List of Oricon number-one singles of 1996

The following is a list of Oricon number-one singles of 1996.

Oricon Weekly Singles Chart

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 1	"To Love You More"	Celine Dion with Kryzler & Kpmpany	[1]
January 8
January 15	"Departures"	Globe
January 22	"My Friend"	Zard
January 29	"Departures"	Globe
February 5
February 12	"Sora mo Toberuhazu"	Spitz
February 19	"Namonaki Uta"	Mr. Children
February 26	"Made in Japan"	V6
March 4	"Sobakasu"	Judy and Mary
March 11	"Dahlia"	X Japan
March 18	"Mienai Chikara (Invisible One)/Move"	B'z
March 25	"Don't Wanna Cry"	Namie Amuro
April 1
April 8	"End of Sorrow"	Luna Sea
April 15	"Don't Wanna Cry"	Namie Amuro
April 22	"Hana (Mémento Mori)"	Mr. Children
April 29
May 6	"Anata ni Aitakute (Missing You)"	Seiko Matsuda
May 13	"Cherry"	Spitz
May 20	"Kokoro o hiraite"	Zard
May 27	"Real Thing Shakes"	B'z
June 3	"Ai no Kotodama (Spiritual Message)"	Southern All Stars
June 10	"Beat Your Heart"	V6
June 17	"You're My Sunshine"	Namie Amuro
June 24
July 1	"La La La Love Song"	Toshinobu Kubota with Naomi Campbell
July 8	"Stay"	Kyosuke Himuro
July 15	"Ai no Kotodama (Spiritual Message)"	Southern All Stars
July 22	"Forever Love"	X Japan
July 29	"Aoi inazuma"	SMAP
August 5	"Namida no kage"	Sharam Q
August 12	"Atsuku nare"	Maki Oguro
August 19	"Machine gun or buppanase"	Mr. Children
August 26	"Squall"	Kyosuke Himuro
September 2	"Another Orion"	Fumiya Fujii
September 9	"Is this love"	Globe
September 16	"Another Orion"	Fumiya Fujii
September 23	"Nagisa"	Spitz
September 30	"Take me Higher"	V6
October 7	"Swallowtail Butterfly"	Yen Town Band
October 14	"Save Your Dream"	Tomomi Kahara
October 21	"Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi"	Puffy
October 28
November 4
November 11	"Can't Stop Fallin' in Love"	Globe
November 18	"Pride"	Miki Imai
November 25	"Can't Stop Fallin' in Love"	Globe
December 2	"Shake"	SMAP
December 9	"A Walk in the Park"	Namie Amuro
December 16	"Yes"	My Little Lover
December 23	"Pride"	Miki Imai
December 30

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-10-13.