The 8th Japan Record Awards were held on 24 December 1966. Yukio Hashi became the first singer that get the 2nd JRA.
Emcee Ayuurou Miki 2nd time as the emcee for JRA.解説：「日本レコード大賞」総合司会で歴代最長は16年連続 女性で最長は？ 今年は安住紳一郎アナと川口春奈. Mantanweb. 12 December 2025.
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"
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
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/A25 Mari Sono 10 2014 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 Nakamura18 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 Symphony16 Watashi No Marionette Not Mentioned Tondetta Banana
See also 1966 in Japanese music
References せりあった六曲 ことしのレコード大賞. The Asahi Shimbun. 付東京夕刊. 3 December 1966. p 12. Reprinted in Asahi Shimbun shukusatsuban. レコード大賞は橋の『霧氷』. The Yomiuri Shimbun. 付夕刊. 3 December 1966. p 12. 総決算近づく レコード大賞. The Yomiuri Shimbun. 付朝刊. 13 November 1966. p 10. 【あの時・日本レコード大賞＜2＞】橋幸夫「舟木一夫」でデビュー予定だった. Sports Hochi. 17 December 2019.