From the wedding planner to the bride and groom. An important love song that will add color to your wedding.

A wedding is a special day. Music is what really adds color to that moment. A wedding planner who has experienced so much love shares his thoughts on the most important love songs.

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photo: Hiyori Korenaga / text: Sho Kasahara / edit: Nozomi Hasegawa

BGM of love that gently accompanies happiness

Natsumi Kogabuchi

Building a house, having children... When it comes to marriage, many people tend to focus only on the future and become anxious. For couples like you, I would recommend Kazumasa Oda's "Kira Kira." It teaches the importance of "loving this moment."

From left: Takami Itto, Kaneda Ayaka, Yurika Suenaga, Aihara Chizuru, and Natsumi Kogabuchi.
From left: Takami Itsuto, Kaneda Ayaka, Yurika Suenaga, Aihara Chizuru, and Natsumi Kogabuchi. Freelance planners who usually work separately gathered at the wedding venue. After the roundtable discussion, everyone said, "We're looking forward to choosing the songs."

Right now, I just want to hold you close in my arms. Tomorrow's tears can be shed tomorrow.

"Sparkling" by Kazumasa Oda
The theme song for the 2002 drama "Koi no Chikara." A hopeful love song about accepting a wavering heart and wanting to embrace this moment.

Ayaka Kaneda

The music that plays when the bride and groom exit is actually very important. It influences the mood of the guests as they leave, so a happy song like this will leave a good impression at the end.

Itsuto Takami

I think a wedding is an important occasion to express gratitude to family. Before the ceremony, there is "family time" to spend with just the relatives, and Hanaregumi's "Family Landscape" is perfect for that time. The warm lyrics really help to ease any tension.

We're like friends, but we're far away like strangers, and there's always that lovely distance here

"Family Scenery" by Hanaregumi
This is the first single released in 2002, depicting the close yet distant distances of family members while capturing everyday scenes from home.

Koganebuchi

Music is also played at the "first meet" when the bride and groom meet the venue for the first time. They are asked to close their eyes as they enter the venue, and many people start crying when the music starts, out of the sense of relief that comes with finally arriving on the big day after all the preparations.

Kaneda

My favorite song is "Love Never Felt So Good" by Michael Jackson. He was a man who was involved in charity work and poverty issues during his lifetime, and was truly filled with love. This song sings straightforwardly about the joy of love, and if I were to have my wedding, I would want this song to be played.

Chizuru Aihara

What made the biggest impression on me was the couple's decision to hold their wedding ceremony five years later, due to family tragedies and the COVID-19 pandemic. On the day they finally arrived, I wanted to share the lyrics of "Up, Up, Sails" from baobab + haruka nakamura's "Eternity and One Day." I think it's a song that embraces the journey and losses of the past, and accompanies us as we move into each new day.

Come on, let's play, don't look back at the days that were filled with music, I drew you

"Eternity and a Day" baobab + haruka nakamura
Included in the collaborative album "Kanata," the song sings of the courage to gently let go of the past and a yearning for eternity.

Yurika Suenaga

I chose "Marry" by Suchmos, which was just released this year. The moment I heard it, the happy faces of the brides and grooms I've worked with came back to me vividly. This song has truly become the theme song of my life as a wedding planner.

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