This is part of June’s Monthly Listening. The main newsletter lists my favorite albums of 2021 so far. You can return to it here.
Here are my 50 favorite Japanese songs, listed in alphabetical order. Idol music has their own separate list of 50 favorites here. You can check out a Spotify playlist of these songs here.
adieu - “Tenshi”
Ado - “Odo”
Ai Furihata - “Ushirogami Hikarete”
Denonbu - “Blank Paper”
ako - “bye”
Ayano Kaneko - “Houyou”
DIALOGUE+ - “Ayafuwa Asterisk”
Dizzy Sunfist - “Andy”
Dr.Anon - “Blast”
Erika Nishi ft. PARKGOLF - “PINK”
For Tracy Hyde - “Interdependence Day (Part I)”
Fujii Kaze - “Tabiji”
Gen Hoshino - “FUSHIGI”
Hallkarimaako - “Terminal”
Hikaru Utada - “One Last Kiss”
hirihiri & Yaca - “power!”
Homecomings - “Here”
iri - “Uzu”
JYOCHO - “Gather the Lights”
Kabanagu - “Iidake”
Kayoko Yoshizawa - “Shishu”
Kudaranai 1nichi - “I Guess So”
kZm - “Aquarius Heaven”
Laura day romance - “Tokyo No Yoru”
Layla - “Faraway!”
LiSA - “Another Great Day!!”
Leo Ieiri - “Sora To Ao”
Mamana - “mid seventeen”
Mele - “Hanarerarenaidato Shitta”
mitsume - “Fiction”
Ms.Machine - “Girls don’t cry,too”
My Lucky Day - “Sunny day Highway”
Ohzora Kimishima - “Mukougami”
Paraiso - “Biriyani”
PEARL CENTER - “Alright”
phritz, hirihiri, Amane Uyama & Kabanagu - “all night”
Regal Lily - “Tokyo”
samayuzame - “Ruirui”
She Her Her Hers - “silver rain”
Shin Sakiura ft. MATTON - “Flame”
SonoSheet - “Epilogue”
STARKIDS ft. EDWARD(Me), rirugiliyangugili, Yokai Jaki - “KUJYO CYPHER”
STARRY PLANET - “Kirari Party Time”
STUTS & Takako Matsu with 3exes ft. KID FRESINO - “Presence I”
Subway Daydream - “Teddy Bear”
sunsetinfall - “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”
Tempalay - “Shingo”
U-Pistol ft. Kanako - “White Noise”
YUKI - “My lovely ghost”
Yukichikasaku/men - “Move”
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