or regrets over words of gratitude left unsaid.

We’ll be updating this daily, so please find the one song that resonates with your feelings and take the time to listen closely.

[Today's Recommended Ballads] Carefully Selected Gem-like Tracks That Resonate with the Heart (21–30)

left-right confusionYorushika

Yorushika – Left-Right Blindness (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

left-right confusionYorushika

Yorushika is a rock band that drew attention with literary songs themed around novels.

Among their tracks, “Sayumō,” released in 2022, portrays a bittersweet love story.

It features a band sound marked by lively guitar and strings.

The lyrics capture the feeling of gradually forgetting an ex-lover’s face and gestures.

It’s a ballad that stirs the heart with the poignant wish: “I hope the person I loved remembers me, even just a little.” Be sure to listen for vocalist suis’s languid, wistful tone as well.

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SEA OF DREAMSMISIA

Japanese version of 'Sea of Dreams'

SEA OF DREAMSMISIA

The theme song from Legend of Mythica, a show that has already ended at Tokyo DisneySea.

It’s a grand ballad whose powerful lyrics and vocals are sure to move you.

For those who keep chasing their dreams, it’s a song that feels like an anthem of encouragement.

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Melancholy and BalladACO

ACO - Melancholy and Ballad (Aishuu to Ballad) Eng Subs

Melancholy and BalladACO

It’s a song included on ACO’s fourth album, “absolute ego,” and it appears that ACO wrote both the lyrics and the music.

With literary lyrics that hold sorrow within happiness, it’s a deeply immersive ballad—true to its title—that you’ll want to listen to late at night, steeped in melancholy.

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Winter BalladFIELD OF VIEW

Field of View – Winter Ballad of Fullu

Winter BalladFIELD OF VIEW

A popular band from the Being label—Field of View, known for hits like “Kimi ga Ita Kara,” “Totsuzen,” and “DAN DAN Kokoro Hikareteku”—consisting of Yuya Asaoka, Takashi Oda, Kenji Niitsu, and Takuto Kobashi, released this winter hit in 1999.

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pupilŌhara Sakurako

Sakurako Ohara – Hitomi (Music Video Short ver.)

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Sakurako Ohara’s “Hitomi” was chosen as the theme song for the 93rd All Japan High School Soccer Tournament, a winter tradition.

It’s a masterpiece for which Ohara herself visited a high school soccer practice to observe and wrote the lyrics.

Incidentally, “Hitomi” was her first attempt at lyric writing.

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