title: 31st Japan Record Awards
text: # 31st Japan Record Awards
  
  The 31st Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 31, 1989, starting at 7:00PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS.
  
  ## Award winners
  
  * Japan Record Award:
     * Wink for "Samishii Nettaigyo"
  * Best Vocalist:
     * Sayuri Ishikawa
  * Best New Artist:
     * Marcia
  * Best Album:
     * Anri for "Circuit of Rainbow"
  * Special Honor Singer Prize:
     * Hibari Misora
  * Lyrics Award
     * Osamu Yoshioka for the song "Kōshoku Ichidai Onna" (好色一代女) (sung by Akari Uchida)
  