1984 in Japanese music


In 1984, Japanese music was released on records and performed in concerts, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.
During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world.

Awards, contests and festivals

The 13th Tokyo Music Festival was held on 1 April 1984. The 26th Osaka International Festival was held from 13 to 25 April 1984. The 27th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 13 May 1984. The 28th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 7 October 1984. The final of the 15th World Popular Song Festival was held on 28 October 1984. The final of the 13th FNS Music Festival was held on 18 December 1984. The 26th Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December 1984. The 35th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1984.
The 33rd Otaka prize was won by Akira Miyoshi.

Concerts

A Super Rock '84 concert was held in Seibu Stadium. The farewell concert of Saki Kubota was held at Kudan Kaikan in Tokyo on 26 November 1984.

Number one singles

The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:
Issue dateSongArtist
2 January""Warabe
9 January""Warabe
16 January""Warabe
23 January""Warabe
30 January""Warabe
6 February""Warabe
13 February""Seiko Matsuda
20 February""Seiko Matsuda
27 February""Seiko Matsuda
5 March""Seiko Matsuda
12 March""Masahiko Kondō
19 March""Anzen Chitai
26 March""Anzen Chitai
2 April""Kyōko Koizumi
9 April""Shibugakitai
16 April""Shibugakitai
23 April"Southern Wind"Akina Nakamori
30 April"Southern Wind"Akina Nakamori
7 May"Southern Wind"Akina Nakamori
14 May""[The The Checkers (Japanese band)|Checkers (Japanese band)|The Checkers]
21 May""Seiko Matsuda
28 May""Seiko Matsuda
4 June""Toshihiko Tahara
11 June""Toshihiko Tahara
18 June""Masahiko Kondō
25 June""Masahiko Kondō
2 July""Kyōko Koizumi
9 July""Kyōko Koizumi
16 July""Asami Kobayashi
23 July""Asami Kobayashi
30 July""Asami Kobayashi
6 August"Jukkai (1984)"Akina Nakamori
13 August""Seiko Matsuda
20 August""Toshihiko Tahara
27 August"Jukkai "Akina Nakamori
3 September""The Checkers
10 September""The Checkers
17 September""The Checkers
24 September"Eien ni Himitsu sa" Masahiko Kondō
1 October""Kyōko Koizumi
8 October""Kyōko Koizumi
15 October""Kyōko Koizumi
22 October""Tomoyo Harada
29 October""The Alfee
5 November""Hiroko Yakushimaru
12 November""Seiko Matsuda
19 November""Seiko Matsuda
26 November"Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa"Akina Nakamori
3 December""The Checkers
10 December""The Checkers
17 December""The Checkers
24 December""The Checkers
31 December""Kyōko Koizumi

Number one albums and LPs

Music Labo
The following reached number 1 on the Music Labo chart:
Oricon
The following reached number 1 on the Oricon LP chart:

Film and television

The music of MacArthur's Children, by Shin'ichirō Ikebe, won the 39th Mainichi Film Award for Best Music and the 8th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Music. The music of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is by Joe Hisaishi. The music of The Return of Godzilla is by. The music of Macross: Do You Remember Love? is by Kentarō Haneda, and includes the song Ai Oboete Imasu ka by Mari Iijima. Big Wave, the soundtrack album of the film "Big Wave", is by Tatsuro Yamashita. The soundtrack of Urusei Yatsura includes "Chance On Love" by Cindy.
The thousandth episode of Music Fair was broadcast on 1 April 1984.

Classical music

The Saito Kinen Orchestra was founded.

Debuts

Other singles released

Other albums released

History

On 14 May 1984, the Checkers had three songs in the top ten of the Oricon singles chart.