33rd Japan Record Awards

33rd Japan Record Awards
Date	December 31, 1991
Venue	Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Hosted by	Akira Fuse, Junichi Ishida, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Fumio Yamamoto (TBS)
Television/radio coverage
Network	Japan News Network Japan Radio Network
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The 33rd Annual Japan Record Awards (第33回日本レコード大賞, Dai Sanjū-san Kai Nihon Rekōdo Taishō) took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 31, 1991, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were broadcast in Japan by TBS/JNN/JRN.

Award winners[]

Pops and Rock[]

Japan Record Award[]

• KAN for "Ai wa Katsu"

Best Vocalist Award[]

• Aska for "Hajimari wa itsumo ame"

Best New Artist Award[]

• Mi-Ke for "Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"

Best Album Award[]

• Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"

Gold disc Award (Nomination for the Japan Record Award)[]

• Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"
• Kyōko Koizumi for "Anata ni aete yokatta"
• Chage and Aska for "Say Yes"
• Aska for "Hajimari wa itsumo ame"
• Kazumasa Oda for "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni"

New Artist Award (Nomination for the Best New Artist Award)[]

• Michiyo Nakajima for "Akai Hanataba"
• Noriyuki Makihara for "Donna toki mo"
• Mi-Ke for "Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"
• Alisa Mizuki for "Densetsu no Shōjo"

Album Award[]

• Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"
• Buck-Tick for "Kurutta Taiyou"
• Aska for "Scene II"
• X for "Jealousy"
• Yumi Matsutoya for "Tengoku no door"
• Eikichi Yazawa for "Don't Wanna Stop"
• Princess Princess for "Princess Princess (Album)"
• Yuko Hara for "Mother"
• B'z for "Risky"
• Dreams Come True for "Wonder 3"

Best Album / New Artist Award[]

• ORIGINAL LOVE for "LOVE!LOVE! & LOVE!"

Special Award[]

• Orquesta de la Luz

Composition Award[]

• ASKA for "SAY YES","Hajimari wa itsumo ame" （vo.:ASKA）

Arrangement Award[]

• Takeshi Kobayashi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" （vo.:Kyōko Koizumi）

Lyrics Award[]

• Kyōko Koizumi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" （vo.:Kyōko Koizumi）

Planning Award[]

• HIS(Haruomi Hosono, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Fuyumi Sakamoto) for "Nihon no hito"
• KRYZLER & KOMPANY
• The Nolans sang Japanese Idol & Pops
• Fumiaki Miyamoto for "Ao no kaori"

Best Foreign Artist[]

• Mariah Carey

Enka and Kayōkyoku[]

Japan Record Award[]

• Saburo Kitajima for "Kita no daichi"

Best Vocalist[]

• Fuyumi Sakamoto for "Hinokuni no onna"

Best New Artist[]

• Jun Karaki for "Yasegaman"

Best Album Award[]

• Takao Horiuchi for "GENTS"

Gold disc Award (Nomination for the Japan Record Award)[]

• Kaori Kozai for "Haguresō"
• Saburo Kitajima for "Kita no daichi"
• Kye Eun-Sook for "Kanashimi no hōmonsya"

New Artist Award (Nomination for the Best New Artist Award)[]

• Jun Karaki for "Yasegaman"
• Shijimi to Sazae for "Monomane Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"

Album Award[]

• Mitsuko Nakanura for "Shiawase zake"
• Takao Horiuchi for "GENTS"
• Hitoshi Ueki for "Sūdara-Densetsu"

Composition Award[]

• Syōsuke Ichikawa for "Koi banka" （vo.:Natsuko Godai）

Arrangement Award[]

• Eiji Kawamura for "Kanashimi no hōmonsya" （vo.:Kye Eun-Sook）

Lyrics Award[]

• Takashi Taka for "Hinokuni no onna" （vo.:Fuyumi Sakamoto）

Planning Award[]

• Miyako Otsuki for "Hashi-monogatari Jissyō"
• Jirō Sugita for "Love Letter" (composed by Tadashi Yoshida)

Achievement Award[]

• Peggy Hayama (Introducing foreign songs)

Lifetime Achievement Award[]

• Hachiro Kasuga

Special Award[]

• Linda Yamamoto
• International Friendship Foundation^[1] and producer Hiroshi Itsuki

Hibari Misora Award[]

• Ayako Fuji for "Amayo zake"

See also[]

• Japan Composer's Association
• Enka
• Kayōkyoku
• Hibari Misora

References[]

External links[]

• Japan Composer's Association 33rd Japan Record Awards(in Japanese)