[Text list] Idol Watch's Top 100 Idol Songs of 2023
The simple text list of the newsletter's favorite idol songs of the year from AMEFURASSHI, Sakurazaka46, HATE and TEARS and more
This is the simple text list of Idol Watch’s Top 100 Idol Songs of 2023. You can check out the main feature here. You can also listen to most of the songs in this list on this Spotify playlist. A separate list for our favorite boy group songs of 2023 is available here.
Dempagumi.inc - “Augmented Ojiichan”
Sakurazaka46 - “Sakurazuki”
NMB48 - “Done”
ExWHYZ - “BLAZE”
Blueberry Soda - “Tenshi Ga Tooru”
AMEFURASSHI - “Love Is Love”
Not Equal Me - “Tenshi Wa Dokoe”
Nogizaka46 - “Hito Wa Yume Wo Nido Miru”
AKB48 - “Idol Ja Nakattara”
.BPM - “Merit Demerit”
KiSS KiSS - “KiSS KiSS KiSS”
meme tokyo - “AGAIN AND AGAIN”
airattic - “Lemon”
TEAM SHACHI - “EDOME”
CUBELIC - “Super Full Flat”
HATE and TEARS - “ARRIVAL POINT”
Aishu TO Momentum - “Kitsunebi Love Story”
Qumali Depart - “2060nen Cherry Blossom No Tabi”
Iginari Tohokusan - “Azato Wazato Expert”
Quubi - “Take me now”
DEVIL ANTHEM. iScream - “Love Me Better”
Shihatsu-machi Underground - “Rock ‘n’ Roll and Tiger Lily”
mzsrz - “Time Machine”
ASP - “I HATE U”
-et-And - “Saisai”
ChemicalX - “Start”
Takane No Nadeshiko - “Kessen Spirit”
Near Equal Joy - “Sono Saki Wa Exult”
Sukiiro Drop - “Hoshikuzu No Yume”
INUWASI - “eclipse”
Yufu Terashima - “Daiuchii No Mugen Ai”
kinopo - “JU-TAI”
Up Up Girls (2) - “See You Dake”
Finger Runs - “Escape!!”
Devil ANTHEM. - “GOD BLESS YOU!!”
SKE48 Team E - “Koi Dashite Iko-ze!!!”
=LOVE - “Last Note Shika Shiranai”
The Grateful a MogAAAz - “Kimagure Ni Maware”
Hinatazaka46 - “One Choice”
SG5 TONAi BOUSHO - “Have a Nice Day”
Ringwanderung - “Shittsui No Natsu”
CYNHN - “Resize”
Morning Musume ‘23 - “Wake-Up Call ~Mezameru Toki~”
BEYOOOOONDS - “Motomeyo… Unmei No Tabibitozan”
SG5 - “Firetruck”
Kanano Senritsu - “moist”
sui sui - “Ikiteirutoiukoto”
akugi ft. ALL codomomental - “IDOL?”
NiziU - “Paradise”
MIGMA SHELTER - “Tornado”
PIGGS - “YOU KNOW ME”
Marino Kai - “Umerareubekide Wa Nakatta”
Karen Na Ivory - “Haikei Rival”
lyrical school - “mada mada da!”
NONFIC! - “Tsuyokawa”
Appare! - “nanntokana-re fanfa-re”
BREAK TIME GIRLS - “Wooo!!!”
MAPA - “SUMMER SHOOTER”
Momoiro Clover Z - “Majoram Therapie”
Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku Negicco - “Could It Be Magic?”
KIMITOWA - “Koijosho Chart Love”
MANACLE - “Sonzai Yokyu”
UtaGe! - “Sawage! UtaGation!”
Hoshikuma Minami - “Shinra Dark Pop”
Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku - “Summer Glitter”
GEKKAN PAM - “Kuyuriyuku”
Crossnoesis - “lost moment”
RAY - “kayoubi no ame”
Tsukiyo No Utae - “Shudan Hysteric”
Juice=Juice - “Pride Bright”
GANG PARADE - “Gangsta Vibes”
PANDAMIC - “OTONANI NATTARA”
PassCode - “SIREN”
onefive - “Justice Day”
Caress Van End - “Dive to Haze”
Niji No Conquistador - “Omoi Ga Tsumoru, Gozen 2ji”
Tsubaki Factory - “Demo… Iiyo”
Rilisreverse - “Kiseki”
SANDAL TELEPHONE - “BLACK DIAMOND”
Shingeki Nao (Negicco) - “Nankai Mo Door Wo Tatakunda!”
situasion - “GOLDEN TIME”
Kasumisou To Stella - “persona”
Taiyo To Odore - “Ashita Tenki Ni Naranaide”
FAREWELL, My L.u.v. ft. Minami Yamazoe - “stargazing”
Mameshiba No Taigun - “MUST GO”
GENIC - “Flavor”
FRUITS ZIPPER - “CO-Kosei”
feelNEO - “i”
UNLAME - “I am I”
Schrodinger’s Dog - “Reincarnation”
My Best Friend - “Metamorphose”
CuteCool - “Pa la la”
Shingeki - “Reimei Janne de Arc”
Kyururin te Shitemite - “Twintail Wa 20saimade”
Peel the Apple - “Mecchachicchalove”
MOONCHILD - “Friends Are For”
NARLOW - “Konna Sekai Ni Narouto”
Cho Tokimeki Sendenbu - “Kawaii Memorial”
ATARASHII GAKKO! - “Tokyo Calling”
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