Japan Lyricist Awards

Japan Lyricist Awards
Awarded for Awarded to lyricists (mainly enka, kayokyoku)
Sponsor Japan Lyricists' Association
Location TV Tokyo, First Studio
Country Japan
First awarded 1968
Official website www.jla-official.com/n_taisho.html

Japan Lyricist Awards (日本作詩大賞 Nihon Sakushi Taishō, lit. "Japan Versification Grand Prix"[1]) is an annual set of awards sponsored by the Japan Lyricists' Association. Awarded since 1968.[2] Over the years the award ceremony has been produced by NHK and NTV and now, since the 27th Awards, by TV Tokyo.[3]

Grand Prix winning songs

This is a list of songs that have won the Grand Prix. For details on awards in other categories, visit the official website of the Japan Lyricists' Association. The audience share data are from Video Research, for Kanto area.

No. Date Song title Lyricist Singer Broadcasting
station 		TV
rating 		Notes
1 June 27, 1968 "Itsudemo Kimi wa" (いつでも君は) Tetsurō Hoshino (星野哲郎) Kiyoko Suizenji (水前寺清子) no broadcast
2 May 22, 1969 "Hana to Chō" (花と蝶) Kōhan Kawauchi Shin'ichi Mori
3 October 15, 1970 "Koi Hitosuji" (恋ひとすじ) Masato Fujita (藤田まさと) Shin'ichi Mori
4 October 23, 1971 "Onna no Asa" (おんなの朝) Sō Nishizawa (西沢 爽) Keni'chi Mikawa
5 November 11, 1972 "Shūchakueki" (終着駅) Kazuya Senke (千家和也) Chiyo Okumura
6 October 11, 1973 "Onna no Kaikyō" (おんなの海峡) Miyuki Ishimoto (石本美由起) Harumi Miyako
7 December 7, 1974 "Saraba Tomo yo" (さらば友よ) Yū Aku Shin'ichi Mori
8 December 8, 1975 "Shikuramen no Kahori" (シクラメンのかほり) Kei Ogura Akira Fuse
9 December 4, 1976 "Kita no Yado kara" (北の宿から) Yū Aku Harumi Miyako
10 December 2, 1977 "Katte ni Shiyagare" (勝手にしやがれ) Yū Aku Kenji Sawada First successive Grand Prix win
11 November 30, 1978 "Aobajō Koi Uta" (青葉城恋唄) Funaichi Hoshima (星間船一) Muneyuki Satō (さとう宗幸) NHK General TV
12 November 15, 1979 "Miserarete" (魅せられて) Yoko Aki Judy Ongg
13 October 28, 1980 "Ōsaka Shigure" (大阪しぐれ) Osamu Yoshioka Harumi Miyako
14 October 27, 1981 "Moshimo Piano ga Hiketanara" (もしもピアノが弾けたなら) Yū Aku Toshiyuki Nishida
15 October 19, 1982 "Chigiri" (契り) Yū Aku Hiroshi Itsuki 23.4% Yū Aku registers second successive win
16 October 18, 1983 "Fuyu no Riviera" (冬のリヴィエラ) Takashi Matsumoto Shin'ichi Mori 20.8%
17 October 23, 1984 "Kita no Hotaru" (北の螢) Yū Aku Shin'ichi Mori
18 October 22, 1985 "Bōkyō jon kara" (望郷じょんから) Ryūichi Satomura (里村龍一) Takashi Hosokawa 19.1%
19 October 14, 1986 "Yūsuge no Koi" (ゆうすげの恋) Daizaburō Nakayama (中山大三郎) Shin'ichi Mori 19.3%
20 October 13, 1987 "Jinsei Iroiro" (人生いろいろ) Daizaburō Nakayama (中山大三郎) Chiyoko Shimakura 20.3% Second person to achieve a successive win
21 October 18, 1988 "Minato no Goban-chō" (港の五番町) Yū Aku Hiroshi Itsuki 17.2%
22 September 1989 "kaze no Bon Koi Uta" (風の盆恋歌) Rei Nakanishi Sayuri Ishikawa
23 October 14, 1990 "Utakata" (うたかた) Osamu Yoshioka Sayuri Ishikawa NTV
24 November 17, 1991 "Kita no Daichi" (北の大地) Tetsurō Hoshino (星野哲郎) Saburō Kitajima
25 November 15, 1992 "Sakaba Hitori" (酒場ひとり) Miyuki Ishimoto (石本美由起) Mitsuko Nakamura (中村美律子)
26 November 14, 1993 "Murasaki Ujō" (むらさき雨情) Yasuteru Miura (三浦康照) Ayako Fuji
27 November 27, 1994 "Tsuki" (蒼月) Koyomi Asa (麻こよみ) Yōko Nagayama TV Tokyo
28 November 26, 1995 "Momo to Ringo no Monogatari" (桃と林檎の物語) Mutsuki Ichikawa (市川睦月) Junko Miyama (美山純子)
29 November 24, 1996 "Chindō Monogatari" (珍島物語) Daizaburō Nakayama (中山大三郎) Yoshimi Tendō (天童 よしみ) 9.7%
30 November 23, 1997 "Ningyō (Omocha)" (人形（おもちゃ）) Toyohisa Araki (荒木とよひさ) Kaori Kōzai (香西かおり) 10.7%
31 November 29, 1998 "Amerika Hashi" (アメリカ橋) Yōko Yamaguchi (山口洋子) Yutaka Yamakawa (山川豊) 10.8%
32 November 28, 1999 "Tabiji no Hana" (旅路の花) Mitsuo Ikeda (池田充男) Hiroko Hattori (服部浩子)
33 November 26, 2000 "Hakone Hachiri no Hanjirō" (箱根八里の半次郎) Yurio Matsui (松井由利夫) Kiyoshi Hikawa Fiirst ever Grand Prix for a debut song
34 November 26, 2001 "Rinto Shite" (凛として) Taka Takashi (たかたかし) Fuyumi Sakamoto 10.2%
35 November 24, 2002 "Kasannaka" (傘ん中) Yū Aku Hiroshi Itsuki 8.2%
36 November 28, 2003 "Onna no Isshō (Ase no Hana)" (おんなの一生〜汗の花〜) Osamu Yoshioka Miyuki Kawanaka 10.7%
37 November 28, 2004 "Kushiro Shitsugen" (釧路湿原) Ryūtarō Kinoshita (木下龍太郎) Kaori Mizumori 12.1%
38 November 27, 2005 "Taiki Bansei" (大器晩成) Tetsurō Hoshino (星野哲郎) Aya Shimazu (島津亜矢) 9.8%
39 November 26, 2006 "Saihoku Kōro" (最北航路) Mitsuo Ikeda (池田充男) Kaori Kōzai (香西かおり) 7.4%
40th November 25, 2007 "Danjiri" (だんじり) Yurio Matsui (松井由利夫) Mitsuko Nakamura (中村美律子) 9.5%
41 November 30, 2008 "Umiyuki" (海雪) Yasushi Akimoto Jero 10.0% Second time a debut song wins the Grand Prix
42 November 29, 2009 "Tokimeki no Rumba" (ときめきのルンバ) Reiji Mizuki (水木れいじ) Kiyoshi Hikawa 5.1%
43 November 28, 2010 "Jinsei Michizure" (人生みちづれ) Reiji Mizuki (水木れいじ) Yoshimi Tendō (天童よしみ) 7.8% Third person to achieve a successful Grand Prix win
44 November 27, 2011 "Ikutabi no Sakura" (いくたびの櫻) Michio Yamagami (山上路夫) Mai Fukui 6.9%
45 December 6, 2012 "Sakura" (櫻) Rei Nakanishi Kiyoshi Hikawa 11.1%
46 December 5, 2013 "Hakata a la Mode" (博多ア・ラ・モード) Raymond Matsuya (レーモンド松屋) Hiroshi Itsuki 7.7% Special TV Tokyo Award goes to Yoshio Tabata

References

  1. ↑ "The 45th Japan versification award - Week program - Program information - TV TOKYO". TV Tokyo. 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  2. ↑ "The 46th Japan versification award - Week program - Program information - TV TOKYO". TV Tokyo. 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  3. ↑ "『第46回日本作詩大賞』レーモンド松屋が受賞". Oricon Style. 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
    "森昌子が生放送で27年ぶりの着物姿を披露！『第46回日本作詩大賞』今夜放送". Ameba News. 2013-12-05.

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