[2025] Japanese karaoke songs you’ll want to sing at year’s end: A roundup of popular hits and classics
As December comes around each year and the end of the year approaches, chances to sing karaoke at year-end parties and company gatherings tend to increase.
Since it’s a special time, you might be thinking of singing the perfect year-end song to get everyone excited.
In this article, we introduce classic J-pop songs about December scenery, the year’s end, and New Year’s Eve, spanning different eras and genres.
Whether you want to fire up the crowd with a group singalong for one last hurrah, or deliver a gentle performance to bid farewell to the year, pick a song that suits you and enjoy a wonderful year-end!
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[2025] Japanese Karaoke Songs to Sing at Year’s End: Popular and Classic Hits (21–30)
Love Like ThisFujii Kaze
This is a song by Fujii Kaze that was premiered during his European tour and generated a huge response among fans.
It serves as the lead track from his album Prema, released in September 2025 after roughly three years, and it’s a universal love song sung entirely in English.
Kaze says he “pretended to know” the answer to the question, “What is the purest form of love?” True to those words, the piece invites each listener to reflect on their own shape of love, offering a profound and beautiful world that’s deeply compelling.
Its sound, reminiscent of ’80s pop, gently accompanies the feelings you have for someone important.
HOWLAyumu Imazu
A dance number by Ayumu Imazu with a exhilarating sense of speed that feels like tearing through the city at night.
Released in July 2025, the track was written specifically as the opening theme for the TV anime “Karaoke Iko!” It captures the uniquely adolescent swing of emotions—frustration with an uncooperative reality and longing for a more grown-up world—set against a cool track.
I think it’s perfect as background music for a drive!
[2025] Japanese karaoke songs to sing at year’s end: A roundup of popular and classic hits (31–40)
Last lookKeina Suda
If you don’t break the cage called “common sense,” you’ll never meet your true self.
This is a fast-paced rock number that sings of the omnipotent rush that arrives at the end of such inner conflict.
The track was released in July 2025 as the opening theme for the second rerun of the TV anime Assassination Classroom.
The explosive energy that wells up from within and surges through the song seems to liberate the listener’s heart as well.
It’s sure to resonate with anyone who wants to surpass who they are now and take a bold new step forward.
HEROMr.Children
When it comes to karaoke, you can’t leave out Mr.
Children.
This song has that unmistakable Mr.
Children gravitas—an absolutely overwhelming masterpiece.
I hope you’ll learn it and give it a try.
It’s perfect for winter and truly moving.
It really touches the heart.
Year-end songs from 12/26 onward[Alexandros]
![Year-end Song After 12/26 [Alexandros]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_vKAC2Ml8i0/sddefault.jpg)
This song by [Alexandros] is perfect as a year-end track, just from the title.
The lyrics also make it a great fit for karaoke during the end-of-year party season.
It’s a mid-tempo folk song with Yohei Kawakami’s gentle vocals, so it’s a piece you can actually enjoy performing yourself with guitar and singing along.
Love Song in DecemberGACKT
This song gently portrays the warmth of lovers coloring a winter city.
Released by GACKT in December 2001, it gained significant popularity both in Japan and abroad, with versions produced in multiple languages.
It was created with a wish for peace, inspired by experiences related to the September 11 attacks and a visit to Madagascar.
The gentle, ballad-style melody and lyrics expressing the hope that children around the world can smile are especially memorable.
Beloved as a winter classic, the song even led to appearances on the Kōhaku Uta Gassen for two consecutive years.
With lyrics depicting lovers thinking of each other amid the cold, it’s a piece that invites a tender sing-along on long winter nights.
It’s a song you’ll want to listen to on a year-end evening spent with someone special.
Lovers AgainEXILE
It’s an insanely cool song and definitely one I want guys to sing.
It’s a number I feel like listening to around December, and I think it’s such a classic that it even ranks on karaoke charts.
I really want people to learn it and sing it coolly.
It’s wonderful.