20th Japan Record Awards

The 20th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on 31 December 1978, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.

Winners

Japan Record Award

• Pink Lady – "UFO"

*Lyrics: YÅ« Aku

*Music and arrangement: Shunichi Tokura

*Record Company: JVC Victor

Best Vocalist

• Kenji Sawada

Best New Artist

• Machiko Watanabe

Gold Award

• Naoko Ken – "Kamome wa Kamome"
• Goro Noguchi – "Good Luck"
• Junko Sakurada – "Shiawase Shibai"
• Hiromi Iwasaki – "Cinderella Honeymoon"
• Junko Ohashi – "Tasogare My Love"
• Aki Yashiro – "Kokyō e..."
• Hideki Saijo – "Blue Sky Blue"
• Momoe Yamaguchi – "Playback Part 2"
• Pink Lady – "UFO"
• Kenji Sawada – "Love (Dakishimetai)"

Newcomer Award

• Mako Ishino – "Shitsuren Kinenbi"
• Muneyuki Satō – "Aoba Jōkoi Uta"
• Teppei Shibuya – "Deep"
• Rie Nakahara – "Kamome ga Tonda hi"
• Masanori Sera & Twist – "Hikigane" (Declined)

Shinpei Nakayama Award (Composition Award)

• Mayo Shōno – "Tonde Istanbul" / Rie Nakahara – "Tokyo Lullaby"

*Composer: Kyōhei Tsutsumi

Arrangement Award

• Circus – "Mr. Summertime"

*Arrangement: Norio Maeda

Yaso Saijō Award (Lyrics Award)

• Tokiko Kato – "Kono Sora wo Tobetara" / Junko Sakurada – "Shiawase Shibai"

*Lyrics: Miyuki Nakajima

Special Award

• Noriko Awaya
• Masato Fujita
• Teichiku Records

See also

• 1978 in Japanese music

References

• . 30 December 1979. pp 170 & 171.
• 沢田研二. . 2023. p 511.
• 【あの時・日本レコード大賞＜９＞】「米国は宇宙ブームだ」と阿久悠さんから渡された封筒に「ＵＦＯ」. Sports Hochi. 24 December 2019.

External links

• Official Website