22nd Japan Record Awards

Presenters

• Keizō Takahashi

• Kentaro Watanabe
• Yoshiko Nakada

Nominees and winners

Japan Record Award

• "Ame no Bojō"
• * 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"

New Artist Award

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

Special General Public Award

• Momoe Yamaguchi

Best Song Award

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

Best Album Award

• Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi – Gyakuryū
• Yellow Magic Orchestra – Solid State Survivor
• Tatsuro Yamashita – ''Moonglow''

Lyricist Award

• Tetsuya Takeda – "Okuru Kotoba"

Composer Award

• Yoshinori Monta – "Dancing All Night"

Arranger Award

• Tsugutoshi Gotō – "TOKIO"

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"

Achievement Award

• Player Award
• * Tasuku Sano
• * Kazuo Tanaka
• * Raymond Conde
• * Kiichi Tazawa
• Achievement Award
• * Sō Nishizawa

TBS Award

• Kaientai