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*Best Hits Kayosai*
Best Hits Kayosai
Awarded for	Achievements in music
Sponsored by	Yomiuri TV
Country	Japan
First awarded	2003; 1968–2000 as Zen Nihon Yūsen Hōsō Taishō; 2001–2002 as All-Japan Request Awards
Website	www.ytv.co.jp/besthits/index.html

Best Hits Kayosai (ベストヒット歌謡祭, Besuto Hitto Kayōsai, "Best Hit Song Festival") is an annual music show in Japan sponsored by Yomiuri TV. It is broadcast on Yomiuri TV and Nippon Television.^[1]

Details

No.	Broadcast date	Day of the week	Broadcast format	Presenters	Venue	Grand Prix		Best Newcomer of the Year	TV rating ^{[citation needed]}
No.	Broadcast date	Day of the week	Broadcast format	Presenters	Venue	Pop category	Enka/kayōkyoku category	Best Newcomer of the Year	TV rating ^{[citation needed]}
36	29 November 2003 (2003-11-29)	Saturday	Live broadcast	Masaaki Sakai Norika Fujiwara	Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka	Ayumi Hamasaki	Kiyoshi Hikawa	Yo Hitoto	11.0%
37	27 November 2004 (2004-11-27)	Saturday	Live broadcast	Masaaki Sakai Norika Fujiwara	Festival Hall, Osaka	Exile		Ai Otsuka	12.7%
38	21 November 2005 (2005-11-21)	Monday	Pre-recorded broadcast	Masaaki Sakai Norika Fujiwara Takashi Miura	Festival Hall, Osaka	Exile		Yuna Ito	12.1%
39	20 November 2006 (2006-11-20)				World Memorial Hall, Kobe	Kumi Koda	Kaori Mizumori	WaT^{[Note 1]}	11.8%
40	26 November 2007 (2007-11-26)				Festival Hall, Osaka	Kumi Koda	Kaori Mizumori	RSP^[2]	8.9%
41	27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)	Thursday	Live broadcast		Osaka-jō Hall	Exile		Jero	13.4%
42	26 November 2009 (2009-11-26)			Seiji Miyane Eiji Wentz Maki Nishiyama	World Memorial Hall, Kobe			Yusuke	12.2%
43	25 November 2010 (2010-11-25)							(n/a)	11.9%
44	24 November 2011 (2011-11-24)					(n/a)		(n/a)	14.4%
45	22 November 2012 (2012-11-22)					(abolished)			11.9%
46	21 November 2013 (2013-11-21)^[1]			Seiji Miyane Eiji Wentz^[1]	Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka^[1]				10.6%
47	20 November 2014 (2014-11-20)			Seiji Miyane Eiji Wentz^[1]	Festival Hall, Osaka				13.0%
48	19 November 2015 (2015-11-19)			Seiji Miyane Eiji Wentz Maki Nishiyama					9.8%
49	17 November 2016 (2016-11-17)			Seiji Miyane Eiji Wentz Maki Nishiyama					10.9%

^ WaT member Eiji Wentz has served as a presenter since 2009.

Other winners

This is a partial list of artists who have won awards other than a Grand Prix.

2007 Newcomer Award: Cute, Uruma Delvi, Leah Dizon, Jyongri, Satomi Takasugi^[2]
2009 Gold Artist: AKB48, BIG BANG, Kumi Koda, GIRL NEXT DOOR, JUJU, AAA, Kana Nishino.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "「ベストヒット歌謡祭」セカオワ、LUNA SEA、aikoら20組". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
^ ^a ^b 「おしりかじり虫」アニメ作家がベストヒット歌謡祭新人アーティスト賞 [Anime creator behind "Oshiri Kajirimushi" wins Best Hits Kayosai Newcomer Award"]. Animeanime.jp (in Japanese). IID, Inc. 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
^ "ベストヒット歌謡祭２００９受賞者＆曲目一覧". スポチャンネル＋オリコンMUSIC (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2019-03-19.

External links

[2] WaT member Eiji Wentz has served as a presenter since 2009.

[natalie20131101-1] "「ベストヒット歌謡祭」セカオワ、LUNA SEA、aikoら20組". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

[animeanime20071126-3] 「おしりかじり虫」アニメ作家がベストヒット歌謡祭新人アーティスト賞 [Anime creator behind "Oshiri Kajirimushi" wins Best Hits Kayosai Newcomer Award"]. Animeanime.jp (in Japanese). IID, Inc. 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

[4] "ベストヒット歌謡祭２００９受賞者＆曲目一覧". スポチャンネル＋オリコンMUSIC (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2019-03-19.

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