58th Japan Record Awards explained

58th Japan Record Awards
Venue:	New National Theater, Tokyo
Network:	TBS
Country:	Japan
Hosts:	Shin'ichirō Azumi, Yūki Amami
Previous:	57th
Main:	Japan Record Awards
Next:	59th

The took place at the New National Theater in Tokyo on December 30, 2016. The ceremony was televised in Japan on TBS.^{[1] [2]}

Presenters

• Yūki 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"^[1]

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"^[1]

Excellence Album Award

• Gen Hoshino – "Yellow Dancer"^[1]
• Spitz – "Samenai"^[1]
• Back Number – "Chandelier"^[1]
• Taro Hakase – "Joy of Life"^[1]

Good Planning Award

• V.A. – "Akaran Kun"^[3]
• Ikusaburo Yamazaki – "1936 〜your songs〜"^[4]
• Ryuun Nagai – "Kaerimite"^[3]
• V.A. – "THE PEANUTS -TRIBUTE SONGS-"^[3]
• Begin – "Sugar Cane Cable Network"^[3]
• Juju – "Snack JUJU ~Yoru no Request~ (Roppongishinjū, Love is Over)"^[3]
• Mitsuko Nakamura – "Chōhen kayō rōkyoku muhō matsu no koi 〜 Matsugorō to Yoshioka fujin 〜"^[3]
• Izumi Yukimura&Hibari Misora&Chiemi Eri – "Too Young"^[3]
• Ranka – "Tokyo Koibumi"^[3]
• RADIO FISH – "PERFECT HUMAN"^[5]
• Miki Matsukawa – "Miki no uta no tabi..."^[3]

Special Award

• Radwimps (Movie"Your Name.")^[3]
• The Yellow Monkey^[3]
• Shirō Sagisu, Akira Ifukube (Movie"Shin Godzilla")^[3]
• Big Bang^[3]

Special Topic Award

• Pikotaro – "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)"^[2]

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)

Notes and References

1. News: 『第58回レコード大賞』候補10作品決定 宇多田、AKB48、桐谷健太ら . ORICON STYLE. 2016-11-18. オリコン. 2016-11-18.
2. News: 日本レコード大賞の各賞受賞者が決定…特別話題賞に「PPAP」. スポーツ報知. 2016-11-18. 報知新聞社. 2016-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20161118152406/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20161117-OHT1T50163.html. 2016-11-18. dead.
3. News: レコ大に宇多田、いきもの、AAAらノミネート！ピコ太郎とRADIO FISHも各賞受賞. 音楽ナタリー. 2016-11-18. 2016-11-18.
4. News: 山崎育三郎、カバーアルバム「1936」で日本レコード大賞企画賞を受賞. ステージナタリー. 2016-11-18. 2016-11-18.
5. News: 第58回「日本レコード大賞」ピコ太郎が特別話題賞、RADIO FISHが企画賞に. お笑いナタリー. 2016-11-18. 2016-11-18.