22nd Japan Record Awards explained

The 22nd Japan Record Awards ceremony was held on 31 December 1980 at the Imperial Theatre, Tokyo, and was broadcast live in Japan through the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television network.^[1] The broadcast ran from 19:00 (JST) to 20:55 (JST).^[2]

The 22nd Japan Record Award went to Aki Yashiro for "Ame no Bojō" (ja), and Best Vocal Performance went to Harumi Miyako for "Ōsaka Shigure" (ja).^[1]

Presenters

Main host

• Keizō Takahashi

Progress announcers

• Kentaro Watanabe (TBS announcer)
• Yoshiko Nakada

Nominees and winners

Japan Record Award

• "Ame no Bojō" (ja)
  • Artist: Aki Yashiro
  • Lyricist: Yū Aku
  • Composer: Keisuke Hama
  • Arranger: Koji Ryuzaki

Best Vocal Performance Award

• Harumi Miyako – "Ōsaka Shigure"

Best New Artist Award

• Toshihiko Tahara – "Hattoshite! Good" (ja)

New Artist Award

Best New Artist Award nominations.

• Yoshimi Iwasaki – "Anata Iro no Manon" (ja)
• Naoko Kawai – "Yankee Boy" (ja)
• Toshihiko Tahara – "Hattoshite! Good" (ja)
• Seiko Matsuda – "Aoi Sangoshō" (ja)
• Kazuko Matsumura – "Kaettekoi yo" (ja)

Special General Public Award

• Momoe Yamaguchi

Best Song Award

Japan Record Award nominations.

• Aki Yashiro – "Ame no Bojō" (ja)
• Sachiko Kobayashi – "Are kara Ichinen Tachimashita"
• Harumi Miyako – "Ōsaka Shigure" (ja)
• Hiromi Iwasaki – "Ginga Densetsu" (ja)
• Mayumi Itsuwa – "Koibito yo" (ja)
• Kenji Sawada – "Sakaba de Dabada" (ja)
• Hideki Saijo – "Santa Maria no Inori" (ja)
• Monta & Brothers – "Dancing All Night" (ja)
• Hiroshi Itsuki – "Futari no Yoake" (ja)
• Mizue Takada – "Watashi wa Piano" (ja)

Best Album Award

• Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi – Gyakuryū (ja)
• Yellow Magic Orchestra – Solid State Survivor
• Tatsuro Yamashita – Moonglow

Lyricist Award

Also known as the Yaso Saijō Award.

• Tetsuya Takeda – "Okuru Kotoba" (ja) (singer: Kaientai)

Composer Award

Also known as the Shinpei Nakayama Award.

• Yoshinori Monta – "Dancing All Night" (ja) (singer: Monta & Brothers)

Arranger Award

• Tsugutoshi Gotō – "TOKIO" (ja) (singer: Kenji Sawada)

Special Award

• Ichimaru
• Takao Saeki
• Ichirō Fujiyama

Planning Award

• Nippon Columbia
• King Records
• EMI Music Japan

Long Seller Award

• Los Indios & Silvia – "Wakaretemo Suki na Hito" (ja)

Achievement Award

Awarded by the Japan Composer's Association

• Player Award
  • Tasuku Sano (saxophonist and clarinetist)
  • Kazuo Tanaka (drummer)
  • Raymond Conde (clarinetist)
  • Kiichi Tazawa (pianist)
• Achievement Award
  • Sō Nishizawa (lyricist)

TBS Award

Awarded by the sponsoring organization.

• Kaientai

Nominations

Best 10 JRA Nominations

Song	Singer	Votes (1st Round)	Votes (Final Round)
Ame no Bojō		28	36
Futari no Yoake		21	23
Koibito yo		6	0
Dancing All Night	Monta & Brothers	3
Ōsaka Shigure		1
Are kara Ichinen Tachimashita		0
Ginga Densetsu
Sakaba de Dabada	Kenji Sawada
Watashi wa Piano	Mizue Takada
Santa Maria no Inori

Best Vocalist Nominations

Singer	Song
	Shōshin Mono
	Koibito yo
	Ginga Densetsu
	Fuusetsunagare Tabi
	Santa Maria no Inori
	Watashi wa Piano
	Shurai
	Otoko wa Minna Hana ni nare
Akemi Misawa	Koishikute
	Ōsaka Shigure
Monta & Brothers	Dancing All Night
	Purple Town 〜You Oughta Know By Now〜

Notes and References

1. Web site: 活動〜日本レコード大賞〜【公益社団法人 日本作曲家協会】 . Japan Composer's Association . 5 July 2018 . Japanese . 19 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160919040656/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco22.html . dead .
2. Web site: 第22回レコード大賞 . sound.jp . 5 July 2018 . Japanese .