33rd Japan Record Awards

took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 31, 1991, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were broadcast in Japan by TBS/JNN/JRN.

Award winners

Pops and Rock

Japan Record Award

• KAN for "Ai wa Katsu"

Best Vocalist Award

• Aska for "Hajimari wa itsumo ame"

Best New Artist Award

• Mi-Ke for "Omoide no KujÅ«kuri-hama"

Best Album Award

• Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"

Gold disc Award (Nomination for the Japan Record Award)

• Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"
• Kyōko Koizumi for "Anata ni aete yokatta"
• Chage and Aska for "Say Yes"
• Aska for "Hajimari wa itsumo ame"
• Kazumasa Oda for "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni"

New Artist Award (Nomination for the Best New Artist Award)

• Michiyo Nakajima for "Akai Hanataba"
• Noriyuki Makihara for "Donna toki mo"
• Mi-Ke for "Omoide no KujÅ«kuri-hama"
• Alisa Mizuki for "Densetsu no Shōjo"

Album Award

• Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"
• Buck-Tick for "Kurutta Taiyou"
• Aska for "Scene II"
• X for "Jealousy"
• Yumi Matsutoya for "Tengoku no door"
• Eikichi Yazawa for "Don't Wanna Stop"
• Princess Princess for "Princess Princess"
• Yuko Hara for "Mother"
• B'z for "Risky"
• Dreams Come True for "Wonder 3"

Best Album / New Artist Award

• ORIGINAL LOVE for "LOVE!LOVE! & LOVE!"

Special Award

• Orquesta de la Luz

Composition Award

• ASKA for "SAY YES","Hajimari wa itsumo ame" （vo.:ASKA）

Arrangement Award

• Takeshi Kobayashi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" （vo.:Kyōko Koizumi）

Lyrics Award

• Kyōko Koizumi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" （vo.:Kyōko Koizumi）

Planning Award

• HIS(Haruomi Hosono, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Fuyumi Sakamoto) for "Nihon no hito"
• KRYZLER & KOMPANY
• The Nolans sang Japanese Idol & Pops
• Fumiaki Miyamoto for "Ao no kaori"

Best Foreign Artist

• Mariah Carey

Enka and Kayōkyoku

Japan Record Award

• Saburo Kitajima for "Kita no daichi"

Best Vocalist

• Fuyumi Sakamoto for "Hinokuni no onna"

Best New Artist

• Jun Karaki for "Yasegaman"

Best Album Award

• Takao Horiuchi for "GENTS"

Gold disc Award (Nomination for the Japan Record Award)

• Kaori Kozai for "Haguresō"
• Saburo Kitajima for "Kita no daichi"
• Kye Eun-Sook for "Kanashimi no hōmonsya"

New Artist Award (Nomination for the Best New Artist Award)

• Jun Karaki for "Yasegaman"
• Shijimi to Sazae for "Monomane Omoide no KujÅ«kuri-hama"

Album Award

• Mitsuko Nakanura for "Shiawase zake"
• Takao Horiuchi for "GENTS"
• Hitoshi Ueki for "SÅ«dara-Densetsu"

Composition Award

• Syōsuke Ichikawa for "Koi banka" （vo.:Natsuko Godai）

Arrangement Award

• Eiji Kawamura for "Kanashimi no hōmonsya" （vo.:Kye Eun-Sook）

Lyrics Award

• Takashi Taka for "Hinokuni no onna" （vo.:Fuyumi Sakamoto）

Planning Award

• Miyako Otsuki for "Hashi-monogatari Jissyō"
• Jirō Sugita for "Love Letter" (composed by Tadashi Yoshida)

Achievement Award

• Peggy Hayama (Introducing foreign songs)

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Hachiro Kasuga

Special Award

• Linda Yamamoto
• International Friendship Foundation and producer Hiroshi Itsuki

Hibari Misora Award

• Ayako Fuji for "Amayo zake"

See also

• Japan Composer's Association
• Enka
• Kayōkyoku
• Hibari Misora

References

External links

• Japan Composer's Association 33rd Japan Record Awards