, literally Everyone's Songs, is a five minute NHK

NHK

NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

 TV and radio program broadcasting several times daily since 1961. The program is generally used as filler at the end of regular television programs. While many of the episodes are aimed at children, a large percentage are not, so the program enjoys a wide audience.

The program is used to introduce new songs from popular and new singers, as well as to highlight the talents of various animators and directors. A list of upcoming and currently-airing episodes is listed monthly in magazines such as Animage

Animage

is a Japanese anime and entertainment magazine which Tokuma Shoten began publishing in July 1978. Hayao Miyazaki's internationally renowned manga, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, was serialized in Animage from 1982 through 1994...

and Newtype

Newtype (magazine)

is a monthly magazine publication originating from Japan, covering anime and manga . It was launched by publishing company Kadokawa Shoten on March 8, 1985 with its April issue, and has since seen regular release on the 10th of every month in its home country...

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Songs introduced on Minna no Uta

Listed alphabetically by title, with the artist or group in parentheses.

A

• "Aa Okashii ne" (Tokyo Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "After man
  After Man: A Zoology of the Future
  After Man: A Zoology of the Future is a 1981 book by the Scottish geologist and author, Dougal Dixon. In it, he presents his hypothesis on how the fauna and geography could change 50 million years from now.-Geography of the future:...
  
  " (Akemi Okamura
  Akemi Okamura
  is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from Tokyo who works for Mausu Promotion. She has had at least one song appear on the NHK program Minna no Uta. Okamura made her debut as Fio Piccolo in the 1992 film Porco Rosso.-Television Animation:...
  
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• "Ahiru no Gyōretsu" (The Shaderacks, Tokyo Arakawa Shōnen Gasshōtai)
• "Ahiru to Shōjo" (Kurumi Kobata)
• "Ai Dattan Da yo" (Kōji Tamaki
  Koji Tamaki
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and actor. He has been well known as a frontman of the band Anzen Chitai that debuted in 1982 and enjoyed their successful career particularly during the 1980s....
  
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• "Ai ni Iku no." (Tomoe Shinohara
  Tomoe Shinohara
  is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion designer, producer and artist. She is notable for her flamboyant fashion sense and bubbly personality, as well her distinctive squealing speaking voice. She is also a close friend of singer Eiko Matsumoto.- Career :In October 1996, Shinohara began as a...
  
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• "Ai no Tabidachi" (Anna Saeki)
• "Aiko desho" (Yūki Kidō, Hibari Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Aitsu no Hang Glider" (Mieko Nishijima)
• "Aji no Hiraki no Sando Kasa" (Hiromi Yamashita)
• "Aka-chan" (Mitsuko Horie
  Mitsuko Horie
  is a Japanese seiyū and singer. She was born on March 8, 1957 in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. She has voiced several characters throughout her career, such as Sailor Galaxia in Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars and Remi in the Nippon Animation World Masterpiece Theater series Remi, Nobody's Girl...
  
  )
• "Akai Bōshi" (Satoko Shimonari)
• "Akai Hana Shiro Hana" (Vickies)
• "Akai Hoshi Aoi Hoshi: Tenmon Karat no Hoshi kara" (Saori Yuki
  Saori Yuki
  is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born as Akiko Yasuda in Kiryu, Gunma, Japan and raised in Yokohama. She started her singing career with her older sister Sachiko as a child singer...
  
  )
• "Akai Ito" (Yōko Seri)
• "Akai Jitensha" (Han Hana)
• "Akai Sarafan" (Naoko Ken
  Naoko Ken
  is a Japanese singer and actress. She is well-known for her comedy roles featuring idiosyncratic looks, and a string of successful torch songs that gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s.- Biography :...
  
  )
• "Akaoni to Aooni no Tango" (Isao Bitō)
• "Aki Monogatari" (Kiyohiko Ozaki)
• "Akikaze ni Nosete" (Ritsuko Ōwada, Hiromi Okazaki)
• "Akikaze no Promenade" (Fumio Yamasawa)
• "Akisutozeneko" (Akisutoniko!)
• "Akiuta" (Senri Ōe)
• "Alice no Kisetsu" (Chikako Sawada)
• "Ame ga Sora kara Fureba" (Hitoshi Komura)
• "Ame no Ten Ten" (Naoko Kawai)
• "Ame no Yūenchi" (Mie Nakao)
• "Ame nochi Special" (Mariko Kōda
  Mariko Koda
  is a seiyū, J-Pop singer and radio personality born on September 5, 1969 in Miyashiro, Minami Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She graduated from Kasukabe Kyōei High School and went on to major in Communications at Tamagawa University in Machida City, Tokyo, graduating in 1990...
  
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• "Anata ga Mieru" (Tea for Three
  Tea for Three
  "Tea for Three" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, Only Fools and Horses. It was the fourth episode of series 5, and was first screened on 21 September 1986.-Synopsis:...
  
  )
• "Ano Hashi Watare" (Yukio Hashi
  Yukio Hashi
  is a Japanese Enka singer. He is also an actor. Yukio's real name is , using a different kanji.-External links:*...
  
  )
• "Anogoro no Namida wa" (Yōko Nagayama
  Yoko Nagayama
  Yōko Nagayama is a Japanese enka singer, former J-pop singer, and actress.- Early life :Nagayama was born in Tokyo. At the age of four, she began attending min'yo group singing lessons with her father...
  
  )
• "Aoi Dōwa" (Chiaki)
• "Aotenjō no Crown" (Soul Flower Union
  Soul Flower Union
  Soul Flower Union, also known as SFU, is a Japanese musical group that incorporates Asian styles and world music styles into a rock and roll band. They are known for their blend of psychedelic, rock, Okinawan music, Celtic music, chindon , swing jazz, as well as Japanese, Chinese and Korean folk...
  
  )
• "Aozora" (Kayo Yoshimoto)
• "Aozora to Tap Dance" (Ikue Sakakibara
  Ikue Sakakibara
  is a female Japanese actress and a J-pop singer.Her Peter Pan stage play was very popular and continued for over 20 years.- External links :*...
  
  )
• "Apple Purple Princess" (Mariya Takeuchi
  Mariya Takeuchi
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter.Takeuchi was born in Taisha city in the Hikawa district of Shimane Prefecture. She spent a year studying in the United States while she was at high school. Her musical career started in 1978 while she was studying at Keio University, with the single "Modotte-Oide,...
  
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• "Apron Hero" (Hiroyuki Igarashi, Kiyoshi Ōzawa)
• "Arigato Thank You" (Ikue Kakeromanzu)
• "Arigatō" (Keiko Utsumi)
• "Arigatō Sayōnara" (Kiichi Nakai, Naoko Yoshida)
• "Arinko to Himawari" (Yōko Nagayama
  Yoko Nagayama
  Yōko Nagayama is a Japanese enka singer, former J-pop singer, and actress.- Early life :Nagayama was born in Tokyo. At the age of four, she began attending min'yo group singing lessons with her father...
  
  )
• "Aruite Mikka!" (George Tokoro
  George Tokoro
  is the stage name of Japanese tarento, singer-songwriter, comedian, Master of Ceremonies, and essayist . Born in Tokorozawa, Saitama, he attended Takushoku University's Commercial Science class.-Works:*ALF - ALF...
  
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• "Asa no Lift de" (Dark Ducks)
• "Asa Okitan" (Shōnen Shōjo Gasshōdan Mizuumi)
• "Ashita" (Chieko Baishō
  Chieko Baisho
  is a Japanese actress and singer.In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series . In addition, she has acted in most films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s...
  
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• "Ashita ha Genki: More Music!" (Miyoko Yoshimoto)
• "Assō ka!" (Kunihiko Tamai)
• "Attara Ii naa" (Half Moon)
• "Awate Tokoya" (Bonny Jacks)

B

• "Beautiful Name" (Godiego
  Godiego
  is a popular band from Japan, consisting of the Mickie Yoshino, Yukihide Takekawa, Takami Asano, Steve Fox, and Tommy Snyder...
  
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• "Boku wa Kuma
  Boku wa Kuma
  is Hikaru Utada's 17th Japanese single . The single was released on November 22nd of 2006, just a matter of months after Hikaru's last studio effort, Ultra Blue, and only two months after the end of her tour, Utada United 2006....
  
  " (Utada Hikaru
  Utada Hikaru
  , known by her stage name Utada in America and Europe, is a Japanese-American singer, song writer, arranger, and producer. Since the release of her Japanese debut album First Love, which went on to become the best-selling album in Oricon history, Utada has had three of her Japanese studio albums...
  
  ) "'Boku wa Kuma Official site"'

C

• "Cabbage UFO" (Junko Kudō
  Junko Kudō
  Junko Kudo, alias Junko, Junko Bashment, or Dancehall Queen Junko, is a Japanese professional dancer, specialising in reggae dance, known internationally in reggae circles as the first foreign "Dancehall Queen".-Biography:...
  
  )
• "Candy no Yume" (Ami Ozaki)
• "Catch: Tsubi no Natsu ga Kuru yō ni" (135)
• "Chameleon" (Sugar)
• "Chigueso Chikyu no Sora no Shitade" (Yoo Hae Joon)
• "Christmas ga Sugite mo" (Christy & Clinton)
• "Computer Obaa-chan" (Yūko Sakaitsukasa)

D

• "Daimyō Kyōretsu" (Saiji Tanaka)
• "Dakedo I Love You" (Oyunna)
• "Dare mo Shiranai"

E

• "E-WaH-OH" (The Voice of Japan)
• "Egao" (Hiromi Iwasaki)
• "Egao ga Kaze ni Modoru Shunkan" (Yoshiaki Ōuchi & Taeko)
• "Egao ni Daisekkin" (Kyoto Performance Doll)
• "Eto wa Merry-go-round" (Seiji Tanaka, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)

G

• "Gakkō Sakamichi" (Muneyuki Satō)
• "Gamushāra" (Katsuya Kobayashi
  Katsuya Kobayashi
  is a Japanese actor. Even though he and fellow Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love-exclusive Rider actor Mitsuki Koga/Kamen Rider Ketaros were only Kamen Riders within the movie, they did make a guest appearance during the final episode of the series as two people affected by the necklaces that...
  
  )
• "Ganbaranba" (Masashi Sada
  Masashi Sada
  is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and a film producer.Sada formed the folk duo Grape with Masami Yoshida in 1972, and made debut as a recording artist a year after. The pair rose to fame owing to a hit of a song "Shourou Nagashi" composed by Sada, which peaked at the...
  
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• "Ganbare My Boy" (Hiro Tsunoda)
• "Ganzō Banana no Tama" (Kōtarō Yamamoto, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Genki no Deru Uta" (Bonny Jacks)
• "Go Go! Kokekokkō" (Ryūsei Nakao
  Ryusei Nakao
  , known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor, singer, and voice actor from Tōkyō Metropolis, Japan. He is attached to 81 Produce. He has also worked under the name of ....
  
  )
• "Gōkaku Rock 'n' Roll" (Yukari Morikawa)
• "Gomen yo! Wan Wan" (Keita to Kōta)
• "Gorilla no Mentama" (Ryōko Sano)
• "Gottso-sama" (Tomō Sugai)
• "Grasshopper Monogatari" (Noppo Takami)

H

• "Ha-i! glasshopper" (Noppo Takami)
• "Hasta Luego: Sayonara Tsuki no Neko" (Naoko Ken)
• "Hato no Uta" (Da Capo)
• "Hen na ABC" (Miyuki Ichijo, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Hoyahoyara" (Hajime Anzai and Friends)

I

• "I Love Tofu" (Shōji Koganezawa)
• "Ichiban Kirei na Hoshi" (Chiyoko Shimakura
  Chiyoko Shimakura
  is a female enka singer and TV presenter in Japan.She has a long career as a singer - almost 50 years. Despite her long career, Chiyoko remains cute and lovely in her stage work.Chiyoko is considered as "the Goddess of Enka"...
  
  )
• "Ichiendama no Tabi Garasu" (Saori Hareyama)
• "Ichō Dance" (Mirei Kitahara)
• "Ii ne!!" (Takako Ōta, Yōsuke Sone, Yūko Miyakawa)
• "Ijiwaru Tenki" (BaBe
  BaBe
  BaBe was a Japanese pop duo, composed of Tomoko Kondo and Yukari Nikaido. They debuted in February 1987 with "Give Me Up", a cover of Michael Fortunati's original song...
  
  )
• "Imademo Sencho to Yobareteiru Sencho no Yoru" (Yoichi Sugawara)
• "Inochi no Hanashi o Shiyō" (Judy Ongg
  Judy Ongg
  Judy Ongg is an actress, singer, author and woodblock-print artist from Taiwan. Born in Taipei, she graduated from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and after that, she changed her nationality from taiwanese into Japanese. Her career has spanned more than four decades.Judy made her film debut in...
  
  )
• "Inori" (Kaori Futenma)
• "Irassyai" (Chieko Baisyo)
• "Iroha Matsuri" (Miyuki Mori, Hibari Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Iruka La Bamba" (Naomi Matsui)
• "Ishin Denshin Shiyō" (Mitsue Ōshiro)
• "Itazurakko" (Ado Mizumori, Tokyo Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Itsumo Egao de" (Shū Saeko)

J

• "Jabu Jabu Ondo" (Hibari Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Jagaimo Jagā" (Seiji Tanaka, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Jōkyūsei" (Hiroko Moriguchi
  Hiroko Moriguchi
  is a female Japanese singer from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.- Theme songs :* "Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete" , second opening theme song from TV series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam...
  
  )
• "Joy: Yorokobi no Kuni" (Yū Hayami
  Yu Hayami
  is a J-pop singer and TV actress in Japan.- Childhood and education:Hayami was born in Atami, Shizuoka on 2 September 1966. Her real name was . After her parents divorced, her family name changed to ....
  
  )
• "Jungle Dance" (Yōko Oginome
  Yoko Oginome
  , real name , is a singer, actress and voice actress. Oginome spent most of her elementary and junior high years living in the town of Ranzan in Saitama Prefecture, though she attended school in the city of Sakura. She graduated from Horikoshi High School in Nakano, Tokyo. She is represented by the...
  
  )
• "Just Friends: Itsu Made mo" (Aya, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)

K

• "Kaa-san no Uta" (Peggy Hayama)
• "Kaa-san wa Yuki Onna" (Mitsuko Horie
  Mitsuko Horie
  is a Japanese seiyū and singer. She was born on March 8, 1957 in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. She has voiced several characters throughout her career, such as Sailor Galaxia in Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars and Remi in the Nippon Animation World Masterpiece Theater series Remi, Nobody's Girl...
  
  )
• "Kabocha no Oji-san" (Tessei Miyoshi, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Kagayaiteite: 10 Years After" (Asari Mizuki)
• "Kagayaki no Achira e" (Yōko Ishida
  Yoko Ishida
  is a Japanese singer, employed by Hyper Voice. She is known for having performed theme songs for anime shows such as Prétear, Ai Yori Aoshi and the Ah! My Goddess TV series, as well as for having sung for the Para Para Max CD series....
  
  )
• "Kaitō Yumenosuke" (Hiromi Okazaki)
• "Kakenukete Good-bye" (B'dash)
• "Kamekame Dance" (Yumi Matsuba)
• "Kanashiki Mongoose" (Seiji Tanaka)
• "Kani-san Kani-san" (Takuzō Kawatani
  Takuzo Kawatani
  Takuzo Kawatani was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1967 and 1995.-Selected filmography:* Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War * Empire of Passion -External links:...
  
  )
• "Kankan Karasu" (Tokiko Katō
  Tokiko Kato
  , is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, and actress. She graduated from the University of Tokyo, and worked as a visiting professor at Josai International University.- Filmography :# Izakaya Chōji .... Shigeko...
  
  )
• "Kanshajō" (Reiko Sada)
• "Kaori-chan Time" (Yumi Tanimura)
• "Kappa no Kui Kuo Kua"
• "Karucharatan no Sora" (Karyūdo)
• "Kasei no Circus-dan" (Yoshitaka Minami)
• "Katte Chō" (Tomoko Tane)
• "Kawa wa Dare no Mono?" (Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Kawazura ga Kirakira" (Shōko Inoue, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Kazaguruma" (Miyuki Nagai)
• "Kazaguruma" (Sachiko Kobayashi)
• "Kaze ga Kureta Melody" (Richard Bona
  Richard Bona
  Richard Bona is a jazz bassist and musician. His real African name, as he said live in Montreal in a show with Bobby McFerrin, is Bona Pinder Yayumayalolo...
  
  )
• "Kaze no Ban" (Yōichi Sugawara)
• "Kaze no Organ" (Junko Kudō
  Junko Kudō
  Junko Kudo, alias Junko, Junko Bashment, or Dancehall Queen Junko, is a Japanese professional dancer, specialising in reggae dance, known internationally in reggae circles as the first foreign "Dancehall Queen".-Biography:...
  
  )
• "Kaze no Tōri Michi" (Sayuri Horishita
  Sayuri Horishita
  is a singer born on January 11, 1980 in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. She enjoys badminton and is a fan of the Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away...
  
  )
• "Kaze no Uta ha Kikoemasu ka" (Yumi Yoshikawa)
• "Kazeiro no Tonba" (Chie Hyo)
• "Ken-chan" (Youki Kudoh
  Youki Kudoh
  is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for The Crazy Family. She also won the award for best actress at the 16th Hochi Film Award for War and Youth.-Filmography:-External links:* *...
  
  )
• "Kiiro no Jitensha" (Toshiharu Fujisawa)
• "Kimi ga Wasurete Ōki na Mono" (Angie)
• "Kimi ni Sachiare" (Reiko Sada)
• "Kimi no Iro Hoshi" (Hikaru Nishida
  Hikaru Nishida
  is a Japanese J-pop singer and actress. She was born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and made her singing debut with the release of the single Fifteen on April 6, 1988, named after her age at the time....
  
  )
• "Kimi no Te" (Mitsuko Horie
  Mitsuko Horie
  is a Japanese seiyū and singer. She was born on March 8, 1957 in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. She has voiced several characters throughout her career, such as Sailor Galaxia in Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars and Remi in the Nippon Animation World Masterpiece Theater series Remi, Nobody's Girl...
  
  )
• "Kimi wa Nagai ne" (Hiro Tsunoda)
• "Kin no Makiba" (Taeko Ōnuki)
• "Kinō Kyō Ashita" (Miyuki Kōsaka)
• "Kisetsu wa Sugite mo" (Chiemi)
• "Kitakaze Kazō no Kantarō" (Masaaki Sakai
  Masaaki Sakai
  is a popular Japanese performer from Tokyo. He is best known to English-speaking audiences as the title star of the TV show Monkey.- Biography :...
  
  , Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Kitchen Lady" (Ritsuko Ōwada)
• "Kite no Nai Okurimono" (Kazuo Zaitsu)
• "Kitto Shiawase" (Saeko Shū)
• "Kobutanoshippo" (Sugar)
• "Kodanuki Ponpo" (Atomu Shimojō
  Atomu Shimojo
  ' is a Japanese actor, seiyū and narrator from Tōkyō Prefecture. He is the son of actor Masami Shimojō and actress Yoshiko Tagami.-Film:*Christmas Eve*Hakkōda-san...
  
  )
• "Kodomo Dake no Natsu" (Yukihiro Takahashi
  Yukihiro Takahashi
  Yukihiro Takahashi is a Japanese musician, who is best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band.-Biography:...
  
  )
• "Kohaku no Mahō" (Epo)
• "Koi Hanabi" (Mio Isayama)
• "Koi no Hana  Saita" (Chizuru Kohigashi)
• "Koi Tsubomi" (Hanako Oku
  Hanako Oku
  is a pop singer famous in her native Japan for her piano ballads. She rose to fame after performing the end-title track for the Madhouse film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in 2006...
  
  )
• "Koinu no Blue" (Rutsuko Honda)
• "Koisuru Niwatori" (Hiroko Taniyama)
• "Koi no Subesube Manjūgani" (Imakuni?
  Imakuni?
  , is a name of a costumed character played by Tomoaki Imakuni and created for the promotion of Pokémon series related products and services. Imakuni? appeared in many promotional live events conducted in Japan between 1997 and 2002, although his appearance in front of public has declined since...
  
  )
• "Kōkō 3-nensei" (Naotarō Moriyama
  Naotaro Moriyama
  is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter born on April 23, 1976. His mother is Ryōko Moriyama, who is a well-known folk singer. He came out with the album "Kawaita Uta wa Sakana no Esa ni Chōdo Ii" in 2002, and distinguished himself by creating the song "Sakura"....
  
  )
• "Koko de Mata Aō" (Yuka Kamebuchi & The Voices of Japan)
• "Kokoro ni Yume o" (Yōko Seri)
• "Kokoro no Umi" (Ajinai Hall)
• "Kokoro wa Hallelujah" (Kabocha Shōkai)
• "Kome no Uta" (Metrofarce)
• "Koneko no Byōki" (Vocce Angelica)
• "Koneko to Keito" (Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Kono Ai o: Onee-san e" (Amin, Wei Wei Wuu)
• "Kono Hiroi Nohara Ippai" (Ryōko Moriyama
  Ryoko Moriyama
  , is a Japanese folk and jazz singer. Her father is Hisashi Moriyama, a pioneer of Japanese jazz. Her son Naotaro Moriyama is a singer. Her first cousin Hiroshi Kamayatsu is also a musician....
  
  )
• "Kono Mune Oide" (Atsushi Onita
  Atsushi Onita
  Atsushi Onita is a Japanese former politician and active professional wrestler best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling...
  
  , Keiko Nakajima, Masayuki Tanaka
  Masayuki Tanaka
  is a Japanese vocalist. He was born in Imari, Saga Prefecture. He is one of the two original vocalists of the band , known for their anime soundtracks such as where Tanaka provided the vocals in the chorus of its opening theme...
  
  )
• "Koro wa Yane no Ue" (Taeko Ōnuki)
• "Kotatsu Musume de Teketekete" (Naoko Nozawa)
• "Kuchibue Fuitara" (Miho Gomi, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Kuishinbō no Calendar" (Sumiko Yamagata, Suginami Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Kuma no Nuigurumi" (Yūsuke Yoshioka, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Kumanbachiga Tonde Kita" (Akiko Yano
  Akiko Yano
  is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer. She was born as Akiko Suzuki in Tokyo and raised in Aomori, Aomori, and later began her singing career in the mid-1970s...
  
  , Miu Sakamoto
  Miu Sakamoto
  is a Japanese pop singer. She is the daughter of musicians Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano.- Albums :* aquascape * DAWN PINK * Harmonious...
  
  )
• "Kumo" (Tarō Masuda)
• "Kumo ga Haretara" (Etsuko Sai)
• "Kuro" (Mimori Yusa
  Mimori Yusa
  , , is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Although she has had a very prolific career, Yusa achieved only minor popularity in Japan until very recently when her song newest song, "Kuro", was featured on the popular NHK television program Minna no Uta from December 2005 until January 2006...
  
  )
• "Kyō mo Chappīendo" (Duke Aces)
• "Kyōfu no Hiruyasumi" (The Boom
  The Boom
  The Boom is a Japanese rock band. Its members are Kazufumi Miyazawa , Kobayashi Takashi , Yamakawa Hiromasa , and Tochigi Takao .-History:...
  
  )
• "Kyōshitsu Ōwarai" (Miyuki Ichijō, Suginami Jidō Gasshōdan)

M

• "Makkuramori no Uta" (Taniyama Hiroko)
• "Message Song" (Pizzicato Five
  Pizzicato Five
  Pizzicato Five was a Japanese pop group best known to audiences in the West in their later incarnation as a duo of Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi...
  
  )
• "Metropolitan Museum" (Taeko Onuki)
• "MOTTAINAI" (Lou Oshiba&Masahiro Niiyama)
• "Mushi'98" (GO!GO!7188
  GO!GO!7188
  GO!GO!7188 , also known simply as Gogo, is a Japanese rock band with influences spanning from surf rock to punk rock to enka.The meaning of the band's name is known only to its members.- History :...
  
  )

N

• "Nekkokun" (Joji Yamamoto)
• "Nobiro Nobiro Daisukina Ki"
• "No ni Saku Hana no yō ni" (Gackt
  Gackt
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and author. Usually referred to by his mononymous stage name, he is known for his career as a solo artist and as the former vocalist for the defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer....
  
  )

O

• "Obaa-chan Moshikashite" (Emiko Shiratori
  Emiko Shiratori
  Emiko Shiratori is a Japanese singer. She sang in the Sapporo Winter Olympics and the Nagano Winter Olympics . She is also the wife of Sumio Shiratori and mother of singer Maika Shiratori....
  
  )
• "Obaa-chan no Takaramono" (Yoshiko Kawase)
• "Obake to Issho" (Tokyo Performance Doll
  Tokyo Performance Doll
  Tokyo Performance Doll a.k.a. TPD was a female Jpop idol band that existed from 1990 to 1996. Inspired by Onyanko Club, it had seven main members and several other "trainees" for live performances, a formula later followed by Morning Musume, Hello! Project and AKB48...
  
  )
• "Oboeteimasu ka" (Kiyoshi Maekawa
  Kiyoshi Maekawa
  is a Japanese singer and tarento.He is best known as the first lead vocalist of Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five, which was formed in 1967 and debuted in 1969 with the Japan Record Award-winning song "Nagasaki wa Kyō mo Ame Datta"...
  
  )
• "Oburadioburada" (Four Leaves
  Four Leaves
  was a Japanese boy band from the talent agency Johnny & Associates. Four Leaves was one of the earliest acts produced by the agency, and the four-member group first formed in 1967 and made their record debut with the single the following year. They disbanded in 1978, but they reunited in 2002....
  
  )
• "Off Stage" (Akiko Kobayashi
  Akiko Kobayashi (singer)
  , also known by her alias Holi, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, composer and arranger.Kobayashi collaborated with Brian Eno and U2 on their 1995 project, the Passengers...
  
  )
• "Ofuro no Uta" (Yūya Ioki)
• "Ofuroya-san e Tsuretette" (Yūta Hashizume, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Ogenki Mī-chan" (Satoko Shimonari)
• "Oh Makiba wa Midori" (Tokyo Shōnen Gasshōdan)
• "Oh My Wind: Sora wa Tomodachi" (Kiyoshi Sonehara)
• "Ohayō Crayon" (Hiroko Taniyama)
• "Ohirune no Yurikago" (Yōko Ishida
  Yoko Ishida
  is a Japanese singer, employed by Hyper Voice. She is known for having performed theme songs for anime shows such as Prétear, Ai Yori Aoshi and the Ah! My Goddess TV series, as well as for having sung for the Para Para Max CD series....
  
  )
• "Oira ni Horecha Kagesuruze!" (Kazuki Enari)
• "Ojii-chan no Blanco" (Eiko Hiramatsu)
• "Ojii-chan no Komoriuta" (Yūji Akimoto)
• "Ojii-chan-te Ii na" (Motoshi Shidō)
• "Ōki na Furu Tokei (My Grandfather's Clock
  My Grandfather's Clock
  "My Grandfather's Clock" is a song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work, the author of "Marching Through Georgia". It is a standard of British brass bands and colliery bands, and is also popular in bluegrass music.-Origin of the song:...
  
  )" (Sumito Tachikawa, Nagato Miho Kagekidan Jidō Gasshōbu)
• "Ōki na Ringo no Ki no Shita de" (Da Capo)
• "Ōki na Tsuki" (Kaori Morikawa)
• "Omoide" (Miyuki Mori)
• "Omoide Matsuri" (Miyuki Asō)
• "Omoide ni Tokenagara" (Hikaru Nishida
  Hikaru Nishida
  is a Japanese J-pop singer and actress. She was born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and made her singing debut with the release of the single Fifteen on April 6, 1988, named after her age at the time....
  
  )
• "Omoide no Album" (Dark Ducks)
• "Omoikkiri Yume" (Yū Mizushima
  Yu Mizushima
  is a Japanese voice actor. He is the Japanese voice-over for Sammo Hung, and is the Japanese voice of Wakko.-Notable roles:* .hack//Intermezzo as Male Heavyblade* Black Cat as Doctor * Black Jack* Black Magic M-66 as Leakey...
  
  , Katsushika AK Kinder Call)
• "Onaka no Ōki na Ōji-sama" (Kōichi Kawazu)
• "Onii-chan Zurui" (Nobunari Kitamoto)
• "Onii-chan ni Nacchatta" (Tomoe Wakamatsu)
• "Orangutan" (Yasunori Sōryō & Jim Rock Singers)
• "Orizuru" (Takako Yamamura)
• "Ōsaka Humanland: Yanka!" (Naniwa Gospellers)
• "Osampo" (Char)
• "Oshiri Kajiri Mushi" (Oshiri Kajiri Mushi
  Oshiri Kajiri Mushi
  is a children's song in Japan that broke into the top 10 singles charts. The music video and song were created by the husband and wife duo Uruma Delvi.- Overview :...
  
  )
• "Otanjōbi Omedetō" (Megumi Shiina)
• "Otō-san" (Asami Hayashi)
• "Otogi no Kuni no Birthday" (Noriko Sakai
  Noriko Sakai
  is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She married in 1998, and divorced on July 31, 2010. She and Yūichi have one son, born in 1999. She is particularly popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan...
  
  )
• "Otoshidama" (Hikari Ishida
  Hikari Ishida
  is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series Hana no Asuka Gumi. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna". Ishida also made numerous commercials for hair products and released several...
  
  )
• "Otsukaresan" (Begin
  Begin (band)
  is a Japanese pop group from Ishigaki Island in the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Their sound contains many elements of traditional Ryukyuan folk music, and prominently features the sanshin.-History:...
  
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S

• "Saboten ga Nikui" (Kuniko Yamada)
• "Saibō no Fushigi" (Testsu and Tomo)
• "Saigo no Shoot" (Sway)
• "Saka Agari no Yūyake" (Kuniyoshi Kiyosu)
• "Sakura, Mau" (Azumi Inoue
  Azumi Inoue
  is a Japanese singer. She graduated from Yugakkan High School in Kanazawa. She is best known for singing the opening and ending theme songs for the Hayao Miyazaki film My Neighbor Totoro: "Sanpo" and "My Neighbor Totoro". She is known for having a clear, light voice.Inoue is managed by the talent...
  
  )
• "Sakyū Neko" (Susumu Hirasawa
  Susumu Hirasawa
  is a Japanese electropop artist and composer.In 1972, he enrolled at . From 1972 to 1978, he performed in his first band Mandrake, a progressive rock group influenced by King Crimson and Yes. In 1979 he formed a New Wave synth-rock & techno-pop band called P-Model, along with two former members of...
  
  )
• "Sanjō Osagarisetsu" (Azusa Katō)
• "Sansū Cha Cha Cha" (Peggy Hayama, Young 101)
• "Santa Maria" (Tsukasa Takei)
• "San'yūka" (Ranbō Minami, Yoshie Ichige)
• "Saraba Seishun" (Ken Tanaka)
• "Saramandara" (Isao Hidō)
• "Sarusa Iina Iine" (Hey! Say! 7)
• "Satōkibi Hatake" (Naomi Chiaki
  Naomi Chiaki
  , is a Japanese singer and actress who worked from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.Chiaki made her debut as a singer in 1969, and released her breakthrough single "Yottsu no Onegai" in the following year. "Kassai", a song which has been commonly considered her signature song was released in 1972...
  
  )
• "Sayōnara Concert" (Kazuo Zaitsu)
• "Seishun no Kao" (Ai Miyata)
• "Sekai ga Ichiban Shiawase na Hi" (Kusu Kusu
  Kusu Kusu
  Kusu Kusu are a group of Japanese singers who notably sang Earth Orchestra from Ranma 1/2 in 1991. They formed in 1988, and disbanded in 1994. Their members are Jirou, Mu, Say, and Makato. They released their fourth album Cajon shortly after "Earth Orchestra". Most of their recordings have a...
  
  )
• "Sekai o Musbō" (Sandora
  Sandora
  Sandora LLC is a Ukrainian juice company based in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Founded in 1995, the company currently holds a 47 percent share of the Ukrainian beverage market. In September 2007, American-based PepsiCo, Inc. purchased 80 percent ownership of Sandora's company holdings. In November 2007,...
  
  , Mori no Ki Gasshōdan)
• "Sekai wa Melody" (Shigeru Muroi)
• "Sen no Hana Sen no Sora" (Manami Kiyota)
• "Senaka de Twist" (George Tokoro
  George Tokoro
  is the stage name of Japanese tarento, singer-songwriter, comedian, Master of Ceremonies, and essayist . Born in Tokorozawa, Saitama, he attended Takushoku University's Commercial Science class.-Works:*ALF - ALF...
  
  )
• "Senro ha tsuzuku yo doko made mo (I've Been Working on the Railroad
  I've Been Working on the Railroad
  "I've Been Working on the Railroad" is an American folk song. The first published version appeared as "Levee Song" in Carmina Princetonia, a book of Princeton University songs published in 1894...
  
  )"
• "Sense Honma ni Honma" (Osaka Sumiyoshi Shōnen Shōjo Gasshōdan)
• "Sensei wa Hashiru" (Masanori Tomotake, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Seru no Koi
  Seru no Koi
  is Akinori Nakagawa's 5th single released in 2005. The single was written by Mekete. It aired on the children's music program Minna no Uta on TV from August 2005 to September 2005 on Minna no Uta. The animation was created by Kunio Katō who is the winner of the 2009 Best Animated Short Oscar at the...
  
  " (Akinori Nakagawa
  Akinori Nakagawa
  is a Japanese singer, songwriter and actor. In 2001, he debuted as a singer with "I Will Get Your Kiss". In 2002, he appeared in the musical Mozart!, in which he played the leading role and received a Rookie of the Year Award in the drama division at the 57th National Arts Festival held by the...
  
  )
• "Shiawase Kyōryū Ondo" (Odoru 11)
• "Shiawase no Uta" (Ikue Sakakibara
  Ikue Sakakibara
  is a female Japanese actress and a J-pop singer.Her Peter Pan stage play was very popular and continued for over 20 years.- External links :*...
  
  )
• "Shiawase no Yokan" (Naoyoshi Kamata, Yūko Yamaji)
• "Shijin to Tsubame" (Hitoshi Komura)
• "Shinpu-san no Pipe Organ" (Agnes Chan
  Agnes Chan
  Agnes Chan or Agnes Miling Kaneko Chan is a pop singer, a television personality , a Doctor of Education, a professor at Japanese universities, an essayist, a novelist...
  
  , Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Shio no Nioi no Suru Machi de" (Suginami Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Shiosai no Uta" (Bell & Accordions
  Picasso (band)
  Picasso is a Japanese rock band which made its debut in 1984 with Honki! Tricky Lady. In 1986, their experimental sound gained them wide popularity among anime fans with their hits Ci · ne · ma and Fantasy, both theme songs for the anime TV series Maison Ikkoku...
  
  )
• "Shippo no Kimochi" (Hiroko Taniyama)
• "Shiranburi" (Tomoya Takayama)
• "Shiroi Michi" (Haifaisetto)
• "Shiroi Shōjo" (Yoshito Machida)
• "Shiroi Spitz" (Beagle Hat)
• "Shobokujira Chibi Cobra" (Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Shooting Hero" (Duke Aces)
• "Shusse Ondo da yo!" (Saori Hareyama)
• "Smile" (Anna Banana)
• "Soba ni Ite yo Teddy bear" (Mio Watanabe)
• "Snowdrop" (Asuka Hayashi)
• "Soccer Boy" (Nao Nakadai)
• "Sōgen Jōka" (Chie Hyo)
• "Sokkuri Haha Musume" (Fusako Amachi)
• "Sokkuri House" (Hiroko Taniyama)
• "Sōmatō" (Hiromi Iwasaki)
• "Sonna Boku ga Suki" (Tama)
• "Sora e" (Tomotaka Okamoto
  Tomotaka Okamoto
  is a Japanese sopranist.He graduated from Conservatoire Francis Poulenc with a first place award.He often dresses up in a very unique and original manner when he performs....
  
  )
• "Sora ga Boku no Otō-san" (Kazuo Zaitsu)
• "Sora no Chorus" (Meninas do Brasil)
• "Sora no Ocarina" (Junko Iwao
  Junko Iwao
  is a Japanese voice actress who has also released several CD albums as a J-pop singer. Her most notable role is in Cardcaptor Sakura providing the voice to Sakura's best friend, Tomoyo.-TV Anime:*.hack *.hack//Roots...
  
  )
• "Soratobu Kujira" (Yoshio Toyama, Dixie Saints)
• "Soratobu Penguin" (Katsumi Takita)
• "Soratobu Ringo" (Kazuo Zaitsu)
• "Sōshite Kimi wa" (Garo)
• "Sōshunbu" (Shōnan Chor Grün)
• "Sotsugyō Mae: 10-hi de 100 no Dekigoto" (Ayako Shimizu)
• "Sowa Sowa Calendar" (Hiromi Okazaki)
• "Sōyamisaki" (Da Capo)
• "Step by Step" (Toshinori Yonekura
  Toshinori Yonekura
  born October 21, 1972, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer originally from Toyonaka, Osaka. Known as "Yone" to fans, Toshinori made his major label debut with the single Mikan no Android in 1992 on Geneon Entertainment. Aside from his own music career, Yonekura has crafted songs for...
  
  )
• "Sudatsuhi Made" (Yumiko Tanaka)
• "Susume! Hakkushon Baby" (Noriko Sakai
  Noriko Sakai
  is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She married in 1998, and divorced on July 31, 2010. She and Yūichi have one son, born in 1999. She is particularly popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan...
  
  )
• "Symphonic Variation" (The Kingtones)

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• "Ta Chi Tsu Te To Te o" (Henry Band with M)
• "Tabi no Suki na Anata ni" (Minako Shioda)
• "Tabibito no yō ni" (Takao Horiuchi
  Takao Horiuchi
  is a Japanese pop and enka singer. He won a 1990 Japan Record Award for enka.- External links :*...
  
  )
• "Tabidachi" (Yūzō Kayama
  Yuzo Kayama
  is a Japanese popular musician and film star, born on 11 April 1937. His father, Ken Uehara, was a film star during the 1930s. Yuzo Kayama became a big star in the 1960s in the Wakadaishō film series....
  
  )
• "Tabidachi no Uta" (Akiko Wada
  Akiko Wada
  is a female Japanese singer and television performer of Korean ancestry, originally hailing from , Ikuno-ku, Osaka. Born Kim Bok-Ja , like many Zainichi Koreans, she also had a name for everyday use, which was Japanicized . On her selection of Japanese citizenship, her name became , which upon...
  
  , Mori no Ki Gasshōdan)
• "Tadaima Shiawase" (Kiichi Nakai)
• "Taian Kichijitsu" (Cauliflower)
• "Taihen daa" (Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Taiyō no Kodomotachi" (Lisa Ono
  Lisa Ono
  Lisa Ono is a popular Japanese-Brazilian bossa nova singer.- Biography :Lisa Ono was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1962 but moved with her family to Tokyo at the age of 10...
  
  , Noriko Matsuhara)
• "Taiyō no Toki" (Kaho Shimada
  Kaho Shimada
  Kaho Shimada is a Japanese singer and musical theater actress. Born and raised in Tokyo, she attended Tokyo Municipal Jonan High School...
  
  )
• "Tanishi-chan" (Kensaku Morita
  Kensaku Morita
  is a Japanese actor, singer and governor of Chiba Prefecture in Japan.- External links :...
  
  )
• "Tanoshii Sansū" (Seiji Tanaka, Tokyo Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan)
• "Time: Toki no Shiori" (Kengo Suzuki)
• "Torero Kamomiro" (Nishi Rokugo Shonen Shōjo Gasshodan)
• "Tsuki" (YOU&Mitsuru)
• "Tsuki no Fuusen" (Yoko Takahashi
  Yoko Takahashi
  is a Japanese singer from Tokyo, perhaps best known for performing , the opening theme song of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. She also performs the closing theme, an "acid bossa" version of "Fly Me to the Moon" and , the closing theme of Evangelion: Death and Rebirth...
  
  )
• "Tsuki no Warutsu
  Tsuki no Warutsu
  , literally Waltz of the Moon, is a 2004 Japanese anime music video created for the popular NHK program Minna no Uta by director Atsuko Ishizuka and Studio Madhouse.-Production:...
  
  " (Mio Isayama)

U

• "Uchū Hikōshi no Uta" (Maaya Sakamoto
  Maaya Sakamoto
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, and voice actress. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in the anime series Little Twins, but is more well known for her role as Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne...
  
  )
• "Uchū no Uta" (Moro Fukuzawa)
• "Uchū wa Tanoshii Festival" (Cherish)
• "Uma Uma Ramen" (Rie Kameoka)
• "Umi e Kite" (Masako Mori
  Masako Mori
  Masako Mori may refer to:*Masako Mori - Japanese politician *Masako Mori - Japanese singer and former 1970s idol , see 25th Japan Record Awards...
  
  )
• "Uja Kuju?" (Hikaru Nishida
  Hikaru Nishida
  is a Japanese J-pop singer and actress. She was born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and made her singing debut with the release of the single Fifteen on April 6, 1988, named after her age at the time....
  
  )
• "Uta wa Tomodachi" (Sapporo Kodomo Musical Group)

W

• "Wa ni natte Odoro" (AGHARTA)
• "Watage no Osampo" (Inotomo)
• "Watashi to Kotori to Suzu to" (Tsutomu Aragaki
  Tsutomu Aragaki
  is a Japanese tenor.He was born in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture. He was blinded shortly after birth when a midwife put overly-strong drops in his eyes. When he was a year old, his parents divorced and his Mexican-American father went back to the United States. His mother, who was Japanese, remarried...
  
  )
• "Watashi no Subete" (Kyogo Kawaguchi)

Y

• "Yamaguchi san chi no Tsutomu kun" (Ranbō Minami)
• "Yell" (Ikimono-gakari
  Ikimono-gakari
  is a Japanese pop rock band that debuted in 1998. They record on Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Epic Records label.The band was formed in Kanagawa Prefecture in February 1999 by Hotaka Yamashita and Yoshiki Mizuno, and was later joined by lead vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka in December the same year...
  
  )
• "Yes, You" (Reiko Yamahata)
• "Yūkyū no Mori" (Kokia
  Kokia (singer)
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, who performs under the stage name Kokia . She is best known for her songs and "The Power of Smile." She is also recognised for her numerous contributions to anime/game soundtracks, the most notable being "Ai no Melody/Chōwa Oto " for the film...
  
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Animators

These animators have had their works appear on Minna no Uta.

• Atsuko Ishizuka
  Atsuko Ishizuka
  is a Japanese animator and director at Madhouse, one of the leading animation production companies in the world. She was born on September 30, 1981 and has been with Madhouse since 2004.-Personal history:...
  
  
• Katsuya Kondō
  Katsuya Kondo
  is a Japanese manga artist, character designer, animator and animation director. He is best known for his character design work on the Studio Ghibli films Kiki's Delivery Service and Ocean Waves, as well as the PlayStation game Jade Cocoon...
  
  
• Tomomi Mochizuki
  Tomomi Mochizuki
  , sometimes incorrectly romanized as Tomomichi Mochizuki, is an anime director and producer. He is married to animator Masako Gotō and sometimes uses the alias when writing screenplays or working on storyboards...
  
  
• Tadanari Okamoto
  Tadanari Okamoto
  was a Japanese independent animator. From 1965 until his death he completed at least 37 short subject films in a wide variety of mediums, eight of which have been awarded the Ōfuji Noburō Prize at the Mainichi Film Awards and his films have altogether earned at least 24 other awards internationally...
  
  
• Makoto Shinkai
  Makoto Shinkai
  , better known by the stage name , is a Japanese anime director, animator, and voice actor. A native of the Koumi Nagano Prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle...
  
  

External links

NHK Minna no Uta site Nemuritari: Unofficial NHK Minna no Uta site