19th Japan Record Awards

The 19th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on December 31, 1977, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

Japan Record Award

 * Kenji Sawada – "Katte ni Shiyagare"
 * Lyrics: Yū Aku
 * Music: Katsuo Ōno
 * Arrangement: Motoki Funayama
 * Record Company: Polydor Records

Best Vocalist

 * Aki Yashiro

Best New Artist

 * Kentaro Shimizu

Singing Award

 * Momoe Yamaguchi – "Cosmos"
 * Hiromi Iwasaki – "Shisūki"
 * Sayuri Ishikawa – "Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"

Popular Award

 * Pink Lady – "Wanted (Shimei Tehai)"

Newcomer Award

 * Karyūdo – Azusa No. 2
 * Ikue Sakakibara – Al Pacino + Alain Delon < You
 * Mizue Takada – Glass-zaka
 * Yosuke Tagawa – Lui-Lui

Shinpei Nakayama Award (Composition Award)

 * Hiromi Iwasaki – "Shisūki" / Sayuri Ishikawa – "Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki"
 * Composer: Takashi Miki

Arrangement Award

 * Kenji Sawada – "Katte ni Shiyagare" / Akira Fuse – "Ryoshū ~Igaruganite~"
 * Arrangement: Motoki Funayama

Yaso Saijō Award (Lyricist Award)

 * Masashi Sada – "Ame Yadori" / Momoe Yamaguchi – "Cosmos"
 * Lyrics: Masashi Sada

Special Award

 * Minoru Obata
 * Akira Kobayashi
 * Frank Nagai
 * Hachiro Kasuga