Japanese Academy Award / Best Supporting Actress

Since the first award in 1978, the Japanese Academy Awards honored the best actresses in a supporting role in the category Best Supporting Actress ( Japanese 最 優秀 助 演 女優 賞 sai yūshū joen joyū shō ).

The films are listed according to the year in which they were awarded.

Award winners and nominees

1978-1979

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1978	Kaori Momoi	Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi	Nobuko Otowa for From the Life of Chikuzan's Tomoko Naraoka for Hanare Goze Orin Ayumi Ishida for Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen Shinobu Ōtake for Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen and Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare!
1979	Shinobu Ōtake	Seishoku no ishibumi	Kazuko Yoshiyuki for In the Realm of Passion Junko Miyashita for Dainamaito dondon and Kumokiri nizaemon Sachiko Hidari for Sonezaki shinju Kyōko Kagawa for Tsubasa wa kokoro ni tsukete

1980-1989

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1980	Mayumi Ogawa	Fukushū suruwa weriari and Haitatsu sarenai santsu no tegami	Mieko Harada for Ah! Nomugi toge and Sono go no jingi naki tatakai Chikako Yuri for Ah! Nomugi toge and Ore-tachi no kokyogaku Mitsuko Baisho for Fukushū suruwa Wareniari Chieko Baisho for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tonderu torajiro and Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haru no yume
1981	Michiyo Ōkusu	Gypsy ways	Masako Natsume for 203 kochi Ryoko Nakano for Furueru shita and Haru kanaru sōro Yoko Agi for Shiki Natsuko Meiko Kaji for Warui yatsura
1982	Yūko Tanaka	Hokusai manga and The Thief and the Geisha	Kayoko Kishimoto for Akuryo-To Mariko Kaga for Dirty River , Kageroza and Rabureta Ayumi Ishida for Eki Station Setsuko Karasuma for Eki Station
1983	Rumiko Koyanagi	Yūkai hōdō	Mariko Kaga for Daiamondo wa kizutsukanai and Dōtonborigawa Kumiko Akiyoshi for Saraba itoshiki daichi , Yūkai hōdō , Seiha and Kyōdan Miyako Yamaguchi for Saraba itoshiki daichi Kie Nakai for Seiha and Ah! Nomugi toge - shinryo shoes
1984	Atsuko Asano	Yokiro and Yogoreta eiyū	Yukiyo Toake for Gyoei no mure and Kono ko wo nokoshite Tokiko Kato for Izakaya Chōji Saori Yuki for Kazoku gēmu Mitsuko Baisho for Yokiro and The Ballad of Narayama
1985	Kin Sugai	Funeral ceremony	Mari Natsuki for Kita no hotaru and The Legend of the Eight Samurai Shinobu Ōtake for Mahjong hōrōki Reiko Ohara for Ohan Etsuko Shihomi for Shanhai bansukingu and Kotaro makari-toru!
1986	Yoshiko Mita	W no higeki and Haru no kane	Yumiko Fujita for Seburi monogatari and Sabishinbou Mariko Fuji for Usugesho Yūko Tanaka for Yasha and Kapone oi ni naku Kirin Kiki for Yumechiyo nikki
1987	Mieko Harada	Kataku no hito , Kokushi muso and Persian blue no shōzō	Rino Katase for Gokudō no onna-tachi Shinobu Ōtake for Hakō kirameku hate Jun Miho for Das Mädchen im Atelier and Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shibamata yori ai wo komete Misako Konno for Shin yorokobimo kanashimimo ikutoshitsuki and Shimaizaka
1988	Rino Katase	Yoshiwara enjo and Gokudo no onna-tachi 2	Junko Sakurada for The Bear Catcher Pinko Izumi for Jirō monogatari Keiko Awaji for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojo Kumiko Akiyoshi for Yogisha
1989	Eri Ishida	Arashi ga oka , Hana no ran and hope and pain	Kimiko Ikegami for Hana no ran Kumiko Akiyoshi for Ijintachi tono natsu and Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro monogatari Kirin Kiki for Tsuru and Kyōshū Yūko Natori for Yojo no jidai , Ijintachi tono natsu and Nikutai no mon

1990-1999

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1990	Etsuko Ichihara	Black Rain	Nobuko Miyamoto for A un Yasuko Tomita for A un Junko Sakurada for Hana no furu gogo Hideko Yoshida for Shaso
1991	Eri Ishida	Tsuribaka nisshi 2 , Tobu yume wo shibaraku minai and Tsuribaka nisshi 3	Mayumi Ogawa for sōzoku Isan , Haruka naru Koshien and Shiroi te Kumiko Goto for Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Boku no Ojisan and Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajiro no kyuujitsu Mieko Harada for Shikibu monogatari , Akira Kurosawa's Dreams and Tsuribaka Nisshi 2 Kyoko Kagawa for Shibiku monogatari
1992	Emi Wakui	Love doesn't need words and Shushoku sensen ijonashi	Keiko Oginome for Kagerō Jun Fubuki for Muno no hito Kirin Kiki for Sensō to seishun and Daiyukai Yuki Matsushita for Shin dosei jidai
1993	Miwako Fujitani	Onna goroshi abura no jigoku and Netorare Sosuke	Keiko Oginome for The Action Massacre Rino Katase for Kantsubaki Misa Shimizu for Lust for Sumo Riho Makise for Toki rakujitsu
1994	Kyōko Kagawa	Madadayo	Keiko Takeshita for Gakko Nae Yūki for Gakko Fumi Dan for Waga ai no uta - Taki Rentaro monogatari Kirin Kiki for Yume no onna
1995	Shigeru Muroi	Izakaya yurei	Kyoka Suzuki for 119 Keiko Oginome for Chushingura gaiden yotsuya kaidan Eriko Watanabe for Chushingura gaiden yotsuya kaidan Keiko Saitō for Shinonomerō onna no ran
1996	Nobuko Otowa	Gogo no Yuigon-jo	Shinobu Nakayama for Gamera daikaijū kuchu kessen Mayu Tsuruta for Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends Sae Isshiki for Kura Yūko Natori for Mākusu no yama
1997	Eriko Watanabe	Shall we dance?	Reiko Kusamura for Shall we dance? Ayumi Ito for Swallowtail Yuriko Hoshi for Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari Maki Mizuno for Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari
1998	Mitsuko Baisho	The eel	Keiko Toda for Radio-Zeit Tomoko Hoshino for Shitsurakuen Etsuko Ichihara for Der Aal Miki Sakai for Yukai
1999	Kumiko Aso	Dr. Akagi	Maho Nonami for Ai o kou hito Tomomi Sato for Diary of Early Winter Shower Kimiko Yo for Gakko III Eri Fukatsu for Odoru daisosasen

2000-2009

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
2000	Kayoko Kishimoto	Kikujiro's summer	Kayoko Kishimoto for Himitsu Mayumi Wakamura for Kin'yū fushoku rettō: Jubaku Junko Fuji for Omocha Ryōko Hirosue for Poppoya
2001	Mieko Harada	After the rain	Rei Asami for 15-sai: Gakko IV Mieko Harada for Hatsukoi Michiyo Ōkusu for Kao Reiko Takashima for Nagasaki burabura bushi
2002	Kou Shibasaki	Go	Shinobu Ōtake for Go Tomoko Naraoka for Hotaru Kyōko Koizumi for Onmyōji Yuki Amami for Sennen no koi: Hikaru Genji monogatari
2003	Tanie Kitabayashi	Amida-do dayori	Mitsuko Baisho for Out Mari Natsuki for Ping Pong Kirin Kiki for Returner - Fight for the Future Keiko Kishi for Samurai in the twilight
2004	Eri Fukatsu	Ashura no gotoku	Kaoru Yachigusa for Ashura no gotoku Miki Nakatani for Mibu gishi den Eri Fukatsu for Odoru daisosasen 2 Michiyo Ookusu for Zatoichi - The blind samurai
2005	Masami Nagasawa	Sekai no chūshin de, ai o sakebu	Tomoko Tabata for Blood & Bones YOU for Nobody Knows Kirin Kiki for Hanochi Anna Tsuchiya for Shimotsuma monogatari
2006	Hiroko Yakushimaru	Always san-chōme no yūhi	Michiyo Ōkusu for Haru no yuki Yuriko Ishida for Kita no zeronen Satomi Ishihara for Kita no zeronen Shinobu Terajima for Tokyo Tower
2007	Sumiko Fuji	Hula girls	Yū Aoi for Otoko-tachi no yamato Yū Aoi for Hula Girls Masako Motai for Kamome shokudo Kaori Momoi for Love and Honor - Bushi no ichibun
2008	Masako Motai	Soredemo boku wa yattenai	Maki Horikita for Always zoku san-chōme no yūhi Hiroko Yakushimaru for Always zoku san-chōme no yūhi Nobuko Miyamoto for Bizan Takako Matsu for Tōkyo Tower - Okan to boku to, tokidoki, oton
2009	Kimiko Yo	Nokan - The Art of Fading Out	Kirin Kiki for Aruitemo aruitemo Yasuko Matsuyuki for Detoroito Metaru Shiti Rei Dan for Kâbê Yasuko Matsuyuki for Yôgisha X no Kenshin

2010–2012

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
2010	Kimiko Yo	Dear Doctor	Kyoka Suzuki for Shizumanu taiyô Shigeru Muroi for Viyon no tsuma Tae Kimura for Zero no shôten Miki Nakatani for Zero no shôten
2011	Kirin Kiki	Akunin	Hikari Mitsushima for Akunin Yû Aoi for Otôto Yoshino Kimura for confessions Yui Natsukawa for Kokô no mesu
2012	Hiromi Nagasaku	Yôkame no semi	Eiko Koike for Yôkame no semi Kumiko Asô for Moteki Hikari Mitsushima for Ichimei Nobuko Miyamoto for Hankyu densha
2013	Kirin Kiki	Waga Haha no Ki	Tamiyo Kusakari for Tsui no Shintaku Erika Sawajiri for Helter Skelter Takako Matsu for Yume Uru Futari Sayuri Yoshinaga for Kita no Kanaria Tachi
2014	Yōko Maki	Soshite Chichi ni Naru	Yū Aoi for Tokyo Kazoku Machiko Ono for Tantei wa Bar ni Iru 2 Susukino Dai Kōsaten Miki Nakatani for Rikyū ni Tazuneyo Kimiko Yo for Bushi no Kondate
2015	Haru Kuroki	Chīsai Ouchi	Yūko Ōshima for Kami no Tsuki Satomi Kobayashi for Kami no Tsuki Yūko Takeuchi for Fushigi na Misaki no Monogatari Sumiko Fuji for Maiko wa Lady
2016	Haru Kuroki	Haha to Kuraseba	Kaho for our little sister Masami Nagasawa for our little sister Hikari Mitsushima for Kakekomi Onnna to Kakedashi Otoko Yō Yoshida for Biri Gal