Japan Lyricist Awards


Japan Lyricist Awards is an annual set of awards sponsored by the Japan Lyricists' Association. Awarded since 1968. Over the years the award ceremony has been produced by NHK and NTV and now, since the 27th Awards, by TV Tokyo.

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 audience share data are from Video Research, for Kanto area.
No.DateSong titleLyricistSingerBroadcasting
station
TV
rating
Notes
1"Itsudemo Kimi wa"Tetsurō HoshinoKiyoko Suizenjino broadcast
2"Hana to Chō"Kōhan KawauchiShinichi Morino broadcast
3"Koi Hitosuji"Masato FujitaShinichi Morino broadcast
4"Onna no Asa"Sō NishizawaKenichi Mikawano broadcast
5"Shūchakueki"Kazuya SenkeChiyo Okumurano broadcast
6"Onna no Kaikyō"Miyuki IshimotoHarumi Miyakono broadcast
7"Saraba Tomo yo"Yū AkuShinichi Morino broadcast
8"Shikuramen no Kahori"Kei OguraAkira Fuseno broadcast
9"Kita no Yadokara"Yū AkuHarumi Miyakono broadcast
10"Katte ni Shiyagare"Yū AkuKenji Sawadano broadcastFirst successive Grand Prix win
11"Aobajō Koi Uta"Funaichi HoshimaMuneyuki SatōNHK General TV
12"Miserarete"Yoko AkiJudy OnggNHK General TV
13"Ōsaka Shigure"Osamu YoshiokaHarumi MiyakoNHK General TV
14"Moshimo Piano ga Hiketanara"Yū AkuToshiyuki NishidaNHK General TV
15"Chigiri"Yū AkuHiroshi ItsukiNHK General TV23.4%Yū Aku registers second successive win
16"Fuyu no Riviera"Takashi MatsumotoShinichi MoriNHK General TV20.8%
17"Kita no Hotaru"Yū AkuShinichi MoriNHK General TV
18"Bōkyō jon kara"Ryūichi SatomuraTakashi HosokawaNHK General TV19.1%
19"Yūsuge no Koi"Daizaburō NakayamaShinichi MoriNHK General TV19.3%
20"Jinsei Iroiro"Daizaburō NakayamaChiyoko ShimakuraNHK General TV20.3%Second person to achieve a successive win
21"Minato no Goban-chō"Yū AkuHiroshi ItsukiNHK General TV17.2%
22"Kaze no Bon Koi Uta"Rei NakanishiSayuri IshikawaNHK General TV
23"Utakata"Osamu YoshiokaSayuri IshikawaNTV
24"Kita no Daichi"Tetsurō HoshinoSaburō KitajimaNTV
25"Sakaba Hitori"Miyuki IshimotoMitsuko NakamuraNTV
26"Murasaki Ujō"Yasuteru MiuraAyako FujiNTV
27"Tsuki"Koyomi AsaYōko NagayamaTV Tokyo
28"Momo to Ringo no Monogatari"Teruhiko KuzeJunko MiyamaTV Tokyo
29"Chindō Monogatari"Daizaburō NakayamaYoshimi TendoTV Tokyo9.7%
30"Ningyō "Toyohisa ArakiKaori KozaiTV Tokyo10.7%
31"Amerika Hashi"Yoko YamaguchiYutaka YamakawaTV Tokyo10.8%
32"Tabiji no Hana"Mitsuo Ikeda Hiroko HattoriTV Tokyo
33"Hakone Hachiri no Hanjirō"Yurio MatsuiKiyoshi HikawaTV TokyoFirst ever Grand Prix for a debut song
34"Rinto Shite"Taka TakashiFuyumi SakamotoTV Tokyo10.2%
35"Kasannaka"Yū AkuHiroshi ItsukiTV Tokyo8.2%
36"Onna no Isshō "Osamu YoshiokaMiyuki KawanakaTV Tokyo10.7%
37"Kushiro Shitsugen"Ryūtarō KinoshitaKaori MizumoriTV Tokyo12.1%
38"Taiki Bansei"Tetsurō HoshinoAya ShimazuTV Tokyo9.8%
39"Saihoku Kōro"Mitsuo Ikeda Kaori KozaiTV Tokyo7.4%
40th"Danjiri"Yurio MatsuiMitsuko NakamuraTV Tokyo9.5%
41"Umiyuki"Yasushi AkimotoJeroTV Tokyo10.0%Second time a debut song wins the Grand Prix
42"Tokimeki no Rumba"Reiji MizukiKiyoshi HikawaTV Tokyo5.1%
43"Jinsei Michizure"Reiji MizukiYoshimi TendoTV Tokyo7.8%Third person to achieve a successful Grand Prix win
44"Ikutabi no Sakura"Michio YamagamiMai FukuiTV Tokyo6.9%
45"Sakura"Rei NakanishiKiyoshi HikawaTV Tokyo11.1%
46"Hakata a la Mode"Raymond MatsuyaHiroshi ItsukiTV Tokyo7.7%Special TV Tokyo Award goes to Yoshio Tabata
47December 4, 2014"Choi to Kimagure Wataridori"Toshiya NishitaniKiyoshi HikawaTV Tokyo6.3%
48December 3, 2015"Koma"Kyōsuke KuniAya ShimazuTV Tokyo8.1%
49December 1, 2016"Utsusemi no Ie"Mami TakuboTakao HoriuchiTV Tokyo4.5%
50December 3, 2017"Hijikawa Arashi"Makoto KitajōNatsuko GodaiTV Tokyo5.7%
51December 8, 2018"Tenryū Nagashi"Takashi ManjōKōhei FukudaBS TV Tokyo