5th Japan Record Awards explained

The 5th Japan Record Award was held on December 27, 1963.^[1] Michiyo Azusa was the first female solo singer to win the JRA.

Emcee

Takayuki Akutagawa

• 4th time as the emcee of JRA.

Award winners

Japan Record Award

• Michiyo Azusa for "Konnichiwa Aka Chan"
  • Lyricist: Rokusuke Ei
  • Composer: Hachidai Nakamura
  • Arranger: Hachidai Nakamura
  • Record Company: King Records

Vocalist Award

• Frank Nagai for "Aka Chan Wa Osamada"
  • Awarded again after 4 years, 2nd vocalist award.

New Artist Award

• Kazuo Funaki for "Koukou San Nen Sei" and "Gakuen Hiroba"
• Akemi Misawa for "Shima No Blues" and "Watashi Wa Nagare No Watari Tori"

Composer Award

• Taku Izumi for "Miagete Goran Yoru No Hoshi O"
  • Singer: Kyu Sakamoto

Arranger Award

• Hiroshi Miyagawa for "Koi No Vacance"
  • Singer: The Peanuts

Lyricist Award

• Toshio Oka for "Koukou San Nen Sei"
  • Singer: Kazuo Funaki

Planning Award

• Nippon Columbia for "Nihon No Minyo"
  • Awarded after 2 years, 3rd planning award.

Children's Song Award

• Yoshiko Mari for "Omocha No Chachacha"

Nominations

JRA

Song	Singer	Votes
Konnichiwa Aka Chan		19
Koukou San Nen Sei		Not mentioned.
	The Peanuts
Shima No Blues	Akemi Misawa
Aitakute	Frank Nagai
Gakuen Hiroba		Alternative Nominations
Erica No Hana Chiru Toki	Sachiko Nishida
Shima Sodachi	Yoshio Tabata

Children's song award

Song	Singer	Votes
Omocha No Chachacha	Yoshiko Mari	Not mentioned but won in a small margin.
Aka Chan Wa Osamada
Kazehiki Zousan	Satoko Koga

Notes and References

1. Web site: 活動〜日本レコード大賞〜【公益社団法人 日本作曲家協会】 . Japan Composer's Association . 2 January 2022 . Japanese . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506071816/http://jacompa.or.jp/reco5.html . dead .