- Presenters
- Nominees and winners Japan Record Award Best Vocal Performance Award Best New Artist Award New Artist Award Special General Public Award Best Song Award Best Album Award Lyricist Award Composer Award Arranger Award Special Award Planning Award Long Seller Award Achievement Award TBS Award
- References
- External links
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| date = 31 December 1980
| location = Imperial Theatre, Tokyo, Japan
| network = TBS Television
| host = Keizō Takahashi
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| previous = 21st
| main = Japan Record Awards
| next = 23rd
}}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 TBS 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
- Progress announcers
- Kentaro Watanabe (TBS announcer)
- Yoshiko Nakada
Nominees and winnersJapan 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" (ja)
Best New Artist Award- Toshihiko Tahara – "Hattoshite! Good" (ja)
New Artist AwardBest 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 AwardBest Song AwardJapan 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 no Piano" (ja)
Best Album Award- Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi – Gyakuryū (ja)
- Yellow Magic Orchestra – Solid State Survivor
- Tatsuro Yamashita – Moonglow (ja)
Lyricist AwardAlso known as the Yaso Saijō Award. - Tetsuya Takeda – "Okuru Kotoba" (ja) (singer: Kaientai)
Composer AwardAlso 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 AwardAwarded by the Japan Composer's Association - Player Award
- Tasuku Sano (saxophonist and clarinetist)
- Kazuo Tanaka (drummer)
- Raymond Conde (clarinetist)
- Kiichi Tazawa (pianist)
- Achievement Award
TBS AwardAwarded by the sponsoring organization. References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco22.html |title=活動〜日本レコード大賞〜【公益社団法人 日本作曲家協会】 |publisher=Japan Composer's Association |accessdate=5 July 2018 |language=Japanese }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://sound.jp/jmh/record/1980.htm |title=第22回レコード大賞 |publisher=sound.jp |accessdate=5 July 2018 |language=Japanese }}
External links- {{Official website|http://www.tbs.co.jp/recordaward/}}
{{Japan Record Awards}} 3 : Japan Record Awards|1980 music awards|1980 in Japanese music |