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35th JASRAC Awards

This year’s JASRAC Awards…

The work "ITO" written and composed by Nakajima Miyuki has received this year’s Gold Award. Receiving the Bronze Award last year, the work was used in a wide variety of ways including commercial advertisements, and became a standard number for Karaoke. 25 years after the work’s release in 1992, it finally received the Gold Award for the first time.

The Silver Award work "MEITANTEI CONAN BACKGROUND MUSIC" was included in a DVD coupled with a hit magazine to garner its JASRAC Award.

The Bronze Award work "DRAGON QUEST OVERTURE" was used in commercial advertisements for the popular game software "Dragon Quest". The game celebrated its 30th anniversary since its release, drawing much attention.

"FAIRY TAIL BACKGROUND MUSIC", included in the popular animated series, has received the International Award. Composer Yasuharu Takanashi previously received the same award for the work "NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BACKGROUND MUSIC" in 2013 and 2014.

The Foreign Work Award was won by "DAYDREAM BELIEVER", well known in Japan for its usage in commercial advertisements of a convenience store.

35th JASRAC Awards Winners

MIYUKI NAKAJIMA (Composer/Author)

KATSUO OHNO (Composer)

KOICHI SUGIYAMA (Composer)

YASUHARU TAKANASHI (Composer)

Domestic Works
  Work Title Writers Music Publishers
Gold Award ITO MIYUKI NAKAJIMA YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC
Silver Award MEITANTEI CONAN BACKGROUND MUSIC KATSUO OHNO YOMIURI-TV ENTERPRISE
Bronze Award DRAGON QUEST OVERTURE KOICHI SUGIYAMA SUGIYAMA KOBO CO LTD

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 LOVE BERT KAEMPFERT /
MILT GABLER
O.P.: BERT KAEMPFERT MUSIC PUBLISHING GMBH /
SCREEN GEMS EMI MUSIC INC
S.P.: EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING JAPAN LTD FPM DIV
3 STAR WARS MAIN TITLE // STAR WARS JOHN T. WILLIAMS
O.P.: BANTHA MUSIC
S.P.: WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC JAPAN KK /
YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS 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 FAIRY TAIL BACKGROUND MUSIC YASUHARU TAKANASHI

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.