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37th JASRAC Awards

This year’s JASRAC Awards…

The work "Hero" written and composed by RYOSUKE IMAI and SUNNY BOY has received this year’s Gold Award. The work performed by NAMIE AMURO became a hit as the theme song for national broadcaster NHK’s 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Paralympic Games broadcasts, and it is now mainly used in interactive transmissions and broadcasts. In addition, NAMIE AMURO retired in 2018 and the DVD/Blu-Ray of her final tour became a smash hit.

The Silver Award work "UFO", written by YU AKU and SHUNICHI TOKURA is known as PINK LADY’s hit song. After receiving the Bronze Award last year, it was continuously used in commercial advertisements for mobile phones presented by UQ Communications Inc.

The Bronze Award work "Ito", which received the Gold Award in 2017, was used widely including karaoke, concerts and interactive transmissions.

"DRAGON BALL Z BGM (TV)" composed by SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI has received the International Award for the fourth time and for two consecutive years. It remains popular in many part of the world including Mexico, USA, and UK.

The work "Y M C A", which was released in the USA in 1978, has achieved the Foreign Work Award for the first time. The work is covered by many artists in Japan, including HIDEKI SAIJO, and was used in commercial advertisements for Softbank Corp.

37th JASRAC Awards Winners

RYOSUKE IMAI (Composer/Author)

SUNNY BOY (Composer/Author)

SHUNICHI TOKURA (Composer)

MIYUKI NAKAJIMA (Composer/Author)

SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI (Composer)

RYUJI AMAGAI (Sub Author(Japanese))

Domestic Works
  Work Title Writers Music Publishers
Gold Award HERO RYOSUKE IMAI
SUNNY BOY		 NHK PUBLISHING INC
Silver Award UFO SHUNICHI TOKURA
YU AKU		 NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC CORPORATION
Bronze Award ITO MIYUKI NAKAJIMA YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC

Further information on top 10 Domestic Works, click here

Foreign Works
  Work Title Writers Music Publishers
Foreign Work Award Y M C A JACQUES MORALI
HENRI BELOLO
VICTOR EDWARD. WILLS
RYUJI AMAGAI
O.P.： SCORPIO MUSIC
S.P.： FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC
2 DAYDREAM BELIEVER JOHN C. STEWART
O.P.： SCREEN GEMS EMI MUSIC INC
S.P.： EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING JAPAN LTD FPM DIV
3 DIRTY WORK SEAN MAXWELL DOUGLAS
ALEXANDER IZQUIERDO
JORDAN KENDALL JOHNSON
STEFAN ADAM JOHNSON
MARCUS DURAND LOMAX
AUSTIN HARRIS MAHONE
TALAY RILEY
O.P.： BMG GOLD SONGS
BMG PLATINUM SONGS
AIX PUBLISHING
R8D SONGS
R8D MUSIC
THE LONE PHARAOH MUSIC PUBLISHING
EASTMAN POND PUBLISHING
SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING ALLEGRO (UK)
MONEY MACK MUSIC
KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD
S.P.： FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC
WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC JAPAN KK
YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC
SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
SHINKO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT CO LTD

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

Further information on top 5 Foreign Works, click here

International Award
  Work Title Writers Music Publishers
International Award DRAGON BALL Z BGM (TV) SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC

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.