8th Japan Record Awards

The 8th Japan Record Award was held on December 24, 1966.[1] Yukio Hashi became the first singer that get the 2nd JRA.

8th Japan Record Awards
DateDecember 24, 1966
VenueHibiya Public Hall
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Emcee

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Ayuurou Miki

  • 2nd time as the emcee for JRA.

Award Winners

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Japan Record Award

  • Yukio Hashi for "Muhyou"
    • 2nd award after 4 years.
    • Lyricist: Tetsuo Miyagawa
    • Composer: Ichirou Tone
    • Arranger: Yoshitaka Ichinose
    • Record Company: JVC Victor

Vocalist Award

New Artist Award

  • Ichirou Araki for "Sora Ni Hoshi Ga Aruyouni"
  • Tokiko Kato for "Akai Fussen"
 
Tokiko Kato, New Artist Award awarder.


Composer Award

  • Kuranosuke Hamaguchi for "Hoshi No Flamenco" and "Bara Ga Saita"

Arranger Award

  • Kenichirou Morioka for "Kimi To Itsumademo" and "Aitakute Aitakute"

Lyricist Award

Special Award

 
Yūzō Kayama, Special Award awarder.


Planning Award

Children's Song Award

Nominations

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Song Singer Votes (1st Round) Votes (final)
Muhyou Yukio Hashi 16 23
Kimi To Itsumademo Yūzō Kayama 12 16
Zusshou Kazuo Funaki 6 0
Aitakute Aitakute Mari Sono Not mentioned.
Hoshi No Flamenco Teruhiko Saigō
Bara Ga Saita Mike Maki

Vocalist Award

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Singer Votes (1st Round) Votes (Runner Up) Votes (final round)
Kazuo Funaki 17 N/A 25
Mari Sono 10 20 14
Sumito Tachikawa 12 19 N/A
Teruhiko Saigō 0 N/A
Yūzō Kayama
Frank Nagai
Hibari Misora
Saburō Kitajima
Harumi Miyako
Teruko Hino
Yūjirō Ishihara

New Artist Award

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Male

Singer Votes
Ichirou Araki 26
Mike Maki 13
Shinichi Mori N/A
Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets
B And B
Jirō Akagi
Jin Nakayama
The Savage
Henry Drennan

Female

Singer Votes (first round) Votes (final round)
Tokiko Kato 10 23
Mina Aoe 14 16
Ako Midorikawa 9 N/A
Mitsuko Baisho 6
Linda Yamamoto 0
Miyuki Kagajyou
Keiko Ōtori
Yoshiko Aki
Kyōko Katsura

Composer Award

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Composer Votes
Kuranosuke Hamaguchi 26
Yūzō Kayama Not mentioned
Shousuke Ichikawa
Hiroshi Miyagawa
Doumei Suzuki
Ben Sasaki
Ichirou Araki

Arranger Award

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Arranger Votes
Kenichirou Morioka 23
Norio Maeda Not mentioned
Jinzou Kosugi

Lyricist Award

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Lyricist Votes
Tokiko Iwatani 21
Meiko Nakamura 18
Naoya Uchimura 0
Kuranosuke Hamaguchi
Yaso Saijou
Tetsu Mizushima

Special Award

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Singer Votes
Yūzō Kayama 39 (All)

Planning Award

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Company Project Votes
EMI Music Japan Nihon No Uta 26
Universal Music Japan Folk Rosen 13
EMI Music Japan Roman Enka Rosen 0
JVC Frank Nagai's Bojou

Children's Song Award

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Song Votes
Susumu Ishikawa's Obake No Q-Taro 21
Oto No Symphony 16
Watashi No Marionette Not Mentioned
Tondetta Banana

References

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  1. ^ "活動〜日本レコード大賞〜【公益社団法人 日本作曲家協会】" (in Japanese). Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved 2 January 2022.