List of Oricon number-one singles of 1971

The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Singles Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon based on each singles' physical sales. This list includes the singles that reached the number one place on that chart in 1971.

Oricon Weekly Singles Chart

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 4	"Hashire Kōtarō  [ ja ]"	Salty Sugar  [ ja ]	[1]
January 11	"As the Years Go By" Japanese title: " Kiri no Naka no Futari " (霧の中の二人, lit. "Two in the Fog")	Mashmakhan
January 18
January 25	"Bōkyō  [ ja ]"	Shinichi Mori
February 1
February 8
February 15	"Hanayome  [ ja ]"	Norihiko Hashida & Climax
February 22
March 1	"Shiretoko Ryojō  [ ja ]"	Tokiko Kato
March 8
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19	"Naomi no Yume"	Hedva & David
April 26
May 3
May 10
May 17	"Mata Au Hi Made  [ ja ]"	Kiyohiko Ozaki
May 24
May 31
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28
July 5
July 12
July 19	"Yokohama Tasogare  [ ja ]"	Hiroshi Itsuki
July 26	"Watashi no Jōkamachi  [ ja ]"	Rumiko Koyanagi
August 2
August 9
August 16
August 23
August 30
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11
October 18	"Ame no Ballad  [ ja ]"	Masayuki Yuhara  [ ja ]
October 25
November 1
November 8	"Ame no Midōsuji  [ ja ]"	Ouyang Fei Fei
November 15
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
December 20
December 27

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-10-13.