57th Japan Record Awards explained

57th Japan Record Awards
Venue:	New National Theater, Tokyo
Network:	TBS
Country:	Japan
Hosts:	Shin'ichirō Azumi, Yukie Nakama
Previous:	56th
Main:	Japan Record Awards
Next:	58th

The took place at the New National Theater in Tokyo on December 30, 2015. The ceremony was televised in Japan on TBS.^{[1] [2]}

Presenters

• Shin'ichirō Azumi (TBS announcer)
• Yukie Nakama

Winners and winning works

Grand Prix

• Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe — "Unfair World"

Best Singer Award

• Seiko Matsuda

Best New Artist Award

• Magnolia Factory

Excellent Work Award

• AAA — "Aishiteru no ni, Aisenai"
• Mariya Nishiuchi — "Arigatou Forever..."
• Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe — "Unfair World"
• Kiyoshi Hikawa — "Itoshi no Tekīro"
• Hiroshi Miyama — "Oiwaki Yama"
• Kana Nishino — "Torisetsu"
• AKB48 — "Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Mondai Girl"
• Kaori Mizumori — "Yamatoji no Koi"
• Gesu no Kiwami Otome — "Watashi Igai Watashi Ja Nai no"

New Artist Award

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• Magnolia Factory
• Natsumi Hanaoka
• Rei Yasuda

Best Album Award

• Southern All Stars — "Budou"

Excellence Album Award

• Sekai no Owari — Tree
• Taeko Onuki and Ryōta Komatsu — Tint
• Kenshi Yonezu — Bremen
• Tube — Your TUBE+My TUBE

Good Planning Award

• Hideaki Tokunaga — "VOCALIST 1-6"
• ACOON HIBINO — "Kokoro to Karada o Totonoeru: Ai no Shūhasū 528Hz", "Jiritsu Shinkei o Totonoeru Oto no Shohousen: Ai no Shūhasū 528Hz"
• Takamiy, Takeshi Tsuruno, Daigo, Mamoru Miyano, The Alfee, Voyager — "Takamizawa Toshihiko Produce Ultra Hero Song Retsuden"
• Takako Tokiwa, Yaeko Mizutani, Yōko Minamino, Yoshie Taira, Ruriko Asaoka, Kaori Momoi, Pinko Izumi, Yoshiko Sakuma, Reiko Takashima, Mitsuko Kusabue, Shinobu Otake, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi — "Rei Nakanishi to 12-nin no Joyū Tachi"
• Chitose Hajime — "Shōwa Gannen"
• "Takashi Matsumoto Sakushi Katsudō 45-Shūnen Tribute Kazemachi de Aimashou"
• Wagakki Band — Yasou Emaki
• Juju — "Request", "Request II"
• Saya Asakura — "River Boat Song: Future Trax"

Achievement Award

• Hiroyuki Itsuki
• Shunsuke Kikuchi
• Asei Kobayashi
• Akira Fuse
• Kenichi Mikawa

Special Achievement Award

• Isao Etō
• Kunihiko Kase
• Yasunori Sugahara
• Michiyasu Tadano
• Tetsuya Chiaki
• Daisuke Mishima

Encouragement Award by Japan Composer's Association

• Sayuri Ishikawa
• Keisuke Yamauchi

Special Award

• "Attakain Dakarā♪" (Kumamushi's song)
• Masaharu Fukuyama

Best Composer Award

• Tsunku — "Umarete Kite Kurete Arigatou" (sung by Kumiko)

Best Songwriter Award

• Makoto Kitajō — "Spotlight" (Keisuke Yamauchi's song), "Yokohama no Odoriko" (Daisuke Kitagawa's song)

Best Arranger Award

• Seiji Kameda — "Anata" (Ikimono-gakari's song), "Hitomi" (Sakurako Ohara's song)

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1543694. ja:第57回「日本レコード大賞」各賞発表. 2015-11-20. 2016-10-08. modelpress. ja.
2. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2064696/full/. ja:『レコ大』三代目JSBが2年連続大賞 今市隆二「本当に心からうれしい」. 2015-12-30. 2016-10-08. oricon ME inc.. ja.