63rd Japan Record Awards
The was held on 30 December 2021.
Nominations and awards were announced by the organizers on 19 November. Like the previous award ceremony, the Best Album Award, Songwriting Award, Composition Award, Merit Award, and Planning Award were not presented due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presenters
- Riho Yoshioka
- Shinichiro Azumi
Winners
Grand Prix
- Da-iCE – "Citrus"
- * Artist: Da-iCE
- * Lyrics: Taiki Kudo, Sota Hanamura
- * Music: Kaz Kuwamura, Shōgo Nakayama
- * Arranger: Shōgo Nakayama, TomoLow
Excellent Work Awards
- LiSA - "Akeboshi"
- Junretsu - "Kimi ga Soba ni Iru kara"
- Nogizaka46 – "Gomen ne Fingers Crossed"
- Da-iCE - "Citrus"
- NiziU - "Take a Picture"
- Da Pump - "Dream on the Street"
- AKB48 - "Nemohamo Rumor"
- Daichi Miura – "Backwards"
- Kiyoshi Hikawa – "Happy!"
- Awesome City Club - "Wasurena"
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- Macaroni Enpitsu
New Artist Awards
Best Vocal Performance
Special Award
Japan Composer's Association Award
Special Achievement Award
- Makoto Kawaguchi
- Makoto Kitajo
- Asei Kobayashi
- Masatoshi Sakai
- Sumiko Sakamoto
- Jerry Fujio
- Koichi Sugiyama
- Jun Suzuki
- Takeshi Terauchi