22nd Japan Record Awards
Date	31 December 1980
Location	Imperial Theatre, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by	Keizō Takahashi
Website	http://www.tbs.co.jp/recordaward/
Television/radio coverage
Network	Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
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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.^[1] The broadcast ran from 19:00 (JST) to 20:55 (JST).^[2]

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).^[1]

Main host

• Keizō Takahashi

Progress announcers

• Kentaro Watanabe (TBS announcer)
• Yoshiko Nakada

• "Ame no Bojō" (ja)
  • Artist: Aki Yashiro
  • Lyricist: Yū Aku
  • Composer: Keisuke Hama
  • Arranger: Koji Ryuzaki

• Harumi Miyako – "Ōsaka Shigure"

• Toshihiko Tahara – "Hattoshite! Good" (ja)

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)

• Momoe Yamaguchi

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)

• Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi – Gyakuryū (ja)
• Yellow Magic Orchestra – Solid State Survivor
• Tatsuro Yamashita – Moonglow

Also known as the Yaso Saijō Award.

• Tetsuya Takeda – "Okuru Kotoba" (ja) (singer: Kaientai)

Also known as the Shinpei Nakayama Award.

• Yoshinori Monta – "Dancing All Night" (ja) (singer: Monta & Brothers)

• Tsugutoshi Gotō – "TOKIO" (ja) (singer: Kenji Sawada)

• Ichimaru
• Takao Saeki
• Ichirō Fujiyama

• Nippon Columbia
• King Records
• EMI Music Japan

• Los Indios & Silvia – "Wakaretemo Suki na Hito" (ja)

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)

Awarded by the sponsoring organization.

• Kaientai

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
Ōsaka Shigure	Harumi Miyako	1
Are kara Ichinen Tachimashita	Sachiko Kobayashi	0
Ginga Densetsu	Hiromi Iwasaki
Sakaba de Dabada	Kenji Sawada
Watashi wa Piano	Mizue Takada
Santa Maria no Inori	Hideki Saijo

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〜

• Official website