43rd Japan Record Awards

The43rd 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]

Date

December 31, 2001

Venue

TBS B-Studio, Tokyo

Hosted by

Masaaki Sakai,Ryoko Yonekura

Television/radio coverage

Network

TBS

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Award winners

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Japan Record Award

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"Dearest" byAyumi Hamasaki (Composer:D.A.I andAyumi Hamasaki; Lyrics:Ayumi Hamasaki; Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki; Producer:Max Matsuura)

Best Album Award

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Love Notes byThe Gospellers

Megumi Wakakusa for "Yume no Hate ~Meridian Dream~" bySachiko Kobayashi

Tadashi Yoshida Award

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Masato Sugimoto

Gold Medal

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"Fragile" byEvery Little Thing (Composer:Kazuhito Kikuchi; Lyrics:Kaori Mochida; Arrangement:Ichiro Ito,Genya Kuwashima, andKazuhito Kikuchi)
"Taiga no Nagare" byMiyuki Kawanaka (Producer:Yasuhiro Senga; Composer: Tetsuya Gen; Lyrics:Osamu Yoshioka; Arrangement:Toshiaki Maeda)
"Always and Again and Again" byYumi Kimura (Composer:Yumi Kimura; Lyrics:Wakako Kaku; Producer:Joe Hisaishi)
"White Lovers" byKeisuke Kuwata (Composers, lyrics, and arrangement:Keisuke Kuwata and Ken Shima)
"Uminari" byToshimi Tagawa (Composer: Jun Suzuki; Lyrics: Keiko Yuki; Arrangement:Toshiaki Maeda; Producer: Kunio Saito)
"Steppin' and Shakin'" byDA PUMP (Composer, arrangement, and producer:Akio Togashi; Lyrics:mcA T &KEN)
"Spring Has Come" byYoshimi Tendo (Composer:Koji Tokuhisa; Lyrics:Hajime Tateishi; Arrangement:Takaharu Ikeda; Producer: Jun Ikeda)
"Dearest" byAyumi Hamasaki (Composer:D.A.I andAyumi Hamasaki; Lyrics:Ayumi Hamasaki; Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki; Producer:Max Matsuura)
"Because It's the First Time in Three Years" byYuri Harada (Composer:Shunichi Makaino; Lyrics:Yomi Asako; Arrangement:Tatsuya Nango; Producer: Kenji Oku)
"Oi Chasing Otojiro" byKiyoshi Hikawa (Composer:Hideo Mizumori; Lyrics:Yurio Matsui; Arrangement: Norio Ito; Producer: Kunio Saito)
"IS IT YOU?" byHitomi (Composer:Kosuke Morimoto; Lyrics:Hitomi; Arrangement and producer:Zentaro Watanabe)
"Your innocence" by Hiro (Composer, lyrics, and arrangement:Takusuke Hayama)