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TOP10 Domestic Works TOP10 Domestic Works Work Title Lyricist Composer Music Publisher 1 GURENGE LiSA KAYOKO KUSANO SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC 2 Pretender SATOSHI FUJIHARA SATOSHI FUJIHARA FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC 3 Lemon KENSHI YONEZU KENSHI YONEZU NICHION INC 4 HAKUJITSU DAIKI TSUNETA DAIKI TSUNETA NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC CORPORATION SHINYA TADA 5 KIMINO UTA ASIL TV ASAHI MUSIC CO LTD A.K.Janeway 6 I LOVE... SATOSHI FUJIHARA SATOSHI FUJIHARA NICHION INC DEMON SLAYER︓KIMETSU NO YAIBA 7 ー GO SHIINA SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC BACKGROUND MUSIC YAMAHA MUSIC 8 ITO（Threads） MIYUKI NAKAJIMA MIYUKI NAKAJIMA ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC 9 SHUKUMEI SATOSHI FUJIHARA SATOSHI FUJIHARA ABC FRONTIER INC 10 EVANGELION BACKGROUND MUSIC ー SHIRO SAGISU SEVEN SEAS MUSIC CO LTD THE JASRAC AWARDS 2021 TOP10 Foreign Income Works Work Title Lyricist Composer Music Publisher NARUTO SHIPPUDEN 1 ー YASUHARU TAKANASHI TV TOKYO MUSIC INC BACKGROUND MUSIC BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR OR 2 ー TOMOYASU HOTEI IRc2 CORPORATION HUMANITY 3 BLEACH BACKGROUND MUSIC ー SHIRO SAGISU TV TOKYO MUSIC INC 4 MOOMIN BACKGROUND MUSIC ー SUMIO SHIRATORI TV TOKYO MUSIC INC 5 NARUTO BACKGROUND MUSIC ー TOSHIO MASUDA TV TOKYO MUSIC INC ONE PUNCH-MAN 6 ー MAKOTO MIYAZAKI TV TOKYO MUSIC INC BACKGROUND MUSIC BEYBLADE BURST 7 ー YUSAKU TSUCHIYA TV TOKYO MUSIC INC BACKGROUND MUSIC HITOMI SHIRATORI 8 TEARS YOSHIKI JAPAN MUSIC AGENCY CO LTD YOSHIKI GEKIJOUBAN NARUTO SHIPPUDEN 9 ー YASUHARU TAKANASHI TV TOKYO MUSIC INC BACKGROUND MUSIC NANATSU NO TAIZAI 10 ー HIROYUKI SAWANO MYRICA MUSIC INC BACKGROUND MUSIC THE JASRAC AWARDS 2021 Top10 Foreign Works Work Title Lyricist (Sub Author) Composer （arranger） Original Publisher Sub Publisher 1 DAYDREAM BELIEVER JOHN C. STEWART JOHN C. STEWART SCREEN GEMS EMI MUSIC INC EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING JAPAN LTD FPM DIV NICHION INC (Until December 2020) KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ 2 INTO THE UNKNOWN WONDERLAND MUSIC COMPANY INC UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHNG LLC (From January 2021) ROBERT LOPEZ ROBERT LOPEZ YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC NICHION INC (Until December 2020) WONDERLAND MUSIC COMPANY INC 3 A WHOLE NEW WORLD TIMOTHY MILES BINDON RICE ALAN IRWIN MENKEN UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHNG LLC (From January 2021) WALT DISNEY MUSIC COMPANY YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC PAL PARK MUSIC UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHNG LLC CENTER CITY MUSIC 4 CENTERFOLD SETH JUSTMAN SETH JUSTMAN SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES AMERICA INC YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC (KMSA) AWOLNATION MUSIC TORO ROSSO TRACKS SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (JAPAN) INC 5 SAIL AARON R. BRUNO AARON R. BRUNO KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC KOBALT MUSIC SERVICES LTD (KMS) RED BULL MEDIA HOUSE GMBH NICHION INC (Until December 2020) 6 ZIP A DEE DOO DAH RAY GILBERT ALLIE WRUBEL WALT DISNEY MUSIC COMPANY UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHNG LLC (From January 2021) YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC DEE DEE RAMONE DEE DEE RAMONE DO YOU REMEMBER WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC JAPAN KK 7 JOHNNY RAMONE JOHNNY RAMONE TACO TUNES INC ROCK N ROLL RADIO YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC JOEY RAMONE JOEY RAMONE UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHNG LLC 8 BITTERSWEET SAMBA SOL LAKE SOL LAKE ALMO MUSIC CORPORATION YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC HENRI BELOLO 9 Y M C A VICTOR EDWARD. WILLS JACQUES MORALI SCORPIO MUSIC FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC （RYUJI AMAGAI） WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC JAPAN KK 10 DSCHINGHIS KHAN BERND MEINUNGER RALPH SIEGEL JUN CHAPPELL MUSIKVERLAG GMBH YAMAHA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC THE JASRAC AWARDS 2021 .
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