49th Nihon Record Taisho

[Uemarasan]

I'm not sure if this was posted already, so correct me if I'm wrong Here are the nominees for the 49th Nihon Record Taisho:

"Jewelry day" by Ayaka
"LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING" by w-inds.
"Toki no Kakera" by EXILE
"PEACH" by Ai Otsuka
"Kanazawa No Ame" by Miyuki Kawanaka
"Ai no Uta" by Kumi Koda
"Tsubomi" by Kobukuro
"Kiyoshi no Soran Bushi" by Kiyoshi Hikawa (last year's winner)
"LOVE LETTER" by BoA
"Hitori Satsumaji" by Kaori Mizumori

I'm a bit disappointed that the same nominees appear again and again and again. Good to see Ayaka, but aren't there any other deserving enka artists aside from Kiyoshi Hikawa and Kaori Mizumori (although these two are great artists indeed)? How many times are they going to nominate EXILE, w-inds, and BoA? (Sorry to the fans, but these artists are way past their prime, in my humblest opinion). Why not nominate Mika Nakashima's stunning "Life"? Bump of Chicken or Yui or Angela Aki? We desperately need some new blood, please!

I predict: Kobukuro.
Maybe: Kiyoshi Hikawa (he deserves more than one) or Kaori Mizumori (she deserves it, finally).

New Artist nominees:

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JYONGRI
Stephanie
Satomi Takasugi

Winners of these two awards along with Best Singer (I predict Ayaka) will be announced on the 30th of December. Other winners can be found in the link below.

Source: hxxp://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2162