Japanese Academy Award / Best Actor

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Since it was first awarded in 1978, the Japanese Academy Awards have honored the best actor in a leading role in the Best Leading Actor category ( Japanese 最 優秀 主演 男 優 賞 , saiyūshū shuen dan'yū shō ). With the exception of 1981 and 2004, four other actors were nominated in addition to the winner.

The most recognized actor in this category is Ken Takakura with four wins out of six nominations. Ken Ogata and Kōji Yakusho are the most nominated actors in the category with ten nominations. Ogata won three times, Yakusho twice. The most nominated actor without distinction in this category is Kiyoshi Atsumi . Atsumi was nominated six times between 1978 and 1987, mainly due to the Otoko wa tsurai yo series.

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 Ken Takakura Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi and Hakkodasan Ryuzo Hayashi for From the Life of Chikuzans
Kinya Kitaoji for Hakkodasan and Arasuka monogatari
Kiyoshi Atsumi for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! , Yatsu haka-mura and Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro to tonosama
Hiromi Gō for Totsuzen arashi no youni
1979 Ken Ogata Kichiku Tsunehiko Watase for Kotei no inai hachigatsu
Kiyoshi Atsumi for Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Uwasa no torajiro and Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajiro wagamichi where yuku
Toshiyuki Nagashima for Sado , murder trial Hiroshi Ueda and Kaerazaru hibi
Kinnosuke Nakamura for In the Shadow of the Shogun

1980-1989

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
1980 Tomisaburō Wakayama Shodo satsujin: Musuko yo Ken Ogata for Fukushū suruwa weriari
Kiyoshi Atsumi for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tonderu torajiro and Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haru no yume
Kenji Sawada for Taiyo o nusunda otoko
Yusaku Matsuda for Yomigaeru kinrō
1981 Ken Takakura Dōran and A Distant Cry in Spring Tsunehiko Watase for Furueru shita
Kiyoshi Atsumi for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana
Katsuo Nakamura for Tempyo no iraka
1982 Ken Takakura Eki station Toshiyuki Nagashima for Enrai
Ken Ogata for Hokusai manga
Yutaka Mizutani for Kofuku
Kiyoshi Atsumi for Otoko wa tsurai yo: Naniwa no koino torajiro and Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta
1983 Mitsuru Hirata The death stairs Tetsuya Takeda for Ekisutora and Keiji monogatari
Tatsuya Nakadai for Kirūin Hanako no shōgai
Jinpachi Nezu for Saraba itoshiki daichi and Konoko no nanatsu no oiwai ni
Kenichi Hagiwara for Yūkai hōdō
1984 Ken Ogata The ballad of Narayama , Yokiro and Gyoei no mure Yoshi Kato for Furusato
Tsunehiko Watase for Jidai-ya no nyobo and Namidabashi
Yusaku Matsuda for Kazoku gēmu
Hisaya Morishige for Shōsetsu Yoshida gakko
1985 Tsutomu Yamazaki Funeral ceremony and saraba hakobune Kinya Kitaoji for Kūkai
Hiroyuki Sanada for Mahjong hōrōki , The Legend of the Eight Samurai and Irodori-gawa
Koji Ishizaka for Ohan
Saburō Tokitō for Umitsubame Jyo no kiseki and Chihei-sen
1986 Minoru Chiaki Hana ichimonme Kinya Kitaoji for Himatsuri , Haru no kane and Yumechiyo nikki
Ken Ogata for Kai and Usugesho
Kenichi Hagiwara for Koibumi , Kapone oi ni naku and Seburi monogatari
Yusaku Matsuda for Sorekara
1987 Ken Ogata Kataku no hito Tatsuya Nakadai for Atami satsujin jiken
Kiyoshi Atsumi for The Girl in the Atelier and Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shibamata yori ai wo Komete
Rentarō Mikuni for Ningen no yakusoku
Toshiyuki Nishida for Lost in the Snow
1988 Tsutomu Yamazaki The tax investigator and yogisha Takanori Jinnai for Chōchin
Saburō Tokitō for Eien no 1/2 , Shinshi dōmei and Hawaiian Dream
Masahiko Tsugawa for Wakarenu riyu
Ken Ogata for Zegen
1989 Toshiyuki Nishida The blood of the silk road Yusaku Matsuda for Hana no ran and Arashi ga oka
Morio Kazama for Ijintachi tono natsu and Hana no ran
Hajime Hana for Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Takanori Jinnai for Yakuza tosei no sutekina menmen and Kizu

1990-1999

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
1990 Rentarō Mikuni Rikyu, the tea master and Tsuribaka nisshi Ken Takakura for A un
Eiji Okuda for The Death of a Tea Master
Ken Ogata for Shaso and Shogun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu
Takeshi Kitano for Violent Cop
1991 Ittoku Kishibe Sting of death Kōji Yakusho for The White Wolf
Hisaya Morishige for Ruten no umi
Yoshio Harada for Rōnin-gai and Ware ni utsu yoi ari
Hiroyuki Sanada for Tsugumi , Byōin e ikō and Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi
1992 Rentarō Mikuni Love doesn't need words and Tsuribaka nisshi 4 Kyohei Shibata for Fukuzawa Yukichi
Ken Ogata for Daiyukai and Kamitsukitai / Dorakiyura yori ai-0
Hiroki Matsukata for Don ni natta otoko and Edo-jo tairan
Naoto Takenaka for Muno no hito
1993 Masahiro Motoki Fancy sumo Masahiko Tsugawa for Bokuto kidan
Toshiyuki Nishida for Kantsubaki and Tsuribaka nisshi 5
Yoshio Harada for Netorare Sosuke
Ken Ogata for O-Roshiya-koku suimu-dan and Keisho sakazuki
1994 Toshiyuki Nishida Gakko and Tsuribaka nisshi 6 Rentarō Mikuni for Daibyonin and Tsuribaka nisshi 6
Tatsuo Matsumura for Madadayo
Hiroyuki Sanada for Nemuranai machi - Shinjuku same and Bokura wa minna ikiteiru
Toru Kazama for Waga ai no uta - Taki Rentaro monogatari
1995 Kōichi Satō Chushingura gaiden yotsuya kaidan Hidekazu Akai for 119
Masahiro Motoki for Last Song
Ken Takakura for 47 Ronin
Kyohei Shibata for Shudan-sasen
1996 Rentarō Mikuni Mitabi no kaikyō Yoshiaki Masuda for Kura
Kiichi Nakai for Mākusu no yama
Kichiemon Nakamura for Onihei Hankacho
Atsuro Watabe for Shizukana seikatsu
1997 Kōji Yakusho Shall we dance? Toshiyuki Nishida for Gakko II
Isao Hashizume for O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama
Naoto Ogata for Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari
Etsushi Toyokawa for Yatsu haka-mura
1998 Kōji Yakusho The eel and shitsurakuen Toshiaki Karasawa for Radio-Zeit
Kyozo Nagatsuka for Setouchi munraito serenade
Naoto Takenaka for Tokyo biyori
Tetsuya Watari for Yukai
1999 Akira Emoto Dr. Akagi Takeshi Kitano for Hana-Bi
Kōji Yakusho for Kizuna
Yuji Oda for Odoru daisosasen
Masahiko Tsugawa for Puraido: Unmei no toki

2000-2009

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
2000 Ken Takakura Poppoya Kiichi Nakai for Fukuro no shiro
Kaoru Kobayashi for Himitsu
Kōji Yakusho for Kin'yū fushoku rettō: Jubaku
Masahiro Motoki for Sōseiji
2001 Akira Terao After the rain Tatsuya Fujiwara for Battle Royale
Kōji Yakusho for Dora-heita
Naoto Takenaka for Sanmon yakusha
Yuji Oda for Whiteout
2002 Yōsuke Kubozuka Go Kōji Yakusho for Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu
Mansai Nomura for Onmyōji
Yutaka Takenouchi for Reisei to jōnetsu no aida
Satoshi Tsumabuki for waterboys
2003 Hiroyuki Sanada Samurai at dusk Akira Terao for Amida-do dayori
Toshiyuki Nishida for Hi wa mata noboru
Etsushi Toyokawa for Inochi
Kōji Yakusho for Totsunyūseyo! Asama sansō jiken
2004 Kiichi Nakai Mibu gishi den Tatsuya Fujiwara for Battle Royale 2
Toshiyuki Nishida for Get Up!
Yuji Oda for Odoru daisosasen the movie 2: Rainbow Bridge wo fuusa seyo!
2005 Akira Terao Hanochi Takao Ōsawa for Gege
Masatoshi Nagase for The Hidden Blade
Kōji Yakusho for Warai no daigaku
Shō Aikawa for Zebraman
2006 Hidetaka Yoshioka Always san-chōme no yūhi Hiroyuki Sanada for Bōkoku no īgisu
Satoshi Tsumabuki for Haru no yuki
Yūsuke Santamaria for Kōshōnin Mashita Masayoshi
Somegoro Ichikawa for Semishigure
2007 Ken Watanabe Ashita no kioku Joe Odagiri for Yureru
Satoshi Tsumabuki for Nada sō sō
Akira Terao for Hakase no aishita sūshiki
Kōji Yakusho for The Uchōten Hotel
2008 Hidetaka Yoshioka Always zoku san-chōme no yūhi Joe Odagiri for Tōkyo Tower - Okan to boku to, tokidoki, oton
Sadao Abe for Maiko haaaan !!!
Ryo Kase for Soredemo boku wa yattenai
Kōji Yakusho for Zō no senaka
2009 Masahiro Motoki Nokan - The Art of Fading Out Ken'ichi Matsuyama for Detoroito Metaru Shiti
Shin'ichi Tsutsumi for Kuraimâzu hai
Kôji Yakusho for Pako to mahô no ehon
Kôichi Satô for Za majikku awâ

2010–2012

year Award winners for the movie Nominations
2010 Ken Watanabe Shizumanu taiyô Tsurube Shôfukutei for Dear Doctor
Nao Ohmori for Hagetaka: The Movie
Tadanobu Asano for Tsurugidake: Ten no ki
Tadanobu Asano for Viyon no tsuma
2011 Satoshi Tsumabuki Akunin Tsurube Shôfukutei for Otôto
Kôji Yakusho for 13 Assassins
Etsushi Toyokawa for Hisshiken torisashi
Shin'ichi Tsutsumi for Kokô no mesu
2012 Yoshio Harada Ooshikamura soudouki Tomokazu Miura for Railways: Ai o tsutaerare nai otona-tachi e
Yô Ôizumi for Tantei wa bar ni iru
Masato Sakai for Bushi no kakeibo
Kôji Yakusho for Saigo no chuushingura
2013 Hiroshi Abe Thermae Romae Masato Sakai for Kagidorobō no Method
Mansai Nomura for Nobō no Shiro
Mirai Moriyama for Kueki Ressha
Kōji Yakusho for Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan Yamamoto Isoroku
Kōji Yakusho for Waga Haha no Ki
2014 Ryuhei Matsuda Fune o Amu Ebizō Ichikawa for Rikyū ni Tazuneyo
Isao Hashizume for Tokyo Kazoku
Masaharu Fukuyama for Soshite Chichi ni Naru
Ken Watanabe for Yurusarezaru Mono
2015 Junichi Okada Eternal Zero - Flight of No Return Hiroshi Abe for Fushigi na Misaki no Monogatari
Kuranosuke Sasaki for Chōkōsoku! Sankin Koutai
Kiichi Nakai for Zakurozaka no Adauchi
Kōji Yakusho for Higurashi no Ki
2016 Kazunari Ninomiya Haha to Kuraseba Seiyō Uchino for Kainan 1890
Yō Ōizumi for Kakekomi Onna to Kakekomi Otoko
Kōichi Satō for Kishūten Eki Terminal
Kōji Yakusho for Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi