What your favorite Jpop ballad of all time?
 

What's your number one favorite jpop ballad? There's so many beautiful ones and I can't pick one. lol I was just curious to see if anyone had a ballad that's there all around absolute favorite. lol However, feel free to list others as well.

After listening to Ayu ballads, it's hard for me to like any other ballad by any other artist to the same degree.
She puts so much effort and emotion into her ballads. And they're all personal (the way they should be).
Overall, the best ballad I have EVER heard by her, and of all time, is forgiveness. Only song to move me to tears. Also, by play count, it's CAROLS.

This place is reserved for GREEN, BALLAD and SCAR. I can think of many others, even by other artists, but these three songs are beautiful and always the first ones I think of.

Ayu's HEAVEN, Abe Mao's Don't Leave Me and YUI's TOKYO. Cant choose between those three

I can name two off the top of my head.. Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta by B'z and Dolls by ayu.

Utada Hikaru - Deep River.

It's hard to pick one... so here are some of my favorites instead.

KOKIA - moment ~Ima wo Ikiru~, Mou Ichido...
Mika Nakashima - Yuki no Hana, Oborozukiyo ~Inori
Ayaka Hirahara - Ashita, Jupiter, Ato Sukoshi Ato Sukoshi
Namie Amuro - I WILL
Miliyah Kato - Wara no Inu
Ayu - HANABI
alan - Ashita e no Sanka

and a lot more that I love, but these are awesome :yes

forgiveness. Been my favorite since the beginning.

ayu: SEASONS, LOVE ~destiny~, TO BE
hikki: Flavor Of Life, Sakura Drops
ai otsuka: Planetarium, Kingyo Hanabi

bold --> top 2

Utada Hikaru - Final Distance, Be My Last, Deep River, and Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version-

Thelma Aoyama - Anata ni Aete Yokatta (あなたに会えてよかった)

Mika Nakashima - Hi no Tori (火の鳥), and Orion

Crystal Kay - Kataomoi (片想い), and Kiss

Koda Kumi - walk, and You (piano version)

TWO-MIX - White Reflection

Dreams Come True - Eternity

Yuna Ito's ENDLESS STORY.

When it first came out, I played the song non-stop. I was playing it repeatedly everyday for about a month or so, and thought the ballad was so epic. :)

Emi Hinouchi - Grow :yes

Ayumi Hamasaki - HEAVEN
OLIVIA - tears & rainbows

BREAKERZ

Singles :

- LAST EMOTION ; I wish they performed this more often because it's so very under-rated . SUMMER PARTY is ace yes but it's not as though it's SUMMER PARTY c/w LAST EMOTION D:
- Sekai wa Odoru
- Angelic Smile ; disliked it at 1st but lyrically it's so beautiful
- Hikari ; probably the 1 song that means so much to the guys
- Tsukiyo no Itazura no Mahou

B-sides :

- Smile in Tears
- Winter Bell
- Arigatou ~Beautiful day~
- Sore wa Yasashii Kimochi

Album tracks :

- Miss you
- Nights a Brighter
- Nanzenkai ... Nanmankai ...
- Dandelion
- Hoshi ni Negai wo
- Positive Blue
- Koko Kara Dashite
- Aitakute ; extremely super under-rated track omg
- Orion
- Snow Rose
- Sabishigariya
- Orange Iro no Sora

RAINBOW - Ayu

Then perhaps Yume no Uta or you by Koda Kumi :love

Acid Black Cherry - Yes

it's not described as the 'ultimate love ballad' for nothing :innocent



Yes is my 2nd fave single from ABC's 5 singles 5 months project although I have to give credit to Nemuri Hime with it being the very 1st ABC song I've heard & I never look back since then

Gosh. This is hard.

I love a lot of KOKIA's ballads, which is arguably most of any of a KOKIA record, but my favorites from her are:

01. tomoni (This song has one of the most beautiful bridges I've heard.) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a56jyr8wAbI

02. cocoro (I think aigakikoeru was the album she really found her sound on.) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXMH180Ur0

03. Hoshikuzu no Vocalise (Stardust Vocalise) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXHCJMi-Hsw

04. life goes on - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4pBQDf26pQ

05. Senka no Hana (Flower of War) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_0Hpg1dNg4

06. INFINITY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsx1IN6ffKo (Special Note: This song helped me a lot after a very emotional breakup.)

07-13. The last six tracks from KOKIA's REAL WORLD album. All of them are so beautifully intricate and special to me.

14. Hontou no Oto (True Sound) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANDGurOLuGE

15. Sora Detsu na Gatteru (Having A Sky) (Can't Find A Link, sorry :( )

16. Mou Ichido... - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pseSvi07W0s (You can hear a clip of it here along with someone's story. Very sad story but so beautiful.)

17. Christmas no Hibiki - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2tSBWvEoZ8

(Everything off of 'pieces' too. KOKIA does amazing anime works.)


As far as other artists go:

Otsuka Ai

18. Kingyo Hanabi
19. Hanaeri Tamago
20. Cherish
21. Planetarium (This used to be my MP3 alarm for waking up for work.)
22. HEART
23. Ren'ai Shashin
24. Kurage, Nagareboshi
25. Pocket

Nakashima Mika

26. LEGEND
27. Eien no Uta
28. FLOWER OF TIME
29. Koe
30. ALWAYS
31. 16
32. Dear

Utada
33. Deep River
34. FINAL DISTANCE
35. BLUE
36. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (My absolute favorite Utada ballad.)
37. Kairo
38. Teiku 5 (Not a ballad in the production-sense, but definitely a ballad lyrically.)
39. Can't Wait 'Til Christmas

Amuro Namie
40. arigatou
41. Tempest

Koda Kumi
42. YOU
43. Stay With Me
44. No Way
45. Alive (Probably one of her best ballads.)
46. Anata Dake ga...
47. Passing By (I hate the featured singer though. His voice is annoying.)
48. No Man's Land

Nishino Kana
49. Kono Mama de...
50. You are the one
51. if

MISIA
52. Ginga
53. Itsumademo
54. Ashita e...

Kato Miliyah
55. FREE
56. Owari Naki Kanashimi (Never-Ending Sadness)

Sakamoto Miu (Really... if you haven't heard Miu, you haven't heard real music.)
57. Our Home
58. A Girl's Waltz
59. Ring of Tales & Ring of Tales (Lily Star Remix)

Hamasaki Ayumi (Here comes the loooooooong list...)
60. TO BE
61. End roll
62. Far away
63. teddy bear
64. Daybreak (the PV version)
65. M
66. A Song is born
67. Dearest
68. no more words
69. Endless Sorrow (the PV version)
70. Free&Easy
71. Heartplace
72. Over
73. HANABI
74. Dolls
75. Close to you
76. Hanabi ~Episode II~
77. forgiveness (This is my third favorite Ayu ballad.)
78. Moments
79. walking proud
80. Carols
81. Pride
82. Will
83. rainy day
84. JEWEL (This is my favorite Ayu ballad.)
85. momentum
86. fated
87. untitled ~for her~
88. GREEN
89. Days
90. curtain call
91. Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~
92. BALLAD
93. You were...
94. crossroad
95. Last angel
96. November
97. Virgin Road
98. BRILLANTE
99. reminds me
100. Return Road (This is my second favorite Ayu ballad. And the PV is my second favorite also, following JEWEL.)

100... Well, that should sum up my favorite ballads. I listen to a lot of ballads.

Oh, as an added bonus:


RURUTIA

101. Time Traveler - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xI7ZbQZY6I

102. MAGNOLIA no Joukei - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NUUrz35Nm0

103. Hyousa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjVutieC6sM

104. Seirios - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=excjjs88E10

105. RESONANCE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5OyEHHxUk

I should stop now.

Chihiro Onitsuka - infection

That song still gives me the most amazing chills, especially now that I'm older and can appreciate the lyrics better.

Excluding Ayumi, it would be:

Ai Otsuka - Daisuki da yo
EXILE - Tada... ai takute
Onitsuka Chihiro - Infection

Chihiro Onitsuka - Gekkou

I love loads of ballads, this one is easily my favourite though.