The 23rd Japan Record Awards ceremony was held on 31 December 1981 at the Imperial Theatre, Tokyo, and was broadcast live in Japan through the TBS Television network. The broadcast ran from 19:00 (JST) to 20:54 (JST). Keizō Takahashi hosted the ceremony for the thirteenth time.
The 23rd Japan Record Award went to Akira Terao for "". "Ruby no Yubiwa" also won the Gold Award as well as the Lyricist, Composer, and Arranger Awards. Best Vocal Performance went to Hiromi Iwasaki for "", and Best New Artist went to Masahiko Kondō for "".
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Presenters Main host Keizō Takahashi
Progress hosts Kentaro Watanabe (TBS announcer) Keiko Takeshita
Nominees and winners Japan Record Award "" Artist: Akira Terao Lyricist: Takashi Matsumoto Composer: Akira Terao Arranger: Akira Inoue
Best Vocal Performance Hiromi Iwasaki – ""
Best New Artist Masahiko Kondō – ""
New Artist Award Best New Artist Award nominations. Masahiko Kondō – "" Takayuki Takemoto – "Terete Zin Zin" Yūko to Yayoi – "Otōsan" Yutaka Yamakawa – "" Hiroyuki Okita – "Hamidashi Champion"
Gold Award Japan Record Award nominations. Miyuki Kawanaka – "Anata Hitosuji" Shinichi Mori – "Inochi Ataete" Masako Mori – "" Hiroshi Itsuki – "" Kenji Sawada – "" Hiromi Iwasaki – "" Hideki Saijo – "" Chanels – "" Toshiyuki Nishida – "" Akira Terao – ""
Golden Idol Award Seiko Matsuda – "" Tahara Toshihiko – "" Naoko Kawai – "" Yoshie Kashiwabara – ""
Best Album Award Off Course – Yumi Matsutoya – Eiichi Ohtaki – A Long Vacation
Best Ten Albums Off Course – Tatsuro Yamashita – On the Street Corner 1 Yasuko Agawa – Sunglow Southern All Stars – Yumi Matsutoya – The Venus – Love Portion No.1 Miyuki Nakajima – Ringetsu Eiichi Ohtaki – A Long Vacation Creation – Lonely HeartCf. the single
Lyricist Award Takashi Matsumoto – "" (singer: Akira Terao)
Composer Award Also known as the Shinpei Nakayama Award. Akira Terao – "" (singer: Akira Terao)
Arranger Award Akira Inoue – "" (singer: Akira Terao)
Special Award Utako Matsushima
Planning Award Masayoshi Takanaka, Kitty Films, Polydor Records – Niji Densetsu King Records – Uta wa Ikiteiru Saori Yuki, Toshiba EMI – Shōwa Tsuyasho
Long Seller Award Yujiro Ishihara – "" George Yamamoto – "" Tetsuya Ryu – ""
See also 1981 in Japanese music
References "Japan Grand Record Prize Awarded to Akira Terao". Billboard. 23 January 1982. p 86. 狂奏! 競争! はやり歌からはやらせ歌へ やぶにらみレコード大賞賛歌. Shukan Asahi. vol 86. 31 December 1981: 年末年始テレビ徹底ガイド. pp 31 to 34. "Japan Record Prize" in "Today's TV Choice". The Japan Times. 31 December 1981. No 29805. p 8. col 3.
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