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20th Japan Record Awards

1978 Japanese music awards ceremony

Field	Value
name	20th Japan Record Awards
date	December 31, 1978
venue	Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo
hosts	Keizo Takahashi, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Hiroshi Kume
network	TBS
previous	[19th](19th-japan-record-awards)
main	Japan Record Awards
next	[21st](21st-japan-record-awards)

Imperial Garden Theater, Marunouchi Tokyo, Japan.

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

Winners

Japan Record Award

Pink Lady – "UFO" :*Lyrics: Yū 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

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