33rd Japan Record Awards

The 33rd Annual Japan Record Awards (第33回日本レコード大賞) 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.

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"
 * 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

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 and producer Hiroshi Itsuki

Hibari Misora Award

 * Ayako Fuji for "Amayo zake"