Japanese Academy Award / Most Popular Actor
Since the first award in 1980, the Japanese Academy Awards honored the most popular actors in Japan in the opinion of the Academy in the category Most Popular Actor ( Japanese話題 賞 ・ 俳 優 部門wadaiū shō - haiyū bumon ). One does not limit oneself to Japanese productions or people, but honored the two dogs Taro and Jiro from Taro and Jiro in the Antarctic as well as the eponymous alien from ET - The Extra Terrestrial .
The films are listed according to the year in which they were awarded.
Award winners and nominees
1980-1989
| year | Award winners | for the movie |
| 1980 | Keiko Matsuzaka | |
| 1981 | Hiroko Yakushimaru | |
| 1982 | Hiroko Yakushimaru | Sailor-fuku to kikanjū |
| 1983 | ET | ET - The Alien |
| 1984 | Taro and Jiro | Taro and Jiro in Antarctica |
| 1985 | Hiroko Yakushimaru | W no higeki |
| 1986 | Takeshi Kitano | Kanashii kibun de joke |
| 1987 | Takaaki Ishibashi and Noritake Kinashi | Sorobanzuku |
| 1988 | Tomoyo Harada | Watashi o ski ni tsurete itte |
| 1989 | team | Abunai Keiji |
1990-1999
| year | Award winners | for the movie |
| 1990 | Takeshi Kitano | Violent cop |
| 1991 | Hiroko Yakushimaru | Byōin e ikō and Tasumania monogatari |
| 1992 | Miho Nakayama | Nami no kazudake dakishimete |
| 1993 | Kiyotaka Nanbara and Teruyoshi Uchimura | Shichi-nin no otaku: cult seven |
| 1994 | Masato Hagiwara | Gakko , Birth of a Sect Priest and Where is the Moon? |
| 1995 | Hidetaka Yoshioka | Last song |
| 1996 | Etsushi Toyokawa | Love letter |
| 1997 | Tadanobu Asano | Acri , Focus , Fried Dragon Fish and Picnic |
| 1998 | Masahiko Nishimura | Radio time |
| 1999 | Yuji Oda | Odoru daisosasen |
2000-2009
| year | Award winners | for the movie |
| 2000 | Hiroyuki Yabe | Messengers |
| 2001 | Morning Musume | Pinch runner |
| 2002 | Naoki Tanaka | Minna no ie |
| 2003 | Anne Suzuki | Returner - fight for the future |
| 2004 | Aya Ueto | Azumi |
| 2005 | Masami Nagasawa | Sekai no chūshin de, ai o sakebu |
| 2006 | Erika Sawajiri | Pacchigi! |
| 2007 | Muga Tsukaji | Mamiya Kyōdai |
| 2008 | Yui Niigaki | Koisora |
| 2009 | Ken'ichi Matsuyama | Detroit Metal City |