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.Winners
Japan Record Award
- Pink Lady – "UFO"
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 "
Newcomer Award
- Mako Ishino – "Shitsuren Kinenbi"
- Muneyuki Satō – "Aoba Jōkoi Uta"
- Teppei Shibuya – "Deep"
- Rie Nakahara – "Kamome ga Tonda hi"
- Masanori Sera & Twist – "Hikigane"
- Mayo Shōno – "Tonde Istanbul" / Rie Nakahara – "Tokyo Lullaby"
- Circus – "Mr. Summertime"
Yaso Saijō Award (Lyrics Award)
- Tokiko Kato – "Kono Sora wo Tobetara" / Junko Sakurada – "Shiawase Shibai"
Special Award
- Noriko Awaya
- Masato Fujita
- Teichiku Records
