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    I wasn't sure whether to post this thread in this forum or the music one. Anyway, please share your favorite Japanese theme songs (or subthemes, inserts, etc.), what series they're from and/or artists. I'm looking for recommendations.

    Ones I really like:

    "Gekkou" by Chihiro Onitsuka - Trick
    "Swimmy" by Every Little Thing - Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
    "Daite Senorita" by Yamashita Tomohisa - Kurosagi
    "UTAO-UTAO" by V-6 - Tiger & Dragon
    "Ocean" by B'z - Umizaru
    "Only Human" by K and "Konayuki" Remioromen - 1 Liter of Tears
    "Wish" by Arashi - Hana Yori Dango
    "Seishun Amigo" by Shuji to Akira (Kame and Yamapi) - Nobuta wo Produce

    "Pop Star" by Hirai Ken from Kiken na Aneki is kind of catchy too.

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    I enjoy:

    "Gekkou" by Chihiro Onitsuka - Trick
    "Nandodemo" by Dreams Come True - Emergency Room 24 Hours III
    "Kaze no Muku Mama" by Canna - Team
    "Yorokobi ni Saku Hana" by ACO - Suna no Ue no Koibitotachi
    " Aitai Kimochi" by Glay - Satorare
    "Niji" by Fukuyama Masaharu - Waterboys
    "Kimi ga Iru" by Chemistry - 87% Watashi no Gonen Seizon
    "It Takes Two" by Chemistry - Double Score

    Wedding Planner soundtrack
    Koi ni Ochitara soundtrack
    Koi no Chikara soundtrack
    Toubousha soundtrack
    Iryu soundtrack

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    YAY!!! I have some list too!

    "Seishun Amigo" by Shuji To Akira (Nobuta Wo Produce)
    "Arashi" by Wish (HYD)
    "Planetarium" by Atsuka Ai (HYD)
    "Utao Utao" by V6 (Tiger and Dragon)
    "3Gatsu 9Ka" by Remioromen (1LOT)
    "Sakura" by Kobukuro (N' Aoi)
    "Tokyo" by Fukuyama Masaharu (Slow Dance)
    "Kiseki" by Takky (Taiyou no Kisetsu)
    "My Way" and "Broken Heart" by DefTech (Brother Beat)
    "Sorafune" by Tokio (My Boss My Hero)
    "Realize" by Melody (Dragon Zakura)
    "Over" by K (H2)
    "Hakka Candy" by Kinki Kids (Moto Kare)
    "Popstar" by Ken Hirai
    "Koi no Ochitara" by Crystal Kay (Koi no Ochitara)
    Ordinary People OP
    Anything For You OP
    Imouto Yo OP
    Tokyo Love Story OP

    Some of the series I haven't watching yet, but I like the songs anyway ... there's more, I can't remember for now.
    Spring Summer Autumn Winter.
    Pair ducks nest fly together.
    Clemencies. Summer life, feather winter white.
    Green meadow in spring, before the autumn bite.
    Watching the red gown.
    And none else, alone.

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    Under The Same Roof OP
    Ima-Ai ED by Orange Range (forget the title)

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    To add on " A day in our life" by Arashi from Cat's Eye

    MV for the song here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B7ilU-1EMY

    Remixed version - live performance by Arashi

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RistE...elated&search=

    and Colourful by Yamapi from Dragon Zakura.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc5BK...&search=yamapi

    btw, the PV for wish is really really sweet

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jkzR-j_hM
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    I liked all the soundtracks from Hana Yori Dango.
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    I love the OSTs of God Give Me More Time, Pride and Hana Yori Dango. I could not recall again the others.

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    Oh wow, kinda hard for me to decide since there are so many great songs from jdramas -

    "Meguriai" by Chage & Aska - Imouto Yo
    "Say yes" by Chage & Aska - 101 Proposals
    "Sorafune" by Tokio - My Boss My Hero
    "3gatsu kokonoka" and "Konayuki" by Remioromen - 1 litre of tears
    "Sakura" by Kobukuro - N's Aoi
    "I for you' by Luna Sea - Kami-sama, mou sukoshi dake
    "Can you celebrate" - Namie Amuro - Virgin Road
    "Hitoribocchi no haburashi" - Nagase Tomoya - Mukodono
    "Seishun Amigo" - Shuji to Akira - Nobuta wo Produce

    Ok, that's all I can come up with at the moment, I am pretty sure there are more

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    These are the top 5 of my favorites all in order:
    1. Love story wa totsuzen ni (Tokyo love story)
    This is the song I like the most out of all other songs but the irony is that I didn't even watch the drama. When I listened to this song, it was in my college days and way before I got into jdorama. This was one of the songs in an audio tape my friend lent me. I ended up liking it a lot and made a copy out of it. This song is upbeat and the lyrics work so well together with the music. I listened to it so often that I memorized the lyrics and could sing to the lyrics. Of course I couldn't get all of them correct but I got most of them. Not until later on that I found this song in a batch of songs I downloaded by accident.

    2. True Love (Asunaro Hakusho)
    Same story for this song. It was in the same audio tape I borrowed from my friend. Not until I watched Asunaro Hakusho way after the first time I heard of it that I knew where it was from. Even not knowing the meaning, I could feel it's a sad song and after watching the drama I think it really fits well with the theme, which sometimes can be full of angst.

    3. Kimi Wo Sagashiteta (Wedding Planner)
    This song is lovely and the way they had the song with the OP was perfect. It fits in with the whole theme so well. I recall playing the OP over and over again for this.

    4. Calling (Glass Mask)
    I have a weakness for Glass Mask and part of this song really gets to me. It starts out upbeat then in the middle it slows down and gets into a mode of angst and emotional expression that describes the feeling of the male lead (or that's how I see it.)

    5. Desert Rose (Yasha)
    This is another song that I think fits the drama perfectly and similar to Wedding Planner they did a very good job with the OP sequence (for example with Ito doing superhuman jumps and feather flying all around. Scenes with bishonen flying with feathers in the background are wonderful eye candies to me). The song starts with a haunting feeling and carries through very well through but drags a bit toward the end. Nevertheless, I can't imagine another song that fits Yasha's theme.

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    I've got two more for my list.

    The theme songs of Kyumei Byoto Ji 2 and 3: Itsu no mani and Nandodemo, respectively, both by Dreams Come True.

    Is anyone a fan of the group Dreams Come True or has recommendations for their other songs? They've got a bunch!
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    Default Reposting of my post

    I think when the forum went down some of the posts made before it went down is gone.

    So I must repost my comments. Good thing I saved it.

    I tell ya. I feel so compelled to post here finally. Here's a list of Japanese songs that are some of my favorites:

    I'll copy and paste from the previous lists because I like them too.

    "Seishun Amigo" by Shuji to Akira (Kame and Yamapi) - Nobuta wo Produce
    "Planetarium" by Ai Otsuka (HYD)
    "Daite Senorita" by Yamashita Tomohisa - Kurosagi
    "Sorafune" by Tokio (My Boss My Hero)
    ?????/"Hitoribocchi no haburashi" by Tokio (Mukodono)

    Nodame Cantabile OST (It's very relaxing and good music to listen while you study too )
    My Boss My Hero OST

    After watching MBMH, the song Sorafune still stays fresh in my mind. I've heard it so many times that when I'm not listening to it I can still hear it in my mind and find myself humming to it (not audibly, of course ). Daite Senorita is another one that gets stuck on my mind. The same can be said about Mukodono's insert song, I don't know if its because its been played many times throughout the drama or what but sometimes its stuck in my head too, however, not as much as Sorafune and Daite Senorita.

    Another song that I like although not from a J-drama but from an anime, I thought is worth mentioning:
    Saikou no Kataomoi by Tainaka Sachi (from Saiunkoku_Monogatari/ Tales of Saiunkoku)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RABVShm_yOs
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2amdHMVXC-0 (for lyrics in JPN/ENG)

    V6 huh? I haven't heard "UTAO-UTAO" by V-6 - Tiger & Dragon before but I've heard V6's songs that was used in Inuyasha and they were good.
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    I think Yesterday & Today by Do as Infinity, theme song for Love 2000 is still my all time favourite !

    Yesterday & Today by Do as Infinity


    Others that I also like are:

    Feel your breeze - Gokusen 1
    Planetarium - HYD 1
    Wish by Arashi - HYD 1
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    Moriyama Naotaro has an AMAZING voice. He definitely got his mom's musical genes. I LOVE his "Itoshi Kimi E" and "Sakura" from the drama Itoshi Kimi E.

    Itoshi Kimi E Lyrics

    Isso dakishimete
    Dakishimete hanasanaiyo
    Kono mama soba ni ite hoshii
    Nani mo towazuni

    Isso saigo made saigo made
    Shinjirareru chikara wo boku ni kudasai
    Tatoe basorega itsuwari demo

    Asa no hikari ni kimi ga kiete shimai soude
    Boku wa mata nemutta furi o shita
    Mabushi sugiru omoidetachi
    Kotchi o muite waratteiru yo
    Ano hi tamari no naka de

    Itoshi kimi yo itoshi kimi yo
    Doko ni iruno
    Ima sugu ai ni kite hoshii
    Tatoe bosorega maboroshi
    Ii kara

    It's playing in the background of this fanvideo.

    Sakura Lyrics

    Bokura wa kitto matteru
    kimi to mata aeru hibi o
    Sakura namiki no michi no ue de
    te o furi sakebu yo
    Donna ni kurushii toki mo
    kimi wa waratteiru kara
    Kujikesou ni nari kaketemo
    ganbareru ki ga shita yo
    Kasumi yuku keshiki no naka ni
    ano hi no uta ga kikoeru

    Sakura sakura ima saki hokoru
    Setsuna ni chiri yuku sadame to shitte
    Saraba tomo yo tabitachi no toki kawaranai sono omoi o ima

    Ima nara ieru darouka
    itsuwari no nai kotoba
    Kagayakeru kimi no mirai o negau
    honto no kotoba

    Utsuri yuku machi wa marude bokura o sekasu youni
    Sakura sakura
    tada mai ochiru
    Itsuka umare kawaru toki o shinji
    Naku na tomo yo ima sekibetsu no toki
    kazaranai ano egao de sa~

    Sakura sakura iza mai agare
    Towa ni sanzameku hikari o abite
    Saraba tomo yo mata kono basho de aou
    Sakura mai chiru michi no...
    Sakura mai chiru michi no ue de

    Video of Moriyama Naotaro singing "Sakura" w/ lyrics and English translation

    The ending theme song "Ikitoshi Ikeru Mono e" is nice too, in a Dae Jang Geum theme song kind of way.
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    I would like to add Bokura No Machi De from the serial My only love.

    PV link below:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu25MqORp-A

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    Sono Speed De - The Brilliant Green (Over Time)
    Can You Keep A Secret - Utada Hikaru (Hero)
    Kiss of Life - Hirai Ken (Love Revolution)
    La La La Love Song - Kubota Toshinobu (Long Vacation)
    Yesterday and Today - Do As Infinity (Love 2000)
    Say Yes - Chage & Aska (101 Proposals)
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    I like - Planeterium - Otsuka Ai (hana yori dango 1), songs from Rondo, My boss my hero.

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    >>Feel your Breeze - V6

    (Gokusen 1)

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    Sakura by Kobukuro

    thanks for the lyric

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