Anime songs

original song co-written by John Denver, originally recorded by John Denver and released in 1971

music created for use in Japanese animation series

YOASOBI Song (2023)

Single by Yoko Takahashi

1982 single by A Flock of Seagulls

"Butter-Fly" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Kōji Wada as the opening theme song to Digimon Adventure. The song was released as Wada's debut single on April 23, 1999.

Kumiko Ōsugi song

2005 single by Franz Ferdinand

2022 song by Kenshi Yonezu

single by X Japan

is a rock song by Japanese band Radwimps, released in 2016. It was used as one of the four theme songs to the animated film from the same year, Your Name, and was one of 26 pieces the band composed for the film's soundtrack. It reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. It also received a digital download song certification of Million from the Recording Industry Association of Japan for sales of 1,000,000.

2009 single by Supercell

single by Kalafina

2023 single by Yoasobi

2014 single by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure

2014 single by Motohiro Hata

2009 single by TVXQ

"Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" is a song by Japanese hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts from their fourth studio album Legion (2025). It was released as a single on January 7, 2024, through Onenation and Sony Music Associated Records. The song served as the opening theme for the second season of the anime television series Mashle: Magic and Muscles, subtitled The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam.

is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their third EP, The Book 3 (2023). It was released as a single on October 1, 2022, by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, served as the opening theme of the first season of the Japanese mecha anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022).

2006 single by Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, Yūko Gotō

2000 single by Rina Aiuchi

2006 single by Kumi Koda

single by Kalafina

2009 soundtrack single by fripSide

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single by Kalafina

2006 single by Tsukishima Kirari starring Kusumi Koharu

1986 single by Make-Up

single by Maaya Sakamoto

2006 single by the Japanese band Asian Kung-Fu Generation

song and single by L'Arc-en-Ciel

2012 single by ClariS

song by Maaya Sakamoto

single

2010 soundtrack single by fripSide

is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their second EP, The Book 2 (2021). It was released as a single through Sony Music Entertainment Japan on January 6, 2021, the same date as the duo's debut EP, The Book. As an opening theme for the second season of the anime television series Beastars, "Kaibutsu" is about a carnivore trying to coexist with herbivores in a cruel world, based on Jibun no Mune ni Jibun no Mimi o Oshi Atete, written by the anime's writer Paru Itagaki.

1994 single by L'Arc-en-Ciel

single by Siam Shade

2012 single by Mana Ashida

song by British singer Rosa Walton written for the 2020 video game Cyberpunk 2077

2017 single by Kenshi Yonezu

is a song by Japanese hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts from their fourth studio album Legion (2025). It was released as a single on October 4, 2024, through Onenation and Sony Music Associated Records. The song serves as the opening theme for Japanese anime series Dandadan (2024). Commercially, "Otonoke" peaked at number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 number 22 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100, and the World Digital Song Sales.

2024 single by Yorushika

2023 single by Queen Bee

2012 single by ClariS

2021 single by STU48

single by ClariS

2010 single by μ's

2007 single by L'Arc-en-Ciel

Single by Megumi Hayashibara / Masami Okui

1999 single by L'Arc-en-Ciel

2015 single by Morning Musume

is a song by Japanese voice actress and singer Maaya Sakamoto, released as her sixth single on June 21, 2000, through Victor Entertainment. Co-written by Yuho Iwasato and Yoko Kanno, the song served as the theme song for the theatrical film Escaflowne, which premiered on June 24, 2000.

Kira Pika song

2006 single by High and Mighty Color

is the sixth opening theme song from the Japanese anime Kirarin Revolution. The song was released on April 30, 2008 and is performed by MilkyWay, a Japanese project group consisting of Morning Musume member Koharu Kusumi, Hello Pro Egg member Sayaka Kitahara, and Hello Pro Egg member You Kikkawa as their characters, Kirari Tsukishima, Noel Yukino, and Kobeni Hanasaki. The song was released as MilkyWay's first single.

2025 single by Yoasobi

2006 single by Tsukishima Kirari starring Kusumi Koharu

2024 single by Gemn

2004 single by W