Band asal jepang yang dibentuk di kota Okinawa pada tahun 2004. Beranggotakan 4 orang yaitu Nanae (Vokal), Maiko (Drums), Michiru (Guitar) dan Keita (Basis) sukses mengeluarkan single mereka di tahun 29 Juni 2011 yang berjudul Lovers. Single ini menjadi soundtrack opening Naruto Shippuden ke sembilan. Irama yang cepat dan arti yang begitu mendalam, membuat soundtrack ini masuk ke jajaran 5 besar.

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Lirik Lagu:
Japanese
Kimi wa ima namida nagashita
Nakijakuru kodomo no you ni
Tatoe asu ga mienaku natte mo mamoru yo
Natsu no sora miagete niranda

Tsuyogatte bakari de namida wa misenai
Hontou wa kowai kuseni

Taisetsu na mono wo ushinawa nu you ni
Hisshi de hashirinukete kita

Itsu datte nagai yoru wo futari de norikoeta
Kono mama issho ni iru kara
Tsuyogatte naide ii nda yo

Kimi wa ima namida nagashita
Nakijakuru kodomo no you ni
Tatoe asu ga mienaku natte mo susumu yo
Natsu no sora miagete sakenda
Natsu no sora miagete niranda

Inggris
You cried just now
Like a sobbing child
Even if the future becomes invisible, I will protect you
I gazed up and stared at the summer sky

You keep trying to act tough and refuse to show your tears
Despite the fact that you're actually scared

In order not to lose those important to you
You have run this far desperately

It's always been a long night and the both of us have climbed over it
Because of how we are now together
It's okay for you to stop pretending

Now that you have shed your tears
Like a sobbing child
Even if tommorow is unforeseeable I will go forward

I gazed up and yelled into the summer sky
I gazed up and stared at the summer sky

Band yang beranggotakan, Yoshioka Kiyoe (吉岡聖恵) (Lead Vocal), Mizuno Yoshiki (水野良樹) (Gitar, Vocal, Leader), dan Yamashita Hotaka (山下穂尊) (Gitar, Harmonica) ini mungkin salah satu band yang paling sering mengisi soundtrack anime, movie, drama ataupun sekedar untuk lagu iklan TV. Band yang terkenal dengan lagu-lagu balladnya ini pun berhasil menghipnotis kita dengan lagu yang sebenarnya di luar zona nyaman mereka ini. Blue Bird masih menjadi lagu tersukses Ikimonogakari yang digunakan untuk soundtrack anime.

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Lirik Lagu:
Japanese
Habataitara modoranai to itte
Mezashita no wa aoi aoi ano sora

Kanashimi wa mada oboerarezu
Setsunasa wa ima tsukami hajimeta

Anata e to idaku kono kanjou mo
Ima kotoba ni kawatteku

Michi naru sekai no yume kara mezamete
Kono hane wo hiroge tobitatsu

Habataitara modoranai to itte
Mezashita no wa aoi aoi ano sora

Tsukinuketara mitsukaru to shiite
Furikiru hodo

Aoi aoi ano sora
Aoi aoi ano sora
Aoi aoi ano sora

English
You say if you could fly,
You'd never come back down
You only have eyes for
That blue, blue sky

You've yet to learn what sadness is
And are now just grasping what pain is like
Even the feelings I have for you
Must be expressed in words

As you awake from a dream into an unknown world
Spread your wings and take flight!

You say if you could fly, you’d never come back down
You only have eyes for that blue, blue sky
You know if you can just make it through, you’ll find what you seek
So keep trying to break free

To that blue, blue sky
To that blue, blue sky
To that blue, blue sky

Flow merupakan band rock asal jepang yang berdiri pada tahun 1993 beranggotakan Keigo Hayashi (Vocal) , Kōshi Asakawa (Vocal/Guitar) , Takeshi Asakawa (Guitar) , Hiroshi Iwasaki (Drum) dan Yasutarō Gotō (Bass). Sampai tahun 2010 Band ini telah mengeluarkan 19 Single dan 7 Album. Diantara Album dan Single mereka ada 3 lagu Single yang mengisi Soundtrack Naruto diantaranya : Go !!! (28 April 2004) , Re : member (31 Mei 2006) dan Sign (13 Januari 2010). Lagu flow merupakan lagu yang sangat menyedihkan (apalagi pada saat opening naruto) makin menyedihkan karena Jiraiya mati pada saat opening ini dibawakan.

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Lirik Lagu:
Japanese
I realise the screaming pain
Hearing loud in my brain
But I'm going straight ahead with the scar
Can You Hear Me (x2)
Can You Hear Me (So am I)

Wasurete shimaeba ii yo kanji nakunacchaeba ii
Surimuita kokoro ni futa o shitanda

Kizutsuitatte heikidayo mou itami wa nai kara ne
Sono ashi o hikizuri nagara mo

Miushinatta jibun jishin ga
Oto o tatete kuzureteitta
Kizukeba kaze no oto dake ka

Tsutaeni kitayo kizuato tadotte

Sekai ni oshitsubusarete shimau mae ni
Oboeterukana namida no sora o
Ano itami ga kimi no koto o mamottekureta
Sono itami ga itsumo kimi o mamotterunda

Can You Hear Me? So am I

English
I realise the screaming pain
Hearing loud in my brain
But I'm going straight ahead
With this scar

Can you hear me
Can you hear me
Can you hear me, so am I

I don't mind if you don't remember
All the feelings that we used to share
For I've sealed away my heart into the darkness

It's just fine if you end up hurting me
'cause I don't feel pain anymore
I just drag my feet behind me
Towards what's held in store

I had been led astray
With no hope to be found
My heart withered away
And I fell to the ground

Then I heard a voice within the blowing of the wind

Please let me show you the pain
My scars have made me obtain
Before the weight of the world
Comes crashing down on my shoulders

Do you remember the time
Our tears fell down from the sky

Someday soon when I'm gone
Never think that I'll neglect you
For the pain that I've
Sealed away in your heart will protect you

Can you hear me, so am I

Lagu yang release pada tahun 2010 ini telah menjadi pengisi soundtrack Naruto Shippuden yang ke tujuh. Dinyanyikan oleh penyanyi asal Nichinan Miyazaki, Jepang kelahiran 11 Oktober membuat lagu ini menduduki 5 besar. Irama musik yang semangat dan sisipan suara tinggi dari Motohiro Hata menjadi ciri khas dari lagu ini.

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Lirik Lagu:
Japanese
Ano hi hontō ni ushinatta mono tte nan datta kke?
Tou ni wasurete shimatta yo

Yuugure de futari sukoshi zutsu mienakunatte ite
Sore na no ni Bokura kaerezu ni ita

Dokoka ni kowaresou na moroi kokoro
Tsuyogaru kotoba de ootte kakushite'ru
Ootte kakushite'ru

Sayonara aenakunatta tte
Bokura wa tsuzuki ga aru kara

Kimi no inai sekai datte hashiru yo
Itsuka no itami wo koete…

Koete

English
What did I really lose on that day?
I forgot long ago
We lost sight of each other in the twilight
What's more; we were unable to return

Somewhere our brittle, broken hearts
Try to hide behind strong words
Try to hide

Farewell, although we couldn't be together
We will carry on
Even in a world where you no longer exist, I will run
Overcoming one day's pain…

Overcoming

Single kedua dari penyanyi blasteran Jepang-Amerika Inoue Joe ini rilis pada tanggal 17 Desember 2008 dan berhasil memuncaki Oricon Weekly Singles Charts selama tujuh minggu. Single ini merupakan single yang paling sukses yang dimiliki oleh Penyanyi kelahiran 30 Agustus ini. Berirama ringan dan lirik yang bercampur antara romaji dan bahasa inggris membuat lagu ini tidak bosan-bosannya untuk di putar ulang.

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Lirik Lagu:
Japanese
Michika ni aru mono
Tsune ni ki wo tsuketeinai to
Amari ni chikasugite
Miushinatte shimaisou

Anata ga saikin taiken shita
Shiawase wa ittai nandesu ka?
Megumaresugite ite
Omoidasenai kamo!

Ima koko ni iru koto
Iki wo shite iru koto
Tada soredake no koto ga
Kiseki dato kidzuku

Michika ni aru mono
Tsune ni ki wo tsuketeinai to
Amari ni chikasugite
Miushinatte shimaisou

You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
And I'll never take it for granted

Let's go

Tatoe kari ni sore ga
Gizen de atta to shitemo
Dareka wo sukueta nara
Sorya mushiro nani yori mo riaru

Oitsudzuketekita yume
Akiramezu ni susume yo nante
Kirei koto wo ieru hodo
Nani mo dekichainai kedo

Hitonigiri no yuuki wo mune ni
Ashita wo ikinuku tame ni
And I'll never take it for granted

Let's go

Michika ni aru mono
Tsune ni ki wo tsuketeinai to
Amari ni chikasugite
Miushinatte shimaisou

You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
And I'll never take it for granted

Oitsudzuketekita yume
Akiramezu ni susume yo nante
Kirei koto wo ieru hodo
Nani mo dekichainai kedo

Hitonigiri no yuuki wo mune ni
Ashita wo ikinuku tame ni
And I'll never take it for granted

Let's go

English
The things closest to you
You need to always pay the most attention to
If you get too close to something
You'll lose sight of it*

What in the world is the happiness
That you gained from your newest experience?
Maybe you're just too blessed
To remember!

That you're here
That you're breathing
Realise that's
just a miracle in itself

The things closest to you
You need to always pay the most attention to
If you get too close to something
You'll lose sight of it*

You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
And I'll never take it for granted

Let's go

Though there are people that say
Helping someone is hypocritical
Each person
Can be trusted, or can be doubted, so...

Let's say that
Even if you are hypocritical
If you saved someone because of it
That would be real, more than anything

"Continue chasing after your dreams"
And "Go on without giving up"
The more you say pretty things like that
The less that actually gets done

I'll keep a handful of courage in my heart
To use to live through tomorrow
And I'll never take it for granted

Let's go

The things closest to you
You need to always pay the most attention to
If you get too close to something
You'll lose sight of it*

You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
And I'll never take it for granted

"Continue chasing after your dreams"
And "Go on without giving up"
The more you say pretty things like that
The less that actually gets done

I'll keep a handful of courage in my heart
To use to live through tomorrow
And I'll never take it for granted

Let's go