58th Japan Record Awards

The took place at the New National Theater in Tokyo on December 30, 2016. The ceremony was televised in Japan on TBS.

Presenters

• YÅ«ki 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"

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"
• Hikaru Utada – "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

• Hikaru Utada – "Fantôme"

Excellence Album Award

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

Good Planning Award

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

Special Award

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

Special Topic Award

• Pikotaro – "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)"

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 Jōnouchi
• 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

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