FNS Music Festival

The FNS Music Festival (FNS歌謡祭, Efuenuesu Kayōsai) is an annual music show held among the Fuji Network System and Fuji Television since 1974. The program originated as a song contest to celebrate Fuji TV's 15th anniversary. It is commonly known as FNS, however it has no official short name.

FNS Music Festival
Genre	Music festival
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	51 festivals
Production
Production location	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa & Fuji TV Studio
Running time	4 hours, 18 minutes
Production company	Fuji Television
Original release
Network	FNS (Fuji TV)
Release	July 2, 1974 (1974-07-02) – present

FNS Music Festival
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the record industry
Country	Japan
Presented by	Fuji Television
First award	1974
Final award	1990
Website	Official Website

The program and its annual specials, spanning more than 50 years, has its Spring special cancelled for the first time, due to a lack of commercial sponsors in 2025.^[1]

Grand Prix Winners (1974–1990)

Year	Song	Artist
1974	"Miren"	Hiroshi Itsuki
1975	"Cyclamen no Kaori"	Akira Fuse
1976	"Kita no Yadokara"	Harumi Miyako
1977	"Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"	Sayuri Ishikawa
1978	"LOVE (Dakishimetai)"	Kenji Sawada
1979	"Y.M.C.A."	Hideki Saijo
1980	"Futari no Yoake"	Hiroshi Itsuki
1981	"Ruby no Yubiwa"	Akira Terao
1982	"Nobara no Etude"	Seiko Matsuda
1983	"Yagiri no Watashi"	Takashi Hosokawa
1984	"Nagaragawa Enka"	Hiroshi Itsuki
1985	"Meu amor é..."	Akina Nakamori
1986	"Desire (Jōnetsu)"
1987	"Oroka Mono"	Masahiko Kondo
1988	"Witches"	Miho Nakayama
1989	"Taiyō ga Ippai"	Hikaru Genji
1990	Odoru Pompokolin	B.B. Queens

Best Singer Award

Year		Artist	Song
1974	1	Akira Fuse	"Tsumiki no Heya"
	2	Shinichi Mori	"Kita Kōro"
1975	1	Goro Noguchi	"Kanashimi no Owaru Toki"
	2	Akira Fuse	"Katamuita Michishirube"
1976		Harumi Miyako	"Kita no Yadokara"
1977		Sayuri Ishikawa	"Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"
1978		Hideki Saijo	"Blue Sky Blue"
1979		Judy Ongg	"Miserarete"
1980		Mayumi Itsuwa	"Koibito yo"
1981		Hiromi Iwasaki	"Sumire Iro no Namida"
1982		Hiroshi Itsuki	"Chigiri"
1983		Seiko Matsuda	"Glass no Ringo"
1984		Anzen Chitai	"Wine Red no Kokoro"
1985			"Kanashimi ni Sayonara"
1986		Akira Kobayashi	"Atsuki Kokoro ni"
1987		Akina Nakamori	"Nanpasen"
1988			"I Missed the Shock"
1989		Takashi Hosokawa	"Kitaguni e"
1990		-	-

Best New Artist Award

Year		Artist	Song
1974	1	Kiyoshi Nakajo	"Uso"
	2	Mineko Nishikawa	"Anata ni Ageru"
1975	1	Takashi Hosokawa	"Kokoro Nokori"
	2	Hiromi Iwasaki	"Romance"
1976		Yasuko Naito	"Otouto yo"
1977		Mizue Takada	"Glass Zaka"
1978		Muneyuki Satō	"Aobajō Koi Uta"
1979		Mariko Tsubota	"How! Wonderful"
1980		Toshihiko Tahara	"Hattoshite! Good"
1981		Masahiko Kondō	"Gin Gira Gin ni Sarigenaku"
1982		Shibugakitai	"100%... So Kamone!"
1983		The Good-Bye	"Kimagure one way boy"
1984		Yukiko Okada	"Dreaming Girl Koi, Hajimemashite"
1985		Minako Honda	"Temptation"
1986		Shonentai	"Kamen Butōkai"
1987		BaBe	"I Don't Know!"
1988		Sakura Yamato	"Ōshō Ichidai Koharu Shigure"
1989		Marcia	"Furimukeba Yokohama"
1990		Ninja	"Omatsuri Ninja"

Best Hit Song Award

Year		Artist	Song
1974	1	Tonosama Kings	"Namida no Misao"
	2	Masatoshi Nakamura	"Fureai"
1975	1	Hiroshi Kamayatsu	"Waga Yoki Tomo yo"
	2	Akira Fuse	"Cyclamen no Kaori"
1976		Masato Shimon	"Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun"
1977		Pink Lady	"Nagisa no Sindbad"
1978			"UFO"
1979		Jirō Atsumi	"Yume Oi Zake"
1980		Monta & Brothers	"Dancing All Night"
1981		Tetsuya Ryū	"Okuhida Bojō"
1982		Hiromi Iwasaki	"Madonna-tachi no Lullaby"
1983		Eisaku Ōkawa	"Sazanka no Yado"
1984		Akina Nakamori	"Kita Wing"
1985			"Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa"
1986			"Desire (Jōnetsu)"
1987		Yōko Oginome	"Roppongi Junjōha"
1988		Hikaru Genji
1989		Princess Princess	"Diamonds"
1990

Audience Award

Year		Artist	Song
1974	1	Hiroshi Itsuki
	2
1975	1
	2
1976
1977		Sayuri Ishikawa	"Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"
1978		Momoe Yamaguchi	"Playback Part 2"
1979			"Shinayaka ni Utatte"
1980		Aki Yashiro	"Ame no Bojō"
1981		Hiroshi Itsuki	"Minato Hitori Uta"
1982		Takashi Hosokawa	"Kita Sakaba"
1983		Hiroshi Itsuki	"Sasame Yuki"
1984		Takashi Hosokawa	"Naniwa Bushi dayo Jinsei wa"
1985		Hiroshi Itsuki	"Soshite... Meguri Ai"
1986			"Naniwa Sakazuki"
1987			"Tsuioku"
1988			"Minato no Gobanchō"
1989		Sayuri Ishikawa	"Kaze no Bon Koi Uta"
1990

Best Kayōkyoku Award

Year		Artist	Song
1974	1	Goro Noguchi	"Kokuhaku"
	2	Momoe Yamaguchi	"Hito Natsu no Keiken"
1975	1		"Fuyu no Iro"
	2	Junko Sakurada	"Tenshi no Kuchibiru"
1976		Naoko Ken	"Abayo"
1977		Momoe Yamaguchi	"Kosumosu"
1978			"Playback Part 2"

Special Award

Year		Artist	Song
1974	1	Michiyo Azusa	"Futari de Osake o"
		Kaguyahime	"Imōto"
		Saori Yuki	"Michishio"
	2	Grape	"Shōryō Nagashi"
		Kayo Ishū	"Oshiete"
1975	1	Kenji Sawada	"Pari ni Hitori"
		Down Town Boogie Woogie Band	"Smokin' Boogie" "Minato no Yōko Yokohama Yokosuka"
	2	Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five	"Nakanoshima Blues"
1976		Toshirō Ōmi	"Yu no Machi Elegy"
		Yuriko Futaba	"Ganpeki no Haha"
		Hibari Misora	"Zassō no Uta"
1977		Hiroshi Itsuki
		Beauty Pair
1978		Hiromi Go & Kirin Kiki	"Ringo Satsujin Jiken"
		Hiroshi Itsuki	5th Anniversary Special Award
		Akira Fuse
		Miyako Harumi
		Sayuri Ishikawa
1979		Godiego	"Beautiful Name" "Ginga Tetsu Dō 999"
		Akiko Kanazawa	"Tsugaru Jongara Bushi"
1980		Yellow Magic Orchestra	"Rydeen"
		Momoe Yamaguchi
1981		Hiroshi Itsuki
1982		—
1983		Kenji Sawada	10th Anniversary Special Award
		Hideki Saijo
		Hiroshi Itsuki
1984		Kenny Loggins	"Footloose"
		Issei Fuubi Sepia	"Zenryaku, Dō no Ue yori"
		Jackie Chan	"I Love You, You, You"
1985		Onyanko Club	"Sailor-fuku o Nugasanai de"
		Tunnels	"Ame no Nishi Azabu"
		Shinichi Mori	"Onna mo yō"
1986		Onyanko Club	"Melody"
		Akemi Ishii Finzy Kontini	"Cha-cha-cha"
		Saburō Kitajima	"Kita no Ryōba"
1987		Hikaru Genji	"Star Light"
		Sayuri Ishikawa	"Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"
		A-ha	"The Living Daylights"
1988		Ken Shimura to Daijoubu da Family	"Unjarage"
		Hiroshi Itsuki	15th Anniversary Special Award
1989		Hibari Misora	"Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni"
		CoCo	"Equal Romance"
1990

Ceremonies

#		Date	Title	Host(s)		Mediator	Venue	Average Rating	Highest Rating
				Male Host	Female Host
1	1	1974-07-02	1974 FNS Music Festival	Hiroshi Ogawa	Sayuri Yoshinaga	Daisuke Kobayashi	Imperial Hotel, Tokyo	26.2%	—
	2	1974-07-18					Nihon Gekijo	34.0%
2	1	1974-12-10					Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
	2	1974-12-19					Shinjuku Koma Theater	26.4%
3	1	1975-07-01	1975 FNS Music Festival			Daisuke Kobayashi Toru Iwasa	Keio Plaza Hotel	25.9%
	2	1975-07-17					Nakano Sun Plaza	22.3%
4	1	1975-12-02					Fuji TV Kawadacho Building	28.8%
	2	1975-12-16					Nakano Sun Plaza	30.3%
5	1	1976-12-10	1976 FNS Music Festival		Yōko Asaji	—	Fuji TV Kawadacho Building	—
	2	1976-12-29					Nakano Sun Plaza	28.2%
6	1	1977-12-06	1977 FNS Music Festival	Hiroshi Sekiguchi	Mari Yoshimura		Fuji TV Kawadacho Building	30.6%
	2	1977-12-20					Nakano Sun Plaza	36.0%	41.7%
7	1	1978-12-05	1978 FNS Music Festival	Shigeru Tsuyuki				—	—
	2	1978-12-18					Nippon Budokan
8	1	1979-12-04	1979 FNS Music Festival				Nakano Sun Plaza
	2	1979-12-19					Nippon Budokan
9	1	1980-12-02	1980 FNS Music Festival				Nakano Sun Plaza
	2	1980-12-16					Nippon Budokan
10	1	1981-12-01	1981 FNS Music Festival				Nakano Sun Plaza	26.3%
	2	1981-12-15					Nippon Budokan	29.2%
11	1	1982-12-07	1982 FNS Music Festival				Nakano Sun Plaza	24.1%
	2	1982-12-21					Nippon Budokan	28.3%
12	1	1983-12-06	1983 FNS Music Festival				Nakano Sun Plaza	20.1%
	2	1983-12-20					Nippon Budokan	26.6%
13	1	1984-12-04	1984 FNS Music Festival				Nakano Sun Plaza	23.4%
	2	1984-12-18					Nippon Budokan	22.8%
14	1	1985-12-03	1985 FNS Music Festival				Nakano Sun Plaza	19.1%
	2	1985-12-17					Nippon Budokan	21.2%
15		1986-12-16	1986 FNS Music Festival					24.4%
16		1987-12-08	1987 FNS Music Festival	Shigeru Tsuyuki Ichiro Furutachi	—			24.8%
17		1988-12-06	1988 FNS Music Festival				Fuji TV Kawadacho Building	—
18		1989-12-12	1989 FNS Music Festival				Nippon Budokan
19		1990-12-11	1990 FNS Music Festival	Shigeru Tsuyuki	Rieko Kusuta
20		1991-12-10	1991 FNS Music Festival				Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa	27.6%	32.2%
21		1992-12-08	1992 FNS Music Festival					26.4%	—
22		1993-12-07	1993 FNS Music Festival					—
23		1994-12-06	1994 FNS Music Festival
24		1995-12-05	1995 FNS Music Festival
25		1996-12-10	1996 FNS Music Festival	Kenji Kawabata			Yokohama Arena	24.0%
26		1997-12-11	1997 FNS Music Festival					21.7%
27		1998-12-03	1998 FNS Music Festival				Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa	19.7%
28		1999-12-02	1999 FNS Music Festival					22.2%
29		2000-12-07	2000 FNS Music Festival					22.5%
30		2001-12-06	2001 FNS Music Festival					16.3%
31		2002-12-05	2002 FNS Music Festival					19.0%
32		2003-12-03	2003 FNS Music Festival					21.2%
33		2004-12-01	2004 FNS Music Festival					21.8%
34		2005-12-07	2005 FNS Music Festival	Tsuyoshi Kusanagi	Hitomi Kuroki	Kenji Kawabata		20.1%
35		2006-12-06	2006 FNS Music Festival			Kenji Kawabata Aya Takashima		21.3%
36		2007-12-05	2007 FNS Music Festival					20.7%
37		2008-12-03	2008 FNS Music Festival	—				19.7%
38		2009-12-02	2009 FNS Music Festival	Tsuyoshi Kusanagi				18.5%
39		2010-12-04	2010 FNS Music Festival		—			21.7%	29.4%
40		2011-12-07	2011 FNS Music Festival		Aya Takashima	Kenji Kawabata		19.9%	26.0%
41		2012-12-05	2012 FNS Music Festival			—		18.3%	22.8%
42		2013-12-04	2013 FNS Music Festival		Christel Takigawa			18.8%	24.4%
43		2014-12-03	2014 FNS Music Festival		Aya Takashima Ayako Kato		Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa Fuji TV V5 Studio (2nd part)	15.4%	19.7%
44	1	2015-12-02	2015 FNS Music Festival	Ken Watabe	Chisato Moritaka	Shinichi Karube	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa	16.1%	20.3%
	2	2015-12-16					Fuji TV Special Studio	13.5%	—
45	1	2016-12-07	2016 FNS Music Festival			Ayako Kato	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa	12.6%	15.7%
	2	2016-12-14					Fuji TV Special Studio	11.6%	16.8%
46	1	2017-12-06	2017 FNS Music Festival		Chisato Moritaka Ayako Kato	—	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa	13.6%	—
	2	2017-12-13					Fuji TV Special Studio	11.1%
47	1	2018-12-05	2018 FNS Music Festival				Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa
	2	2018-12-12					Fuji TV Special Studio
48	1	2019-12-04	2019 FNS Music Festival[2]	Masaki Aiba	Yūmi Nagashima		Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa
	2	2019-12-11					Fuji TV Special Studio
sp		2020-08-26	2020 FNS Music Festival "Natsu"[3][4]
49	1	2020-12-02	2020 FNS Music Festival[5]
	2	2020-12-09
sp		2021-07-14	2021 FNS Music Festival "Natsu"[6]
sp		2021-10-06	2021 FNS Music Festival "Aki"[7]
50	1	2021-12-01	2021 FNS Music Festival
	2	2021-12-08
sp		2022-03-23	2022 FNS Music Festival "Haru"[8]
sp		2022-07-13	2022 FNS Music Festival "Natsu"[9]
51	1	2022-12-07	2022 FNS Music Festival[10][11]				Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa
	2	2022-12-14					Fuji TV Special Studio
sp		2023-07-12	2023 FNS Music Festival "Natsu"[12]
52	1	2023-12-06	2023 FNS Music Festival[13]		Seika Inoue
	2	2023-12-13
sp		2024-07-03	2024 FNS Music Festival "Natsu"[14]
53	1	2024-12-04	2024 FNS Music Festival[15][16]
	2	2024-12-11
sp		2025-04	2025 FNS Music Festival "Haru"	Cancelled[1]
sp		2025-07-02	2025 FNS Music Festival "Natsu"[17][18]	Masaki Aiba	Seika Inoue	—

International guests (1992–present)

• a-ha
• Sting
• Judy Ongg
• Jackie Chan
• BoA
• Jasmine Ann Allen
• Destiny's Child
• Park Yong-ha
• Kenny Loggins
• Ryu
• Daniel Powter
• Jero
• TVXQ!
• Big Bang
• Alan Dawa Dolma
• Salena Jones
• K
• Ben E. King
• Che'Nelle
• Marty Friedman
• Chris Hart
• SHINee
• Iz*One
• BTS
• Seventeen
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER
• ENHYPEN
• TWICE