JASRAC Awards
Japanese music awards
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The JASRAC Awards (Japanese: JASRAC賞, Hepburn: Jasurakku-shō) is a music awards established in 1982, presented by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC), which is given to songwriters, composers and music publishers who have generated the highest revenue in royalties during a fiscal year.
| JASRAC Awards | |
|---|---|
 JASRAC logo | |
| Awarded for | Songwriters and music publishers who have generated the highest revenue in royalties during a fiscal year |
| Country | Japan |
| Presented by | Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers |
| First award | 1982 |
| Website | jasrac |
Overview
The JASRAC Awards is awarded to songwriters, composers and music publishers whose works have received the largest revenue in royalties by the JASRAC earned through music distribution, karaoke and media usage like features in advertisements. The top three songs out of the ten highest-grossing songs are awarded the Gold, Silver and Bronze Award while the International Award is given to the song with the highest revenue overseas and the Foreign Award is awarded to highest-earning non-Japanese song in Japan.[1]
The winner of the Gold Prize for the fiscal year of 2024 was also awarded the Song of the Year for Creators at the 2025 Music Awards Japan which was presented by JASRAC.[2]
Milestones
In 2003, the background music for 2001 animated film Spirited Away composed by Joe Hisaishi became the first instrumental work to receive the Gold Award.[3] In 2012, JASRAC announced that SMAP's 2003 single "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" had generated the most royalties in the 30-year history of the awards.[1]
As of 2025, five songs won Gold Award for two consecutive years:[4][5]
- Eiko Segawa – "Inochi Kurenai" (1988–1989)
- SMAP – "Sekai ni Hiitotsu Dake no Hana" (2004–2005)
- AKB48 – "Heavy Rotation" (2012–2013)
- Lisa – "Gurenge" (2021–2022)
- Yoasobi – "Idol" (2023–2024)
In 2012, the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards was awarded to "Heavy Rotation", "Ponytail to Shushu" and "Beginner", all by AKB48. It was the second time in the award's history since 1996, when composer Tetsuya Komuro won Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards, that all three main awards were awarded for songs performed by a single artist.[6] According to Asahi Shimbun, the idol group placed a total of five songs in the top ten of the highest crossing works in royalties in 2011.[7] The following year, songs by AKB48 once again took Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards with "Heavy Rotation" winning Gold in the second consecutive year, "Flying Get" for Silver and "Everyday, Katyusha" for Bronze.[8]
In 2015, the Silver, the Bronze, the International and the Foreign Awards were given to works related to animation music. The background music (BGM) of Attack on Titan and 1978's "Lupin III Theme" won Silver and Bronze respectively, while the Dragon Ball Z BGM won International Award and "Let It Go" from Frozen won Foreign Award.[9] The Fairy Tail BGM won International Award in 2017 with 97.7% of the total royalties generated in France alone.[10]
Winners
1980s
| Year | Domestic | International | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | ||
| 1982 | "Okuhida Bojō" | Tetsuya Ryū | "Sukiyaki" | Rokusuke Ei Hachidai Nakamura |
[11] |
| 1983 | "Kita Sakaba" | Rei Nakanishi Taiji Nakamura |
"UFO Robot Grendizer" | Kōgo Hotomi Shunsuke Kikuchi | |
| 1985 | "Yagiri no Watashi" | Miyuki Ishimoto Tōru Funamura |
"Candy Candy" | Kyoko Mizuki Takeo Watanabe | |
| 1986 | "Naniwabushi da yo Jinsei wa" | Masato Fujita Akito Yomo |
"Sukiyaki" | Rokusuke Ei Hachidai Nakamura | |
| 1987 | "Koi ni Ochite" | Reiko Yukawa Akiko Kobayashi |
"Sukiyaki" | Rokusuke Ei Hachidai Nakamura | |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | International | Foreign | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | ||
| 1988 | "Inochi Kurenai" | Osamu Yoshioka Jun Kitahara |
"Yukiguni" | Yoshi Ikuzō | "Otoko to Onna no Love Game" | Ben Uozumi Kōji Makaino |
Treasure Island BGM | Kentarō Haneda | "Cha Cha Cha" | G.Boido Yūji Konno B.Reitano B.Rosellini F.Baldoni F.Reitano |
[11] |
| 1989 | "Inochi Kurenai" | Osamu Yoshioka Jun Kitahara |
"Kanpai" | Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi | "Mushaku Ryojō" | Daizaburō Nakayama | UFO Robot Grendizer BGM | Shunsuke Kikuchi | "Show Me" | Albert Cabrera Bob Khozouri Anthony Moran Andy Tripoli Hiromi Mori | |
1990s
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | International | Foreign | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | ||
| 1990 | "Sake yo" | Yoshi Ikuzō | "Kanpai" | Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi | "Tonbo" | Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi | The Last Emperor BGM | Ryuichi Sakamoto | "Turn It into Love" | Mike Stock Matt Aitken Pete Waterman |
[11] |
| 1991 | "Kanpai" | Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi | "Futari no Ōsaka" | Osamu Yoshioka Shōsuke Ichikawa |
"Odoru Pompokolin" | Momoko Sakura Tetsurō Oda |
Cat's Eye BGM | Kazuo Ōtani | "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Ned Washington Shimamura Yōji Leigh Harline | |
| 1992 | "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni" | Kazumasa Oda | "Ai wa Katsu" | Kan | "Kanpai" | Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi | Saint Seiya BGM | Seiji Yokoyama | "Moon River" | Johnny Mercer Henry Mancini | |
| 1993 | "Say Yes" | Ryo Aska | "Boku wa Kono Me de Uso o Tsuku" | Ryo Aska | "Kimi ga Iru Dake de" | Kome Kome Club | "The Miracle Planet on Strings" | Yoichiro Yoshikawa | "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Leigh Harline Ned Washington Yoji Shimamura |
[12] |
| 1994 | "Sekaijū no Dare yori Kitto" | Show Wesugi Miho Nakayama Tetsurō Oda |
"Manatsu no Yo no Yume" | Yumi Matsutoya | "Makenai de" | Izumi Sakai Tetsurō Oda |
Magical Princess Minky Momo BGM | Hiroshi Takada | "We Are the Champ (The Name of the Game)" | Jean Déja Armath Roland Verlooven | |
| 1995 | "Survival Dance (No Cry No More)" | Tetsuya Komuro | "Innocent World" | Kazutoshi Sakurai | "Boy Meets Girl" | Tetsuya Komuro | Captain Tsubasa BGM | Hiromoto Tobisawa | "We Are the Champ (The Name of the Game)" | Jean Déja Armath Roland Verlooven | |
| 1996 | "Wow War Tonight" | Tetsuya Komuro | "Crazy Gonna Crazy" | Tetsuya Komuro | "Overnight Sensation" | Tetsuya Komuro | The Jungle Book BGM | Hideo Shimazu | "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Leigh Harline Ned Washington Yoji Shimamura | |
| 1997 | "Departures" | Tetsuya Komuro | "Na mo Naki Uta" | Kazutoshi Sakurai | "I'm Proud" | Tetsuya Komuro | New Lupin III BGM | Yuji Ohno | "Fly Me to the Moon" | Bart Howard Kenji Sazanami | |
| 1998 | "Can You Celebrate?" | Tetsuya Komuro | "Face" | Tetsuya Komuro Marc |
"However" | Takuro | Sailor Moon BGM | Takanori Arisawa | "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Leigh Harline Ned Washington Yoji Shimamura | |
| 1999 | "Time Goes By" | Mitsuru Igarashi | "White Love" | Hiromasa Ijichi | Princess Mononoke BGM | Joe Hisaishi | Attack No. 1 BGM | Takeo Watanabe | "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Leigh Harline Ned Washington Yoji Shimamura | |
2000s
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | International | Foreign | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | ||
| 2000 | "Automatic" | Hikaru Utada | "Time Will Tell" | Hikaru Utada | "Dango 3 Kyōdai" | Masahiko Satō Masumi Uchino Yoshiro Horie |
Sailor Moon BGM | Takanori Arisawa | "All You Need Is Love" | John Lennon Paul McCartney |
[12] |
| 2001 | "Tsunami" | Keisuke Kuwata | "Seasons" | Ayumi Hamasaki Dai Nagao |
"Love Machine" | Tsunku | Sailor Moon BGM | Takanori Arisawa | "Livin' la Vida Loca" | Draco Rosa Desmond Child | |
| 2002 | "Everything" | Misia Toshiaki Matsumoto |
"Can You Keep a Secret?" | Hikaru Utada | "Lion Heart" | Shinji Nojima Minoru Komorita |
Pokémon BGM | Shinji Miyazaki | "Stand by Me" | Ben E. King Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller | |
| 2003 | Spirited Away BGM | Joe Hisaishi | "Traveling" | Hikaru Utada | "Amairo no Kami no Otome" | Jun Hashimoto Kōichi Sugiyama |
Pokémon BGM | Shinji Miyazaki | "Hikari" | Hikaru Utada | [13] |
| 2004 | "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" | Noriyuki Makihara | Dragon Ball Z BGM | Shunsuke Kikuchi | "Amairo no Kami no Otome" | Jun Hashimoto Kōichi Sugiyama |
Pokémon BGM | Shinji Miyazaki | "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" | João Carlos Rosman | |
| 2005 | "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" | Noriyuki Makihara | "Nada Sōsō" | Ryōko Moriyama Begin |
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED BGM | Toshihiko Sahashi | Pokémon BGM | Shinji Miyazaki | "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" | João Carlos Rosman | |
| 2006 | "Hana" | Orange Range | "Sakura" | Daizō Yoshida Ryō Tanaka Kenta Kōno Ryōji Ōtsuka |
"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" | Noriyuki Makihara | Pokémon BGM | Shinji Miyazaki | "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" | João Carlos Rosman | |
| 2007 | Howl's Moving Castle BGM | Joe Hisaishi | "Sakura" | Kentarō Kobuchi Shunsuke Kuroda |
"Konayuki" | Ryōta Fujimaki | Detective Conan BGM | Katsuo Ohno | "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" | João Carlos Rosman | |
| 2008 | "Flavor of Life" | Hikaru Utada | Neon Genesis Evangelion BGM | Shirō Sagisu | "Lovers Again" | Kiyoshi Matsuo Jin Nakamura |
Dragon Ball Z BGM | Shunsuke Kikuchi | "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" | João Carlos Rosman | |
| 2009 | "Soba ni Iru ne" | SoulJa | "Genesis of Aquarion" | Yūho Iwasato Yoko Kanno |
"Kiseki" | Greeeen | Ashita no Nadja BGM | Keiichi Oku | "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" | João Carlos Rosman | |
2010s
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | International | Foreign | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | ||
| 2010 | "Kiseki" | Greeeen | "Ti Amo" | Kiyoshi Matsuo Jin Nakamura |
"A Cruel Angel's Thesis" | Neko Oikawa Hidetoshi Satō |
Doraemon BGM | Shunsuke Kikuchi | "All You Need Is Love" | John Lennon Paul McCartney |
[14] |
| 2011 | "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" | Neko Oikawa Hidetoshi Satō |
"Butterfly" | Kaela Kimura Atsushi Suemitsu |
"Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru" | Gorō Matsui Masaaki Mori |
"Barbapapa Sekai o Mawaru" | Kenichi Kamio | "All You Need Is Love" | John Lennon Paul McCartney |
[15] |
| 2012 | "Heavy Rotation" | Yasushi Akimoto Yō Yamazaki |
"Ponytail to Shushu" | Yasushi Akimoto Shinya Tada |
"Beginner" | Yasushi Akimoto Yoshimasa Inoue |
Doraemon BGM | Shunsuke Kikuchi | "Shall We Dance?" | Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers |
[16] |
| 2013 | "Heavy Rotation" | Yasushi Akimoto Yō Yamazaki |
"Flying Get" | Yasushi Akimoto Shinya Sumida |
"Everyday, Katyusha" | Yasushi Akimoto Yoshimasa Inoue |
Naruto Shippuden BGM | Yasuharu Takanashi | "Rising Sun" | Atsushi Didrik Thott Sebastian Thott Johan Becker Sharon Vaughn |
[17] |
| 2014 | "Memeshikute" | Shō Kiryūin | "Heavy Rotation" | Yasushi Akimoto Yō Yamazaki |
"Time Goes By" | Mitsuru Igarashi | Naruto Shippuden BGM | Yasuharu Takanashi | "Hey Jude" | John Lennon Paul McCartney |
[18] |
| 2015 | "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" | Yasushi Akimoto Shintarō Itō |
Attack on Titan BGM | Hiroyuki Sawano | "Theme from Lupin III '78" | Yuji Ohno | Dragon Ball Z BGM | Shunsuke Kikuchi | "Let It Go" | Kristen Anderson-Lopez Robert Lopez |
[19] |
| 2016 | "Ryusei" | STY Maozon |
"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" | Yasushi Akimoto Shintarō Itō |
"Ito" | Miyuki Nakajima | Kiteretsu Daihyakka BGM | Shunsuke Kikuchi | "Let It Go" | Kristen Anderson-Lopez Robert Lopez |
[20] |
| 2017 | "Ito" | Miyuki Nakajima | Detective Conan BGM | Katsuo Ohno | "Dragon Quest Overture" | Kōichi Sugiyama | Fairy Tail BGM | Yasuharu Takanashi | "Daydream Believer" | John Stewart | [21] |
| 2018 | "Koi" | Gen Hoshino | "Dragon Quest Overture" | Kōichi Sugiyama | "UFO" | Yū Aku Shunichi Tokura |
Dragon Ball Z BGM | Shunsuke Kikuchi | "Daydream Believer" | John Stewart | [22] |
| 2019 | "Hero" | Ryosuke Imai Sunny Boy |
"UFO" | Yū Aku Shunichi Tokura |
"Ito" | Miyuki Nakajima | Dragon Ball Z BGM | Shunsuke Kikuchi | "Y.M.C.A." | Henri Belolo Victor Willis Ryūji Amagai |
[23] |
2020s
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | International | Foreign | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | Song | Writer(s) | ||
| 2020 | "Lemon" | Kenshi Yonezu | "Dragon Quest Overture" | Kōichi Sugiyama | "Ito" | Miyuki Nakajima | Naruto Shippuden BGM | Yasuharu Takanashi | "U.S.A." | Donatella Cirelli Severino Lombardoni Claudio Accatino Anna Maria Gioco |
[24] |
| 2021 | "Gurenge" | Lisa Kayoko Kusano |
"Pretender" | Satoshi Fujihara | "Lemon" | Kenshi Yonezu | Naruto Shippuden BGM | Yasuharu Takanashi | "Daydream Believer" | John Stewart | [25] |
| 2022 | "Gurenge" | Lisa Kayoko Kusano |
"Homura" | Yuki Kajiura Lisa |
"Dry Flower" | Yuuri | Naruto Shippuden BGM | Yasuharu Takanashi | "Dynamite" | Jessica Agombar David Stewart |
[26] |
| 2023 | "Dry Flower" | Yuuri | "Yoru ni Kakeru" | Ayase | "Zankyōsanka" | Aimerrhythm Masahiro Tobiuchi |
Naruto Shippuden BGM | Yasuharu Takanashi | "Butter" | Jenna Andrews Rob Grimaldi Stephen Kirk RM Alex Bilowitz Sebastian Garcia Ron Perry |
[27] |
| 2024 | "Idol" | Ayase | "Kawaikute Gomen" | Shito | "Senkō" | Yōhei Kawakami | Naruto Shippuden BGM | Yasuharu Takanashi | "Bittersweet Samba" | Sol Lake | [28] |
| 2025 | "Idol" | Ayase | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" | R-Shitei DJ Matsunaga |
"Show" | Tophamhat-Kyo Giga TeddyLoid |
One Piece BGM | Kōhei Tanaka | "Soul Bossa Nova" | Quincy Jones | [29] |