43rd Japan Record Awards

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. ^[1]

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

Hisami Tagawa

Best Newcomer Award

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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)