Your Top 10 || BEST Japanese Songs Ever!

[namiie]

Wow, this is so hard!! It was difficult narrowing it down to just 10, so these are in no particular order~

1) Ayumi Hamasaki - memorial address
2) Ayumi Hamasaki - walking proud
3) Ayumi Hamaskai - Pride
4) Gackt - Last Song
5) Miyavi - Kimi ni Negai wo
6) Gackt - Mizerable
7) Shimatani Hitomi - Destiny~Taiyou no Hana~
8) Mika Nakashima - Yuki no Hana
9) Mika Nakashima - Oborozukiyo~Inori
10) Ai Otsuka - Planetarium

[Faiza]

In no order ^^

Morning Musume - Shabondama
Ayumi Hamasaki - July 1st
Ayumi Hamasaki - Memorial address
Cocco - Hi no Terinagara Ame no Furu
Koda Kumi - you
Aice5 - Yuujou Monogatari
Ayumi Hamasaki - HANABI
Morning Musume - Chokkan 2
Utada Hikaru - traveling
Phantasmagoria - Actuate Eden

[buriguri]

Links to Youtube videos of mentioned song when available.

The Lucky Star - the brilliant green
I'm a sucker for these kinds' of "happy and full of life" -melody rock tunes. Another one from buriguri would be I'm in Heaven which was the song that made me fan of this group.

Ai no ai no Hoshi - the brilliant green
Builds very nicely turning from acoustic to electric guitar and have a great catchy melody.

Tsumetai hana - the brilliant green
You can almost hear Oasis here. Reminds me of some of their rock songs from the 90's.

I Can Hold Your Hand - the brilliant green
Minimalistic ballad with excellent ending guitar solo, with so much feeling in it, that it makes your heart ache.

Raining - Cocco
Heard this one watching Shikijitsu movie where it's the ending song and loved the way how it's builds momentum towards the end.

Kimi to iu Hikari - Garnet Crow
This perl is so beautiful to listen to, that all you have to do is close your eyes and go with the flow...

Yume mita atode - Garnet Crow
And here's a another one with same caliber. Women with low voice, so sexy...

Yasashisa ni Tsutsumereta Nara - YUI
YUI's life performance of this classic song is adorable and great. Song is also the ending song in Kiki's Delivery Service anime from Hayao Miyazaki.

Miso ka - Spitz
Faster rock tune from Spitz. Love this one. Like a lot of their Aoi kuruma, sora mo toberu hazu, "aruki dase, kuroobaa" songs too.

Is This Love? (Arena Tour 2006 live performance with Yo-chan guitar in the beginning) - Ayumi Hamasaki
I'm not that fond of her album songs they seems to me a bit bland and missing the oomph, but I love her live performances (Arena Tour and CDL) because of their energy, Yo-chan's guitar solos and roaring audience.

[Enfluerage]

Greetings.

My top ten (Limit of one song per artist), and only considering my favourite of studio-recorded tracks.

1) Your Birthday ~ kame kame everybody (single version) - 8
Composed, Written & Performed by Matsu Takako

2) Who... (from Loveappears) - 8
Written & Performed by Hamasaki Ayumi, Composed by Kazuhito Kikuichi, Arranged by Naoto Suzuki

3) Sen no Kotoba (from Grow Into One) - 6.5
Arranged by Takahito Eguchi and Noriko Matsueda.
Performed by Koda Kumi

4) Hybrid Rainbow (from Synchronized Rockers) - 6
Written & Composed by the Pillows
Performed by Bump of Chicken

5) Glamorous Sky (from the movie Nana) - 5.5
Written by Yazawa Ai
Composed by Hyde
Performed by Nakashima Mika

6) Best Wishes (from Juicy Music) - 5.5
Performed by Elizabeth Narita

7) Haneari Tamago (from Love Cook) - 5
Written & Performed by Otsuka Ai
Arranged by Otsuka Ai and Ikoman

8) A little Pain - Studio version - (from OLIVIA inspi' Reira) - 4.5
Performed by Olivia Lufkin

9) A Song with No Name (from Love & Honesty) - 4
Performed by Kwon Boa

10) Cage (from Insomnia) - 4
Written & Performed by Chihiro Onitsuka
Arranged by Takefumi Haketa


* Note that in aggregate of all mixes and lives, Who... is my favourite song
I hope the credits are correct, I'm doing this from memory lol.