11th Japan Record Awards explained

11th Japan Record Awards
Date:	December 31, 1969
Venue:	Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo
Hosts:	Keizo Takahashi
Network:	TBS
Previous:	10th
Main:	Japan Record Awards
Next:	12th

The 11th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1969, starting at 7:00PM JST.^[1] The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

Award winners

Japan Record Award

• Naomi Sagara (ja) for "Iijanai No Shiawase Naraba" (ja)
  • Awarded New Artist at 2 years ago, 2nd award.
  • Lyricist: Tokiko Iwatani
  • Composer: Taku Izumi (ja)
  • Arranger: Taku Izumi
  • Record Company: JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment

Best Vocalist

• Shinichi Mori for "Minatomachi Blues" (ja)
  • Lost to Naomi Sagara by one vote.

Best New Artist

• Peter for "Yoru To Asa No Aida Ni" (ja)

New Artist Award

• Norihiko Hashida and the Shoebelts for "Kaze" (ja)
• Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five for "Nagasaki Wa Kyō Mo Ame Datta" (ja)
• Kaoru Chiga (ja) for "Mayonaka No Guitar" (ja)
• Kyōko Takada (ja) for "Minna Yume No Naka" (ja)

Vocalist Award

• Mina Aoe for "Ikebukuro no Yoru" (ja)
  • Awarded again after last year, 2nd vocalist award.
• Mieko Hirota for "Ningyō no Ie" (ja)
• Tokiko Kato for "Hitorine No Komori Uta"

General Public Award

• Kiyoko Suizenji for "365 Step's March" (ja) & "Jinjitsu Ichiro No March"
• Ryoko Moriyama for "Kinjireta Koi" (ja)

Lyricist Award

• Michio Yamagami (ja) for "Yoake no Scat"
  • Singer: Saori Yuki

Composer Award

• Kyōhei Tsutsumi for "Blue Light Yokohama" (ja)
  • Singer: Ayumi Ishida

Arranger Award

• Shinzō Teraoka (ja) for "Kanashimi Wa Kake Ashi De Yatte Kuru"
  • Singer: Mariko Ann
  • Awarded again after 5 years, 2nd arranger award.

Planning Award

• EMI Music Japan
  • Awarded again after 3 years, 3rd planning award.

Children's Song Award

• Three Bubbles for "Umareta Kyō Dai 11-nin"

Special Award

• Takao Saeki (ja)
• EMI Music Japan

Other Performers

Guests

• Jun Mayuzumi (Last year's Japan Record Award winner, give trophy to Naomi Sagara.)
• Yoichi Sugawara (Last year's vocalist award winner, give trophy to Mori Shinichi.)
• Pinky & Killers (Last year's new artist award winner, give trophy to Peter and banquet to Naomi Sagara.)
• Yukio Hashi
• Hibari Misora

Dancers

• Studio No.1 Dancers
• BM Dancers

Chorus

• Cole Acacia
• Wakakusa Children's Chorus

Notes and References

1. Web site: 活動〜日本レコード大賞〜【公益社団法人 日本作曲家協会】. 22 July 2018. Japan Composer's Association. Japanese. 22 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722155519/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco11.html. dead.