48th Japan Record Awards explained

48th Japan Record Awards
Date:	December 30, 2006
Venue:	New National Theatre, Tokyo
Hosts:	Masaaki Sakai, Yuri Ebihara, Moe Oshikiri
Network:	TBS
Previous:	47th
Main:	Japan Record Awards
Next:	49th

The 48th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the New National Theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, on December 30, 2006, starting at 6:30PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

Awards and nominations

Japan Record Award

"Ikken" (ja)
- Singer: Kiyoshi Hikawa
- Lyricist: Yurio Matsui (ja)
- Composer: Hideo Mizumori (ja)
- Arranger: Makoto Saeki (ja)
- Record label: Columbia Music Entertainment

Best Vocal Performance

Kumi Koda

Best New Artist

Ayaka

New Artist Awards

Best New Artist nominations

Ayaka
SunSet Swish
Aki Yamamoto (ja)
WaT

Gold Awards

Japan Record Award nominations

Kiyoshi Hikawa – "Ikken"
BoA – "Winter Love"
Mihimaru GT – "Kibun Jōjō ￪￪" (ja)
Kobukuro – "Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa" (ja)
Kaori Mizumori – "Kumano Kodō"
W-inds – "Boogie Woogie 66" (ja)
Nakamonomori Band (ja) – "Fly High" (ja)
Sukima Switch – "Boku Note" (ja)
Koda Kumi – "Yume no Uta"
Ai Otsuka – "Ren'ai Shashin"

Best Composer

Hiroshi Itsuki – "Takasebune"
- Singer: Hiroshi Itsuki

Best Lyricist

Miyuki Nakajima – "Sorafune
- Singer: Tokio

Best Arranger

Takeshi Kobayashi – "Yubi Kiri"
- Singer: Yo Hitoto

Planning Awards

Hideaki Tokunaga – Vocalist 2 (ja)
Mitsuko Nakamura (ja) – Yarōtachi no Uta
Folk Song Yearbook 1966–1982 Folk & New Music Complete Works
- King Records, Columbia Music Entertainment, Sony Music Direct, Teichiku Records, EMI Music Japan, Nippon Crown, JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment, For Life Music Entertainment, Pony Canyon, Yamaha Music Communications, Universal Music Japan
Yoshida Tadashi Dango Album II
- Yoshida Tadashi Orchestra, Yoshinao Ōsawa (ja), JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment

Special Awards

Toshiko Akiyoshi
Exile and Koda Kumi – "Won't Be Long"
Kigurumi – "Tarako Tarako Tarako" (ja)
Ryoko Moriyama and Begin – "Nada Sōsō"
Masashi Sada – Natsu Nagasaki kara Sada Masashi (ja)

Achievement Awards

Yū Aku
Hiroshi Ashino (ja)
Sanechika Andō (ja)
Hiroshi Eguchi (ja)
Rei Nakanishi
Tadao Hirayama
Takeharu Yamamoto (ja)

Special Achievement Awards

Yukio Aoshima
Shōsuke Ichikawa (ja)
Akira Ifukube
Hiroshi Uchiyamada (ja)
Setsuo Ohashi (ja)
Masako Kawada (ja)
Teruhiko Kuze (ja)
Tōroku Takagi (ja)
Keiko Matsuyama (ja)
Satoshi Mihara (ja)
Hiroshi Miyagawa (ja)

Special Honour Award

Toru Funamura (ja)

Honourable Mention Award

Awarded by the Japan Composer's Association

Miko Takegawa (ja)