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46th Japan Record Awards

2004 Japanese music awards ceremony

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ4638380 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 46th Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December 2004, and were broadcast live on TBS.

Award winners

Japan Record Award:

Takeshi Kobayashi (producer), Kazutoshi Sakurai (Songwriter and Composer) & Mr. Children for Sign

Best Vocalist:

Rimi Natsukawa

Best New Artist:

Ai Otsuka

References

ミスチル生レコ大、10年分の恩返し. Nikkan Sports. 1 January 2005.

レコード大賞にミスチルの「Sign」. Asahi.com. 31 December 2004.

ミスチル2回目のレコード大賞. Sports Hochi. Listed on 1 January 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “46th Japan Record Awards” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.