10th Japan Record Awards
The 10th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Shibuya Public Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, on December 21, 1968, starting at 02:30PM JST. The ceremony were televised in Japan on TBS, and the video are the earliest recordings of JRA that saved by TBS.
Emcee
- Ayurou Miki
- *4th time as the emcee for JRA.
Award Winners
Japan Record Award- Jun Mayuzumi for "Tenshi No Yuwaku"
- * Lyricist: Rei Nakanishi
- * Composer: Kunihiko Suzuki
- * Arranger: Kunihiko Suzuki
- * Record Company: EMI Music Japan
- Youichi Sugawara for "Dare Mo Inai"
- Mina Aoe for "Isezakicho Blues" and other songs.
- Masayoshi Tsuruoka & Tokyo Romantica for "Tabiji No Hito Yo"
- Ken Yabuki for "Anata No Blues"
- Kaori Kumi for "Kuchizuke Ga Kowai"
- Pinky & Killers for "Koi No Kisetsu"
- Tetsurou Hoshino for "Tsuya Uta", "Ougizuka" and other lyrics.
- * Singer: Kiyoko Suizenji, Midori Sasa
- Taku Izumi for "Koi No Kisetsu" and other songs.
- * Singer: Pinky & Killers
- *Awarded again after 5 years, 2nd composer award.
- Kenichirou Morioka for "Koi No Shizuku" & "Hana To Chou" and other arrangements.
- * Singer: Yukari Itou & Shinichi Mori
- * Awarded again after 2 years, 2nd arranger award.
- JVC for "Kage Wo Shitaite"
- * Awarded again after 3 years, 2nd planning award.
- * Singer: Shinichi Mori
- Yoshimi Hasegawa for "Peke No Uta"
- Tadashi Yoshida
- Hachiro Kasuga
- *Song: Wakare No Ipponsugi
- Chiyoko Shimakura for "Ai No Sazanami" and other sentimental ballads.
- The Folk Crusaders for "Kaette Kita Yopparai"