Awards & Winners

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Japan Academy Prize

Date Established : 1978

Check all the winners of Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role presented under Japan Academy Prize since 1978 .


Ryuhei Matsuda

Honored for : The Great Passage

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ichikawa Ebizō XI Ask This of Rikyu
Isao Hashizume Tokyo Family
Masaharu Fukuyama Like Father, Like Son
Ryuhei Matsuda The Great Passage
Ken Watanabe Unforgiven

Hiroshi Abe

Honored for : Thermae Romae

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mansai Nomura The Floating Castle
Mirai Moriyama The Drudgery Train
Hiroshi Abe Thermae Romae
Kōji Yakusho Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Kōji Yakusho Chronicle of My Mother
Masato Sakai Key of Life

Yoshio Harada

Honored for : Someday

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yo Oizumi The Detective Is in the Bar
K?ji Yakusho The Last Ronin
Yoshio Harada Someday
Tomokazu Miura Crossroads
Masato Sakai Abacus and Sword

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Honored for : Villain

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Satoshi Tsumabuki Villain
K?ji Yakusho 13 Assassins
Tsurube Shôfukutei About Her Brother
Shinichi Tsutsumi A Lone Scalpel
Etsushi Toyokawa Sword of Desperation

Ken Watanabe

Honored for : The Unbroken

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Watanabe The Unbroken
Tsurube Shôfukutei Dear Doctor
Nao ?mori The Vulture
Tadanobu Asano Mt. Tsurugidake","Villon's Wife

Masahiro Motoki

Honored for : Departures

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Masahiro Motoki Departures
Ken'ichi Matsuyama Detroit Metal City
Shinichi Tsutsumi Climber's High
K?ji Yakusho Paco and the Magical Book
Koichi Sato The Magic Hour

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Honored for : Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hidetaka Yoshioka Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
K?ji Yakusho Walking My Life
Sadao Abe Maiko Haaaan!!!
Ryo Kase I Just Didn't Do It
Joe Odagiri Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Ken Watanabe

Honored for : Memories of Tomorrow

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Watanabe Memories of Tomorrow
Akira Terao The Professor's Beloved Equation
Satoshi Tsumabuki Nada S?s?
K?ji Yakusho The Uch?ten Hotel
Joe Odagiri Sway

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Honored for : Always: Sunset on Third Street

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hidetaka Yoshioka Always: Sunset on Third Street
Hiroyuki Sanada Aegis
Satoshi Tsumabuki Spring Snow
Y?suke Santamaria Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi
Somegorô Ichikawa The Samurai I Loved

Akira Terao

Honored for : Half a Confession

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Akira Terao Half a Confession
Takao Osawa Gege
Masatoshi Nagase The Hidden Blade
K?ji Yakusho University of Laughs
Show Aikawa Zebraman

Kiichi Nakai

Honored for : When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kiichi Nakai When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Tatsuya Fujiwara Battle Royale II: Requiem
Toshiyuki Nishida Get Up!
Yuji Oda Bayside Shakedown 2

Hiroyuki Sanada

Honored for : The Twilight Samurai

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hiroyuki Sanada The Twilight Samurai
Akira Terao Letter from the Mountain
Toshiyuki Nishida Hi wa mata noboru
Etsushi Toyokawa Inochi
K?ji Yakusho Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken

Y?suke Kubozuka

Honored for : Go

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Y?suke Kubozuka Go
K?ji Yakusho Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Mansai Nomura Onmyoji
Yutaka Takenouchi Calmi Couri Appassionati
Satoshi Tsumabuki Waterboys

Akira Terao

Honored for : After the Rain

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Akira Terao After the Rain
Tatsuya Fujiwara Battle Royale
K?ji Yakusho Dora-Heita
Naoto Takenaka By Player
Yuji Oda Whiteout

Ken Takakura

Honored for : Poppoya

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Takakura Poppoya
Kiichi Nakai Owls' Castle
Kaoru Kobayashi Secret
K?ji Yakusho Jubaku: Spellbound
Masahiro Motoki Gemini

Akira Emoto

Honored for : Dr. Akagi

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Akira Emoto Dr. Akagi
Takeshi Kitano Fireworks
K?ji Yakusho Kizuna
Yuji Oda Bayside Shakedown: The Movie
Masahiko Tsugawa Pride

K?ji Yakusho

Honored for : The Eel, Lost Paradise

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
K?ji Yakusho The Eel","Lost Paradise
Toshiaki Karasawa Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Ky?z? Nagatsuka Moonlight Serenade
Naoto Takenaka Tokyo biyori
Tetsuya Watari Yukai

K?ji Yakusho

Honored for : Shall We Dance?

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
K?ji Yakusho Shall We Dance?
Toshiyuki Nishida Gakko II
Isao Hashizume O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama
Naoto Ogata Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari
Etsushi Toyokawa Yatsuhaka-mura

Rentar? Mikuni

Honored for : Mitabi no kaikyô

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Atsuro Watabe A Quiet Life
Best Actor
Rentar? Mikuni Mitabi no kaikyô
Yoshiaki Masuda Kura
Kiichi Nakai Marks
Nakamura Kichiemon II Onihei's Detective Records

Koichi Sato

Honored for : Crest of Betrayal

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Koichi Sato Crest of Betrayal
Hidekazu Akai 119
Masahiro Motoki Last Song
Ken Takakura 47 Ronin
Kyôhei Shibata Shudan-sasen

Toshiyuki Nishida

Honored for : A Class to Remember, Tsuribaka Nisshi 6

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Toshiyuki Nishida A Class to Remember","Tsuribaka Nisshi 6
Rentar? Mikuni Daibyonin","Tsuribaka Nisshi 6
Tatsuo Matsumura Madadayo
Hiroyuki Sanada Nemuranai Machi: Shinjuku Same","Made in Japan
Toru Kazama Bloom in the Moonlight

Masahiro Motoki

Honored for : Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Masahiro Motoki Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Masahiko Tsugawa The Strange Story of Oyuki
Toshiyuki Nishida Kantsubaki","Tsuribaka Nisshi 5
Yoshio Harada Netorare Sosuke
Ken Ogata O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan","Keisho sakazuki

Rentar? Mikuni

Honored for : My Sons, Tsuribaka Nisshi 4

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rentar? Mikuni My Sons","Tsuribaka Nisshi 4
Kyôhei Shibata !?ai-ou?","The Passage to Japan
Ken Ogata Rainbow Kids","My Soul Is Slashed
Hiroki Matsukata Don ni natta otoko","The Great Shogunate Battle
Naoto Takenaka Muno no hito

Ittoku Kishibe

Honored for : The Sting of Death

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ittoku Kishibe The Sting of Death
K?ji Yakusho Pod severnym siyaniyem
Yoshio Harada Ronin Gai","Ware ni Utsu Y?i Ari
Hisaya Morishige Ruten no umi
Hiroyuki Sanada Tugumi","Byôin e ikô","Yellow Fangs

Rentar? Mikuni

Honored for : Rikyu, Free and Easy

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rentar? Mikuni Rikyu","Free and Easy
Ken Takakura Buddies
Eiji Okuda Death of a Tea Master
Ken Ogata Shaso","Gekitotsu
Takeshi Kitano Violent Cop

Toshiyuki Nishida

Honored for : The Silk Road

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Toshiyuki Nishida The Silk Road
Yusaku Matsuda A Chaos of Flowers","Wuthering Heights
Morio Kazama The Discarnates","A Chaos of Flowers
Hajime Hana Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Takanori Jinnai Yakuza tosei no sutekina menmen","Kizu

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Honored for : A Taxing Woman, Yogisha

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tsutomu Yamazaki A Taxing Woman","Yogisha
Takanori Jinnai Ch?chin
Sabur? Tokit? Eien no 1/2","Shinshi dômei","Hawaiian Dream
Masahiko Tsugawa Wakarenu riyû
Ken Ogata Zegen

Ken Ogata

Honored for : House on Fire

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Ogata House on Fire
Tatsuya Nakadai Atami satsujin jiken
Rentar? Mikuni A Promise
Toshiyuki Nishida Lost in the Wilderness
Kiyoshi Atsumi Tora-san's Island Encounter","Final Take

Minoru Chiaki

Honored for : Gray Sunset

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Minoru Chiaki Gray Sunset
Kin'ya Kita?ji Fire Festival","Haru no Kane","Yumechiyo nikki
Ken Ogata Oar","Tracked
Kenichi Hagiwara Love Letter","Capone Cries a Lot","The Seburi Story
Yusaku Matsuda And Then

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Honored for : Station to Heaven, The Funeral, Farewell to the Ark

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tsutomu Yamazaki The Funeral","Station to Heaven","Farewell to the Ark
Kin'ya Kita?ji Kûkai
Hiroyuki Sanada Mahjong h?r?ki","Legend of the Eight Samurai","The Street of Desire
Kôji Ishizaka Ohan
Sabur? Tokit? The Miracle of Joe Petrel","The Horizon

Ken Ogata

Honored for : The Ballad of Narayama, The Catch, The Geisha

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Ogata The Ballad of Narayama","The Geisha","The Catch
Yoshi Kato Hometown
Tsunehiko Watase Time and Tide","Namidabashi
Yusaku Matsuda The Family Game
Hisaya Morishige Shôsetsu Yoshida gakko

Mitsuru Hirata

Honored for : Fall Guy

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mitsuru Hirata Fall Guy
Tetsuya Takeda Ekisutora","Keiji monogatari
Tatsuya Nakadai Onimasa
Jinpachi Nezu For My Daughter's 7th Birthday","A Farewell to the Land
Kenichi Hagiwara To Trap a Kidnapper

Ken Takakura

Honored for : Station

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Takakura Station
Toshiyuki Nagashima Enrai
Ken Ogata Edo Porn
Yutaka Mizutani Lonely Heart
Kiyoshi Atsumi Foster Daddy, Tora!","Tora-san's Love in Osaka

Ken Takakura

Honored for : Dôran, A Distant Cry from Spring

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Takakura Dôran","A Distant Cry from Spring
Tsunehiko Watase Furueru shita
Kiyoshi Atsumi Tora's Tropical Fever
Katsuo Nakamura Tempyo no iraka

Tomisabur? Wakayama

Honored for : My Son! My Son!

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tomisabur? Wakayama My Son! My Son!
Ken Ogata Vengeance Is Mine
Kiyoshi Atsumi Tora-san's Dream of Spring","Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Kenji Sawada Taiy? o Nusunda Otoko
Yusaku Matsuda The Resurrection of Golden Wolf

Ken Ogata

Honored for : The Demon

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tsunehiko Watase Kôtei no inai hachigatsu
Kiyoshi Atsumi Talk of the Town Tora-san","Stage-Struck Tora-san
Toshiyuki Nagashima Third Base","Kaerazaru hibi","The Incident
Kinnosuke Yorozuya Shogun's Samurai
Ken Ogata The Demon

Ken Takakura

Honored for : The Yellow Handkerchief, Mount Hakkoda

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Takakura The Yellow Handkerchief","Mount Hakkoda
Ryûzô Hayashi The Life of Chikuzan
Kin'ya Kita?ji Mount Hakkoda","The Alaska Story
Kiyoshi Atsumi Tora-san Plays Cupid","Village of Eight Gravestones","Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Hiromi Gô Totsuzen arashi no youni