Best Hits Kayosai
Annual Japanese music show
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Best Hits Kayosai (ベストヒット歌謡祭, Besuto Hitto Kayōsai; "Best Hit Song Festival") is an annual music show in Japan sponsored by Yomiuri TV. It is broadcast on Yomiuri TV and Nippon Television.[1]
AwardedforAchievements in music
SponsoredbyYomiuri TV
CountryJapan
Firstaward2003
1968–2000 as Zen Nihon Yūsen Hōsō Taishō
2001–2002 as All-Japan Request Awards
1968–2000 as Zen Nihon Yūsen Hōsō Taishō
2001–2002 as All-Japan Request Awards
| Best Hits Kayosai | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Achievements in music |
| Sponsored by | Yomiuri TV |
| Country | Japan |
| First award | 2003 1968–2000 as Zen Nihon Yūsen Hōsō Taishō 2001–2002 as All-Japan Request Awards |
| Website | www |
Details
| No. | Broadcast date |
Day of the week |
Broadcast format |
Presenters | Venue | Grand Prix | Best Newcomer of the Year |
TV rating [citation needed] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop category |
Enka/kayōkyoku category | ||||||||
| 36 | 29 November 2003 | Saturday | Live broadcast |
Masaaki Sakai Norika Fujiwara |
Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka | Ayumi Hamasaki | Kiyoshi Hikawa | Yo Hitoto | 11.0% |
| 37 | 27 November 2004 | Festival Hall, Osaka | Exile | Ai Otsuka | 12.7% | ||||
| 38 | 21 November 2005 | Monday | Pre-recorded broadcast |
Masaaki Sakai Norika Fujiwara Takashi Miura |
Yuna Ito | 12.1% | |||
| 39 | 20 November 2006 | World Memorial Hall, Kobe | Kumi Koda | Kaori Mizumori | WaT[Note 1] | 11.8% | |||
| 40 | 26 November 2007 | Festival Hall, Osaka | RSP[2] | 8.9% | |||||
| 41 | 27 November 2008 | Thursday | Live broadcast |
Osaka-jō Hall | Exile | Jero | 13.4% | ||
| 42 | 26 November 2009 | Seiji Miyane Eiji Wentz Maki Nishiyama |
World Memorial Hall, Kobe | Yusuke | 12.2% | ||||
| 43 | 25 November 2010 | (n/a) | 11.9% | ||||||
| 44 | 24 November 2011 | (n/a) | 14.4% | ||||||
| 45 | 22 November 2012 | (abolished) | 11.9% | ||||||
| 46 | 21 November 2013[1] | Seiji Miyane Eiji Wentz[1] |
Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka[1] | 10.6% | |||||
| 47 | 20 November 2014 | Festival Hall, Osaka | 13.0% | ||||||
| 48 | 19 November 2015 | Seiji Miyane Eiji Wentz Maki Nishiyama |
9.8% | ||||||
| 49 | 17 November 2016 | 10.9% | |||||||
| 49 | 15 November 2017 | Seiji Miyane Eiji Wentz Manami Hashimoto |
11.1% | ||||||
| 50 | 15 November 2018 | Seiji Miyane Manami Hashimoto |
Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka | 9.6% | |||||
| 51 | 13 November 2019 | 10.3% | |||||||
| 52 | 11 November 2021 | Seiji Miyane Eiji Wentz |
Festival Hall, Osaka | 8.6% | |||||
| 53 | 10 November 2022 | 7.9% | |||||||
| 54 | 16 November 2023 | Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka | 8.4% | ||||||
| 55 | 14 November 2024 | 8.6% | |||||||
| 56 | 13 November 2025 | 8.8% | |||||||
- WaT member Eiji Wentz has served as a presenter since 2009.
Other winners
This is a partial list of artists who have won awards other than a Grand Prix.
- 2007 Newcomer Award: Cute, Uruma Delvi, Leah Dizon, Jyongri, Satomi Takasugi[2]
- 2009 Gold Artist: AKB48, BIG BANG, Kumi Koda, GIRL NEXT DOOR, JUJU, AAA, Kana Nishino.[3]