20th Japan Record Awards

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.

20th Japan Record Awards
Date	December 31, 1978
Venue	Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo
Hosted by	Keizo Takahashi, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Hiroshi Kume
Television/radio coverage
Network	TBS
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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

External links

• Official Website