Award winners

• Japan Record Award:
  • Hiroshi Itsuki
    Hiroshi Itsuki
    is 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"....
    
     for "Nagaragawa Enka"
• Best Vocalist:
  • Takashi Hosokawa
    Takashi Hosokawa
    , born 細川貴志 on 15 June 1950, Makkari, Abuta District, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese male enka singer.In 1975, he debuted with song "Kokoro Nokori". Hosokawa immediately became one of the most popular enka and pop singers in Japan...
    
    
• Best New Artist:
  • Yukiko Okada
    Yukiko Okada
    was a singer and winner of the talent show, Star Tanjō! in Japan.-Early life:Okada was born on August 22, 1967, the second daughter of the Satō family in the Ichinomiya Hospital and later moved to Nagoya. At elementary school, Okada loved to read books, especially comic books and she was a talented...
    
    
• Best Album:
  • Mariko Takahashi
    Mariko Takahashi (singer)
    is a Japanese female singer. She is known for her ballad pop songs. She began her singing career in 1973 singing covers, but soon progressed to writing her own songs...
    
    for "Triad"