Miki Imai’s Most Popular Karaoke Songs Ranking [2025]

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Miss You

It was released in 1994 as Miki Imai’s 10th single.

The song was used as the theme for the Nippon TV drama “Forbidden Fruit,” with lyrics by Yuho Iwasato—who has provided many songs for Miki Imai—and composition by Tomoyasu Hotei.

It reached number one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

It’s a gentle yet somehow wistful masterpiece.

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Short Sleeves – Miki Imai

Miki Imai’s “Hansode” (Short Sleeves), despite her many hit songs, centers on a woman involved in a forbidden love—the man is married and has children.

She secretly goes to peek at his home, and when she sees “him” and his “wife” laughing in the early-summer garden under the dazzling sunlight, her chest tightens so much she feels she might collapse.

Although it’s a quiet ballad, you can palpably feel the heat of the protagonist’s inner resolve—“Even so, I will go on loving him.” The song was included on the 1990 album Retour and was not released as a single.

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Miki Imai – Because Your Eyes Smile

This was Miki Imai’s sixth single, released in November 1989.

Since it was used as the theme song for Nippon TV’s “Wednesday Grand Roman,” even those who weren’t particularly her fans might find the melody familiar.

It’s a very simple, beautiful, and straightforward tune, and the vocal range isn’t very wide, so it should be quite easy for many women to sing.

Try choosing a key that lets you sing gently throughout.

I think it’s a song you can enjoy along with conversations about the drama with people of the same generation.