5th Japan Record Awards
Date	December 27, 1963
Venue	Hibiya Public Hall
Website	http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco5.html

The 5th Japan Record Award was held on December 27, 1963.^[1] Michiyo Azusa was the first female solo singer to win the JRA.

Emcee

Takayuki Akutagawa

• 4th time as the emcee of JRA.

Award winners

Japan Record Award

• Michiyo Azusa for "Konnichiwa Aka Chan"
  • Lyricist: Rokusuke Ei
  • Composer: Hachidai Nakamura
  • Arranger: Hachidai Nakamura
  • Record Company: King Records

Michiyo Azusa, Japan Record Award awarder.

Frank Nagai, awarded Vocalist Award again after 4 years,and JRA 2 years ago.

Vocalist Award

• Frank Nagai for "Aka Chan Wa Osamada"
  • Awarded again after 4 years, 2nd vocalist award.

New Artist Award

• Kazuo Funaki for "Koukou San Nen Sei" and "Gakuen Hiroba"
• Akemi Misawa for "Shima No Blues" and "Watashi Wa Nagare No Watari Tori"

Composer Award

• Taku Izumi for "Miagete Goran Yoru No Hoshi O"
  • Singer: Kyu Sakamoto

Arranger Award

• Hiroshi Miyagawa for "Koi No Vacance"
  • Singer: The Peanuts

Lyricist Award

• Toshio Oka for "Koukou San Nen Sei"
  • Singer: Kazuo Funaki

Planning Award

• Nippon Columbia for "Nihon No Minyo"
  • Awarded after 2 years, 3rd planning award.

Children's Song Award

• Yoshiko Mari for "Omocha No Chachacha"

Nominations

References