| 43rd Japan Record Awards | ||||
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| Date | December 31, 2001 | |||
| Venue | TBS B-Studio, Tokyo | |||
| Hosted by | Masaaki Sakai, Ryoko Yonekura | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | TBS | |||
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The 43rd Annual Japan Record Awards took place on December 31, 2001, starting at 6:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Award winners
Japan Record Award
- "Dearest" by Ayumi Hamasaki (Composer: D.A.I and Ayumi Hamasaki; Lyrics: Ayumi Hamasaki; Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki; Producer: Max Matsuura)
Best Album Award
- Love Notes by The Gospellers
Best Singer Award
Best Newcomer Award
Composition Award
- Kazuhito Kikuchi for "Fragile" by Every Little Thing
Lyricist Award
- Chihiro Onitsuka for "Vertigo" by Chihiro Onitsuka
Arrangement Award
- Megumi Wakakusa for "Yume no Hate ~Meridian Dream~" by Sachiko Kobayashi
Tadashi Yoshida Award
- Masato Sugimoto
Gold Medal
- "Fragile" by Every Little Thing (Composer: Kazuhito Kikuchi; Lyrics: Kaori Mochida; Arrangement: Ichiro Ito, Genya Kuwashima, and Kazuhito Kikuchi)
- "Taiga no Nagare" by Miyuki Kawanaka (Producer: Yasuhiro Senga; Composer: Tetsuya Gen; Lyrics: Osamu Yoshioka; Arrangement: Toshiaki Maeda)
- "Always and Again and Again" by Yumi Kimura (Composer: Yumi Kimura; Lyrics: Wakako Kaku; Producer: Joe Hisaishi)
- "White Lovers" by Keisuke Kuwata (Composers, lyrics, and arrangement: Keisuke Kuwata and Ken Shima)
- "Uminari" by Toshimi Tagawa (Composer: Jun Suzuki; Lyrics: Keiko Yuki; Arrangement: Toshiaki Maeda; Producer: Kunio Saito)
- "Steppin' and Shakin'" by DA PUMP (Composer, arrangement, and producer: Akio Togashi; Lyrics: mcA T & KEN)
- "Spring Has Come" by Yoshimi Tendo (Composer: Koji Tokuhisa; Lyrics: Hajime Tateishi; Arrangement: Takaharu Ikeda; Producer: Jun Ikeda)
- "Dearest" by Ayumi Hamasaki (Composer: D.A.I and Ayumi Hamasaki; Lyrics: Ayumi Hamasaki; Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki; Producer: Max Matsuura)
- "Because It's the First Time in Three Years" by Yuri Harada (Composer: Shunichi Makaino; Lyrics: Yomi Asako; Arrangement: Tatsuya Nango; Producer: Kenji Oku)
- "Oi Chasing Otojiro" by Kiyoshi Hikawa (Composer: Hideo Mizumori; Lyrics: Yurio Matsui; Arrangement: Norio Ito; Producer: Kunio Saito)
- "IS IT YOU?" by Hitomi (Composer: Kosuke Morimoto; Lyrics: Hitomi; Arrangement and producer: Zentaro Watanabe)
- "Your innocence" by Hiro (Composer, lyrics, and arrangement: Takusuke Hayama)
New Face Award
Planning Award
- Dreams Still Go Round ~ Nursery Rhymes Sung By Shoichi Ozawa by Shoichi Ozawa
- Love ☆ Arigatou by Kim Young Ja
- Hiroshi World Goldies by Hiroshi
- Score of Love by Toru Funamura
Distinguished Service Award
Special Prize
- "There will be tomorrow" by Re:Japan
- "ZERO LANDMINE" by NML
Special Award
Special Achievement Award
External links
References
- "第43回日本レコード大賞". 公益社団法人 日本作曲家協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-10.
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