48th Japan Record Awards

The 48th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the New National Theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, on December 30, 2006, starting at 6:30PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

Japan Record Award

 * "Ikken" (ja)
 * Singer: Kiyoshi Hikawa
 * Lyricist: Yurio Matsui (ja)
 * Composer: Hideo Mizumori (ja)
 * Arranger: Makoto Saeki (ja)
 * Record label: Columbia Music Entertainment

Best Vocal Performance

 * Kumi Koda

Best New Artist

 * Ayaka

New Artist Awards
Best New Artist nominations
 * Ayaka
 * SunSet Swish
 * Aki Yamamoto (ja)
 * WaT

Gold Awards
Japan Record Award nominations
 * Kiyoshi Hikawa – "Ikken"
 * BoA – "Winter Love"
 * Mihimaru GT – "Kibun Jōjō ￪￪" (ja)
 * Kobukuro – "Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa" (ja)
 * Kaori Mizumori – "Kumano Kodō"
 * W-inds – "Boogie Woogie 66" (ja)
 * Nakamonomori Band (ja) – "Fly High" (ja)
 * Sukima Switch – "Boku Note" (ja)
 * Koda Kumi – "Yume no Uta"
 * Ai Otsuka – "Ren'ai Shashin"

Best Composer

 * Hiroshi Itsuki – "Takasebune"
 * Singer: Hiroshi Itsuki

Best Lyricist

 * Miyuki Nakajima – "Sorafune
 * Singer: Tokio

Best Arranger

 * Takeshi Kobayashi – "Yubi Kiri"
 * Singer: Yo Hitoto

Planning Awards

 * Hideaki Tokunaga – Vocalist 2 (ja)
 * Mitsuko Nakamura (ja) – Yarōtachi no Uta
 * Folk Song Yearbook 1966–1982  Folk & New Music Complete Works
 * King Records, Columbia Music Entertainment, Sony Music Direct, Teichiku Records, EMI Music Japan, Nippon Crown, JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment, For Life Music Entertainment, Pony Canyon, Yamaha Music Communications, Universal Music Japan
 * Yoshida Tadashi Dango Album II
 * Yoshida Tadashi Orchestra, Yoshinao Ōsawa (ja), JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment

Special Awards

 * Toshiko Akiyoshi
 * Exile and Koda Kumi – "Won't Be Long"
 * Kigurumi – "Tarako Tarako Tarako" (ja)
 * Ryoko Moriyama and Begin – "Nada Sōsō"
 * Masashi Sada – Natsu Nagasaki kara Sada Masashi (ja)

Achievement Awards

 * Yū Aku
 * Hiroshi Ashino (ja)
 * Sanechika Andō (ja)
 * Hiroshi Eguchi (ja)
 * Rei Nakanishi
 * Tadao Hirayama
 * Takeharu Yamamoto (ja)

Special Achievement Awards

 * Yukio Aoshima
 * Shōsuke Ichikawa (ja)
 * Akira Ifukube
 * Hiroshi Uchiyamada (ja)
 * Setsuo Ohashi (ja)
 * Masako Kawada (ja)
 * Teruhiko Kuze (ja)
 * Tōroku Takagi (ja)
 * Keiko Matsuyama (ja)
 * Satoshi Mihara (ja)
 * Hiroshi Miyagawa (ja)

Special Honour Award

 * Toru Funamura (ja)

Honourable Mention Award
Awarded by the Japan Composer's Association
 * Miko Takegawa (ja)