The is a music awards established in 1982, presented by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC), which is given to songwriters, composers and music publishers who have generated the highest revenue in royalties during a fiscal year.
Overview The JASRAC Awards is awarded to songwriters, composers and music publishers whose works have received the largest revenue in royalties by the JASRAC earned through music distribution, karaoke and media usage like features in advertisements. The top three songs out of the ten highest-grossing songs are awarded the Gold, Silver and Bronze Award while the International Award is given to the song with the highest revenue overseas and the Foreign Award is awarded to highest-earning non-Japanese song in Japan.
The winner of the Gold Prize for the fiscal year of 2024 was also awarded the Song of the Year for Creators at the 2025 Music Awards Japan which was presented by JASRAC.
Milestones In 2003, the background music for 2001 animated film Spirited Away composed by Joe Hisaishi became the first instrumental work to receive the Gold Award. In 2012, JASRAC announced that SMAP's 2003 single "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" had generated the most royalties in the 30-year history of the awards.
As of 2025, five songs won Gold Award for two consecutive years: Eiko Segawa – "Inochi Kurenai" (1988–1989) SMAP – "Sekai ni Hiitotsu Dake no Hana" (2004–2005) AKB48 – "Heavy Rotation" (2012–2013) Lisa – "Gurenge" (2021–2022) Yoasobi – "Idol" (2023–2024)
In 2012, the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards was awarded to "Heavy Rotation", "Ponytail to Shushu" and "Beginner", all by AKB48. It was the second time in the award's history since 1996, when composer Tetsuya Komuro won Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards, that all three main awards were awarded for songs performed by a single artist. According to Asahi Shimbun, the idol group placed a total of five songs in the top ten of the highest crossing works in royalties in 2011. The following year, songs by AKB48 once again took Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards with "Heavy Rotation" winning Gold in the second consecutive year, "Flying Get" for Silver and "Everyday, Katyusha" for Bronze.
In 2015, the Silver, the Bronze, the International and the Foreign Awards were given to works related to animation music. The background music (BGM) of Attack on Titan and 1978's "Lupin III Theme" won Silver and Bronze respectively, while the Dragon Ball Z BGM won International Award and "Let It Go" from Frozen won Foreign Award. The Fairy Tail BGM won International Award in 2017 with 97.7% of the total royalties generated in France alone.
Winners 1980s + List of winners (1982–1987) Year Domestic International Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) 1982 "Okuhida Bojō" Tetsuya Ryū "Sukiyaki" Rokusuke EiHachidai Nakamura 1983 "Kita Sakaba" Rei NakanishiTaiji Nakamura "UFO Robot Grendizer" Kōgo HotomiShunsuke Kikuchi 1985 "Yagiri no Watashi" Miyuki IshimotoTōru Funamura "Candy Candy" Kyoko MizukiTakeo Watanabe 1986 "Naniwabushi da yo Jinsei wa" Masato FujitaAkito Yomo "Sukiyaki" Rokusuke EiHachidai Nakamura 1987 "Koi ni Ochite" Reiko YukawaAkiko Kobayashi "Sukiyaki" Rokusuke EiHachidai Nakamura
+ List of winners (1988–1989) Year Gold Silver Bronze International Foreign Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) 1988 "Inochi Kurenai" Osamu YoshiokaJun Kitahara "Yukiguni" Yoshi Ikuzō "Otoko to Onna no Love Game" Ben UozumiKōji Makaino Treasure Island BGM Kentarō Haneda "Cha Cha Cha" G.BoidoYūji KonnoB.ReitanoB.RoselliniF.BaldoniF.Reitano 1989 "Inochi Kurenai" Osamu YoshiokaJun Kitahara "Kanpai" Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi "Mushaku Ryojō" Daizaburō Nakayama UFO Robot Grendizer BGM Shunsuke Kikuchi "Show Me" Albert CabreraBob KhozouriAnthony MoranAndy TripoliHiromi Mori
1990s + List of winners (1990–1999) Year Gold Silver Bronze International Foreign Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) 1990 "Sake yo" Yoshi Ikuzō "Kanpai" Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi "Tonbo" Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi The Last Emperor BGM Ryuichi Sakamoto "Turn It into Love" Mike StockMatt AitkenPete Waterman 1991 "Kanpai" Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi "Futari no Ōsaka" Osamu YoshiokaShōsuke Ichikawa "Odoru Pompokolin" Momoko SakuraTetsurō Oda Cat's Eye BGM Kazuo Ōtani "When You Wish Upon a Star" Ned WashingtonShimamura YōjiLeigh Harline 1992 "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni" Kazumasa Oda "Ai wa Katsu" Kan "Kanpai" Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi Saint Seiya BGM Seiji Yokoyama "Moon River" Johnny MercerHenry Mancini 1993 "Say Yes" Ryo Aska "Boku wa Kono Me de Uso o Tsuku" Ryo Aska "Kimi ga Iru Dake de" Kome Kome Club "The Miracle Planet on Strings" Yoichiro Yoshikawa "When You Wish Upon a Star" Leigh HarlineNed WashingtonYoji Shimamura 1994 "Sekaijū no Dare yori Kitto" Show WesugiMiho NakayamaTetsurō Oda "Manatsu no Yo no Yume" Yumi Matsutoya "Makenai de" Izumi SakaiTetsurō Oda Magical Princess Minky Momo BGM Hiroshi Takada "We Are the Champ (The Name of the Game)" Jean DéjaArmathRoland Verlooven 1995 "Survival Dance (No Cry No More)" Tetsuya Komuro "Innocent World" Kazutoshi Sakurai "Boy Meets Girl" Tetsuya Komuro Captain Tsubasa BGM Hiromoto Tobisawa "We Are the Champ (The Name of the Game)" Jean DéjaArmathRoland Verlooven 1996 "Wow War Tonight" Tetsuya Komuro "Crazy Gonna Crazy" Tetsuya Komuro "Overnight Sensation" Tetsuya Komuro The Jungle Book BGM Hideo Shimazu "When You Wish Upon a Star" Leigh HarlineNed WashingtonYoji Shimamura 1997 "Departures" Tetsuya Komuro "Na mo Naki Uta" Kazutoshi Sakurai "I'm Proud" Tetsuya Komuro New Lupin III BGM Yuji Ohno "Fly Me to the Moon" Bart HowardKenji Sazanami 1998 "Can You Celebrate?" Tetsuya Komuro "Face" Tetsuya KomuroMarc "However" Takuro Sailor Moon BGM Takanori Arisawa "When You Wish Upon a Star" Leigh HarlineNed WashingtonYoji Shimamura 1999 "Time Goes By" Mitsuru Igarashi "White Love" Hiromasa Ijichi Princess Mononoke BGM Joe Hisaishi Attack No. 1 BGM Takeo Watanabe "When You Wish Upon a Star" Leigh HarlineNed WashingtonYoji Shimamura
2000s + List of winners (2000–2009) Year Gold Silver Bronze International Foreign Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) 2000 "Automatic" Hikaru Utada "Time Will Tell" Hikaru Utada "Dango 3 Kyōdai" Masahiko SatōMasumi UchinoYoshiro Horie Sailor Moon BGM Takanori Arisawa "All You Need Is Love" John LennonPaul McCartney 2001 "Tsunami" Keisuke Kuwata "Seasons" Ayumi HamasakiDai Nagao "Love Machine" Tsunku Sailor Moon BGM Takanori Arisawa "Livin' la Vida Loca" Draco RosaDesmond Child 2002 "Everything" MisiaToshiaki Matsumoto "Can You Keep a Secret?" Hikaru Utada "Lion Heart" Shinji NojimaMinoru Komorita Pokémon BGM Shinji Miyazaki "Stand by Me" Ben E. KingJerry LeiberMike Stoller 2003 Spirited Away BGM Joe Hisaishi "Traveling" Hikaru Utada "Amairo no Kami no Otome" Jun HashimotoKōichi Sugiyama Pokémon BGM Shinji Miyazaki "Hikari" Hikaru Utada 2004 "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" Noriyuki Makihara Dragon Ball Z BGM Shunsuke Kikuchi "Amairo no Kami no Otome" Jun HashimotoKōichi Sugiyama Pokémon BGM Shinji Miyazaki "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" João Carlos Rosman 2005 "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" Noriyuki Makihara "Nada Sōsō" Ryōko MoriyamaBegin Mobile Suit Gundam SEED BGM Toshihiko Sahashi Pokémon BGM Shinji Miyazaki "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" João Carlos Rosman 2006 "Hana" Orange Range "Sakura" Daizō YoshidaRyō TanakaKenta KōnoRyōji Ōtsuka "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" Noriyuki Makihara Pokémon BGM Shinji Miyazaki "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" João Carlos Rosman 2007 Howl's Moving Castle BGM Joe Hisaishi "Sakura" Kentarō KobuchiShunsuke Kuroda "Konayuki" Ryōta Fujimaki Detective Conan BGM Katsuo Ohno "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" João Carlos Rosman 2008 "Flavor of Life" Hikaru Utada Neon Genesis Evangelion BGM Shirō Sagisu "Lovers Again" Kiyoshi MatsuoJin Nakamura Dragon Ball Z BGM Shunsuke Kikuchi "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" João Carlos Rosman 2009 "Soba ni Iru ne" SoulJa "Genesis of Aquarion" Yūho IwasatoYoko Kanno "Kiseki" Greeeen Ashita no Nadja BGM Keiichi Oku "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" João Carlos Rosman
2010s + List of winners (2010–2019) Year Gold Silver Bronze International Foreign Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) 2010 "Kiseki" Greeeen "Ti Amo" Kiyoshi MatsuoJin Nakamura "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" Neko OikawaHidetoshi Satō Doraemon BGM Shunsuke Kikuchi "All You Need Is Love" John LennonPaul McCartney 2011 "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" Neko OikawaHidetoshi Satō "Butterfly" Kaela KimuraAtsushi Suemitsu "Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru" Gorō MatsuiMasaaki Mori "Barbapapa Sekai o Mawaru" Kenichi Kamio "All You Need Is Love" John LennonPaul McCartney 2012 "Heavy Rotation" Yasushi AkimotoYō Yamazaki "Ponytail to Shushu" Yasushi AkimotoShinya Tada "Beginner" Yasushi AkimotoYoshimasa Inoue Doraemon BGM Shunsuke Kikuchi "Shall We Dance?" Oscar Hammerstein IIRichard Rodgers 2013 "Heavy Rotation" Yasushi AkimotoYō Yamazaki "Flying Get" Yasushi AkimotoShinya Sumida "Everyday, Katyusha" Yasushi AkimotoYoshimasa Inoue Naruto Shippuden BGM Yasuharu Takanashi "Rising Sun" AtsushiDidrik ThottSebastian ThottJohan BeckerSharon Vaughn 2014 "Memeshikute" Shō Kiryūin "Heavy Rotation" Yasushi AkimotoYō Yamazaki "Time Goes By" Mitsuru Igarashi Naruto Shippuden BGM Yasuharu Takanashi "Hey Jude" John LennonPaul McCartney 2015 "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" Yasushi AkimotoShintarō Itō Attack on Titan BGM Hiroyuki Sawano "Theme from Lupin III '78" Yuji Ohno Dragon Ball Z BGM Shunsuke Kikuchi "Let It Go" Kristen Anderson-LopezRobert Lopez 2016 "Ryusei" STYMaozon "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" Yasushi AkimotoShintarō Itō "Ito" Miyuki Nakajima Kiteretsu Daihyakka BGM Shunsuke Kikuchi "Let It Go" Kristen Anderson-LopezRobert Lopez 2017 "Ito" Miyuki Nakajima Detective Conan BGM Katsuo Ohno "Dragon Quest Overture" Kōichi Sugiyama Fairy Tail BGM Yasuharu Takanashi "Daydream Believer" John Stewart 2018 "Koi" Gen Hoshino "Dragon Quest Overture" Kōichi Sugiyama "UFO" Yū AkuShunichi Tokura Dragon Ball Z BGM Shunsuke Kikuchi "Daydream Believer" John Stewart 2019 "Hero" Ryosuke ImaiSunny Boy "UFO" Yū AkuShunichi Tokura "Ito" Miyuki Nakajima Dragon Ball Z BGM Shunsuke Kikuchi "Y.M.C.A." Henri BeloloVictor WillisRyūji Amagai
2020s + List of winners (2020–present) Year Gold Silver Bronze International Foreign Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) Song Writer(s) 2020 "Lemon" Kenshi Yonezu "Dragon Quest Overture" Kōichi Sugiyama "Ito" Miyuki Nakajima Naruto Shippuden BGM Yasuharu Takanashi "U.S.A." Donatella CirelliSeverino LombardoniClaudio AccatinoAnna Maria Gioco 2021 "Gurenge" LisaKayoko Kusano "Pretender" Satoshi Fujihara "Lemon" Kenshi Yonezu Naruto Shippuden BGM Yasuharu Takanashi "Daydream Believer" John Stewart 2022 "Gurenge" LisaKayoko Kusano "Homura" Yuki KajiuraLisa "Dry Flower" Yuuri Naruto Shippuden BGM Yasuharu Takanashi "Dynamite" Jessica AgombarDavid Stewart 2023 "Dry Flower" Yuuri "Yoru ni Kakeru" Ayase "Zankyōsanka" AimerrhythmMasahiro Tobiuchi Naruto Shippuden BGM Yasuharu Takanashi "Butter" Jenna AndrewsRob GrimaldiStephen KirkRMAlex BilowitzSebastian GarciaRon Perry 2024 "Idol" Ayase "Kawaikute Gomen" Shito "Senkou" Yoohei Kawakami Naruto Shippuden BGM Yasuharu Takanashi "Bittersweet Samba" Sol Lake 2025 "Idol" Ayase "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" R-ShiteiDJ Matsunaga "Show" Tophamhat-KyoGigaTeddyLoid One Piece BGM Kōhei Tanaka "Soul Bossa Nova" Quincy Jones 2026 "Lilac" Motoki Ohmori "Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni" Yasushi AkimotoAkira Mitake "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" R-ShiteiDJ Matsunaga Naruto Shippuden BGM Yasuharu Takanashi "Bittersweet Samba" Sol Lake
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