Japan Record Awards 2014
# Japan Record Awards 2014

La 56ª edizione dei Japan Record Awards (第56回日本レコード大賞 Dai 56-kai Nihon rekōdo taishō) si è svolta al New National Theatre di Tokyo il 30 dicembre 2014 ed è stata presentata da Shin'ichirō Azumi e dall'attrice Yukie Nakama (al debutto nella conduzione della kermesse), affiancati da Erina Masuda e Akiyo Yoshida. È stata trasmessa dall'emittente televisiva giapponese TBS, dalle ore 18:30 alle 22:00.

Gli artisti premiati in quest'edizione sono stati i Sandaime J Soul Brothers con il brano R.Y.U.S.E.I.

## Artisti premiati

### Japan Record Award

* Sandaime J Soul Brothers – R.Y.U.S.E.I

### Best Song Award

* AAA – Sayonara no mae ni
* AKB48 – Labrador Retriever
* Ikimono Gakari – Netsujō spectrum
* Kana Nishino – Darling
* Kiyoshi Hikawa – Choi to kimagure wataridori
* Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Family Party
* Sandaime J Soul Brothers – R.Y.U.S.E.I
* Sekai no Owari – Honō to mori no carnival
* Southern All Stars – Tokyo Victory
* Yuzu – Ame nochi hallelujah

### Best Vocal Performance Award

* Atsushi (Exile)

### Best New Artist Award

* Mariya Nishiuchi

### New Artist Award

* Mariya Nishiuchi
* Sakurako Ōhara
* Solidemo
* Yuki Tokunaga

### Special Award

* Yo-kai Watch

### Special Popular Music Award

* Hiroshi Itsuki

### Special Movie Music Award

* Frozen - Il regno di ghiaccio

### Best Album Award

* Mariya Nishiuchi – Trad

### Excellence Album Award

* Akai kōen – Mōretsu rhythmics
* Juju – Door
* Sayuri Ishikawa – X - Cross II
* Yoshida Yamada – Yoshida Yamada

### Best Composer Award

* Shō Kiryūin (Golden Bomber)

### Best Songwriter Award

* Makoto Kitajō

### Best Arranger Award

* Masahito Maruyama

### Planning Award

* Kumi Iwamoto – Uta komachi: Shōwa uta no kataribe (King Records)
* Motohiro Hata – Evergreen (Sony Music Japan)
* Sugitetsu Presents hashire! Yumenochōtokkyū gakudan Super Express 50th Anniversary Album (King Records)
* Senjō no uta shin hakkutsu Yoshida Melody (JVC Kenwood / Victor Entertainment)
* Hibi Chazz-K – Happy Sax Hit Express (Pony Canyon)
* Natsumi Abe – Hikari e - Classical & Crossover (Nippon Columbia)
* Eiji Nagata – 58 (Universal Music)
* Tomomi Kahara – Memories - Kahara Covers, Memories 2 - Kahara All Time Covers (Universal Music)
* Taishirō Masuiyama – Yūko no omise, Fuyuko no blues (Teichiku Entertainment)
* Fuyumi Sakamoto – Love Songs: Mata kimi ni koishiteru, Love Songs II: Zutto anata ga suki deshita, Aishiteru... Love Songs III, Love Songs IV: Aitakute aitakute (Universal Music)
* Taiji Nakaumra (produttore) – Ryukōka seitan hyaku shūnenkinen album mukashi wa, ima, Le velvets (brano) (SL-Company)

### Japan Composer's Association Award

* Yukino Ichikawa
* Kaori Koizai

### Achievement Award

* Jun Mayuzumi
* Kazuko Mifune
* Martha Miyake
* Mie Nakao
* Yukiko Ono
* Hiroko Ōgi
* Masayoshi Tsuruoka

### Special Achievement Award

* Takaharu Ikeda
* Hiroyuki Nakagawa
* Shin'ichi Nozaki
* Eiichi Ōtaki
* Nobuyuki Sakuraba
* Yōko Yamaguchi

### Special Honor Award

* Ken Takakura
