Hitsujibungaku, Aina the End, LiSA, Gen Hoshino Walk Red Carpet at Music Awards Japan 2026
The red carpet lineup at Japan's largest music awards shows how deeply anime theme songs are now integrated into the mainstream music industry, with artists who work on anime scoring major category wins.
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The Music Awards Japan 2026 ceremony on June 13 featured a red carpet event with numerous anime theme song artists. Hitsujibungaku won two awards in the alternative category. Aina the End will perform the theme for the upcoming TV anime One Piece Heroines. LiSA, Gen Hoshino, and others also attended.
Music Awards Japan 2026, the country's largest music awards with 78 categories spanning pop, rock, R&B, and classical, held its ceremony on June 13 in Tokyo's Ariake district. The event featured a red carpet where many artists known for anime theme songs appeared.
Hitsujibungaku took two awards in the alternative category: Best Alternative Song and Best Alternative Artist. The band performed the ending theme 'more than words' for Jujutsu Kaisen season 2's Shibuya Incident arc in 2023.
Aina the End will sing 'Blue Shining Star,' the theme for the TV anime One Piece Heroines starting July 5, 2026. She previously performed openings for Dan Da Dan season 2 and the Mononoke film sequel.
LiSA, known for multiple Demon Slayer film themes including 'Gurenge' and 'Homura,' also walked the carpet. Gen Hoshino, who contributed to Spy x Family and Doraemon films, won the Best Cross-Border Collaboration Song award.
Other attendees included Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Wednesday Campanella, and Atarashii Gakko!, the latter having voiced a lead role in the film The Labyrinth's Bookmark.
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