# Japan Lyricist Awards

Japan Lyricist Awards (日本作詩大賞, Nihon Sakushi Taishō, lit. "Japan Versification Grand Prix") 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 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 (1968-6-27) | "Itsudemo Kimi wa" (いつでも君は) | Tetsurō Hoshino (星野哲郎) | Kiyoko Suizenji | no broadcast | | |
| 2 | May 22, 1969 (1969-5-22) | "Hana to Chō" (花と蝶) | Kōhan Kawauchi | Shinichi Mori | no broadcast | | |
| 3 | October 15, 1970 (1970-10-15) | "Koi Hitosuji" (恋ひとすじ) | Masato Fujita | Shinichi Mori | no broadcast | | |
| 4 | October 23, 1971 (1971-10-23) | "Onna no Asa" (おんなの朝) | Sō Nishizawa (西沢 爽) | Kenichi Mikawa | no broadcast | | |
| 5 | November 11, 1972 (1972-11-11) | "Shūchakueki" (終着駅) | Kazuya Senke (千家和也) | Chiyo Okumura | no broadcast | | |
| 6 | October 11, 1973 (1973-10-11) | "Onna no Kaikyō" (おんなの海峡) | Miyuki Ishimoto (石本美由起) | Harumi Miyako | no broadcast | | |
| 7 | December 7, 1974 (1974-12-7) | "Saraba Tomo yo" (さらば友よ) | Yū Aku | Shinichi Mori | no broadcast | | |
| 8 | December 8, 1975 (1975-12-8) | "Shikuramen no Kahori" (シクラメンのかほり) | Kei Ogura | Akira Fuse | no broadcast | | |
| 9 | December 4, 1976 (1976-12-4) | "Kita no Yadokara" (北の宿から) | Yū Aku | Harumi Miyako | no broadcast | | |
| 10 | December 2, 1977 (1977-12-2) | "Katte ni Shiyagare" (勝手にしやがれ) | Yū Aku | Kenji Sawada | no broadcast | | First successive Grand Prix win |
| 11 | November 30, 1978 (1978-11-30) | "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 (1979-11-15) | "Miserarete" (魅せられて) | Yoko Aki | Judy Ongg | NHK General TV | | |
| 13 | October 28, 1980 (1980-10-28) | "Ōsaka Shigure" (大阪しぐれ) | Osamu Yoshioka | Harumi Miyako | NHK General TV | | |
| 14 | October 27, 1981 (1981-10-27) | "Moshimo Piano ga Hiketanara" (もしもピアノが弾けたなら) | Yū Aku | Toshiyuki Nishida | NHK General TV | | |
| 15 | October 19, 1982 (1982-10-19) | "Chigiri" (契り) | Yū Aku | Hiroshi Itsuki | NHK General TV | 23.4% | Yū Aku registers second successive win |
| 16 | October 18, 1983 (1983-10-18) | "Fuyu no Riviera" (冬のリヴィエラ) | Takashi Matsumoto | Shinichi Mori | NHK General TV | 20.8% | |
| 17 | October 23, 1984 (1984-10-23) | "Kita no Hotaru" (北の螢) | Yū Aku | Shinichi Mori | NHK General TV | | |
| 18 | October 22, 1985 (1985-10-22) | "Bōkyō jon kara" (望郷じょんから) | Ryūichi Satomura (里村龍一) | Takashi Hosokawa | NHK General TV | 19.1% | |
| 19 | October 14, 1986 (1986-10-14) | "Yūsuge no Koi" (ゆうすげの恋) | Daizaburō Nakayama (中山大三郎) | Shinichi Mori | NHK General TV | 19.3% | |
| 20 | October 13, 1987 (1987-10-13) | "Jinsei Iroiro" (人生いろいろ) | Daizaburō Nakayama (中山大三郎) | Chiyoko Shimakura | NHK General TV | 20.3% | Second person to achieve a successive win |
| 21 | October 18, 1988 (1988-10-18) | "Minato no Goban-chō" (港の五番町) | Yū Aku | Hiroshi Itsuki | NHK General TV | 17.2% | |
| 22 | October 17, 1989 (1989-10-17) | "Kaze no Bon Koi Uta" (風の盆恋歌) | Rei Nakanishi | Sayuri Ishikawa | NHK General TV | | |
| 23 | October 14, 1990 (1990-10-14) | "Utakata" (うたかた) | Osamu Yoshioka | Sayuri Ishikawa | NTV | | |
| 24 | November 17, 1991 (1991-11-17) | "Kita no Daichi" (北の大地) | Tetsurō Hoshino (星野哲郎) | Saburō Kitajima | NTV | | |
| 25 | November 15, 1992 (1992-11-15) | "Sakaba Hitori" (酒場ひとり) | Miyuki Ishimoto (石本美由起) | Mitsuko Nakamura (中村美律子) | NTV | | |
| 26 | November 14, 1993 (1993-11-14) | "Murasaki Ujō" (むらさき雨情) | Yasuteru Miura (三浦康照) | Ayako Fuji | NTV | | |
| 27 | November 27, 1994 (1994-11-27) | "Tsuki" (蒼月) | Koyomi Asa (麻こよみ) | Yōko Nagayama | TV Tokyo | | |
| 28 | November 26, 1995 (1995-11-26) | "Momo to Ringo no Monogatari" (桃と林檎の物語) | Mutsuki Ichikawa (市川睦月) | Junko Miyama (美山純子) | TV Tokyo | | |
| 29 | November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24) | "Chindō Monogatari" (珍島物語) | Daizaburō Nakayama (中山大三郎) | Yoshimi Tendo | TV Tokyo | 9.7% | |
| 30 | November 23, 1997 (1997-11-23) | "Ningyō (Omocha)" (人形（おもちゃ）) | Toyohisa Araki (荒木とよひさ) | Kaori Kozai | TV Tokyo | 10.7% | |
| 31 | November 29, 1998 (1998-11-29) | "Amerika Hashi" (アメリカ橋) | Yoko Yamaguchi | Yutaka Yamakawa (山川豊) | TV Tokyo | 10.8% | |
| 32 | November 28, 1999 (1999-11-28) | "Tabiji no Hana" (旅路の花) | Mitsuo Ikeda (池田充男) | Hiroko Hattori (服部浩子) | TV Tokyo | | |
| 33 | November 26, 2000 (2000-11-26) | "Hakone Hachiri no Hanjirō" (箱根八里の半次郎) | Yurio Matsui (松井由利夫) | Kiyoshi Hikawa | TV Tokyo | | First ever Grand Prix for a debut song |
| 34 | November 26, 2001 (2001-11-26) | "Rinto Shite" (凛として) | Taka Takashi (たかたかし) | Fuyumi Sakamoto | TV Tokyo | 10.2% | |
| 35 | November 24, 2002 (2002-11-24) | "Kasannaka" (傘ん中) | Yū Aku | Hiroshi Itsuki | TV Tokyo | 8.2% | |
| 36 | November 28, 2003 (2003-11-28) | "Onna no Isshō (Ase no Hana)" (おんなの一生〜汗の花〜) | Osamu Yoshioka | Miyuki Kawanaka | TV Tokyo | 10.7% | |
| 37 | November 28, 2004 (2004-11-28) | "Kushiro Shitsugen" (釧路湿原) | Ryūtarō Kinoshita (木下龍太郎) | Kaori Mizumori | TV Tokyo | 12.1% | |
| 38 | November 27, 2005 (2005-11-27) | "Taiki Bansei" (大器晩成) | Tetsurō Hoshino (星野哲郎) | Aya Shimazu (島津亜矢) | TV Tokyo | 9.8% | |
| 39 | November 26, 2006 (2006-11-26) | "Saihoku Kōro" (最北航路) | Mitsuo Ikeda (池田充男) | Kaori Kozai | TV Tokyo | 7.4% | |
| 40th | November 25, 2007 (2007-11-25) | "Danjiri" (だんじり) | Yurio Matsui (松井由利夫) | Mitsuko Nakamura (中村美律子) | TV Tokyo | 9.5% | |
| 41 | November 30, 2008 (2008-11-30) | "Umiyuki" (海雪) | Yasushi Akimoto | Jero | TV Tokyo | 10.0% | Second time a debut song wins the Grand Prix |
| 42 | November 29, 2009 (2009-11-29) | "Tokimeki no Rumba" (ときめきのルンバ) | Reiji Mizuki (水木れいじ) | Kiyoshi Hikawa | TV Tokyo | 5.1% | |
| 43 | November 28, 2010 (2010-11-28) | "Jinsei Michizure" (人生みちづれ) | Reiji Mizuki (水木れいじ) | Yoshimi Tendo | TV Tokyo | 7.8% | Third person to achieve a successful Grand Prix win |
| 44 | November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27) | "Ikutabi no Sakura" (いくたびの櫻) | Michio Yamagami (山上路夫) | Mai Fukui | TV Tokyo | 6.9% | |
| 45 | December 6, 2012 (2012-12-6) | "Sakura" (櫻) | Rei Nakanishi | Kiyoshi Hikawa | TV Tokyo | 11.1% | |
| 46 | December 5, 2013 (2013-12-5) | "Hakata a la Mode" (博多ア・ラ・モード) | Raymond Matsuya (レーモンド松屋) | Hiroshi Itsuki | TV Tokyo | 7.7% | Special TV Tokyo Award goes to Yoshio Tabata |
| 47 | December 4, 2014 | "Choi to Kimagure Wataridori" (ちょいときまぐれ渡り鳥) | Toshiya Nishitani (仁井谷俊也) | Kiyoshi Hikawa | TV Tokyo | 6.3% | |
| 48 | December 3, 2015 | "Koma" (独楽) | Kyōsuke Kuni (久仁京介) | Aya Shimazu (島津亜矢) | TV Tokyo | 8.1% | |
| 49 | December 1, 2016 | "Utsusemi no Ie" (空蝉の家) | Mami Takubo (田久保真見) | Takao Horiuchi | TV Tokyo | 4.5% | |
| 50 | December 3, 2017 | "Hijikawa Arashi" (肱川あらし) | Makoto Kitajō (喜多條忠) | Natsuko Godai (伍代夏子) | TV Tokyo | 5.7% | |
| 51 | December 8, 2018 | "Tenryū Nagashi" (天竜流し) | Takashi Manjō (万城たかし) | Kōhei Fukuda (福田こうへい) | BS TV Tokyo | | |