16th Japan Record Awards
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The 16th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater
in Chiyoda, Tokyo
, on December 31, 1974, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Imperial Garden Theater
The is a Japanese theater located in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan operated by Toho. Opened in 1911 as the first Western-style theater in Japan, it stages a varied program of musicals and operas.-External links:...
in Chiyoda, Tokyo
Chiyoda, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards...
, on December 31, 1974, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Award winners
- Japan Record Award:
- Shinichi MoriShinichi Moriis a Japanese male enka singer and composer, who also sings folk and pop music. Nishinippon Shimbun claims that his total sales of gramophone records and CDs has been over 90 million copies....
for "Erimo Misaki"
- Shinichi Mori
- Best Vocalist:
- Hiroshi ItsukiHiroshi Itsukiis a Japanese male singer and composer. He sold 20 million records of singles and 4 million copies of LP albums by 1987.Itsuki is usually regarded as an enka singer, but he even covered Southern All Stars' J-pop song "Tsunami"....
- Hiroshi Itsuki
- Best New Artist:
- Youko Aso