# 33rd Japan Record Awards

The 33rd Annual Japan Record Awards (第33回日本レコード大賞, Dai Sanjū-san Kai Nihon Rekōdo Taishō) took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 31, 1991, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were broadcast in Japan by TBS/JNN/JRN.

## Award winners
### Pops and Rock
#### Japan Record Award

* KAN for "Ai wa Katsu"

#### Best Vocalist Award

* Aska for "Hajimari wa itsumo ame"

#### Best New Artist Award

* Mi-Ke for "Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"

#### Best Album Award

* Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"

#### Gold disc Award (Nomination for the Japan Record Award)

* Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"
* Kyōko Koizumi for "Anata ni aete yokatta"
* Chage and Aska for "Say Yes"
* Aska for "Hajimari wa itsumo ame"
* Kazumasa Oda for "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni"

#### New Artist Award (Nomination for the Best New Artist Award)

* Michiyo Nakajima for "Akai Hanataba"
* Noriyuki Makihara for "Donna toki mo"
* Mi-Ke for "Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"
* Alisa Mizuki for "Densetsu no Shōjo"

#### Album Award

* Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"
* Buck-Tick for "Kurutta Taiyou"
* Aska for "Scene II"
* X for "Jealousy"
* Yumi Matsutoya for "Tengoku no door"
* Eikichi Yazawa for "Don't Wanna Stop"
* Princess Princess for "Princess Princess"
* Yuko Hara for "Mother"
* B'z for "Risky"
* Dreams Come True for "Wonder 3"

#### Best Album / New Artist Award

* ORIGINAL LOVE for "LOVE!LOVE! & LOVE!"

#### Special Award

* Orquesta de la Luz

#### Composition Award

* ASKA for "SAY YES","Hajimari wa itsumo ame" （vo.:ASKA）

#### Arrangement Award

* Takeshi Kobayashi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" （vo.:Kyōko Koizumi）

#### Lyrics Award

* Kyōko Koizumi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" （vo.:Kyōko Koizumi）

#### Planning Award

* HIS(Haruomi Hosono, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Fuyumi Sakamoto) for "Nihon no hito"
* KRYZLER & KOMPANY
* The Nolans sang Japanese Idol & Pops
* Fumiaki Miyamoto for "Ao no kaori"

#### Best Foreign Artist

* Mariah Carey

### Enka and Kayōkyoku
#### Japan Record Award

* Saburo Kitajima for "Kita no daichi"

#### Best Vocalist

* Fuyumi Sakamoto for "Hinokuni no onna"

#### Best New Artist

* Jun Karaki for "Yasegaman"

#### Best Album Award

* Takao Horiuchi for "GENTS"

#### Gold disc Award (Nomination for the Japan Record Award)

* Kaori Kozai for "Haguresō"
* Saburo Kitajima for "Kita no daichi"
* Kye Eun-Sook for "Kanashimi no hōmonsya"

#### New Artist Award (Nomination for the Best New Artist Award)

* Jun Karaki for "Yasegaman"
* Shijimi to Sazae for "Monomane Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"

#### Album Award

* Mitsuko Nakanura for "Shiawase zake"
* Takao Horiuchi for "GENTS"
* Hitoshi Ueki for "Sūdara-Densetsu"

#### Composition Award

* Syōsuke Ichikawa for "Koi banka" （vo.:Natsuko Godai）

#### Arrangement Award

* Eiji Kawamura for "Kanashimi no hōmonsya" （vo.:Kye Eun-Sook）

#### Lyrics Award

* Takashi Taka for "Hinokuni no onna" （vo.:Fuyumi Sakamoto）

#### Planning Award

* Miyako Otsuki for "Hashi-monogatari Jissyō"
* Jirō Sugita for "Love Letter" (composed by Tadashi Yoshida)

#### Achievement Award

* Peggy Hayama (Introducing foreign songs)

#### Lifetime Achievement Award

* Hachiro Kasuga

#### Special Award

* Linda Yamamoto
* International Friendship Foundation and producer Hiroshi Itsuki

#### Hibari Misora Award

* Ayako Fuji for "Amayo zake"