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36th JASRAC Awards

This year’s JASRAC Awards…

The work "KOI" written and composed by GEN HOSHINO has received this year’s Gold Award. The work became a hit as the theme song for a TV drama starring GEN HOSHINO, and the "Koi Dance" choreography which was danced in the ending scene attracted public attention. It was used in a wide variety of ways including interactive transmission and karaoke.

The Silver Award work "DRAGON QUEST OVERTURE" was continuously used in commercial advertisements for the popular game software "Dragon Quest", after receiving the Bronze Award last year.

The Bronze Award work "UFO", which was released in vinyl record format in 1977, was used in commercial advertisements for mobile phones. The work is receiving the JASRAC Award, which was established in 1982, for the first time.

"DRAGON BALL Z BACKGROUND MUSIC (TV)", included in the popular animated series, has received the International Award for the third time since 2015.

The work "DAYDREAM BELIEVER" has received the Foreign Work Award for the second consecutive year.

36th JASRAC Awards Winners

GEN HOSHINO (Composer/Author)

KOICHI SUGIYAMA (Composer)

SHUNICHI TOKURA (Composer)

SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI (Composer)

Domestic Works
  Work Title Writers Music Publishers
Gold Award KOI GEN HOSHINO NICHION INC
Silver Award DRAGON QUEST OVERTURE KOICHI SUGIYAMA SUGIYAMA KOBO CO LTD
Bronze Award UFO SHUNICHI TOKURA
YU AKU
NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC CORPORATION

Further information on top 10 Domestic Works, click here

Foreign Works
  Work Title Writers Music Publishers
Foreign Work Award DAYDREAM BELIEVER JOHN C. STEWART
O.P.: SCREEN GEMS EMI MUSIC INC
S.P.: EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING JAPAN LTD FPM DIV
2 WHAT DO YOU MEAN JUSTIN BIEBER
MASON DAVID. LEVY
JASON BOYD
O.P.: ARTIST PUBLISHING GROUP WEST
BIEBER TIME PUBLISHING
POO B Z PUBLISHING INC
HITCO SOUTH
S.P.: WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC JAPAN KK
YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
SHINKO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT CO LTD
FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC
3 Y M C A JACQUES MORALI
HENRI BELOLO
O.P.: SCORPIO MUSIC
S.P.: FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC

O.P.=Original Publisher / S.P.=Sub Publisher

Further information on top 5 Foreign Works, click here

International Award
  Work Title Writers
International Award DRAGON BALL Z BGM (TV) SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI

Further information on top 5 Foreign Income Works, click here

What is JASRAC Awards?
JASRAC annually presents the JASRAC Awards to the copyright holders whose musical works represent a large share of the royalty distribution.  The JASRAC Awards are bestowed based on the amount of royalties earned during a one-year period from April to March.  The names of the recipients are as shown in the table above.  The Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards are presented for the three domestic works that earned the three largest totals, while the Foreign Work Award is conferred on the foreign musical work that earned the largest total royalties, and the International Award goes to the work that earned the largest amount of royalties from foreign copyright societies.