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

Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Awarded for	Excellence in Acting, Leading Role
Country	Japan
Presented by	Japan Academy Film Prize Association
First awarded	1978
Website	http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

The Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (最優秀主演男優賞) of the Japan Academy Film Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association.

List of winnersEdit

Nr.	Year	Actor (English)	Actor (Japanese)	Film (English)	Film (Japanese)
1	1977	Ken Takakura	高倉健	The Yellow Handkerchief Mount Hakkoda	幸福の黄色いハンカチ八甲田山
2	1978	Ken Ogata	緒形拳	The Demon	鬼畜
3	1979	Tomisaburo Wakayama	若山富三郎	Oh My Son	衝動殺人息子よ
4	1980	Ken Takakura	高倉健	A Distant Cry From Spring Dōran	遙かなる山の呼び声動乱
5	1981	Ken Takakura	高倉健	Station	駅 STATION
6	1982	Mitsuru Hirata	平田満	Fall Guy	蒲田行進曲
7	1983	Ken Ogata	緒形拳	The Ballad of Narayama The Geisha The Catch	楢山節考陽暉楼魚影の群れ
8	1984	Tsutomu Yamazaki	山崎努	The Funeral Farewell to the Ark	お葬式さらば箱舟
9	1985	Minoru Chiaki	千秋実	Gray Sunset	花いちもんめ
10	1986	Ken Ogata	緒形拳	House on Fire	火宅の人
11	1987	Tsutomu Yamasaki	山崎努	A Taxing Woman	マルサの女
12	1988	Toshiyuki Nishida	西田敏行	The Silk Road	敦煌
13	1989	Rentarō Mikuni	三國連太郎	Tsuribaka Nisshi Rikyu	釣りバカ日誌利休
14	1990	Ittoku Kishibe	岸部一徳	The Sting of Death	死の棘
15	1991	Rentarō Mikuni	三國連太郎	Tsuribaka Nisshi 4 My Sons	釣りバカ日誌4 息子
16	1992	Masahiro Motoki	本木雅弘	Sumo Do, Sumo Don't	シコふんじゃった。
17	1994	Toshiyuki Nishida	西田敏行	A Class to Remember Tsuribaka Nisshi 6	学校釣りバカ日誌6
18	1994	Kōichi Satō	佐藤浩市	Crest of Betrayal	忠臣蔵外伝四谷怪談
19	1995	Rentarō Mikuni	三國連太郎	Mitabi no Kaikyō	三たびの海峡
20	1996	Kōji Yakusho	役所広司	Shall We Dance?	Shall we ダンス?
21	1997	Kōji Yakusho	役所広司	The Eel	うなぎ
22	1998	Akira Emoto	柄本明	Dr. Akagi	カンゾー先生
23	1999	Ken Takakura	高倉健	Poppoya	鉄道員
24	2000	Akira Terao	寺尾聰	After the Rain	雨あがる
25	2001	Yōsuke Kubozuka	窪塚洋介	Go	GO
26	2002	Hiroyuki Sanada	真田広之	The Twilight Samurai	たそがれ清兵衛
27	2003	Kiichi Nakai	中井貴一	When the Last Sword Is Drawn	壬生義士伝
28	2004	Akira Terao	寺尾聰	Half a Confession	半落ち
29	2005	Hidetaka Yoshioka	吉岡秀隆	Always Sanchōme no Yūhi	ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日
30	2006	Ken Watanabe	渡辺謙	Memories of Tomorrow	明日の記憶
31	2007	Hidetaka Yoshioka	吉岡秀隆	Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi	ALWAYS 続・三丁目の夕日
32	2008	Masahiro Motoki	本木雅弘	Departures	おくりびと
33	2009	Ken Watanabe	渡辺謙	Shizumanu Taiyō	沈まぬ太陽
34	2010	Satoshi Tsumabuki	妻夫木聡	Villain	悪人
35	2011	Yoshio Harada	原田芳雄	Someday	大鹿村騒動記
36	2012	Hiroshi Abe	阿部寛	Thermae Romae	テルマエ・ロマエ
37	2013	Ryuhei Matsuda	松田龍平	The Great Passage	舟を編む
38	2014	Junichi Okada	岡田准一	The Eternal Zero	永遠の0
39	2015	Kazunari Ninomiya	二宮和也	Nagasaki: Memories of My Son	母と暮せば
40	2016	Kōichi Satō	佐藤浩市	64: Part I	64-ロクヨン- 前編
41	2017	Masaki Suda	菅田将暉	Wilderness: Part One	あゝ、荒野前編
42	2018	Kōji Yakusho	役所広司	The Blood of Wolves	孤狼の血
43	2019	Tori Matsuzaka	松坂桃李	The Journalist	新聞記者
44	2020	Tsuyoshi Kusanagi	草彅剛	Midnight Swan	ミッドナイトスワン
45	2021	Hidetoshi Nishijima	西島秀俊	Drive My Car	ドライブ・マイ・カー
46	2022	Satoshi Tsumabuki	妻夫木聡	A Man	ある男

Multiple winsEdit

The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards:

Wins	Actor
4	Ken Takakura
3	Rentarō Mikuni
	Ken Ogata
	Kōji Yakusho
2	Tsutomu Yamazaki
	Toshiyuki Nishida
	Akira Terao
	Hidetaka Yoshioka
	Masahiro Motoki
	Ken Watanabe
	Kōichi Satō
	Satoshi Tsumabuki

External linksEdit

Japan Academy Film Prize official website (in Japanese)