59th Japan Record Awards explained

Date:	30 December 2017
Location:	New National Theatre Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Network:	TBS
Host:	Yūki Amami, Shinichiro Azumi
Ratings:	14.4%
Previous:	58th
Main:	Japan Record Awards
Next:	60th

The 59th Japan Record Awards was held on 30 December 2017. The Tokyo Broadcasting System Television network televised the show live from the New National Theatre Tokyo in Tokyo. Radio broadcast was through TBS Radio. The broadcast ran from 18:30 (JST) to 22:00 (JST). Yūki Amami and Shinichiro Azumi hosted the ceremony for the second time.^[1] The nominations and award winners were announced by TBS on 16 November 2017.^{[2] [3]}

The 59th Japan Record Award went to idol group Nogizaka46 for their song "Influencer". This was the second consecutive win for an artist under the Sony Music Entertainment Japan label (after Kana Nishino in 2016).^[4] Tsubaki Factory won the Best New Artist Award.^[4]

The average audience rating for the second part (19:00 to 22:00) was 14.4%, down 0.1% from the previous year's broadcast.^[5]

Presenters

• Yūki Amami
• Shinichiro Azumi (TBS Announcer)

Progress announcers

• Ai Etō (TBS Announcer)
• Yumi Furuya (TBS Announcer)

Radio relay host

• Kengo Komada (TBS Announcer)

Nominees and winners

Grand Prix

• "Influencer"
  • Artist: Nogizaka46
  • Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto
  • Composition: Shinya Sumida
  • Arranger: Apazzi
  • Producer: Yasushi Akimoto
  • Management company: Nogizaka46 LLC
  • Record Company: Sony Music Entertainment Japan

Excellent works Award

Also the Grand Prix nominations

• Kana Nishino – "Te o Tsunagu Riyuu"
• AKB48 – "Negaigoto no Mochigusare"
• AAA – "Life"
• Keyakizaka46 – "Kaze ni Fukaretemo"
• Nogizaka46 – "Influencer"
• Hiroshi Miyama – "Otoko no Ryuugi"
• Kiyoshi Hikawa – "Otoko no Zesshou"
• Sekai no Owari – "Rain"
• Daichi Miura – "Excite"
• Ai – "Kira Kira feat. Kanna"

Best New Artist Award

• Tsubaki Factory

New Artist Award

Also the Best New Artist nominations

• Tsubaki Factory
• Takuya Nagazawa
• Nobu
• Unione

Special Award

• Yū Aku
• Namie Amuro
• Yōko Oginome and Tomioka High School Dance Club – "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)"
• Yuzu
• Akiko Wada

Best Singer Award

• Yoshimi Tendo

Recommendation Award

Awarded by the Japan Composer's Association

• Konomi Mori

Special Honour Award

• Miyako Ootsuki

Achievement Award

• Yukihiko Itō (composer)
• Ryūtarō Konishi (music reporter)
• Jun Suzuki (composer)
• Kyōhei Tsutsumi (composer)
• Shōhei Mozu (lyricist)
• Reiko Yukawa (music critic)

Special Achievement Award

• Hirooki Ogawa (composer)
• Hiroshi Kamayatsu (singer)
• Jun Kitahara (composer)
• Kōmei Sone (composer)
• Masaaki Hirao (composer)
• Tooru Funamura (composer)
• Peggy Hayama (singer)

Composer Award

• Katsuhide Sugiyama – "Zutto, Futari de" (singer: Leo Ieiri)

Lyricist Award

• Hideaki Tokunaga – "Baton" (singer: Hideaki Tokunaga)

Arranger Award

• Yasutaka Nakata – "Ryō Star", "Harajuku Iyahoi" (singer: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)

Best Album Award

• Suchmos – The Kids

Excellence Album Award

• Keisuke Kuwata – Garakuta
• Kumiko with Kazemachi Review – Déraciné
• Ren Takada – Night Riders Blues
• Hiromi Uehara x Edmar Castañeda – Live In Montreal

Planning Award

• Yutaro Miura – I'm Home
• Hanawa – Ogifu-san
• The KanLeKeeZ – G.S. meets The KanLeKeeZ
• Seiko Matsuda – Seiko Jazz
• Walt Disney Records/Avex Entertainment – Beauty and the Beast Original Soundtrack
• Hiroshi Itsuki – Toru Funamura Tribute Album: Eien no Funamura Melody

Notes and References

1. Web site: 天海祐希、2年連続の抜擢「第59回輝く！日本レコード大賞」司会に決定＜コメント到着＞ . 21 December 2017 . 2 July 2018 . Model Press . ja.
2. Web site: 第59回 輝く！日本レコード大賞 . 2 July 2018 . . ja.
3. Web site: レコ大各賞発表　ＡＫＢ５年ぶり大賞狙う　乃木坂＆欅坂が初ノミネート . 16 November 2017 . 2 July 2018 . Sponichi Annex . . ja.
4. Web site: 『レコ大』乃木坂46が初の大賞 キャプテン桜井「関わってくれたすべての皆さんのおかげ」 . 30 December 2017 . 2 July 2018 . Oricon News . . ja.
5. Web site: 乃木坂が大賞受賞のレコ大は１４・４％ . 2 January 2018 . 2 July 2018 . Daily Sports . Daily Sports . ja.