“Into the Unknown -Kokoro no mama ni” by Takako Matsu feat. “Peace Sign” by Kenshi Yonezu (My Hero Academia)ġ1. “Let it Go – Ari no Mama de” by Takako Matsu (Frozen Japanese dub)ħ. “Sugar Song to Bitter Step” by Unison Square Garden (Blood Blockade Battlefront)Ħ. “Himawari no Yakusoku” by Motohiro Hata (Stand By Me Doraemon)ĥ. “Yesterday” by Official Hige Dandism ( Hello World)Ĥ. “Cruel Angel’s Thesis” by Yoko Takahashi ( Neon Genesis Evangelion)ģ. 1.”Gurenge” by LiSA ( Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)Ģ. Unsurprisingly, some famous Disney songs made it onto this illustrious top 20. In case you want to sing along or hear what’s the top pick the next time you have a hankering for Japanese karaoke.
Here’s the full top 20 list, along with the vids to accompany each one. I only saw a few episodes of Demon Slayer, but that OP is incredibly catchy and hits all the right uplifting rockin’ notes like Yui’s “Again”, Makoto Kawamoto’s “1/2”, and Shoko Nakagawa’s “Sorairo Days”. LiSa herself is no stranger to making awesome catchy anime OPs and EDs, but her theme in Demon Slayer is already certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for surpassing 750,000 downloads. The track finally beat long-time champion “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis” (from Neon Genesis Evangelion), a popular karaoke pick in Japan’s Heisen era. But what’s the most popular song for anime fans and closet weabs to sing to on-screen and (mostly) inebrieted?Īccording to a press release from company XING who runs popular online karaoke services JOYSOUND and UGA, it’s LiSa’s “Gurenge”, the OP theme for the popular shonen anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
These days it’s easy to find karaoke spots with a Japanese playlist and Japanese tunes from the anime you love so you can belt it out.