33rd Japan Record Awards
The 33rd Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 31, 1991, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were broadcast in Japan by TBS/JNN/JRN.Pops and Rock
- KAN for "Ai wa Katsu"
Best Vocalist Award
- Aska for "Hajimari wa itsumo ame"
- Mi-Ke for "Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"
- Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"
Gold disc Award (Nomination for the Japan Record Award)
- Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"
- Kyōko Koizumi for "Anata ni aete yokatta"
- Chage and Aska for "Say Yes"
- Aska for "Hajimari wa itsumo ame"
- Kazumasa Oda for "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni"
New Artist Award (Nomination for the Best New Artist Award)
- Michiyo Nakajima for "Akai Hanataba"
- Noriyuki Makihara for "Donna toki mo"
- Mi-Ke for "Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"
- Alisa Mizuki for "Densetsu no Shōjo"
Album Award
- Tatsuro Yamashita for "Artisan"
- Buck-Tick for "Kurutta Taiyou"
- Aska for "Scene II"
- X for "Jealousy"
- Yumi Matsutoya for "Tengoku no door"
- Eikichi Yazawa for "Don't Wanna Stop"
- Princess Princess for "Princess Princess "
- Yuko Hara for "Mother"
- B'z for "Risky"
- Dreams Come True for "Wonder 3"
Best Album / New Artist Award
- ORIGINAL LOVE for "LOVE!LOVE! & LOVE!"
Special Award
- Orquesta de la Luz
Composition Award
- ASKA for "SAY YES","Hajimari wa itsumo ame" （vo.:ASKA）
Arrangement Award
- Takeshi Kobayashi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" （vo.:Kyōko Koizumi）
Lyrics Award
- Kyōko Koizumi for "Anata ni aete yokatta" （vo.:Kyōko Koizumi）
Planning Award
- HIS for "Nihon no hito"
- KRYZLER & KOMPANY
- The Nolans sang Japanese Idol & Pops
- Fumiaki Miyamoto for "Ao no kaori"
Best Foreign Artist
- Mariah Carey
Enka and Kayōkyoku
Japan Record Award
- Saburo Kitajima for "Kita no daichi"
Best Vocalist
- Fuyumi Sakamoto for "Hinokuni no onna"
Best New Artist
- Jun Karaki for "Yasegaman"
Best Album Award
- Takao Horiuchi for "GENTS"
Gold disc Award (Nomination for the Japan Record Award)
- Kaori Kozai for "Haguresō"
- Saburo Kitajima for "Kita no daichi"
- Kye Eun-Sook for "Kanashimi no hōmonsya"
New Artist Award (Nomination for the Best New Artist Award)
- Jun Karaki for "Yasegaman"
- Shijimi to Sazae for "Monomane Omoide no Kujūkuri-hama"
Album Award
- Mitsuko Nakanura for "Shiawase zake"
- Takao Horiuchi for "GENTS"
- Hitoshi Ueki for "Sūdara-Densetsu"
Composition Award
- Syōsuke Ichikawa for "Koi banka" （vo.:Natsuko Godai）
Arrangement Award
- Eiji Kawamura for "Kanashimi no hōmonsya" （vo.:Kye Eun-Sook）
Lyrics Award
- Takashi Taka for "Hinokuni no onna" （vo.:Fuyumi Sakamoto）
Planning Award
- Miyako Otsuki for "Hashi-monogatari Jissyō"
- Jirō Sugita for "Love Letter"
Achievement Award
- Peggy Hayama
- Hachiro Kasuga
Special Award
- Linda Yamamoto
- International Friendship Foundation and producer Hiroshi Itsuki
- Ayako Fuji for "Amayo zake"
