58th Japan Record Awards

The 58th Japan Record Awards (第58回日本レコード大賞) took place at the New National Theater in Tokyo on December 30, 2016. The ceremony was televised in Japan on TBS.

Presenters

 * Yūki Amami
 * Shin'ichirō Azumi (TBS announcer)

Grand Prix

 * Kana Nishino — "Anata no Suki na Tokoro"

Best Singer Award

 * Masayuki Suzuki – "Melancholia"

Best New Artist Award

 * iKon

Excellent Work Award

 * Kana Nishino — "Anata no Suki na Tokoro"
 * Urashima Tarō (Kenta Kiritani) — "Umi no Koe"
 * Fuyumi Sakamoto — "Onna wa daka rete ayu ni naru"
 * Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Sai & Co"
 * AKB48 – "365 nichi no kamihikouki"
 * AAA – "Namida no nai Sekai"
 * Hikaru Utada – "Fantôme"
 * Mariya Nishiuchi — "Believe"
 * Kiyoshi Hikawa — "Miren Gokoro"
 * Ikimono-gakari – "Last Scene"

New Artist Award

 * iKon
 * Satoshi Hayashibe
 * Mizuki Hayama
 * Boys and Men

Best Album Award

 * Hikaru Utada – "Fantôme"

Excellence Album Award

 * Gen Hoshino – "Yellow Dancer"
 * Spitz – "Samenai"
 * Back Number – "Chandelier"
 * Taro Hakase – "Joy of Life"

Good Planning Award

 * V.A. – "Akaran Kun"
 * Ikusaburo Yamazaki – "1936 〜your songs〜"
 * Ryuun Nagai – "Kaerimite"
 * V.A. – "THE PEANUTS -TRIBUTE SONGS-"
 * Begin – "Sugar Cane Cable Network"
 * Juju – "Snack JUJU ~Yoru no Request~ (Roppongishinjū, Love is Over)"
 * Mitsuko Nakamura – "Chōhen kayō rōkyoku muhō matsu no koi 〜 Matsugorō to Yoshioka fujin 〜"
 * Izumi Yukimura&Hibari Misora&Chiemi Eri – "Too Young"
 * Ranka – "Tokyo Koibumi"
 * RADIO FISH – "PERFECT HUMAN"
 * Miki Matsukawa – "Miki no uta no tabi..."

Special Award

 * Radwimps (Movie"Your Name.")
 * The Yellow Monkey
 * Shirō Sagisu, Akira Ifukube (Movie"Shin Godzilla")
 * Big Bang

Special Topic Award

 * Pikotaro – "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)"

Special Honor Award

 * Toru Funamura (The fourth chairman of Japan Composer's Association)

Achievement Award

 * Isao Saito
 * Daisuke Shiga
 * Kiyoko Suizenji
 * Masao Sen
 * Shunichi Makaino

Special Achievement Award

 * Yûmi Ito (singer of "The Peanuts")
 * Rokusuke Ei (Screenwriter, Lyricist)
 * Kisōtetsu (Member of "Dark Ducks")
 * Sasaki Kō (Member of "Dark Ducks")
 * Isao Tomita (Composer, Synthesizer player)

Encouragement Award by Japan Composer's Association

 * Sanae Jōnouchi
 * Yutaka Yamakawa

Best Composer Award

 * Chiaki Oka – "Inochi no koi" (Original Artist:Mika Shinno)

Best Songwriter Award

 * Fumihiko Hara – "Aki Koiuta" (Original Artist:Kaori Kozai)

Best Arranger Award

 * Sekai no Owari – "Hey Ho" (Original Artist:Sekai no Owari)