LiSA wins the grand prize at the 62nd Nihon Record Taisho (Japan Record Awards)

The 62nd Nihon Record Taisho was held in Tokyo on December 30th and the song “Homura” by LiSA was the grand prize winner.

LiSA was selected for the first time since her debut 11 years ago and is the first female solo artist to win the grand prize for the Nihon Record Taisho in four years since Nishino Kana.

With the popularity of the animated film “Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen“, LiSA was able to take the top prize considering the single has been released two and a half months ago.

LiSA cheerfully said, “I’m very happy.  Thank you!  I’ve received the support of so many people leading up to today that has allowed me to be here. Thank you.  Thank you for the support for those around me who have shed tears.  I argued with my mother and came to Tokyo, running away from home.  I came here without imagining a future to stand in such a place.  I am really happy that there is such a future ahead of me walking with everyone”.

LiSA is originally from Gifu prefecture and began learning the piano at the age of three, took dance and vocal lessons at a young age and even participated in an audition at Nippon Budokan.  She made a decision to pursue music at a young age and didn’t go to university and moved to Tokyo in hopes of continuing her singing career and got her foot in the door singing for the anime series “Angel Beats!” as part of Girls Dead Monster back in 2010.

She would make her solo debut in 2011 with the mini-album “Letters to U” through Aniplex and her first solo single “Oath Sign”, the opening theme for the anime series “Fate/Zero” peaked at #5 on the Oricon Weekly Charts.

This year, her single “Gurenge” surpassed 1 million downloads since it’s release in July 2020 and LiSA became the first female artist to surpass 1 million dowloads in the history of Oricon’s Digital Single Ranking Chart.

As for other winners of this year’s “62nd Nihon Record Taisho”, Sanada Naoki won “Best Rookie Award”, while ARASHI won the “Special Honor Award”.

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