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

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