Songs with titles starting with 'O' [Great for karaoke and shiritori!]
Songs with titles starting with “O” often feature unique names—like those using characters meaning “dance” or “gold,” as well as Osaka-themed songs.
They also tend to be great for getting everyone fired up when singing! I can’t think of many off the top of my head, so I want to look some up.
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This is a list that might come in handy at such times: songs with titles that start with “O.” Use it when you’re wondering, “What songs start with ‘O’?” and also as a prompt for shiritori or when choosing tracks at karaoke.
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Songs with Titles Starting with “O” [Great for Karaoke & Shiritori!] (301–310)
dancerKozo Murashita
This signature song by Kozo Murashita, with lyrics that gracefully capture youthful naivety and aching first love, strikes straight to the heart—a work that deftly weaves in delicate emotional nuances.
Released in August 1983, it sold around 100,000 copies and reached No.
24 on the Oricon weekly chart.
It’s recommended for those who want to resonate with the bittersweetness and fragility of love, or savor a deeply lyrical track that lingers in the soul.
orchestraBiSH
This is a ballad with a heartwarming melody that stands out as it looks back on days gone by while gazing up at the night sky.
It’s a classic track included on BiSH’s album “KiLLER BiSH,” released in October 2016, and has been loved as one of their signature songs.
The lyrics gently portray parting with someone dear, a sense of loss, and memories that live on forever in the heart, resonating as if softly nestling close to your chest.
The grand, orchestral-like sound and the members’ vocals blend exquisitely, tenderly enveloping the listener’s heart.
Toward Where the Sound RingsShota Watanabe
It’s a pop number packed with positive messages.
Sung by Shota Watanabe of Snow Man, it generated buzz as his solo track included on Snow Man’s best-of album THE BEST 2020 – 2025, released in January 2025.
The lyrics, which depict shifting emotions as the days of the week pass, are particularly striking.
The way they project a determination to keep moving forward in one’s own way—despite steps backward and forward—really resonates.
The pairing of the refreshing melody with his expansive vocals is also superb.
It’s a song that gives you a gentle push when you’re feeling blue or uncertain.
If I don't do it, who will?Saburō Kitajima
Here I’d like to introduce a song that’s relatively easy to sing yet a bit on the challenging side: “Ore ga Yaranakya Dare ga Yaru” (“If I Don’t Do It, Who Will?”).
Among Saburo Kitajima’s masculine songs, this one in particular brings together a wide range of techniques, featuring from the very beginning a powerful vibrato with a shouted edge.
As for kobushi (ornamental pitch turns), they appear frequently, but you’ll rarely encounter ones that shift more than three scale degrees, so the difficulty there is on the lower side.
If you sing with an awareness of strength and of contrasts between stillness and motion, your vocal line will have sharper definition, so try to keep those aspects in mind as you perform.
Woman of OnomichiSaburō Kitajima
Saburo Kitajima’s classic “Onomichi no Onna” is marked by its delicate melody and instrumentation.
It features a relaxed tempo and, unusually for Kitajima’s songs, a vocal line with overall restrained volume.
That said, there are moments with expansive long tones, so care is needed.
It leans more toward kayōkyoku (Japanese pop ballad) than traditional enka, and in fact uses kobushi (melismatic ornamentation) only sparingly.
As a result, it’s a very singable piece for those who find enka’s characteristic vocal stylings challenging.
Woman's Love SongHiroko Hattori
Hiroko Hattori has many great songs, but among them, this piece “Onna no Jouka” is renowned as an especially heartrending masterpiece.
In terms of melody, it’s an orthodox enka with a wistful atmosphere, but the vocal line is somewhat unusual, featuring pronounced rises and falls in pitch.
While the tempo itself is slow—so matching pitch isn’t necessarily difficult—the song has a wide vocal range and dramatic dynamics, making it a piece that demands expressive power more than pure technique.
Consider adding it to your repertoire.
Ogura Koi GoyomiHiroko Hattori
The classic “Ogura Koi Goyomi” is memorable for its passionate vocal phrasing.
True to Hiroko Hattori’s style, this piece is an orthodox enka song with frequent kobushi (melodic turns).
As a result, it carries a certain level of difficulty, but it doesn’t include sections with four- or five-note scale shifts like those found in Tsugaru folk songs.
If you’re comfortable with standard kobushi, you should be able to sing it without issue.
Note that at the beginning of the chorus there’s a section where you apply kobushi while staying in falsetto, so pay special attention there.
Consider adding it to your repertoire.