Love songs about romance sung by female Japanese artists. Popular love songs.
We’ve gathered a collection of Japanese love songs sung by female artists!
When you fall in love, you just feel like listening to love songs, don’t you?
I think many of us can’t help but think “I feel that!” when we hear a song that perfectly matches our situation.
In this article, we’ve selected love songs told from a variety of perspectives, exclusively by female artists.
From recent staple love songs to long-beloved hits and tracks tied to TV dramas, it’s packed with wonderful love songs!
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Love songs about romance sung by female Japanese artists. Popular love songs (21–30)
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Singer-songwriter TOMOO, who has won popularity with a piano-centered sound and deeply insightful lyrics.
This song, which sings of feelings for a beloved presence, also exudes a stylish vibe.
It’s a comfortable pop tune that conveys a warm gaze—one that seems to affirm every aspect of that capricious someone, even while being tossed around by their whims.
Its message of loving someone just as they are gently wraps around the listener’s heart.
Released in August 2021, this track became one of TOMOO’s early signature works and helped propel her name into the spotlight.
It was later included on the album TWO MOON.
With its lively, memorable piano tones, it’s perfect as background music for a leisurely café break or a weekend drive, making the ordinary moments of daily life feel even more precious.
Imo-rai Imotuki.
You know how the smallest exchanges with someone you love can shake your heart.
This song is a ballad that delicately portrays the complex emotions of love and lies in romance.
It’s sung by tuki.
, a singer-songwriter whose collaborative video with Yuuri, released in December 2023, drew a lot of attention.
In this track from November 2024, the anxieties that arise precisely because you care so deeply—and the earnest wish to keep believing in the other person—come through clearly in her expressively rich voice.
You may find yourself resonating with its profound message of accepting the other person, love, lies, and all.
For hearts that long to be loved yet grow timid, this song will gently stay by your side.
She and TIP ON DUOMiki Imai
This is a famous song by Miki Imai that leaves a strong impression with its portrayal of an independent woman who gracefully moves on from heartbreak.
The lyrics were written by Yasushi Akimoto and the music composed by Chika Ueda, and the urban, smooth sound is wonderfully stylish.
While acknowledging where her former partner is now, the lyrics depict her stepping forward flexibly into her own future; combined with Imai’s transparent vocals, it’s a song that seems to breathe a refreshing breeze into the listener’s heart.
Released in August 1988, the track was used in a Shiseido campaign and became a major talking point.
Jun Sato, who arranged the piece, is also known for winning the Arranger Award at the 30th Japan Record Awards for this sophisticated production.
Why not enjoy this song as background music for a weekend drive or a relaxing café time?
I want to be loved.Hanako Oku
A song that tenderly embraces the earnest wish to be loved.
Created by singer-songwriter Okuhanako, it appears on the album “vol.
best,” released in April 2005 during her indie days.
The piece gives voice, over a quiet piano melody, to a piercing question: can we keep living by clinging to the memories of being loved, even when we feel hollowed out by loneliness? Her voice—praised as one that can move you to tears on sound alone—seems to gently scoop up feelings that words can’t express.
The song distills the power of her music, which speaks straight to the heart—this is the artist who once sold 488 CDs in a single day at a street performance.
On nights when you long to be loved deeply by someone, listening alone in silence may kindle a warm light in your heart.
Midday RendezvousAnna Takeuchi
Singer-songwriter Anna Takeuchi, known for her exceptional guitar playing and genre-defying musicality, has been drawing significant attention.
Released in July 2025, this track is a refreshing summer tune featured in an FM802 radio commercial.
Its light, buoyant beat and skillful syncopation vividly capture the exhilaration of a summer drive.
The lyrics portray the emotions of a couple enjoying a midday date: a perfect balance between the impulse to shout out overflowing love and the fresh restraint of holding back from a kiss.
It’s a sweet-and-sour feeling many will relate to.
Blending shimmering summer scenery with Takeuchi’s transparent vocals, this is a comfortable, sophisticated pop number.
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Aiko’s exquisite ballad.
It’s a masterpiece I want to see passed down to future generations.
If you listen closely to the lyrics and picture the scenes, a romantic landscape comes to life.
Joy, sorrow, and pain all sway within the heart, yet the feelings for that person remain firm and unshakable.
Listening to this song makes me want to experience a wonderful love.
The summer you gave meLeo Ieiri
Unrequited love can be beautiful in its fragile sense of almost reaching, yet never quite getting there.
“Kimi ga Kureta Natsu” is a song about such a fleeting summer romance.
It was also used as the theme song for the drama Koinaka.
While Leo Ieiri is known for her powerful vocals, in this track she sings a gentle, tender ballad from start to finish.
You can really feel the aching sorrow of unrequited feelings.