17th Japan Record Awards

The 17th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1975, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

Japan Record Award
Akira Fuse for "Shikuramen No Kahori"
 * Lyricist: Kei Ogura
 * Composer: Kei Ogura
 * Arranger: Mitsuo Hagida
 * Record Company: King Records

Best Vocalist
Hiroshi Itsuki for "Chikuma Gawa"
 * Awarded again after last year, second-best vocalist award.

Best New Artist
Takashi Hosokawa for "Kokoro No Kori"

Vocalist Award

 * Rumiko Koyanagi for "Hanaguruma"
 * Awarded again after 3 years, 2nd vocalist award.
 * Goro Noguchi for "Shitetsu Ensen"
 * Saori Minami for "Hito Koi Shikute"

New Artist Award

 * Hiromi Iwasaki for "Romance"
 * Hiromi Ōta for "Ame Dare"
 * Junko Ogawa for "Yoru No Houmonsha"
 * Nagisa Katahira for "Utsukushii Chigiri"

General Public Award
Sakurada Junko for "Juushichi No Natsu" and other hit songs.

Composer Award
Kouichi Morita for "Geshukuya"
 * Singer: Kouichi Morita & Topgalant

Arranger Award
Mitsuo Hagita for "Soratobu Kujira"
 * Singer: Chan Chako

Lyricist Award

 * Yū Aku for "Uba Guruma"
 * Awarded again after 2 years, second lyricist award.
 * Singer: Sugawara Yoichi

Special Award

 * Chiyoko Shimakura
 * Awarded again after 7 years, second special award.
 * Frank Nagai
 * Yoshio Tabata
 * Yūjirō Ishihara
 * Awarded again after 8 years, second special award.

Planning Award

 * EMI Music Japan for "Minato No Yoko.Yokohama.Yokosuka"
 * Awarded again after 5 years, fifth planning award.
 * Isao Tomita and BMG JAPAN for "Mussorgsky/Tenrankai No E"

Shinpei Nakayama Award & Yaso Saijō Award
Kei Ogura

Best 10 JRA Nominations
5 singers will be chosen for the vocalist award, and the JRA and best vocalist will be chosen from the 5 vocalists that receive the vocalist award.