17th Japan Record Awards

17th Japan Record Awards
Date	December 31, 1975
Venue	Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo
Hosted by	Keizo Takahashi, Mitsuko Mori
Television/radio coverage
Network	TBS

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

Award winners

Japan Record Award

Akira Fuse, awarded JRA, his second award in JRA after awarded Vocalist award last year.

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.

Hiroshi Itsuki, awarded Best Vocalist for second time .

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.

Chiyoko Shimakura, awarded another special award after 7 years.

Frank Nagai, special award winner, 5th time awarded in JRA.

Yoshio Tabata, special award winner.

Yūjirō Ishihara, awarded another special award after 8 years.

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"

Isao Tomita, awarded planning award.

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

External links

• Official Website