Today's Recommended J-POP: A Collection of Japanese Hit Songs You’ll Want to Listen to Today
Why not create a Japanese music playlist that helps you pick songs for various scenes, like driving companions, work background music, karaoke, or event BGM?
In this article, we’ve gathered recommended J-POP you’ll want to listen to today—right now, in this very moment.
Among them are hit songs tied to “special anniversaries” and seasonal themes—perfectly suited to the title “Today’s Recommended J-POP”!
The featured tracks are updated daily, so check back often and use this to help you find your favorite song!
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Today's Recommended J-POP: A Collection of Japanese Hit Songs to Listen to Today (1–10)
UNLOCKKAT-TUN
This is KAT-TUN’s 26th single and also the theme song for “Kaitō Yamaneko,” starring group member Kazuya Kamenashi.
Since group member Junnosuke Taguchi left on March 31, 2016, it became KAT-TUN’s last single as a four-member group.
Furthermore, as the group entered a hiatus starting May 1, it can also be considered their last single before the hiatus.
My Past Life, Many Lifetimes AgoRADWIMPS
The smash-hit film Your Name’s theme song.
RADWIMPS handled the film’s music, and the insert song Nandemonaiya also became popular.
The film has now opened in South Korea as well, with total admissions surpassing 2.7 million.
It’s expected to grow further and may even overtake Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle.
addressing someone without honorifics (calling someone by name without a title)Sexy Zone
Their 12th single, performed at the 67th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen.
The staging with member Shori Sato whistling became a hot topic.
While Sexy Zone had long had a sparkling, classic idol image, this song reveals a more mature side of the members.
Center Shori Sato turned 20 in 2016, and we look forward to seeing many different facets of the members in the future.
[Today’s Recommended J‑Pop] A Collection of Japanese Hit Songs You’ll Want to Listen to Today (11–20)
Sand TowerTHE YELLOW MONKEY
They went on hiatus in 2001 and disbanded in 2004, but reunited in 2016.
This is their 25th single, the first released after the reunion.
It was written based on the script of the drama Suna no Tou: Shirisugita Rinjin, for which it served as the theme song.
In 2016, they also performed this song on the Kōhaku Uta Gassen, making it a track that energized the Japanese music scene.
Beautiful WorldV6
It is the 46th single and serves as the theme song for the TV Asahi drama “Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division 1, Section 9 season 11,” in which member Yoshihiko Inohara appears.
The song was written and composed by Motohiro Hata, who created it with the image of V6 singing in mind.
Hata also participated by playing guitar and providing chorus vocals in the interlude.
The group currently holds the number-one record among male artists for consecutive years with singles ranking in the Top 10.
Happy Endingback number
A song written as the theme for the film Tomorrow I Will Date With Yesterday’s You, starring Sota Fukushi.
The same group’s “Christmas Song” was used as the theme for the 2015 Getsu-9 drama From Five to Nine and became a major hit.
Including their lyrics, the group is popular especially among young people.
Come-from-behind winnerJanīzu WEST
Fifth single.
Opening theme for the anime “Ace Attorney: Trials of the Truth.” Members Nozomu Kotaki and Ryusei Fujii also appeared in dramas, and Daiki Shigeoka, the center, appeared in films as well, making 2016 notable not only for the group but for their individual activities, too.
I’m looking forward to seeing what they’ll be like this year.