57th Japan Record Awards

57th Japan Record Awards
Date	December 30, 2015 (2015-12-30)
Venue	New National Theater, Tokyo
Country	Japan
Hosted by	Shin'ichirō Azumi, Yukie Nakama
Website	http://www.tbs.co.jp/recordaward/index-j.html
Television/radio coverage
Network	TBS

The 57th Japan Record Awards (第57回日本レコード大賞) took place at the New National Theater in Tokyo on December 30, 2015. The ceremony was televised in Japan on TBS.[1][2]

Presenters

• Shin'ichirō Azumi (TBS announcer)
• Yukie Nakama

Winners and winning works

Grand Prix

• Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe — "Unfair World"

Best Singer Award

• Seiko Matsuda

Best New Artist Award

• Magnolia Factory

Excellent Work Award

• AAA — "Aishiteru no ni, Aisenai"
• Mariya Nishiuchi — "Arigatou Forever..."
• Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe — "Unfair World"
• Kiyoshi Hikawa — "Itoshi no Tekīro"
• Hiroshi Miyama — "Oiwaki Yama"
• Kana Nishino — "Torisetsu"
• AKB48 — "Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Mondai Girl"
• Kaori Mizumori — "Yamatoji no Koi"
• Gesu no Kiwami Otome — "Watashi Igai Watashi Ja Nai no"

New Artist Award

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• Magnolia Factory
• Natsumi Hanaoka
• Rei Yasuda

Best Album Award

• Southern All Stars — "Budou"

Excellence Album Award

• Sekai no Owari — Tree
• Taeko Onuki and Ryōta Komatsu — Tint
• Kenshi Yonezu — Bremen
• Tube — Your TUBE+My TUBE

Good Planning Award

• Hideaki Tokunaga — "VOCALIST 1-6"
• ACOON HIBINO — "Kokoro to Karada o Totonoeru: Ai no Shūhasū 528Hz", "Jiritsu Shinkei o Totonoeru Oto no Shohousen: Ai no Shūhasū 528Hz"
• Takamiy, Takeshi Tsuruno, Daigo, Mamoru Miyano, The Alfee, Voyager — "Takamizawa Toshihiko Produce Ultra Hero Song Retsuden"
• Takako Tokiwa, Yaeko Mizutani, Yōko Minamino, Yoshie Taira, Ruriko Asaoka, Kaori Momoi, Pinko Izumi, Yoshiko Sakuma, Reiko Takashima, Mitsuko Kusabue, Shinobu Otake, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi — "Rei Nakanishi to 12-nin no Joyū Tachi"
• Chitose Hajime — "Shōwa Gannen"
• "Takashi Matsumoto Sakushi Katsudō 45-Shūnen Tribute Kazemachi de Aimashou"
• Wagakki Band — Yasou Emaki
• Juju — "Request", "Request II"
• Saya Asakura — "River Boat Song: Future Trax"

Achievement Award

• Hiroyuki Itsuki
• Shunsuke Kikuchi
• Asei Kobayashi
• Akira Fuse
• Kenichi Mikawa

Special Achievement Award

• Isao Etō
• Kunihiko Kase
• Yasunori Sugahara
• Michiyasu Tadano
• Tetsuya Chiaki
• Daisuke Mishima

Encouragement Award by Japan Composer's Association

• Sayuri Ishikawa
• Keisuke Yamauchi

Special Award

• "Attakain Dakarā♪" (Kumamushi's song)
• Masaharu Fukuyama

Best Composer Award

• Tsunku — "Umarete Kite Kurete Arigatou" (sung by Kumiko)

Best Songwriter Award

• Makoto Kitajō — "Spotlight" (Keisuke Yamauchi's song), "Yokohama no Odoriko" (Daisuke Kitagawa's song)

Best Arranger Award

• Seiji Kameda — "Anata" (Ikimono-gakari's song), "Hitomi" (Sakurako Ohara's song)

References

1. 第57回「日本レコード大賞」各賞発表 (in Japanese). modelpress. 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
2. 『レコ大』三代目JSBが2年連続大賞 今市隆二「本当に心からうれしい」 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

External links

• Official website