58th Japan Record Awards

The 58th Japan Record Awards (第58回日本レコード大賞) took place at the New National Theater in Tokyo on December 30, 2016. The ceremony was televised in Japan on TBS.[1][2]

58th Japan Record Awards
Date	December 30, 2016 (2016-12-30)
Venue	New National Theater, Tokyo
Country	Japan
Hosted by	Shin'ichirō Azumi, Yūki Amami
Website	http://www.tbs.co.jp/recordaward/

Presenters

• Yūki Amami
• Shin'ichirō Azumi (TBS announcer)

Winners and winning works

Grand Prix

• Kana Nishino — "Anata no Suki na Tokoro"

Best Singer Award

• Masayuki Suzuki – "Melancholia"[1]

Best New Artist Award

• iKon

Excellent Work Award

• Kana Nishino — "Anata no Suki na Tokoro"
• Urashima Tarō (Kenta Kiritani) — "Umi no Koe"
• Fuyumi Sakamoto — "Onna wa daka rete ayu ni naru"
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Sai & Co"
• AKB48 – "365 nichi no kamihikouki"
• AAA – "Namida no nai Sekai"
• Utada Hikaru – "Fantôme"
• Mariya Nishiuchi — "Believe"
• Kiyoshi Hikawa — "Miren Gokoro"
• Ikimono-gakari – "Last Scene"

New Artist Award

• iKon
• Satoshi Hayashibe
• Mizuki Hayama
• Boys and Men

Best Album Award

• Utada Hikaru – "Fantôme"[1]

Excellence Album Award

• Gen Hoshino – "Yellow Dancer"[1]
• Spitz – "Samenai"[1]
• Back Number – "Chandelier"[1]
• Taro Hakase – "Joy of Life"[1]

Good Planning Award

• V.A. – "Akaran Kun"[3]
• Ikusaburo Yamazaki – "1936 〜your songs〜"[4]
• Ryuun Nagai – "Kaerimite"[3]
• V.A. – "THE PEANUTS -TRIBUTE SONGS-"[3]
• Begin – "Sugar Cane Cable Network"[3]
• Juju – "Snack JUJU ~Yoru no Request~ (Roppongishinjū, Love is Over)"[3]
• Mitsuko Nakamura – "Chōhen kayō rōkyoku muhō matsu no koi 〜 Matsugorō to Yoshioka fujin 〜"[3]
• Izumi Yukimura&Hibari Misora&Chiemi Eri – "Too Young"[3]
• Ranka – "Tokyo Koibumi"[3]
• RADIO FISH – "PERFECT HUMAN"[5]
• Miki Matsukawa – "Miki no uta no tabi..."[3]

Special Award

• Radwimps (Movie"Your Name.")[3]
• The Yellow Monkey[3]
• Shirō Sagisu, Akira Ifukube (Movie"Shin Godzilla")[3]
• Big Bang[3]

Special Topic Award

• Pikotaro – "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)"[2]

Special Honor Award

• Toru Funamura (The fourth chairman of Japan Composer's Association)

Achievement Award

• Isao Saito
• Daisuke Shiga
• Kiyoko Suizenji
• Masao Sen
• Shunichi Makaino

Special Achievement Award

• Yûmi Ito (singer of "The Peanuts")
• Rokusuke Ei (Screenwriter, Lyricist)
• Kisōtetsu (Member of "Dark Ducks")
• Sasaki Kō (Member of "Dark Ducks")
• Isao Tomita (Composer, Synthesizer player)

Encouragement Award by Japan Composer's Association

• Sanae Jyounouchi
• Yutaka Yamakawa

Best Composer Award

• Chiaki Oka – "Inochi no koi" (Original Artist:Mika Shinno)

Best Songwriter Award

• Fumihiko Hara – "Aki Koiuta" (Original Artist:Kaori Kozai)

Best Arranger Award

• Sekai no Owari – "Hey Ho" (Original Artist:Sekai no Owari)

References

1. "『第58回レコード大賞』候補10作品決定 宇多田、AKB48、桐谷健太ら". ORICON STYLE. オリコン. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
2. "日本レコード大賞の各賞受賞者が決定…特別話題賞に「PPAP」". スポーツ報知. 報知新聞社. 2016-11-18. Archived from the original on 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
3. "レコ大に宇多田、いきもの、AAAらノミネート！ピコ太郎とRADIO FISHも各賞受賞". 音楽ナタリー. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
4. "山崎育三郎、カバーアルバム「1936」で日本レコード大賞企画賞を受賞". ステージナタリー. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
5. "第58回「日本レコード大賞」ピコ太郎が特別話題賞、RADIO FISHが企画賞に". お笑いナタリー. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-18.

External links

• Official website