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Editor-in-Chief, RAG MUSICKeisuke Hane
Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC. After working at a music studio and in wedding sound engineering, joined the RAG MUSIC editorial team in 2016. Experienced with various instruments: marching band in elementary school, clarinet in middle school wind ensemble, and drums in a band from high school onward. Drawing on personal music activities and professional experience, produces daily articles, including song introductions, features on music festivals around Japan, and live reports. Enjoys a wide range of music, from domestic and international rock to, more recently, a broad spectrum of J-pop.
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Deputy Editor of the web media RAG MUSIC. I’m Sasashina, a mom currently raising an elementary schooler and a preschooler. In my student days, I studied broadly at Kyoto College of Science and Technology, covering sound, lighting, and video technology, and acquired skills from comprehensive stage production to the fundamentals of creative expression. After graduation, I joined a music production company, where I still work, and have consistently built my career on the production side, taking on diverse tasks centered around music. Currently, I mainly handle articles for children, drawing on what I’ve learned about parenting in my own way, as well as insights and discoveries from interacting with my kids every day. I hope I can be of help to you, even just a little!

In Japan, when spring arrives, a lot of cherry blossom songs start to appear, don’t they?

For a long time, cherry blossoms have held a special place in the hearts of Japanese people, inspiring many songs filled with different emotions.

Love, graduation and farewells, starting school and new encounters… It’s precisely because of the season of spring and its beauty that cherry blossoms have become something we entrust our feelings to.

Among those sakura songs, there must be many people who want to listen to tracks with truly moving lyrics—songs that feel like they’re speaking on your behalf.

So in this article, we’ll introduce cherry blossom songs with wonderful lyrics!

They’re all masterpieces that will stay close to your heart, so if you find a favorite, try listening while reading the lyrics.

Sakura songs with great lyrics: beautiful, heartwarming messages (21–30)

cherry blossomKyogo Kawaguchi

Kyogo Kawaguchi – Sakura

Kyogo Sakurakuchi

Kyōgo Kawaguchi’s song caused quite a stir when it was released, didn’t it? It’s a love song, but what’s striking is that the lyrics aren’t about heartbreak or unrequited love—they feel like a vow that two people who love each other will always be together.

Kyōgo Kawaguchi’s beautiful singing voice makes this a truly captivating track.

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cherry blossomKobukuro

Sakura – Kobukuro (Full)

Sakura Kobukuro

This song, which was also used as a drama theme and in commercials, is surely a classic among sakura songs, isn’t it? It’s a song that likens enduring tough times and finally bearing fruit to making it through the cold winter and at last welcoming the warm spring when the cherry blossoms bloom—such a sentiment really hits home.

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cherry blossoms drifting awayHikaru Utada

Hikaru Utada – Sakura Nagashi (Short Ver.)

Sakura Nagashi by Hikaru Utada

When it comes to the film series of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hikaru Utada is a strong association for many, and the song “Sakura Nagashi” was also the theme for Evangelion: 3.

0 You Can (Not) Redo.

This track, her first single after returning from hiatus, is also well known for having been written with the Great East Japan Earthquake in mind.

The memories of cherry blossoms we saw together are vivid, yet that person is no longer here.

The sorrow and helplessness are rendered even more poignant by the piano melody and strings, which make the feelings resonate deeply in the chest.

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murmurDaiki Ueno

Daiki Ueno / “Zawameki” Music Video

Zawameki Ueno Daiki

A song you’ll want to listen to with the arrival of spring.

Daiki Ueno’s gentle voice carefully draws out the emotions that lie deep in the heart.

The warm tones of acoustic guitar and cello resonate as if embracing the small joys and loneliness of everyday life.

Included on the album “Shinryoku,” the track was released in March 2023 and was also selected as the theme song for the TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo drama “Konkatsu Shokudo.” This piece is one that stands beside those who feel both anticipation and anxiety at the start of a new season, as well as those who hold thoughts for days gone by.

On a spring day when your heart wavers, why not listen quietly and let it in?

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Cherry blossom seasonATSUSHI

EXILE ATSUSHI / “Cherry Blossom Season” MV

Cherry Blossom Season ATSUSHI

Sakura no Kisetsu (Season of Cherry Blossoms) by EXILE ATSUSHI portrays the parting that comes with graduation.

Released in 2015, it was chosen as the compulsory piece for the junior high division of the 81st NHK National School Music Competition and was also featured on NHK’s Minna no Uta, making it a highly popular graduation song.

The bittersweet feelings of separation, the many memories shared, and the vow to meet again… The lyrics frankly express the many emotions felt at graduation, and they will resonate especially deeply with those who are about to graduate right now.

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When the cherry fruit ripensTHE ALFEE

When the Cherry Fruit Ripens (Sakura no mi no jiyukusuru toki) THE ALFEE - Sub Spanish

When the Cherry Fruits Ripen - THE ALFEE

Like beautiful cherry blossoms, THE ALFEE’s “Sakura no Mi no Jukusuru Toki” sings of a love that is both beautiful and gentle.

Released in 2009 as a double A-side single together with “Kaze no Uta,” the song was chosen as the theme for the fifth season of the drama “Kyoto Chiken no Onna.” Its title comes from the novel of the same name by author Shimazaki Toson.

It portrays a romantic relationship that once fell apart after repeated misunderstandings, yet carries a powerful desire to be together again.

If there’s a relationship you wish to mend as the cherry blossoms bloom, listen to this song and reaffirm the great love that resides within you.

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SakuraMyuk

Myuk – Sakura (Music Video)

SakuraMyuk

A fleetingly beautiful love ballad that resonates with the heart as spring arrives.

Released by Myuk in March 2025, “Sakura” sings of lingering attachment and a sense of farewell to a loved one you can no longer meet.

Her mysterious, gentle voice seems to tenderly envelop an unfulfilled love.

Coupled with the song’s dramatic progression, it’s truly a tearjerker.

It’s the perfect track for a quiet spring night, sitting by the window and getting lost in thought.

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