Aoi Teshima’s Most Popular Songs Ranking [2025]

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Red riverbed

One of the songs included in Kokuriko-zaka kara Kashu is Aoi Teshima’s “Akai Mizusoko” (Red Waterbed).

This song is about Umi’s father, a sailor whose ship met with disaster and went missing.

It conveys a mix of complex emotions—grief over the loss of a loved one who will never return and anger toward the war that caused it.

The lyrics depicting her final memories of her father are especially moving—they bring uncontrollable tears.

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This is “Rain,” Aoi Teshima’s song included in the From Up on Poppy Hill song collection.

Both the lyrics and the melody evoke a profound sadness.

It brings to mind the scene in the film where Umi and Kazama stand in a daze after learning they’re actually brother and sister.

“Rain” feels like a cry—or perhaps a plea—from Umi, crushed by an inescapable reality.

Listening to it is quite heartbreaking.