8th Japan Record Awards

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8th Japan Record Awards
Date	December 24, 1966
Venue	Hibiya Public Hall
← 7th Japan Record Awards 9th →

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

Emcee[]

Ayuurou Miki

• 2nd time as the emcee for JRA.

Award Winners[]

Japan Record Award

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

Vocalist Award

• Kazuo Funaki for "Zesshou"

New Artist Award

• Ichirou Araki for "Sora Ni Hoshi Ga Aruyouni"
• Tokiko Kato for "Akai Fussen"

Composer Award

• Kuranosuke Hamaguchi for "Hoshi No Flamenco" and "Bara Ga Saita"
  • Singer: Teruhiko Saigō and Mike Maki

Arranger Award

• Kenichirou Morioka for "Kimi To Itsumademo" and "Aitakute Aitakute"
  • Singer: Yūzō Kayama and Mari Sono

Lyricist Award

• Tokiko Iwatani for "Aitakute Aitakute" and "Kimi To Itsumademo"
  • Singer: Mari Sono and Yūzō Kayama
  • 2nd award after 2 years.

Special Award

• Yūzō Kayama

Planning Award

• EMI Music Japan for "Nihon No Uta"
  • Singer: Duke Aces

Children's Song Award

• Susumu Ishikawa for "Obake No Q-Taro"

Nominations[]

JRA[]

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[]

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[]

Male

Singer	Votes
Ichirou Araki	26
Mike Maki	13
Shinichi Mori	N/A
Jackey Yoshikawa & 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[]

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

Arranger Award[]

Arranger	Votes
Kenichirou Morioka	23
Norio Maeda	Not mentioned
Jinzou Kosugi

Lyricist Award[]

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

Special Award[]

Singer	Votes
Yūzō Kayama	39 (All)

Planning Award[]

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[]

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

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