Ikimono-gakari Love Songs and Popular Tracks Ranking [2025]

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Ikimonogakari 'Akane-iro no Yakusoku' Music Video

Written and composed by Yoshiki Mizuno, this song deliberately uses the word “farewell” to express the vow “until death do us part,” carefully weaving feelings that we want to cherish precisely because our time is limited.

Kiyoe Yoshioka’s translucent vocals intertwined with warm strings evoke the poignancy of an autumn dusk.

Released in October 2007 as their seventh single, it was featured in au’s “LISMO!” commercial and served as the ending theme for tvk’s “saku saku.” It’s a perfect track for long autumn nights, one that makes you want to listen while reminiscing about your school days.

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Ikimono-gakari “Last Scene” Music Video

“Last Scene,” written as the theme song for the film Your Lie in April, is imbued with the feeling of continuing to cherish a lover you can no longer see.

It’s possible that the person has passed away.

The lyrics express emotions swaying between the resolve to keep moving forward and the loneliness that lingers, while vocalist Yoshioka’s gentle voice delivers it all with warmth.

It softly wraps around you when you’re feeling lonely.

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Ikimono-gakari 'HANABI' Music Video

Ikimonogakari’s “HANABI” turns up the heat on summer romance like blazing fireworks.

Released in 2006, the song was used as an ending theme for the anime BLEACH.

Its fast-paced, driving melody seems to amplify the intensity of summer itself.

The lyrics tell of fireworks that can’t be watched together—yet—paired with a wish that, until the day they can, their feelings never cool.

Youthful love believes straight ahead in each other and in a future whose shape can’t yet be seen.

It’s a track that conveys not only the heat of fireworks, but also the lingering bittersweetness that follows.

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Ikimono Gakari – Message [With Lyrics]

The song I want people to listen to when they feel, “My partner has been slow to contact or reply lately…” is ‘message.

’ It’s included on the album ‘My song Your song,’ released in 2008 by Ikimono-gakari, a musical unit that handles everything from colorful pop to grand ballads.

A lively, Motown-inspired beat rings out breezily, and Kiyoe Yoshioka’s girlish vocals are utterly cute.

It’s a track you can enjoy from a woman’s perspective, thinking of your partner, or from a man’s perspective, rekindling your feelings for your girlfriend with the thought, “Is this how she feels about me?”

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Ikimono-gakari 'Uruwashiki Hito' Music Video

A guaranteed crowd-pleaser that kept powering Ikimonogakari’s early live shows.

For the record, it’s their fifth single, released in 2007.

The song kicks off right from the chorus together with that ta-ta-ta drum beat, and it has this quintessential Ikimonogakari pop vibe that feels incredibly youthful.

It brightly portrays a love you throw yourself into wholeheartedly, and the lyrics are notable for how they turn love into a metaphor for song—and song into a metaphor for love.

It’s a track you’ll want to play for someone you like, even if they’re not already a fan!

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Ikimono Gakari YELL 'Ikimono-gakari'

A classic that enjoys tremendous popularity as a graduation song.

It’s one of Ikimonogakari’s signature tracks, released as a single in 2009 and specially written as the set piece for the NHK National School Music Competition’s junior high division.

Its message—that parting isn’t merely a sad event, but a chance to take the first step toward the future—resonated with many people.

Kiyoe Yoshioka’s unadorned, straightforward vocals perfectly match the feelings woven into the song.

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Ikimonogakari - I Want to Go Home - Spanish subtitles

It was released as Ikimono-gakari’s ninth single.

The song was written specifically for the Toho-distributed film “Sand Clock.” Through this track, you can really feel that everyone has a place to return to.

It’s a song that makes you want to go back to where your loved one is waiting.