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    • Source: 23rd Japan Record Awards
    • 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" (ja). "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 "Sumire Iro no Namida" (ja), and Best New Artist went to Masahiko Kondō for "Gin Gira Gin ni Sarigenaku" (ja).


      Presenters


      Main host
      Keizō Takahashi
      Progress hosts
      Kentaro Watanabe (TBS announcer)
      Keiko Takeshita


      Nominees and winners




      = Japan Record Award

      =
      "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja)
      Artist: Akira Terao
      Lyricist: Takashi Matsumoto
      Composer: Akira Terao
      Arranger: Akira Inoue


      = Best Vocal Performance

      =
      Hiromi Iwasaki – "Sumire Iro no Namida" (ja)


      = Best New Artist

      =
      Masahiko Kondō – "Gin Gira Gin ni Sarigenaku" (ja)


      = New Artist Award

      =
      Best New Artist Award nominations.

      Masahiko Kondō – "Gin Gira Gin ni Sarigenaku" (ja)
      Takayuki Takemoto – "Terete Zin Zin"
      Yūko to Yayoi – "Otōsan"
      Yutaka Yamakawa – "Hakodate Honsen" (ja)
      Hiroyuki Okita – "Hamidashi Champion"


      = Gold Award

      =
      Japan Record Award nominations.

      Miyuki Kawanaka – "Anata Hitosuji"
      Shinichi Mori – "Inochi Ataete"
      Masako Mori – "Kanashimi Honsen Nihonkai" (ja)
      Hiroshi Itsuki – "Jinsei Kakurenbo" (ja)
      Kenji Sawada – "Stripper" (ja)
      Hiromi Iwasaki – "Sumire Iro no Namida" (ja)
      Hideki Saijo – "Sentimental Girl" (ja)
      Chanels – "Machikado Twilight" (ja)
      Toshiyuki Nishida – "Moshimo Piano ga Hajiketa nara" (ja)
      Akira Terao – "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja)


      = Golden Idol Award

      =
      Seiko Matsuda – "Kaze Tachinu" (ja)
      Tahara Toshihiko – "Good Luck Love" (ja)
      Naoko Kawai – "Smile For Me" (ja)
      Yoshie Kashiwabara – "Hello Goodbye" (ja)


      = Best Album Award

      =
      Off Course – We Are (ja)
      Yumi Matsutoya – Mizu no Naka no Asia e (ja)
      Eiichi Ohtaki – A Long Vacation


      = Best Ten Albums

      =
      Off Course – We Are (ja)
      Tatsuro Yamashita – On the Street Corner 1
      Yasuko Agawa – Sunglow
      Southern All Stars – Stereo Taiyō-zoku (ja)
      Yumi Matsutoya – Mizu no Naka no Asia e (ja)
      The Venus – Love Portion No.1
      Miyuki Nakajima – Ringetsu
      Eiichi Ohtaki – A Long Vacation
      Creation – Lonely Heart (ja)


      = Lyricist Award

      =
      Takashi Matsumoto – "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja) (singer: Akira Terao)


      = Composer Award

      =
      Also known as the Shinpei Nakayama Award.

      Akira Terao – "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja) (singer: Akira Terao)


      = Arranger Award

      =
      Akira Inoue – "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja) (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 – "Brandy Glass" (ja)
      George Yamamoto – "Michi no Kuhitori Tabi" (ja)
      Tetsuya Ryu – "Okuhida Bojō" (ja)


      References


      "Japan Grand Record Prize Awarded to Akira Terao". Billboard. 23 January 1982. p 86.


      External links


      Official website

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