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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, moving messages (51–60)

SakuraAyaka

Ayaka / “Sakura” (from the LIVE DVD & Blu-ray “Acoustic Live Tour 2017–2018 ~3-STAR RAW~”)

Ayaka Sakura

Speaking of sakura songs, given the season, many of them are graduation songs or songs about new beginnings.

Ayaka’s “Sakura” is also a very popular number as a graduation song.

What’s noteworthy about this track is that the first verse is written from the perspective of young people graduating, while the second verse depicts those who graduated long ago—people who, having grown older, watch their own children graduate and set off, reflecting on the path they’ve walked and on their own graduation.

Ayaka’s vocals blend with the indescribably heartrending lyrics to create a song that makes you feel tears welling up.

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Gazing up, the sky is blueMotohiro Hata

Motohiro Hata / Aogeba Aozora Music Video

Looking Up at the Blue Sky Motohiro Hata

This work beautifully portrays graduation as a milestone in life.

Motohiro Hata’s clear, translucent voice captures both the sadness of parting and the hope of a new beginning in full.

Released in March 2019, it garnered attention as the theme song for a SoftBank TV commercial.

While cherishing past memories, this piece gives you the courage to take a step toward the future.

It’s a song I hope those embarking on a new chapter will listen to as spring arrives.

Its heartfelt melody and lyrics will surely give you a gentle push forward.

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CHERRY BLOSSOM10-FEET

10-FEET/LIVE cherry Blossom

CHERRY BLOSSOM10-FEET

A song by the three-piece rock band 10-FEET and a staple at their live shows.

It delivers the message that life isn’t only full of sadness but also joy, and that everything happens for a reason, all set to a high-energy rock sound.

It’s an uplifting and powerful track that’s perfect for spring, the season of farewells and new encounters.

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10-year cherry blossomsAKB48

[MV full] 10nen Zakura / AKB48 [Official]

10-Year Cherry Blossoms AKB48

Among AKB48’s songs, “10-nen Zakura” is known as a sakura-themed track.

It portrays springtime farewells, making it perfect for graduation season.

The melody is very bright, so listening to it naturally brings back memories of all the fun times.

Parting from friends you’ve spent time with is tough, but if you make a promise like, “Let’s meet again when the cherry blossoms bloom,” seeing the blossoms can give you strength.

Highly recommended if you’re looking for a glamorous, upbeat sakura song!

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Sakura songs with great lyrics: beautiful, heartwarming messages (61–70)

Sakura SongBlue Hairs

Blue Hairs 'Sakura Song' MV Full

Sakura Song Blue Hairs

This is a cherry blossom ballad billed with the tagline “2018’s No.

1 Sakura Song.” Sakura songs often express various emotions through cherry blossoms, but this track carries a message for those who’ve had their hearts broken.

It’s a new staple of sakura songs by the working-adult band Blue Hairs!

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SAKURA RegretFlower

Flower “SAKURA Regret”

SAKURA Regret Flower

A perfect heartbreak song for cherry blossom season, “SAKURA Regret.” Released as a single by FLOWER in 2012, it was used as the ending theme for TBS’s information variety program Hirunandesu!.

The contrast between the happy moments remembered with a former lover while gazing up at the blossoms and the solitary time she chose for herself is deeply poignant.

Yet by the end of the song, she picks herself up and moves forward, making it an empowering anthem as well.

It’s a recommended love song for women who want to overcome a breakup this spring.

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Thunder Sakura feat. 9Lana, SAKURAmotiMAISONdes

Urusei Yatsura Season 2 Ending Full – Raiou by MAISONdes feat. 9Lana, SAKURAmoti

Thunder Sakura feat. 9Lana, SAKURAmotiMAISONdes

It’s a poignant song with a cherry blossom theme.

Created by MAISONdes, this piece portrays the budding feelings of love that come with the arrival of spring.

It’s a track where 9Lana’s delicate vocals merge with SAKURAmoti’s talents as a Vocaloid producer.

Released in January 2024, it drew attention as the ending theme for the anime Urusei Yatsura.

The lyrics, which overlay feelings of love onto falling cherry blossoms, are striking, beautifully expressing both the beauty of sakura and the fleeting nature of love.

As spring approaches, it’s a song that will resonate with those experiencing new encounters and farewells.

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