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One of the national honors. It is awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to the creative development of scientific inventions and discoveries, academic research, literature, sculpture, architecture, music, and other fields. It is a single-level award without class discrimination, and was established by the Order of Culture on February 11, 1937 (Showa 12). At the time, Japan was in a state of affairs where it was only copying and following foreign cultures in the fields of science and art, so it was decided to create and foster original culture, and the Order of Culture was created as a measure to encourage this. Until then, there had been almost no awards for achievements in the arts. The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology selects the recipients from among those who have been selected as recipients of cultural merit under the Pension Law for Persons of Cultural Merit (Hotsu No. 125 of 1951), after hearing the opinions of all members of the Selection Subcommittee for Persons of Cultural Merit (Council for Cultural Affairs of the Agency for Cultural Affairs), and recommends them to the Prime Minister. The Order of Culture has been awarded since 1937, and since 1949 (Showa 24) it has been given once a year, in principle on Culture Day, November 3rd. The appropriate attire for the ceremony is a crested haori and hakama, frock coat or morning coat for men, and a white collared crest or robe montant for women. The medal is designed to look particularly good with Japanese clothing, and is worn with a central ribbon on the chest. The medal has a tachibana petal pattern, a magatama in the center, and tachibana leaves and fruit on the knob. In addition, Captain NA Armstrong and the other two crew members of the American spacecraft Apollo 11, which successfully made the first human landing on the moon (July 1969), were the first foreigners to be awarded the Order of Culture (issued on October 31, 1969). [Cabinet Office Awards Bureau, November 20, 2019] The first one was issued on April 28, 1937 (Showa 12).
Hantaro Nagaoka [Physics]
Kotaro Honda [Metal Physics]
Sakae Kimura [Geophysics]
Nobutsuna Sasaki [Waka, history of waka, history of poetry]
Koda Shigeyuki (Rohan) [Literature]
Saburosuke Okada [Western painting]
Takeji Fujishima [Western painting]
Tsuneyoshi Takeuchi (Seiho) [Japanese painting]
Hidemaro Yokoyama (Taikan) [Japanese painting]
2nd Announcement (issued on November 10, 1940)
Teiji Takagi [Mathematics]
Kitaro Nishida [Philosophy]
Yoshisaburo Kawai (Gyokudo) [Japanese painting]
Takaoki Sasaki [Biochemistry/Pathology]
3rd Announcement (issued on April 29, 1943)
Chuta Ito [Architecture]
Umetaro Suzuki (Agricultural Chemistry)
Yasuhiko Asahina [Drug and Phytochemistry]
Hideki Yukawa [Nuclear Physics]
Tokutomi Ichiro (Soho) (relinquished in 1946) [History and political commentary]
Yujiro Miyake (Yukirei) [Social commentary]
Eisaku Wada [Western painting]
4th (issued on April 29, 1944)
Aiki Tanakadate [Geophysics/Aeronautics]
Kinjiro Okabe [Electrical Engineering]
Kiyoshi Shiga [Bacteriology]
Ryukichi Inada [Bacteriology]
Naoki Kano [Chinese Literature]
Takakusu Junjiro [Indian Philosophy]
5th (issued on February 11, 1946)
Kaoru Nakata [Legal History, Japanese Legal History]
Miyabe Kingo [Botany]
Kuniichi Tawara [Metallurgy]
Yoshio Nishina [Atomic Physics]
Umewaka Manzaburo (1st) [Noh]
Shigeo Iwanami [Publisher]
6th (issued on November 2, 1948)
Hitoshi Kihara [Genetics]
Hasegawa Manjiro (Nyozekan) [Criticism]
Shinzaburo Yasuda (Utsunohiko) [Japanese painting]
Fumio Asakura (Sculpture)
Uemura Tsune (Shoen) [Japanese painting]
7th (issued on July 10, 1949)
Kozo Terashima (6th Onoe Kikugoro) (Posthumous Award) [Kabuki]
8th (issued on November 3, 1949)
Tsuda Sokichi [Eastern Philosophy, Ancient Japanese History]
Suzuki Teitaro (D.T.) [Buddhist Studies]
Kinnosuke Miura [Internal Medicine]
Takematsu Okada [Meteorology]
Toshiyuki Mashima [Chemistry]
Junichiro Tanizaki [Literature]
Naoya Shiga [Literature]
9th (issued on November 3, 1950)
Eiichi Makino [Criminal Law/Legal Studies]
Gen Tanabe [Philosophy]
Kenjiro Fujii [Botany]
Tokushichi Mishima [Metallurgy]
Shigeru Kobayashi (Kokei) [Japanese painting]
Doi Rinkichi (Bansui) [Poetry]
Tadao Masamune (Shiratori) [Literature]
10th (issued on November 3, 1951)
Kunio Yanagita [Folklore]
Kensuke Mitsuda [Leprosy Medicine]
Masaharu Nishikawa [Nuclear Physics]
Masashi Kikuchi [Nuclear Physics]
Mokichi Saito [Tanka]
Mushanokoji Saneatsu [Literature]
Tatsujiro Hano (first Nakamura Kichiemon) [Kabuki]
11th (issued on November 3, 1952)
Ryuzaburo Umehara [Western painting]
Taizo Kumagai [Tuberculosis Medicine]
Soichi Sasaki [Constitutional Law and Public Administration]
Zennosuke Tsuji (Japanese History, Buddhist Studies)
Shinichiro Tomonaga [Nuclear Physics]
Nagai Sokichi (Kafu) [Literature]
Sotaro Yasui [Western painting]
12th (issued on November 3, 1953)
Yoshishichi Itaya (Hanzan) [Ceramics]
Hakuju Ui [Indian Philosophy]
Katori Hidejiro (Hidema) [Metal Casting Crafts]
Kita Roppeita (14th) [Noh]
Toru Haneda [Oriental History]
Katsu Yabe [Geology/Paleontology]
13th (issued on November 3, 1954)
Seizo Katsunuma (Hematology/Aerospace Medicine)
Kenichi Kaburagi (Kiyokata) [Japanese painting]
Kyosuke Kindaichi [Ainu literature]
Kiyoshi Takahama (Kyoshi) [Haiku]
Yusuke Hagiwara [Astronomy]
14th (issued on November 3, 1955)
Takejiro Otani [Theater Business]
Kintaro Sugimoto (2nd generation Kioneya Jōkan) [Nagauta]
Ryozo Hiranuma [Physical Education]
Kenzo Niki [Infectious Diseases]
Maeda Renzo (Seison) [Japanese painting]
Increased volume [Metallurgy]
Tetsuro Watsuji [Ethics]
15th (issued on November 3, 1956)
Hirotaro Ando [Agriculture]
Hanjiro Sakamoto [Western film]
Izuru Shinmura [Linguistics/Japanese linguistics]
Tanemoto Furuhata [Forensic Medicine]
Takejiro Murakami [Metallurgy]
Hidetsugu Yagi [Electrical Engineering]
Kosaku Yamada (Composer)
16th (issued on January 18, 1957)
Tomitaro Makino (posthumous gift) [Botany]
17th (issued on November 3, 1957)
Tomosaburo Ogata [Pathology]
Mantaro Kubota [Novels and Plays]
Kunihiko Kodaira [Mathematics]
Nishiyama Usaburo (Suijyo) [Japanese painting]
Takao Yamada [Japanese Linguistics]
Kosaburo Yoshizumi [Nagauta]
18th (issued on November 3, 1958)
Seibo Kitamura (Sculpture)
Heizaburo Kondo [Pharmaceutical Science and Pharmaceutical Chemistry]
Tetsuo Nozoe [Organic Chemistry]
Atsushi Matsubayashi (Keitsuki) [Japanese painting]
19th (issued on November 3, 1959)
Shotaro Kawabata (Ryuko) [Japanese painting]
Shinzo Koizumi [Economics]
Yasujiro Niwa [Electrical Engineering]
Hideo Yamauchi (Ton Satomi) [Novel]
Tomizo Yoshida [Pathology]
20th (issued on November 3, 1960)
Kiyoshi Oka [Mathematics]
Haruo Sato [Novels and Poems]
Kotaro Tanaka [Commercial Law/Legal Philosophy]
Eiji Yoshikawa (Eiji) [Novel]
21st (issued on November 3, 1961)
Yasunari Kawabata [Novel]
Torao Suzuki [Chinese Literature]
Sannosuke Domoto (Impression) [Japanese painting]
Kenkichi Tomimoto [Crafts]
Heihachiro Fukuda [Japanese painting]
Sanichiro Mizushima [Chemistry]
22nd (issued on November 3, 1962)
Hamao Umezawa [Microbiology]
Yoshizo Okumura (Dogyu) [Japanese painting]
Yoshibi Kuwata [Plant Cytology]
Tsuneyoshi Nakamura (Gakuryo) [Japanese painting]
Hirakushi Kotaro (Tanaka) [Wood Carving]
23rd (issued on November 3, 1963)
Yasushi Kuno [Physiology]
Itsaku Koga [Electrical Engineering]
24th (issued on November 3, 1964)
Seiji Kaya [Physics]
Kiyohiko Nojiri (Jiro Daibutsu) [Novel]
Sadajiro Yabuta [Agricultural Chemistry]
Yoshida Isohachi (Architecture)
Sakae Wagatsuma [Civil Code]
25th (issued on November 3, 1965)
Shiro Akahori [Bioorganic Chemistry]
Koito (Koito) Gentaro [Western painting]
Tetsuji Morohashi [Chinese literature]
Saburo Yamaguchi (Yoshū) [Japanese painting]
Yuzo Yamamoto (Yuzo) [Novels and Plays]
26th (issued on November 3, 1966)
Masuji Ibuse (Masuji) [Novel]
Tokuoka Tokijiro (Shinsen) [Japanese painting]
Isamu Nitta [Crystal Chemistry]
27th (issued on November 3, 1967)
Hideo Kobayashi [Literary Criticism]
Kin'ichiro Sakaguchi [Microbiology/Enzymology]
Takemi Hayashi (Warfare) [Western painting]
Tokichi Murano (Togo) [Architecture]
Masao Yamagata [Naval Architecture]
28th (issued on November 3, 1968)
Kumaji Kenyama (South Wind) [Japanese painting]
Toshio Kurokawa [Internal Medicine]
Masatsugu Suzuki [Civil Engineering]
Shoji Hamada (Ceramics)
29th (issued on October 31, 1969)
NA Armstrong [Captain of the Apollo 11 spacecraft]
E.E. Aldrin, Jr. (Apollo 11 crew pilot)
M. Collins [Apollo 11 spacecraft crew member, pilot]
30th (issued on November 3, 1969)
Toyoo Iwata (Bunroku Shishi) [Novels and Plays]
Eiji Ochiai [Pharmaceutical Chemistry]
Kenjiro Shoda [Mathematics]
Shinkichi Higashiyama (Kaii) [Japanese painting]
31st (issued on November 3, 1970)
Shigeo Okinaka [Internal Medicine/Neurology]
Shiko Munakata [Printmaking]
32nd (issued on November 3, 1971)
Masao Akagi [Erosion Control Planning]
Toyozo Arakawa [Crafts (Ceramics)]
Nogami Yae (Yayoko) [Novel]
Takuma Yasui [Modern Economics]
33rd (issued on November 3, 1972)
Shozo Uchida [Architecture/Disaster Prevention Engineering]
Oka Shikanosuke [Western painting]
Seiichiro Ono [Criminal Law]
Osamu Hayaishi [Biochemistry]
34th (issued on November 3, 1973)
Ken Ishihara [Religious History]
Yasutsugu Katsugi [Physiology]
Ryogo Kubo [Statistical Mechanics]
Shoji Seto [Electrical Engineering]
Yoshiro Taniguchi (Architecture)
35th (issued on November 3, 1974)
Kosei Ishizaka [Immunology]
Leo Esaki [Electronic Engineering]
Yasushi Sugiyama [Japanese painting]
Takeshi Nagata [Geophysics]
Meiji Hashimoto [Japanese painting]
36th (issued on November 3, 1975)
Setsuro Ebashi [Pharmacology]
Keizo Koyama [Western painting]
Hirotsugu Tazaki (Hirosuke) [Western film]
Kazumasa Nakagawa [Western painting]
Heisuke Hironaka [Mathematics]
37th (issued on November 3, 1976)
Yasushi Inoue [Novel]
Eikichi Ono (Taketaka) [Japanese painting]
Motoo Kimura [Genetics]
Matsuda Gonroku [Lacquer art]
Michio Morishima [Theoretical Economics]
38th (issued on November 3, 1977)
Ichiro Sakurada [Applied Chemistry/Polymer Chemistry]
Hiroshi Tamiya [Cell Physiology Chemistry]
Hajime Nakamura [Indian Philosophy]
Fumio Niwa [Novel]
Masayoshi Yamamoto (Okahito) [Japanese painting]
39th (issued on November 3, 1978)
Kazuo Ozaki [Novel]
Yaichi Kusube (Ceramics)
Takashi Sugimura [Cancer Biochemistry]
Michitaro Tanaka [Philosophy/Western Classical Studies]
Yoichiro Nambu [Theoretical Physics]
40th (issued on November 3, 1979)
Kinji Imanishi [Primatology]
Fujio Kawamura (the 6th Nakamura Utaemon) [Kabuki]
Torakichi Sawada (Masahiro) [Wood Carving]
Seiichiro Takahashi [History of Economics]
Horiguchi Daigaku [Poetry/Translation]
41st (issued on November 3, 1980)
Ogura Yuuki [Japanese painting]
Masao Kotani [Molecular Physics/Biophysics]
Kenzo Tange [Architecture]
Seiichi Tohata [Agricultural Economics]
Seiji Hano (17th Nakamura Kanzaburo) [Kabuki]
42nd (issued on November 3, 1981)
Kenjiro Takayanagi (Electronics Engineering/Television Engineering)
Tatsuo Nagai [Novel]
Kenichi Fukui [Industrial Chemistry]
Fujima Junjiro (Matsumoto Hakuo) [Kabuki]
Yonejiro Yamaguchi (Kayo) [Japanese painting]
Kisaburo Yokota [International Law]
43rd (issued on November 3, 1982)
Taro Sakamoto [Japanese History]
Tatsuo Takayama [Japanese painting]
Kyosuke Tsuda [Pharmaceutical Science/Organic Chemistry]
Hideo Fujima (the 6th Fujima Kanjuro, later the 2nd Fujima Kanso) [Japanese dance]
Masao Yoshishiki [Naval Engineering]
44th (issued on November 3, 1983)
Sadakichi Ishibashi (Kenichi Yamamoto) [Literary Criticism]
Noriyuki Ushijima [Western painting]
Ryohei Koiso (Western painting)
Shiro Hattori [Linguistics]
Kiyoshi Muto [Architectural Structural Science]
45th (issued on November 3, 1984)
Shintaro Uemura (Shoko) [Japanese painting]
Genzo Okuda (Yamato-Song) [Japanese painting]
Shigeki Kaizuka (Oriental History)
Shinji Takahashi [Radiation Medicine]
Susumu Tonegawa [Molecular Biology]
46th (issued on November 3, 1985)
Fumiko Enchi (Novel)
Akira Kurosawa [Film]
Morimine Sagara [German Language and Literature]
Calligraphy by Yasushi Nishikawa
Kiyoo Wadatsu [Geophysics]
47th (issued on October 14, 1986)
Takanori Ogisu (posthumous award) [Western painting]
48th (issued on November 3, 1986)
Yoshitake Oka [Political History]
Fumiaki Tsuchiya [Tanka]
Reiji Natori [Muscle Physiology]
Tadashiro Hayashi [Astrophysics]
49th (issued on November 3, 1987)
Shoichi Ikeda (Yoson) [Japanese painting]
Yoshio Okada (Cytogenetics)
Poetry by Shinpei Kusano
Takeo Kuwahara [French literature and criticism]
Yutaka Fujima (2nd Onoe Matsuroku) [Kabuki]
50th (issued on November 3, 1988)
Isao Imai [Fluid Mechanics]
Entsuba Katsuji (Katsuzo) [Sculpture]
Yoshizo Kawamori [translation and commentary]
Masao Suenaga [Archaeology]
Yasumi Nishizuka [Biochemistry]
51st (issued on November 3, 1989)
Tamako Kataoka [Japanese painting]
Takeo Suzuki (Commercial Law)
Yoshio Tominaga (Naoki) [Sculpture]
Junichi Nishizawa [Electronic Engineering]
Junji Yoshii [Western painting]
52nd (issued on November 3, 1990)
Ryosuke Ishii [Japanese Legal History]
Sadatsugu Ichiko [Japanese Literature]
Aiko Katayama (4th Inoue Yachiyo) [Japanese dance]
Kenzo Kaneko (Otei) [Calligraphy]
Saburo Nagakura [Physical Chemistry]
53rd (issued on November 3, 1991)
Hiroshi Inose (Electronic Engineering)
Namio Egami [Asian Archaeology]
Shugoro Hasuda [Metal Casting Crafts]
Ichiro Fukuzawa [Western painting]
Morishige Hisaya [contemporary theater, film, broadcasting]
54th (issued on November 3, 1992)
Fumio Aoyama (Sugiame) [Calligraphy]
Masaru Ibuka (Electronic Engineering)
Hisao Otsuka [Western Economic History]
Minoru Sato (Taishing) [Japanese painting]
Yonezo Morino [Structural Chemistry]
55th (issued on November 3, 1993)
Kenichiro Osumi [Commercial Law/Economic Law]
Minoru Oda [Astrophysics]
Chosa Yoshiyuki (Mikiyuki) [Metalworking]
Sadakazu Fukuda (Ryotaro Shiba) [Novel]
Shigeru Morita [Western painting]
56th (issued on November 3, 1994)
Takashi Asahina [Western music, conducting]
Eien Iwahashi [Japanese painting]
Tadao Umesao (Ethnology)
Hideo Shima [Railway Engineering]
Hisataka Mitsuda [Nutritional Chemistry/Food Science]
57th (issued on November 3, 1995)
Shusaku Endo [Novel]
Kenji Saji [Lacquer Crafts]
Shigemitsu Danto [Criminal Law]
Hidesaburo Hanabusa [Virology/Oncology]
Shiro Masuda [Western Economic History]
58th (issued on November 3, 1996)
Asakura Yosaku (Isokichi) [Ceramics]
Kiyonaga Ito [Western painting]
Masao Ito [Neurophysiology]
Rizo Takeuchi [Japanese History]
Hanae Mori [Fashion Design]
59th (issued on November 3, 1997)
Hirofumi Uzawa [Theoretical Economics]
Masatoshi Koshiba [Elementary Particle Experiments]
Sen Soshitsu (15th generation) [Tea ceremony]
Setsuro Takahashi [Lacquer Art]
Mitsuaki Mukaiyama [Synthetic Organic Chemistry]
60th (issued on November 3, 1998)
Yoshinobu Ashihara (Architecture)
Tadamitsu Kishimoto [Immunology]
Ikuo Hirayama [Japanese painting, cultural property preservation, international exchange]
Shoichi Murakami (Mishima) [Calligraphy]
Tatsuro Yamamoto (Oriental History)
61st (issued on November 3, 1999)
Hiroyuki Agawa [Novel]
Fuku Akino (Japanese painting)
Masami Ito [Common Law and Constitutional Law]
Takeshi Umehara [Japanese Cultural Studies]
Saburo Tamura [Bioorganic chemistry/Biological and environmental biological science]
62nd (issued on November 3, 2000)
Tadao Ishikawa [Modern Chinese Studies]
Okubo Fuku (Fukuko) [Leather crafts]
Hideki Shirakawa [Materials Science]
Masami Sugioka (Kason) [Calligraphy/Kana]
Ryoji Noyori [Organic Chemistry]
Mitsu Yamada (Isuzu) [Theatre and Film]
63rd (issued on November 3, 2001)
Hiroo Iguchi (Molecular Electronics)
Hisao Toyoshima [Virology]
Chie Nakane [Social Anthropology]
Tadashi Moriya (Tadashi) [Japanese painting/old painting reproduction]
Toshio Yodoi [Sculpture]
64th (issued on November 3, 2002)
Ryutaro Komiya [International Economics]
Jiro Kondo [Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Environmental Science, Academic Promotion]
Kaneto Shindo (film)
Sonoko Sugimoto [Novel]
Koichi Tanaka [Mass Analysis]
Kyohei Fujita [Crafts (Glass)]
65th (issued on November 3, 2003)
Makoto Ooka [Poetry and Criticism]
Sadako Ogata [Politics, International Activities, International Contributions]
Matazo Kayama [Japanese painting]
Kazuhiko Nishijima [Particle Physics]
Wataru Mori [Pathology, Science and Technology, Academic Promotion]
66th (issued on November 3, 2004)
Seiji Aoki (the 4th Nakamura Jakuemon) [Kabuki]
Kobayashi Yoshihiro (Tokan) [Calligraphy (Seal carving)]
Shizuka Shirakawa [Ancient Chinese Culture]
Yoji Totsuka [Cosmic ray astronomy]
Yuichi Fukuoji (Hori) [Japanese painting]
67th (issued on November 3, 2005)
Aoki Hisashige (Ryuzan) [Ceramics]
Makoto Saito [American Political and Diplomatic History]
Toshio Sawada (Agricultural Engineering)
Shigeaki Hinohara [Internal Medicine, Nursing Education, Medical Promotion]
Murakami Mitsu (Mori Mitsuko) [Popular Theater]
68th (issued on November 3, 2006)
Yoshiaki Arata [High Temperature Engineering/Welding Engineering]
Chusaku Oyama [Japanese painting]
Shinohara Miyohei [Japanese Economy]
Harumi Setouchi (Jakucho) [Novel]
Hidekazu Yoshida [Music Critic]
69th (issued on November 3, 2007)
Setsuto Okada [Developmental Biology]
Shigeyama Shigeyama (4th generation Shigeyama Sensaku) [Kyogen]
Kaji Nakanishi [Organic Chemistry]
Shinya Nakamura [Sculpture]
Mikkatsuka [Civil Procedure and Judicial Law]
70th (issued on November 3, 2008)
Kiyoshi Ito [Mathematics]
Seiji Ozawa [Conductor]
Makoto Kobayashi [Particle Physics]
Osamu Shimomura [Marine Biology]
Seiko Tanabe [Novel]
Donald Keene [Japanese Literature]
Hironoshin Furuhashi [Sports]
Toshihide Maskawa [Particle Physics]
71st (issued on November 3, 2009)
Sumio Iijima [Materials Science]
Kiyoshi Nakagawa (3rd generation Katsura Beicho) [Classical Rakugo]
Kotaro Hayashi (4th Sakata Tojuro) [Kabuki]
Akira Hayami (Social and economic history, historical demography)
Yorio Hinuma [Virology]
72nd (issued on November 3, 2010)
Akito Arima (Nuclear Physics/Academic Promotion)
Tadao Ando [Architecture]
Akira Suzuki [Synthetic Organic Chemistry]
Yukio Ninagawa [Theater]
Eiichi Negishi [Synthetic Organic Chemistry]
Issey Miyake [Fashion Design]
Haruko Wakita [Japanese Medieval History]
73rd (issued on November 3, 2011)
Isamu Akasaki [Semiconductor Electronics Engineering]
Toshiro Nara (Tsuro Ohi) [Ceramics]
Saiichi Nemura (Saiichi Maruya) [Novel]
Taichiro Mitani [History of Japanese politics and diplomacy]
Mitsuhiro Yanagida [Molecular Genetics and Molecular Physiology]
74th (issued on November 3, 2012)
Shigeru Oda [International Law and International Contribution]
Hideji Takashina [Art criticism/Cultural promotion]
Toshio Matsuo [Japanese painting]
Yasuyuki Yamada [Plant molecular and cell biology, plant biotechnology]
Yoji Yamada [Film]
Shinya Yamanaka [Stem Cell Biology]
75th (issued on November 3, 2013)
Shunichi Iwasaki [Electronic Engineering]
Goichi Oda (Ken Takakura) [Film]
Ikuta Takagi (Calligraphy)
Susumu Nakanishi [Japanese literature/comparative literature]
Tasuku Honjo [Medical Science/Molecular Immunology]
76th (issued on November 3, 2014)
Hiroshi Amano [Electronic and Electrical Materials Engineering]
Taeko Ichikawa (Taeko Kono) [Novel]
Kinichi Kishimoto (Takemoto Sumitayū) [Bunraku puppet theatre]
Toyoshi Kunitake [Molecular histochemistry]
Shuji Nakamura [Semiconductor Engineering]
Takashi Negishi [Economic Theory and History of Economic Doctrines]
Shoji Nomiyama [Western painting]
77th (issued on November 3, 2015)
Satoshi Omura [Natural Product Organic Chemistry/Pharmacology]
Takaaki Kajita [Particle and Cosmic Ray Physics]
Hiroshi Shiono [Legal Studies/Administrative Law]
Shimura Fukumi [Crafts (dyeing and weaving)]
Yasuharu Suematsu [Optical Communication Engineering]
Motohisa Nakadai (Tatsuya) [Actor]
Shigetada Nakanishi [Neuroscience]
78th (issued on November 3, 2016)
Yoshinori Ohsumi [Cell Biology]
Yayoi Kusama (Painting and Sculpture)
Mitsutoshi Nakano [Modern Japanese Literature]
Tomoko Harada (Tomoko Ohta) [Population Genetics]
Yumie Hiraiwa [Novel]
Hiroo Fukuda (Toru Funamura) [Composer]
79th (issued on November 3, 2017)
Hiroshi Okutani [Western painting]
Shiba Sukeyasu [Gagaku]
Yoshinobu Shiba [Chinese History]
Akira Fujishima [Photochemistry/Electrochemistry]
Kenichi Matsubara [Molecular Biology]
80th (issued on November 3, 2018)
Toshi Ichiyanagi (Composer)
Masayuki Imai [Ceramics]
Hiroshi Kaneko [Tax Law]
Makoto Nagao [Information Engineering]
Masakazu Yamazaki [playwriting/criticism]
81st (issued on November 3, 2019)
Shunichi Amari [Mathematical Engineering]
Shimon Sakaguchi [Immunology]
Tsuyoshi Sasaki [Political Science]
Takeyoshi Tanuma [Photography]
Tara Nomura (Man) [Kyogen]
Akira Yoshino [Electrochemistry]
82nd (issued on November 3, 2020)
Sugako Iwasaki (Sugako Hashida) [Screenplay]
Okuda Sayume [Crafts (Dolls)]
Jun Kubota [Japanese Literature]
Jun Kondo [Condensed matter physics]
Kiichi Sumikawa [Sculpture]
83rd (issued on November 3, 2021)
Tsuneko Okazaki [Molecular Biology]
Hirohiko Okano [Tanka]
Junzo Kawada [Cultural Anthropology]
Koji Kinutani [Western painting]
Hideyuki Terashima (7th Onoe Kikugorou) [Kabuki]
Shigeo Nagashima (Sports Promotion)
Asami Fukuda (Asami Maki) (issued on October 20, 2021) [Ballet]
Toshiro Manabe [Meteorology and Climatology]
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