[JAPAN] Kobukuro wins GRAND PRIX award at 49th Annual Nihon Record Taishou

December 30, 2007 by Dennis Amith

The rock duo Kobukuro has won the biggest award “Grand Prix” at the 49th Annual Nihon Record Taishou on December 30th.

The duo which consists of Kobuchi Kentaro and Kuroda Shunsuke talked about the song “Tsubomi”. Kobuchi talked about how the song was written for his mother who passed away but talked about how his mother protected him and now watches over him.

The group ended the show by performing their hit song.

Other winners of the night included EXILE for best song of the year with “Toki no Kakera” and °C-ute who took best new artist.

As a side note, Kobukuro’s album “All Singles Best” was released in September 2006 and stayed on the Oricon Best Albums top 10 and top 25 for a long time earning now around 3 million in sales and becoming one of the best 2006 albums sold in 2006 and 2007. The group released their new album “5296″ on December 19th (WPCL-10445).

Photos from the 49th Annual Nihon Record Taishou can be seen here.