59th Japan Record Awards

Bɛ daa niŋ la **59th Japan Record Awards** silimin gɔli December biɛɣ'pihita dali yuuni 2017. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television n-daa zaŋ li pa pɔhim zuɣu din daa niŋ ka bɛ niŋdi li New National Theatre Tokyo din be Tokyo. Radio broadcast mi daa be la TBS Radio. Bɛ daa gbubi li mi bin din gbaai 18:30 (JST) hali ni 22:00 (JST). Yūki Amami mini Shinichiro Azumi n-daa nyɛ ban gbubi ʒi maa. The nominations and award winners were announced by TBS n-daa wuhi bɛ ni piigi shɛba mini ban di pina silimin gɔli November biɛɣ'pinaayɔbu dali yuuni 2017.

59th Japan Record Award daa chaŋ la idol group Nogizaka46 n-ti bɛ yili din yuli booni "Influencer". Din bɔŋɔ n-daa pahiri buyi bɛ ni di pini ŋɔ pani taba Sony Music Entertainment Japan ( Kana Nishino nyaaŋa yuuni 2016). Tsubaki Factory n-daa di Best New Artist Award.

## Presenters
* Yūki Amami
* Shinichiro Azumi (TBS Announcer)

### Progress announcers
* Ai Etō (TBS Announcer)
* Yumi Furuya (TBS Announcer)

### Radio relay host
* Kengo Komada (TBS Announcer)

## Nominees and winners
### Grand Prix
* "Influencer"
** Artist: Nogizaka46
** Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto
** Composition: Shinya Sumida
** Arranger: Apazzi
** Producer: Yasushi Akimoto
** Management company: Nogizaka46 LLC
** Record Company: Sony Music Entertainment Japan
* AKB48 – "Negaigoto no Mochigusare"
* AAA – "Life"
* Keyakizaka46 – "Kaze ni Fukaretemo"
* Nogizaka46 – "Influencer"
* Hiroshi Miyama – "Otoko no Ryuugi"
* Kiyoshi Hikawa – "Otoko no Zesshou"
* Sekai no Owari – "Rain"
* Daichi Miura – "Excite"
* Ai – "Kira Kira feat. Kanna"

### Best New Artist Award
* Tsubaki Factory

### New Artist Award
Also the Best New Artist nominations
* Tsubaki Factory
* Takuya Nagazawa
* Nobu
* Unione

### Special Award
* Yū Aku
* Namie Amuro
* Yōko Oginome and Tomioka High School Dance Club – "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)"
* Yuzu
* Akiko Wada
### Best Singer Award
* Yoshimi Tendo

### Recommendation Award
Awarded by the Japan Composer's Association
* Konomi Mori

### Special Honour Award
* Miyako Ootsuki

### Achievement Award
* Yukihiko Itō (composer)
* Ryūtarō Konishi (music reporter)
* Jun Suzuki (composer)
* Kyōhei Tsutsumi (composer)
* Shōhei Mozu (lyricist)
* Reiko Yukawa (music critic)

### Special Achievement Award
* Hirooki Ogawa (composer)
* Hiroshi Kamayatsu (singer)
* Jun Kitahara (composer)
* Kōmei Sone (composer)
* Masaaki Hirao (composer)
* Tooru Funamura (composer)
* Peggy Hayama (singer)

### Composer Award
* Katsuhide Sugiyama – "Zutto, Futari de" (singer: Leo Ieiri)

### Lyricist Award
* Hideaki Tokunaga – "Baton" (singer: Hideaki Tokunaga)

### Arranger Award
* Yasutaka Nakata – "Ryō Star", "Harajuku Iyahoi" (singer: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)

### Best Album Award
* Suchmos – *The Kids*

### Excellence Album Award
* Keisuke Kuwata – *Garakuta*
* Kumiko with Kazemachi Review – *Déraciné*
* Ren Takada – *Night Riders Blues*
* Hiromi Uehara x Edmar Castañeda – *Live In Montreal*

### Planning Award
* Yutaro Miura – *I'm Home*
* Hanawa – *Ogifu-san*
* The KanLeKeeZ – *G.S. meets The KanLeKeeZ*
* Seiko Matsuda – *Seiko Jazz*
* Walt Disney Records/Avex Entertainment – *[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 soundtrack)|Beauty and the Beast Original Soundtrack]]*
* Hiroshi Itsuki – *Toru Funamura Tribute Album: Eien no Funamura Melody*

## Kundivihira

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