18th Japan Record Awards

1976 Japanese music awards ceremony April 2026 18th Japan Record Awards 31 December 1976 Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo Keizo Takahashi TBS 17th Japan Record Awards 19th The 18th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on 31 December 1976, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS. The audience rating was 41.9%.Encyclopedia Japonica. 時事百科 1977. p 233.視聴率の正体. 廣松書店. 1983. p 213. Winners thumb|Miyako Harumi, JRA winner, awarded again after awarded new artist award 12 years ago.|alt=Miyako Harumi Japan Record Award Harumi Miyako – "Kita no Yadokara" Lyricist: Yū Aku Composer: Asei Kobayashi Arranger: Jiro Takemura Record Company: Nippon Columbia Best Vocalist Aki Yashiro for "Mou Ichido Aitai" Best New Artist Yasuko Naito for "Omoide Boroboro" Singing Award Naoko Ken for "Abayo" Goro Noguchi for "Shinyouju" Awarded again after last year, 2nd vocalist award. Hideki Saijo – "Wakaki Shishi Tachi" Awarded again after last year, 3rd vocalist award. General Public Award Hiromi Go for "Anata ga Itakara Boku ga Ita" and other songs. New Artist Award Yoshimi Ashikawa for "Yuki Go Mori" Hiroshi Kadokawa for "Uso Demo Ii No" Kenji Niinuma for "Yome Ni Konai Ka" Pink Lady for "Pepper Keibu" Composer Award Ryudo Uzaki for "Omoide Boroboro" Singer: Yasuko Naitō Arranger Award Mitsuo Hagita for "Melancholy" Singer: Michiyo Azusa Lyricist Award Yoko Aki for "Yokosuka Story" Singer: Momoe Yamaguchi Special Award Hibari Misora Dark Ducks thumb|Hibari Misora, special award winner.|alt=Hibari Misora Nominations Best 10 JRA Nominations Song Singer Award Votes Yokosuka Story Momoe Yamaguchi N/A N/A Wakaki Shishi Tachi Hideki Saijo Vocalist Award Not Mentioned Abayo Naoko Ken Sazanka Shinichi Mori N/A N/A Kita No Yado Kara Harumi Miyako Japan Record Award 45 (47 for another source) Koi Hitotsu Yukigeshiki Masako Mori N/A N/A Mou Ichido Aitai Aki Yashiro Best Vocalist Not Mentioned Ochiba Ga Yuki Ni Akira Fuse N/A N/A Melancholy Michiyo Azusa Shinyouju Goro Noguchi Vocalist AwardNot Mentioned New Artist Song Singer Votes (1st Round) Votes (5th New Artist Award) Omoide Boroboro Yasuko Naitou 45 N/A Pepper Keibu Pink Lady 36 Yuki Gomori Yoshimi Ashikawa 31 Uso Demoiino Hiroshi Kadokawa 31 Yome Ni Konaika Kenji Niinuma 27 27 (Not Mentioned) Mari Yoshida 27 20 Shiroi Scarf Noboru Asada 15 Not Mentioned Tsugaru Tsuaa Akiko Yano 8 General Public Award Candidate Singers Hiromi Go Candies Masatoshi Nakamura Yuriko Futaba Yūzō Kayama Lyricist Award Lyricist Votes Yoko Aki 28 Yumi Matsutoya 8 Miyuki Nakajima 5 Yū Aku 4 Ranbou Minami 2 Composer Award Song Votes (1st Round) Votes (Final Round) Ryudo Uzaki 20 26 Takashi Miki 15 21 Asei Kobayashi 8 N/A Masamitsu Tayama 3 Juichi Sase 1 Arranger Award Arranger Votes (1st Round) Votes (Final Round) Masataka Matsutoya 12 23 Mitsuo Hagita 12 24 Jirou Takemura 10 N/A Katsuhisa Hattori 9 Ichizou Seo 4 Planning Award Song Votes Isuzu Yamada Wo Kiku 30 Warena No Tenor: Yoshie Fujiwara Zenshuu 26 Masato Shimon's Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun 24 DOWN TOWN BOOGIE WOOGIE BAND's G.S 8 Yukiyo Toake's Tsukuda Hayashi 〜 Wasurekakete Ita Shitamachi No Kokoro 〜 5 Dark Ducks' Chichi To Musume 0 Special Award Singer Votes Hibari Misora AllDark Ducks See also 1976 in Japanese music References Yoshifu Arita. 歌屋 都はるみ. Bungeishunjū. 1997. ISBN 4-16-743802-X. p 161. External links Complete list of all winners https://web.archive.org/web/20161009182701/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco18.html 9 October 2016 Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards Japan Record Awards 1976