The ‘52nd Japan Record Awards’ nominees and winners announced

On November 20th, the ‘52nd Japan Record Awards’ announced their list of nominees and award winners. It’s odd to see that the winners for most of the categories have been selected already, but maybe that’s just for brevity’s sake.

The winners from the ‘Best Song‘ and ‘New Artist’ categories will progress respectively to compete for the ‘Japan Record Award’ and ‘Best New Artist‘ awards. The panel will select their choice in who should be awarded the ‘Japan Record Award‘ from the ‘Best Song’ pool, while the winner for the ‘Best New Artist‘ will be chosen from the ‘New Artist’ list.

The winners of these two categories will be announced during the broadcast of the show on December 30th at 6:30 PM (JST).

Check out the list below!

- “New Artist Award”
• ICONIQ
• Kikuchi Madoka
• Shoujo Jidai (SNSD)
• S/mileage

- “Best New Artist”
• ICONIQ
• Kikuchi Madoka
• Shoujo Jidai (SNSD)
• S/mileage

Seohyun initiates skinship with Yong Hwa in Japan

‘Wife’ Seohyun surprised her ‘husband’ Yong Hwa with sudden physical contact during their trip in Japan for MBC’s “We Got Married.”

Broadcasted on November 20th, the episode featured the couple throwing an impromptu drinking session between themselves, while staying at a traditional Japanese ryokan.

Jung Yong Hwa asked Seohyun, “Do you want to drink?“, to which Seohyun readily agreed, “Yes, let’s go, let’s go.”

The two left the motel and headed for the corner store in order to purchase beer and other snacks. However on their way back home, the distance between them must have felt awkward because Seohyun decided to abruptly link arms with Yong Hwa.

Immediately, Yong Hwa froze but quickly tried to recover his composure by stating, “What’re you doing?”

In a later private interview, Yong Hwa coolly revealed, “Isn’t it cooler for the man to have his hands in his pockets and let the woman link arms?”

Unfortunately, he couldn’t quite convince the MCs of his manly charms, since they witnessed his surprised facial expression after Seohyun’s stunt.

Seohyun attempted skinship with Yonghwa!

Recently reported, Seohyun attempted skinship with Yonghwa which make the host cheered! Check out the first skinship that Seohyun tried!

Yonghwa and Seohyun’s messages for each other!

During this week episode, Yonghwa and Seohyun went out together during their schedule on Japan! Yonghwa and Seohyun went to a temple/shrine(not sure where is located), they went to wrote messages to each other!

Translation :

Seohyun wrote: yong~ i’ll think of the time we’ve spent so far preciously. Let’s make even better memories~! SNSD and CN Blue will be great! I’ll always cheer (for you? – in korean the ‘to who’ is not specified)

Yonghwa wrote: hyun~ you’ll be daebak in japan! i’ll always support/ cheer for yoU! even though we’re apart- both of us hwaiting!

SNSD, KARA and Bing Bang granted distinctions from “Japan Record Awards”

Girl group SNSD can celebrate their successful debut into the Japanese market, as it was recently revealed that they were granted the ‘New Artist’ award from the ‘Japan Record Awards‘.

According to the judging committee of the ‘52nd Japan Record Awards‘, SNSD won the rookie award alongside ICONIQ, Kikuchi Madoka, and S/mileage. The rookie award automatically nominates them for the ‘Best New Artist Award,’ which will select the top debuting artist from the four winners.

The winner of the “Best New Artist Award” is scheduled to be revealed during the actual awards ceremony on December 30th.

Heartthrob group Big Bang also won a notable distinction this year, as their Japanese track “Tell Me Goodbye” received the award for being one of the “Best Songs” this year. Big Bang is now in the running to grab the highest honor of the night, the “Japan Record Award“, for which they’ll compete against the other artists who were also acknowledged for having a “Best Song”. Again, the winner of the “Japan Record Award” will also be announced on December 30th.

KARA also made fared well for themselves this year, as they were granted the “Best Project” award for their special packaged release, “KARA SPECIAL PREMIUM BOX FOR JAPAN“.

Stay tuned to allkpop for further updates on this exciting event!

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