Billboard Japan Releases Its Year End Charts for 2021

Top Lyricists

1. Ayase (YOASOBI – Yoru ni Kakeru / Kaibutsu / Gunjou)
2. Fujiwara Satoshi (Official HIGE DANdism – Cry Baby / Pretender /I LOVE…)
3. Aimyon (DISH// – Neko / Neko ~THE FIRST TAKE ver.~ & Aimyon – Hadaka no Kokoro)
4. Yuuri (Yuuri – Dry Flower / Kakurenbo / Peter Pan)
5. Shimizu Iyori (back number – Suiheisen / Kaitou & BTS – Film out)
6. Yonezu Kenshi (Yonezu Kenshi – Pale Blue / Kanden / Lemon)
7. Akimoto Yasushi (Nogizaka46 – Boku wa Boku wo Suki ni Naru & Sakurazaka46 – Nobody’s fault / BAN)
8. Vaundy (Vaundy – napori / Fukakouryoku / Kaiki no Hana Uta)
9. Tsuneta Daiki (King Gnu – Hakujitsu / Sanmon Shosetsu & millennium parade x Belle – U)
10. EIGO (ONEly Inc.) / Hirai Dai (Hirai Dai – Stand by me, Stand by you. / Daimei no nai Kyou / Buddy)

Top Composers

1. Ayase (YOASOBI – Yoru ni Kakeru / Kaibutsu / Gunjou)
2. Fujiwara Satoshi (Official HIGE DANdism – Cry Baby / Pretender /I LOVE…)
3. Aimyon (DISH// – Neko / Neko ~THE FIRST TAKE ver.~ & Aimyon – Hadaka no Kokoro)
4. Yuuri (Yuuri – Dry Flower / Kakurenbo / Peter Pan)
5. Yonezu Kenshi (Yonezu Kenshi – Pale Blue / Kanden / Lemon)
6. Shimizu Iyori (back number – Suiheisen / Kaitou / Takane no Hanako-san)
7. Vaundy (Vaundy – napori / Fukakouryoku / Kaiki no Hana Uta)
8. Tsuneta Daiki (King Gnu – Hakujitsu / Sanmon Shosetsu & millennium parade x Belle – U)
9. Hirai Dai (Hirai Dai – Stand by me, Stand by you. / Daimei no nai Kyou / Buddy)
10. David Stewart / Jessica Agombar (BTS – Dynamite)

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