Classic songs about friendship. Recommended popular tracks.
This is a playlist of classic Japanese songs in which words like “friend,” “friends,” or “friend” (furendo) appear in the title or friendship is the main theme.
From million-selling hits to hidden gems, it’s packed with friendship songs performed by renowned artists.
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Masterpieces about friendship. Recommended popular songs (121–130)
FriendKiroro
This song is about the feelings of supporting and caring for each other as friends.
It’s a song that naturally warms your heart.
Rather than superficial friendship, it makes you realize how truly important it is to have friends you can trust from the bottom of your heart.
The tempo is slow as well, making it calming to listen to.
A graduation song, a song of friends.19
The B-side track to the single “Ano Kami Hikōki Kumorizora Watte,” released in ’99.
A two-person music group that debuted in ’98.
It’s an impressive song featuring gentle yet soulful vocals over a mid-tempo, gradually unfolding rhythm and a melancholic, lyrical melody line.
Your Best FriendKuraki Mai
If you’re looking for a quintessential song that portrays a bittersweet friendship, Mai Kuraki’s “Your Best Friend” is definitely the one to recommend.
When it was released in 2011, it became a huge hit as the ending theme of Detective Conan.
With its moving melody and lyrics, the powerful message—“Your feelings are reaching me”—unexpectedly grips the heart.
Though friendships can face quarrels or even breakups, this song makes you want to reaffirm the bond with a dear friend; it’s a piece that truly resonates.
Even with friends far away, listening to this track lets you feel that you’re always connected at heart.
It’s a wonderful song that encourages us to cherish friendship and live with gratitude.
My friend, don’t cry.Morita Kensaku
A single released in 1972.
Born in 1949.
A singer, entertainer, and politician from Tokyo.
He is currently the governor of Chiba Prefecture, but he was once such a star that he could be called the very embodiment of the word “youth.” In this song, he sings lyrics encouraging a friend set to the melodic lines of the Group Sounds of the time.
It really evokes the era.
FriendNagabuchi Tsuyoshi
Included on the 1996 album “Kazoku” (Family).
Theme song for the drama “Fire Force.” Born in 1956.
A singer-songwriter from Kagoshima Prefecture.
Released as the first work following a comeback after an arrest for violating the Cannabis Control Act.
The slow ballad melody combined with vocals that speak to a friend makes for an achingly heartfelt experience.