# 22nd Japan Record Awards

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. The broadcast ran from 19:00 (JST) to 20:55 (JST).
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).

## 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 | Aki Yashiro | 28 | 36 |
| Futari no Yoake | Hiroshi Itsuki | 21 | 23 |
| Koibito yo | Mayumi Itsuwa | 6 | 0 |
| Dancing All Night | Monta & Brothers | 3 | 0 |
| Ōsaka Shigure | Harumi Miyako | 1 | 0 |
| Are kara Ichinen Tachimashita | Sachiko Kobayashi | 0 | 0 |
| Ginga Densetsu | Hiromi Iwasaki | 0 | 0 |
| Sakaba de Dabada | Kenji Sawada | 0 | 0 |
| Watashi wa Piano | Mizue Takada | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Maria no Inori | Hideki Saijo | 0 | 0 |

### Best Vocalist Nominations

| Singer | Song |
| Michiyo Azusa | Shōshin Mono |
| Mayumi Itsuwa | Koibito yo |
| Hiromi Iwasaki | Ginga Densetsu |
| Saburō Kitajima | Fuusetsunagare Tabi |
| Hideki Saijo | Santa Maria no Inori |
| Mizue Takada | Watashi wa Piano |
| Goro Noguchi | Shurai |
| Jun Mayuzumi | Otoko wa Minna Hana ni nare |
| Akemi Misawa | Koishikute |
| Harumi Miyako | Ōsaka Shigure |
| Monta & Brothers | Dancing All Night |
| Junko Yagami | Purple Town 〜You Oughta Know By Now〜 |