The Japan Record Award for is awarded annually. Until the 10th Japan Record Awards it was called the New Artist Award. Starting with the 11th, it has been called the Best New Artist Award. All artists awarded the New Artist Award are automatically nominated for the Best New Artist Award.
1960s Year New Artist Award1960 Yukio Hashi – "Itako Gasa"1961 Miki Nakasone – "Kawa ga Nagareru"Miyuki Yamanaka – "Dancho no Ojōsan"Kōji Hirano – "Shiroi Hana no Blues"Akira Matsushima – "Koshū"Tatsumi Fujino – "Musume Sandogasa"Utako Yanagi – "Saihate no Uta"1962 Saburō Kitajima – "Namidabune" Chieko Baisho – "Shitamachi no Taiyō"1963 Kazuo Funaki – "Gakuen Hiroba", "Kōkō San Nen-sei" – "Shima no Blues", "Watashi mo Nagare no Wataridori"1964 Teruhiko Saigō – "Kimi dake o", "17-sai no Kono Mune ni"Harumi Miyako – "Anko Tsubaki wa Koi no Hana"1965 – "Onnagokoro no Uta" – "Aishite Aishite Aishichata no yo"1966 – "Sora ni Hoshi ga aru Yō ni"Tokiko Kato – "Akai Fusen"1967 – "Koibito to Yonde Mitai"Naomi Sagara – "Sekai wa Futari no Tame ni"1968 – "Anata no Blues" – "Kuchidzuke ga Kowai" – "Koi no Kisetsu"
1970s Year Best New Artist Award New Artist Award1969 Peter – "Yoru to Asa no Aida ni" Norihiko Hashida and the Shoebelts – "Kaze" Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five – "Nagasaki wa Kyō mo Amedatta" Kaoru Chiga – "Mayonaka no Guitar" Kyōko Takada – "Minna Yume no Naka"1970 Akira Nishikino – "Mō Koi na no ka" Mari Henmi – "Keiken" Masaki Nomura – "Ichido dake nara" Ritsuko Abe – "Ai no Kizuna" Salty Sugar – "Hashire Kotarō"1971 Rumiko Koyanagi – "Watashi no Jōkamachi" Saori Minami – "17-sai" Naoki Hongō – "Moeru Koibito" Ouyang Fei Fei – "Ame no Midōsuji" Simons – "Koibito mo Inai no ni"1972 Megumi Asaoka – "Mebae" Aoi Sankaku Jōgi – "Taiyō ga Kureta Kisetsu" Hiromi Go – "Otoko no Ko Onna no Ko" Eiji Miyoshi – "Ame" Masako Mori – "Sensei"1973 Junko Sakurada – "Watashi no Aoi Tori" Miyoko Asada – "Akai Fusen" Maria Anzai – "Namida no Taiyō" Shizue Abe – "Coffee Shop de" Agnes Chan – "Sōgen no Kagayaki"1974 Yōko Aso – "Tōhikō" Yūko Asano – "Koi wa Dan Dan" Tsutomu Arakawa – "Taiyō no Nichiyōbi" Michiru Jo – "Iruka ni Notta Shōnen" Teresa Teng – "Kūkō" Mineko Nishikawa – "Anata ni Ageru"1975 Takashi Hosokawa – "Kokoro Nokori" Hiromi Iwasaki – "Romance" Junko Ogawa – "Yoru no Hōmonsha" Nagisa Katahira – "Utsukushii Chigiri" Hiromi Ōta – "Amadare"1976 Yasuko Naitō – "Omoide Boro Boro" Yoshimi Ashikawa – "Yuki Gomori" Hiroshi Kadokawa – "Uso de mo Ii no" Kenji Niinuma – "Yome ni Konai ka" Pink Lady – "Pepper Keibu"1977 Kentaro Shimizu – "Shitsuren Restaurant" Karyudo – "Azusa 2-gō" Ikue Sakakibara – "Al Pacino + Alain Delon < Anata" Mizue Takada – "Garasuzaka" Yosuke Tagawa – "Lui-Lui"1978 Machiko Watanabe – "Kamome ga Tonda Hi" Machiko Watanabe – "Kamome ga Tonda Hi" Mako Ishino – "Shitsuren Kinenbi" Mineyuki Satō – "Aoba-jō Koi Uta" Teppei Shibuya – "Deep" Rie Nakahara – "Tokyo Lullaby" Masanori Sera & Twist – "Hikigane" (declined award)1979 Tomoko Kuwae – "Watashi no Heart wa Stop Motion" Tomoko Kuwae – "Watashi no Heart wa Stop Motion" Nozomi Inoue – "Suki dakara" Mariko Tsubota – "How! Wonderful" Mariya Takeuchi – "September" Nobue Matsubara – "Onna no Debune"
1980s Year Best New Artist Award New Artist Award1980 Toshihiko Tahara – "Hattoshite! Good" Toshihiko Tahara – "Hattoshite! Good" Yoshimi Iwasaki – "Anata Iro no Manon" Naoko Kawai – "Yankee Boy" Seiko Matsuda – "Aoi Sangoshou" Kazuko Matsubara – "Kaette koi yo"1981 Masahiko Kondō – "Gin Gira Gin ni Sarigenaku" Masahiko Kondō – "Gin Gira Gin ni Sarigenaku" Takayuki Takemoto – "Terete Zin Zin" Yūko to Yayoi – "Otōsan" Yutaka Yamakawa – "Hakodate Honsen" Hiroyuki Okita – "Hamidashi Champion"1982 Shibugakitai – "100%... SO Kamo ne! Shibugakitai – "100%... SO Kamo ne! Hidemi Ishikawa – "Yurete Shōnan" Yū Hayami – "Answer Song wa Aishū" Chiemi Hori – "Machi Bouke" Iyo Matsumoto – "Sentimental Journey"1983 The Good-Bye – "Kimagure One Way Boy" Hiroshi Itsuki – "Sasame Yuki" Kenji Sawada – "Kimeteyaru Konya" Harumi Miyako – "Naniwa Koi Shigure" Shinichi Mori – "Fuyu no Riviera" Aki Yashiro – "Nihonkai"1984 Yukiko Okada – "Dreaming Girl: Koi, Hajimemashite" Yukiko Okada – "Dreaming Girl: Koi, Hajimemashite" Issei Fūbi Sepia – "Zenryaku, Michi no Ue Yori" Momoko Kikuchi – "Summer Eyes" Kōji Kikkawa – "Monika" Sally – "Virgin Blue"1985 Miho Nakayama – "C" Miho Nakayama – "C" Minako Honda – "Temptation" Akiko Kobayashi – "Koi ni Ochite (Fall in Love)" Miyoko Yoshimoto – "Ame wa High School" Noriko Matsumoto – "Sayonara to Iwarete"1986 Shonentai – "Kamen Butōkai" Shonentai – "Kamen Butōkai" Akemi Ishii – "Cha-Cha-Cha" Tomomi Nishimura – "Watashi Dreaming" Mariko – "Yume Hikō" Mari Mizutani – "Otome Biyori"1987 Risa Tachibana – "Kimi wa Don to Kurai" Risa Tachibana – "Kimi wa Don to Kurai" Noriko Sakai – "No Re Na I Teen-age" Fuyumi Sakamoto – "Abare Daiko" Rie Hanada – "Hito Mishiri" BaBe – "I Don't Know!"1988 Otokogumi – "Daybreak" Otokogumi – "Daybreak" Eri Aikawa – "AB Complex" Kaori Kozai – "Ame Sakaba" Chika Nakamura – "89-banme no Seiza" Buck-Tick – "Just One More Kiss" Sakura Yamato – "Ōshō Ichidai Koharu Shigure1989 Marcia – "Furimukeba Yokohama" Marcia – "Furimukeba Yokohama" Yoshito Owase – "Koi Yadori" Miwa Kawagoe – "Yume dake Miteru" Shin Kouda – "Otoko Dōshi" Eriko Tamura – "Shinken"
1990s Year Best New Artist Award New Artist Award1990 Ninja – "Omatsuri Ninja" (pop)Tama – "Sayonara Jinrui" (rock)Yang Soo Kyung – "Aisarete Serenade" (kayōkyoku)Saori Hareyama – "Ichiendama no Tabi garasu" (enka)1991 Mi-Ke – "Omoide no Ku Jū Kurihama" Mi-Ke – "Omoide no Ku Jū Kurihama" Michiyo Nakajima – "Aoi Hanataba" Noriyuki Makihara – "Donna Toki mo." Alisa Mizuki – "Densetsu no Shōjo"1992 Masatoshi Ono – "You're the Only..." Masatoshi Ono – "You're the Only..." Maki Ohguro – "Da Ka Ra" Noriko Katō – "Kondo Watashi Doko ka Tsurete itte Kudasai yo" Yoko Takahashi – "Miss You Again"1993 Yasuhiro Yamane – "Get Along Together" Yasuhiro Yamane – "Get Along Together" Mari Kunitake – "Pocket Bell ga Naranakute" Shū Pinsei – "Passing Love"1994 Yuki Nishio – "Kaikyō Koiuta" Yuki Nishio – "Kaikyō Koiuta" Be-B – "Dōmu (Fū ni Mukatte)" Ryūko Mizuta – "Tosa no Onnabushi"1995 Junko Miyama – "Momo to Ringo no Monogatari" Junko Miyama Tomomi Kahara Haruka Yabuki1996 Puffy – "Asia no Junshin" Puffy Speed Dos1997 Rina Chinen – "Precious Delicious" Rina Chinen Kazuya Iwade Saruganseki1998 Morning Musume – "Daite Hold on Me!" Morning Musume Ami Suzuki Tohko1999 Amika Hattan – "Shooting Star" Amika Hattan Taiyō to Ciscomoon Satoko Yamamoto Seiji Wada
2000s Year Best New Artist Award New Artist Award2000 Kiyoshi Hikawa – "Hakone Hachiri no Hanjirō" Kiyoshi Hikawa Earth Cheuni2001 W-inds – "Paradox" W-inds Shinobu Otowa Zone2002 Mika Nakashima – "Stars" Mika Nakashima Sachiko Shiina Day After Tomorrow Lead2003 Yo Hitoto – "Morai Naki" Yo Hitoto Sayaka Kamizono Shy Kanako Minami2004 Ai Ōtsuka – "Sakuranbo" Ai Ōtsuka – "Sakuranbo" Takeshi Kitayama – "Katamichi Kippu" Ayaka Hirahara – "Jupiter" Aiko Moriyama – "Onna Bushi"2005 AAA – "Blood on Fire" O's AAA Nakanomori Band High and Mighty Color2006 Ayaka – "Mikazuki" Ayaka SunSet Swish Aki Yamamoto WaT2007 Cute – "Tokaikko Junjō" Cute – "Tokaikko Junjō" Jyongri – "(Yakusoku)" Stephanie – "Kimi ga Iru Kagiri" Satomi Takasugi – "Habibito"2008 Jero – "Umeyuki" Jero – "Umeyuki" Girl Next Door – "Gūzen no Kakuritsu" Kimaguren – "Life" Mai Fukui – "Ai no Uta" Kumiko Sakurai – "Abare-sen"2009 Big Bang – "Gara Gara Go!" Big Bang – "Gara Gara Go!" Maya Sakura – "Tairyō Matsuri" Scandal – "Shōjo S" Hilcrhyme – "Shunkashūtō"
2010s Year Best New Artist Award New Artist Award2010 S/mileage – "Yume Miru 15" S/mileage – "Yume Miru 15" Iconiq – "Change Myself" Madoka Kikuchi – "Hito Koi Sansa" Girls' Generation – "Gee2011 Fairies Fairies Miyu Itō Super Girls 2NE12012 Leo Ieiri Leo Ieiri Misaki Usuzawa Erena Ono Tīna Karīna2013 Kōta Shinzato Kōta Shinzato Kōhei Fukuda Konomi Mori Juice=Juice2014 Mariya Nishiuchi Mariya Nishiuchi Sakurako Ōhara Solidemo Yūki Tokunaga2015 Magnolia Factory Magnolia Factory lol Natsumi Hanaoka Rei Yasuda2016 iKon iKon Satoshi Hayashibe Mizuki Hayama Boys and Men2017 Camellia Factory Camellia Factory Takuya Nakazawa Nobu Unione2018 Yuto Tatsumi STU48 Yuto Tatsumi Chuning Candy BiSH2019 Beyooooonds Ryouta Kaizou Beyooooonds Leon Niihama Ryuusei
2020s Year Best New Artist Award New Artist Award2020 Naoki Sanada Naoki Sanada Novelbright Mameshiba no Taigun Rin-ne2021 Macaroni Enpitsu INI Taeko Macaroni Enpitsu Luca Mochizuki2022 Aimi Tanaka Hanna Ishikawa Ocha Norma Aimi Tanaka Yuuki Tani2023Fruits Zipper Tetsuji Kimura Fruits Zipper Aozora ni Tsuite Kangaeru Lil League from Exile Tribe
See also Japan Record Award
References
External links List of Best New Artist Award winners - TBS official website - Sports Hochi