13th Japan Record Awards
The 13th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1971, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
Award winners
Japan Record Award- Kiyohiko Ozaki for "Mata Au Hi Made"
- * Lyricist: Yū Aku
- * Composer: Kyōhei Tsutsumi
- * Arranger: Kyōhei Tsutsumi
- * Record Company: Philips Records/Nippon Phonogram
- Shinichi Mori for "Ofukurosan"
- * Awarded again after 2 years, 2nd best vocalist award.
- Rumiko Koyanagi for "Watashi No Jyoukamachi"
- Yuuko Nagisa for "Saihate Bojou"
- Hiroshi Itsuki for "Yokohama Tasogare"
- Tokiko Kato for "Shiretoko Ryojou"
- *Awarded after 2 years, 2nd vocalist award.
- Saori Minami for "17-sai"
- Simmons for "Koibito Mo Inainoni"
- Ouyang Fei Fei for "Ame No Midousuji"
- Naoki Hongou for "Moeru Koibito"
- Masaaki Sakai for "Saraba Koibito"
- Kōji Tsuruta for "Kizudarake No Jinsei"
- Kyōhei Tsutsumi for "Manatsu No Dekigoto" and "Ame Ga Yandara"
- * Singer: Miki Hirayama and Yukiji Asaoka
- * Awarded again after 2 years, 2nd composer award
- Katsuhisa Hattori for "Hana No Märchen"
- * Singer: Dark Ducks
- Osamu Kitayama for "Children Who Don't Know War" and Bouken
- * Singer: Jiros and Yumi Makiba
- Noriko Awaya
- *Song: Wakare No Blues
- JVC and Shoichi Ozawa for "Document-Nihon No Horo Gei"
- * Awarded again after 3 years, Ozawa's 3rd planning award.