rina sawayama named one of noisey's "25 women under 25 who are absolutely killing it right now" for international women's day 2016. in 2017, she was selected as one of the "dazed 100" nominees, a group of 100 next-generation creators who will be responsible for the future of youth culture. november 2019, ”vogue japan women of the year 2019” will be awarded to women who have shone in a variety of fields that year. in 2020, her first album ”sawayama” was awarded ”allmusic best of 2020” ”and favorite pop album”.