In 1986 (Shōwa 61), Japanese music was released on records, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.
During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world.Tokita and Hughes. The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music. 2008. p 355.Gronow and Saunio. International History of the Recording Industry. 1998. Reprinted 1999.p 209.
Awards, contests and festivals The 15th Tokyo Music Festival was held on 30 March 1986."Tokyo Music Festival" in "Today's TV Choice". The Japan Times. 30 March 1986. No 31320. p 14. col 2. The 28th Osaka International Festival (Japanese: 大阪国際フェスティバル) was held from 1 to 25 April 1986.1986年度のラインナップ. Asahi Shimbun Foundation. The 31st Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 11 May 1986.第31回 ポピュラーソングコンテスト. Yamaha Music Foundation. The 32nd Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 28 September 1986.第32回 ポピュラーソングコンテスト. Yamaha Music Foundation. The final of the 17th World Popular Song Festival was held on 26 October 1986."Motown Artist Wins First Prize In Japan Song Contest". Billboard. 22 November 1986. p 73. See also p 14. The final of the 15th FNS Music Festival was held on 16 December 1986."FNS Popular Song Festival: '86 Grand Prix" in "Today's TV Choice". The Japan Times. 16 December 1986. No 31576. p 12. col 1. The 28th Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December 1986.第28回 日本レコード大賞. Japan Composer's Association. The 37th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1986.第37回NHK紅白歌合戦. NHK."(S) Kohaku Song Contest" in "Today's TV Choice". The Japan Times. 31 December 1986. No 31591. p 9. col 2."Kohaku Utagassen Makes Changes". The Japan Times. 31 December 1986. No 31591. p 9. cols 4 & 5.
Number one singles
The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:See the weekly issues of Oricon magazine Issue dateSongArtist(s)6 January""Akiko Kobayashi13 January""Eri Nitta20 January27 January3 February""Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi10 February"Kuchibiru Network"Yukiko Okada17 February"Desire (Jōnetsu)"Akina Nakamori24 FebruaryMomoko Kikuchi3 March"Jā ne"Onyanko Club10 March""Akie Yoshizawa17 March24 March""Misato Watanabe31 March""Sonoko Kawai7 April14 April""Nyangilas21 April""Eri Nitta28 April5 May"Otto Chikan!"Onyanko Club12 May""Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi"Single Hot 100" dated "5/12". Oricon Weekly. Volume 8. 19 May 1986.19 May""Sayuri Kokushō26 May""Momoko Kikuchi2 June""Satomi Fukunaga9 June"Gypsy Queen"Akina Nakamori16 June""The Checkers23 June""Sanae Jonouchi30 June""Nyangilas7 July""Mamiko Takai14 July""Sonoko Kawai21 July""Shonentai28 July""Minayo Watanabe4 August"Osaki ni Shitsurei"Onyanko Club11 August""Eri Nitta18 August""25 August""Sayuri Kokushō1 September"Aozora no Kakera"Yuki Saito8 September""Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi15 September""Momoko Kikuchi22 September""Akie Yoshizawa29 September""Mamiko Takai6 October"Fin"Akina Nakamori13 October""Akemi Ishii20 October""Marina Watanabe27 October""Minayo Watanabe3 November""Sonoko Kawai10 November"Koi wa Question"Onyanko Club17 November""24 November""Eri Nitta1 December""Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi8 December""Shonentai15 December""Sayuri Kokushō"Oricon Single Hot 100" in "12.15". Oricon Weekly. Volume 8. 22 December 1986. p 19.シングル初登場1位「あの夏のバイク」. Oricon Weekly. 22 December 1986. p 20.22 December""C-C-B29 December""Mamiko Takai
Number one albums
Music Labo
The following reached number 1 on the Music Labo chart: 13 January: - S. Kiyotaka & Omega TribeBillboard. 18 January 1986, p 53. 20 January: - Anzen ChitaiBillboard. 25 January 1986, p 61. 27 January, 3 February, 10 February and 17 February: - RebeccaBillboard. 8 February 1986, p 66. 22 February 1986, p 65. 3 March: - Kōji KikkawaBillboard. 15 March 1986, p 92. 10 March and 17 March: - Junichi InagakiBillboard. 15 March 1986, p 92. 29 March 1986, p 67. 24 March: Yume Catalogue - Onyanko ClubBillboard. 29 March 1986, p 67. 5 April 1986, p 65. 8 April: - CheckersBillboard. 19 April 1986, p 77. 15 April, 21 April and 28 April: Best - Akina NakamoriBillboard. 19 April 1986, p 77. 3 May 1986, p 61. 5 May, 19 May and 26 May: - Tatsuro YamashitaBillboard. 17 May 1986, p 70. 31 May 1986, p 56. 12 May: - Eri NittaBillboard. 17 May 1986, p 70. 2 June: - Sonoko KawaiBillboard. 14 June 1986, p 65. 9 June, 16 June, 23 June and 30 June: - Seiko MatsudaBillboard. 14 June 1986, p 65. 21 June 1986, p 61. 28 June 1986, p 68. 5 July 1986, p 69. 7 July: Adventure - Momoko KikuchiBillboard. 12 July 1986, p 66. 14 July and 21 July: - Misato WatanabeBillboard. 19 July 1986, p 70. 26 July 1986, p 63. 28 July, 11 August and 18 August: - Billboard. 9 August 1986, p 68. 16 August 1986, p 63. 23 August 1986, p 72. 25 August, 1 September: Fushigi - Akina NakamoriBillboard. 30 August 1986, p 73. 6 September 1986, p 72. True Blue - MadonnaBillboard. 13 September 1986, p 79. 20 September 1986, p 68. 16 September, 23 September, 29 September, 6 October, 20 October: - - Shōgo HamadaBillboard. 27 September 1986, p 70. 11 October 1986, p 77. 1 November 1986, p 62. 13 October: Mode De Sonoko - Sonoko KawaiBillboard. 18 October 1986, p 88. 27 October: Fore! - Huey Lewis and the NewsBillboard. 1 November 1986, p 62. 3 November, 10 November: - RebeccaBillboard. 8 November 1986, p 65. 15 November 1986, p 77. 1 December: Mona Lisa - Akemi IshiiBillboard. 13 December 1986, p 56. 8 December, 15 December and 22 December: - Yumi MatsutoyaBillboard. 13 December 1986, p 56. 27 December 1986, p 79.
Cash Box
The following reached number 1 on the Cash Box chart: 11 January: - Yumi MatsutoyaCash Box. 11 January 1986, p 29. 18 January and 25 January: - Anzen ChitaiCash Box. 18 January 1986, p 33. 25 January 1986, p 33. 8 February: - Akina NakamoriCash Box. 8 February 1986, p 34. 22 February, 22 March and 29 March: - RebeccaCash Box. 22 February 1986, p 34. 22 March 1986, p 31. 29 March 1986, p 33. 19 April: - Junichi InagakiCash Box. 19 April 1986, p 32. 13 September and 20 September: Fushigi - Akina NakamoriCash Box. 13 September 1986, p 13. 20 September 1986, p 12. 11 October, 1 November and 8 November: - Shōgo HamadaCash Box. 11 October 1986, p 12. 1 November 1986, p 12. 8 November 1986, p 12. 6 December: - RebeccaCash Box. 6 December 1986, p 13. 13 December: - BoøwyCash Box. 13 December 1986, p 12. 27 December: - Yumi MatsutoyaCash Box. 27 December 1986, p 17.
Oricon
The following reached number 1 on the Oricon chart: 17 November: - Boøwy1986年11月17日、BOØWYの『BEAT EMOTION』がオリコンチャートで1位を獲得. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 17 November 2017.
Annual charts Akemi Ishii's was number 1 in the Oricon annual singles chart.シングル年度別のヒット曲 TOP 1. Jipang, from Oricon.
Music industry 120,000 titles were available on CD."CBS/Sony Drops 3,600 Analog Titles In Japan". Billboard. 15 November 1986. p 75.
Film and television The music of Uhohho tankentai, by , won the 41st Mainichi Film Award for Best Music.第41回 日本映画大賞 The music of House on Fire, and Rikon Shinai Onna (Japanese: 離婚しない女), by won the 10th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Music (awarded in 1987).Prizes. The music of Castle in the Sky is by Joe HisaishiDani Cavallaro. The Anime Art of Hayao Miyazaki. 2006. p 45. and includes the song by Azumi Inoue.Interview: Studio Ghibli Theme Singers Azumi Inoue & Yuyu. Anime News Network. 15 September 2017. Songs by Mitsuko Horie, from the cancelled anime "Kamen Senshi Lavithunder" and from its commercial,Animage. December 1986.月刊OUT. January 1987.ジ・アニメ. (The Anime). December 1986. p 56. From Kindaieigasha.月刊Globian. (グロービアン). December 1986. From ヒロメディア. were released on an EPThe Fighter. (仮面戦士ラビサンダー). Colombia catalogue number AH-786. and on the album Sing It!
The first broadcast of Music Station was on 24 October 1986.「Mステ」9月に10時間生放送！次週はセカオワ、TUBE、林檎、ジャニストら登場. Natalie. 24 July 2015.ZARD 坂井泉水出演、t.A.T.u.ドタキャン、2000年元旦SP......『Mステ』神回を振り返る. Real Sound. 15 October 2021.
Radio The last time Ryuichi Sakamoto presented the Tuesday was on 18 March 1986.1986年の本日、3月18日、NHK-FM坂本龍一『サウンドストリート』が最終回. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 18 March 2019.
Video games Koji Kondo composed the music for The Legend of Zelda.Peter Moormann. Music and Game: Perspectives on a Popular Alliance. 2012. pp 18 & 19.Fifty Key Video Games. 2023. p 157.Hopkins. Video Game Audio: A History, 1972-2020. 2022. pp 76 & 77.
Other singles released Nonfiction Ecstasy by Akina Nakamori Flamingo in Paradise and Dance Beat wa Yoake made by Yōko Oginome Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase by Teresa Teng 100% Danjo Kōsai by Kyoko Koizumi Kanashimi yo Konnichi wa and Doyōbi no Tamanegi by Yuki Saito Kimi ha 1000% by 1986 Omega Tribe Iro White Blend, Close Up, Jingi Aishite Moraimasu, Tsuiteru ne Notteru ne and Waku Waku Sasete by Miho Nakayama To-Search by Buck-Tick Amagi-goe by Sayuri Ishikawa 21 October: Yōko Nagayama released "Venus"ヴィーナスを聴きながら、長山洋子「トリプルヨーコ同窓会」の夜. Re:minder. 2 October 2016. 29 October: Roppongi Junjōha by Yōko Oginome1986年10月29日荻野目洋子「六本木純情派」がリリース～和製ユーロビートの先駆けとなる. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 29 October 2018.
Other albums and EPs released Crimson by Akina Nakamori Futurista by Ryuichi Sakamoto Raspberry Wind, Heartbeat Express and Non-Stopper by Yōko Oginome Kiss de Crime by Princess Princess Promise in the History by Mari Hamada 36.5 °C by Miyuki Nakajima Sun Sun by Casiopea One Pattern by P-Model Lightning Strikes by Loudness S.P.O.R.T.S. by T-Square Panic the World by Onyanko Club Splash by Satomi Fukunaga Chime by Yuki Saito Navigator by 1986 Omega Tribe Summer Breeze, Virgin Flight '86: Miho Nakayama First Concert and Exotique by Miho Nakayama Shake It Paradise by Toshinobu Kubota Queendom and Ways by Show-Ya Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura Trouble in Paradise by Anri
See also Timeline of Japanese music 1986 in Japan 1986 in music w:ja:1986年の音楽
References Ongaku Nenkan Showa 61-nen Ban (Japanese: 音楽年鑑 昭和 61 年版). "Spotlight on Japan". Billboard. 7 June 1986. pp J-1 to J-15. J-POPの歴史「1986年と1987年、新しい扉が開いたロック元年」. Rolling Stone Japan. 25 December 2019. Oricon Weekly magazine (オリコンウィークリー) Music Labo magazine ミュージック・リサーチ Music Research magazine シンプジャーナル magazine 1986 オリコン年鑑 Oricon Annual Report. 1987 オリコン年鑑 Oricon Annual Report Oricon No. 1 Hits 500. Clubhouse (Japanese: クラブハウス). 1998. ISBN 9784906496136. vol 2 (1986~1994). Cash Box. 14 June 1986, p 19. 25 October 1986, p 12.