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

Award winners Japan Record Award

Akira Fuse for "Shikuramen No Kahori" Lyricist: Kei Ogura Composer: Kei Ogura Arranger: Mitsuo Hagida Record Company: King Records Second award, awarded Vocalist award last year.

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. Song Singer Award Shitetsu Ensen Goro Noguchi Vocalist Award Hanaguruma Rumiko Koyanagi Shikuramen No Kahori Akira Fuse Japan Record Award Tomoshibi Aki Yashiro N/A Toki No Sugi Yukumamani Kenji Sawada Aa Hito Koishi Shinichi Mori Hito Koi Shikute Saori Minami Vocalist Award Chikuma Gawa Hiroshi Itsuki Best Vocalist Naka No Shima Blues Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five N/A Kono Ai No Tokimeki Hideki Saijo

See also 1975 in Japanese music

References 第17回日本レコード大賞. Japan Composer's Association. 【あの時・日本レコード大賞<12>】細川たかし、最優秀新人賞で「とりあえず5年は食っていける」. Sports Hochi. 27 December 2019. 【あの時・日本レコード大賞<8>】布施明「シクラメンのかほり」売れるわけないと感じた. Sports Hochi. 23 December 2019.

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