48th Japan Record Awards

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

Awards and nominations Japan Record Award "" Singer: Kiyoshi Hikawa Lyricist: Composer: Arranger: Record label: Columbia Music Entertainment

Best Vocal Performance Kumi Koda

Best New Artist Ayaka

New Artist Awards Best New Artist nominations Ayaka SunSet Swish

WaT

Gold Awards Japan Record Award nominations Kiyoshi Hikawa – "Ikken" BoA – "Winter Love" Mihimaru GT – "" Kobukuro – "" Kaori Mizumori – "Kumano Kodō" W-inds – "" – "" Sukima Switch – "" 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 – 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 – "" Ryoko Moriyama and Begin – "Nada Sōsō" Masashi Sada –

Achievement Awards Yū Aku

Rei Nakanishi Tadao Hirayama

Special Achievement Awards Yukio Aoshima

Akira Ifukube

Special Honour Award

Honourable Mention Award Awarded by the Japan Composer's Association

48th Japan Record Awards

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