[Text list] This Side of Japan's Top 100 Japanese Songs of 2022

The text list version of the newsletter's favorite tracks from the year

Dec 16, 2022

Here is the list-only version of This Side of Japan’s top 100 Japanese songs of 2022. You can check out the songs in this list as a Spotify playlist. You can return to the main feature here.

Hitsujibungaku - “Hikarutoki”
Ado - “New Genesis”
Wednesday Campanella - “Manekineko”
Utada Hikaru - “BAD Mode”
MONDO GROSSO ft. Ryuichi Sakamoto - “IN THIS WORLD”
UA - “Binetsu”
JYOCHO - “The End of Sorrow”
Toto Hoshimiya & TEMPLIME - “skycave”
EDWARD(me) - “LOXONIN”
Perfume - “Mawarukagami (polygon wave live ver.)”
Midnight Grand Orchestra - “SOS”
Gen Hoshino - “Comedy”
4s4ki - “LOG OUT”
Vaundy - “Kokorokaze Ni Nosete”
DE DE MOUSE & PuniPuniDenki - “Midnight Dew”
Haruka Kudo - “Memory Suddenly (Taku Takahashi Remix)”
AAAMYYY ft. Ano - “That Smile”
Kaho Nakamura - “Good bye Claire”
Roselia - “FLASHLIGHT”
Masayoshi Iimori & viwiv - “Dustware”
Miyuna
Menace9 - “Play Dead”
tofubeats ft. Kaho Nakamura - “REFLECTION”
Tohji & banvox - “Super Ocean Man”
Kudaranai1nichi - “Yarusenai”
Lucie,Too - “heartless”
Raon - “Kunekune (Wiggle Wiggle)”
cresc. - “mischief”
TORiENA - “RAW”
Miyuna - “Choudai”
BIM ft. Dongurizu - “Anchovy”
Aimyon - “My First Love Is Crying”
So Shibano - “Ai Wa Oranaide”
iri - “Matenrou”
Azusa Tadokoro - “Hakoniwa No Shukufuku”
Dirty Androids & RANASOL - “eyes”
Young Coco - “Feta!”
PUNPEE & JJJ - “Step into the Arena”
BRAVE OUT - “World’s Rot”
C.O.S.A. ft. Senninsho & JJJ - “Sunday Freestyle”
Fujii Kaze - “Matsuri”
Photon Maiden
SARA-J x ONJUICY x FOFU - “Dance with Me Tonight”
adieu - “The Edge of Summer”
kamome sano ft. Kasane Teto - “Non-Fiction”
Guchon - “Pineapple Groove”
the peggies - “Highlight Highlight”
DAOKO & Yohji Igarashi - “MAD”
Michiganized - “Reflections”
Petit Brabancon - “Kawaki”
TENDRE - “HAVE A NICE DAY”
Tomoko Ikeda x TENDRE - “Suisei x Konya Wa Boogie Back nice vocal”
SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS - “Hatsukoi No Akuma”
Find Me Alone - “Foreigner”
Serph - “Piplup Step”
Photon Maiden - “Akatsuki (Fruits Mix V2)”
Laura day romance - “well well”
Haretokidoki - “winter memory”
Moon in June - “Summer Pop‘97”
Hoach5000 - “Paper Bag”
Nerd Magnet - “Everything’s Ruined!”
harmoe - “HAPPY CANDY MARCH”
CYBER RUI
ANORAK! - “Kichijoji”
YeYe - “Tashikana Gogo”
Ferri-Chrome - “How Could I Feel You?”
Seimei - “Formation 1992”
Aimi - “Near Equal”
Momo Asakura - “Stained Glass”
Fellsius - “Hatch”
Afterglow - “Dokuso Shusa”
Kana Hanazawa - “Don’t Know Why”
Sakanaction - “Shock!”
Shake Bose ft. Tohji - “Moon Sun”
XLARGE ft. CYBER RUI & ShowyRENZO - “I got the speed”
Foursidewalks - “1995”
Shapeshifter - “Black Liquid”
majiko - “FANTASY”
Yurufuwa Gang - “Beatles”
Penguin No Yuuutsu - “Ochiru”
Tokimeki Records ft. Hikari - “Toumei Na Girl ~Dye Me~”
Loota, Brodinski & Modulaw ft. Gliiico - “The Light”
Yayuyo - “Abayo,”
QUEENDOM
Yackle, Rinne Yoshida & DAOKO - “Skill Loop Part 2”
Fuji Taito - “Crayon”
Mashinomi - “escape”
Yo-Sea - “Without you”
Awich ft. KEIJU & Yellow Bucks - “Link Up”
cetow - “water leaf”
HARU NEMURI - “Shunka Ryougen”
STUTS ft. JJJ & BIM - “Voyage”
Morfonica - “The Circle of Butterflies”
Yuga - “Tomoshibi”
RUNG HYANG - “Kirainahito”
Merm4id - “I will never die”
Chilli Beans. - “School”
LEARNERS - “Twinkle Winter Day”
South Penguin ft. Dos Monos - “gadja”
QUEENDOM - “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Anna Takeuchi - “Te No Hira Kasenereba”
TYOSiN ft. Xgang, HAKU FiFTY, W, Yvng Patra, ORIGAMI & GNB AAlucarD - “Raimei”
Fake Creators - “Her Footwork”
Official Hige Dandism - “Mixed Nuts”

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