Seiko Matsuda
In music, the 33rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen was won by the Red Team (women). They were: Junko Mihara, Naoko Kawai, Aming, Mizue Takada, Seiko Matsuda, Kyoko Suizenji, Sugar, Naoko Ken, Los Indios and Sylvia, Mina Aoe, Chiyoko Shimakura, Mieko Makimura, Ikue Sakakibara, Rumiko Koyanagi, Junko Sakurada, Miyuki Kawanaka, Hiromi Iwasaki, Masako Mori, Sayuri Ishikawa, Sachiko Kobayashi, Aki Yashiro and Harumi Miyako. Hiromi Iwasaki won the Nippon Television Music Festival and the Japan Music Awards with her song "Madonna tachi no lullaby". The Japan Record Award was won by Takashi Hosokawa with his song "Kita Sakaba". The May edition of the Yamaha Popular Song Contest was won by Aming with their song "Matsuwa". Seiko Matsuda won the FNS Music Festival with "Nobara no Etude".