18th Japan Record Awards Date December 31, 1976 Venue Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo Hosted by Keizo Takahashi Television/radio coverage Network TBS
The 18th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1976, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Winners
Miyako Harumi, JRA winner, awarded again after awarded new artist award 12 years ago.
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"
Arranger Award Mitsuo Hagita for "Melancholy"
Lyricist Award Yoko Aki for "Yokosuka Story"
Special Award
Hibari Misora, special award winner.
Nominations
Best 10 JRA Nominations
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
Lyricist Award
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
Planning Award
Special Award
External links Complete list of all winners