8th Japan Record Awards

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

8th Japan Record Awards
Date	December 24, 1966
Venue	Hibiya Public Hall

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
  • Record Company: JVC Victor

Vocalist Award

• Kazuo Funaki for "Zesshou"

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"
  • 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

Yūzō Kayama, Special Award awarder.

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 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

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