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 Broadcastingstation TVrating Notes1 Kiyoko Suizenji no broadcast 2 Kōhan Kawauchi Shinichi Mori 3 Masato Fujita Shinichi Mori 4 Kenichi Mikawa 5 Chiyo Okumura 6 Harumi Miyako 7 Yū Aku Shinichi Mori 8 Kei Ogura Akira Fuse 9 Yū Aku Harumi Miyako 10 Yū Aku Kenji Sawada First successive Grand Prix win11 NHK General TV 12 Yoko Aki Judy Ongg 13 Osamu Yoshioka Harumi Miyako 14 Yū Aku Toshiyuki Nishida 15 Yū Aku Hiroshi Itsuki 23.4% Yū Aku registers second successive win16 Takashi Matsumoto Shinichi Mori 20.8% 17 Yū Aku Shinichi Mori 18 Takashi Hosokawa 19.1% 19 Shinichi Mori 19.3% 20 Chiyoko Shimakura 20.3% Second person to achieve a successive win21 Yū Aku Hiroshi Itsuki 17.2% 22 Rei Nakanishi Sayuri Ishikawa 23 Osamu Yoshioka Sayuri Ishikawa NTV 24 Saburō Kitajima 25 26 Ayako Fuji 27 Yōko Nagayama TV Tokyo 28 29 Yoshimi Tendo 9.7% 30 Kaori Kozai 10.7% 31 Yoko Yamaguchi 10.8% 32 33 Kiyoshi Hikawa First ever Grand Prix for a debut song34 Fuyumi Sakamoto 10.2% 35 Yū Aku Hiroshi Itsuki 8.2% 36 Osamu Yoshioka Miyuki Kawanaka 10.7% 37 Kaori Mizumori 12.1% 38 9.8% 39 Kaori Kozai 7.4% 40th 9.5% 41 Yasushi Akimoto Jero 10.0% Second time a debut song wins the Grand Prix42 Kiyoshi Hikawa 5.1% 43 Yoshimi Tendo 7.8% Third person to achieve a successful Grand Prix win44 Mai Fukui 6.9% 45 Rei Nakanishi Kiyoshi Hikawa 11.1% 46 Hiroshi Itsuki 7.7% Special TV Tokyo Award goes to Yoshio Tabata47 December 4, 2014 Kiyoshi Hikawa 6.3% 48 December 3, 2015 8.1% 49 December 1, 2016 Takao Horiuchi 4.5% 50 December 3, 2017 5.7% 51 December 8, 2018 BS TV Tokyo

References

External links Japan Lyricist Award home page on the Japan Lyricist Association website