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People's Honour Award
Japanese prize awarded by the Prime Minister
Japanese prize awarded by the Prime Minister
People's Honour Award is one of the commendations bestowed by the Prime Minister of Japan on people in recognition of their accomplishments in sport, entertainment, and other fields. The award, not restricted to Japanese nationals, was created in 1977 by the then-Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda.
Recipients
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Prime Minister) | Recipient | |||||
| (Age) | Occupation | Reason | Other Awards | Reference | ||
| 1 | 5 September 1977 | |||||
| (Takeo Fukuda) | Sadaharu Oh (37) | nowrap | Professional Baseball Player | |||
| 2 | 4 August 1978 | |||||
| (Takeo Fukuda) | Masao Koga | Composer | ||||
| 3 | 19 April 1984 | |||||
| (Yasuhiro Nakasone) | Kazuo Hasegawa | Actor | ||||
| 4 | 19 April 1984 | |||||
| (Yasuhiro Nakasone) | Naomi Uemura | Adventurer | ||||
| 5 | 9 October 1984 | |||||
| (Yasuhiro Nakasone) | Yasuhiro Yamashita (27) | Judoka | ||||
| 6 | 22 June 1987 | |||||
| (Yasuhiro Nakasone) | Sachio Kinugasa (40) | Professional Baseball Player | ||||
| 7 | 6 July 1989 | |||||
| (Sōsuke Uno) | Kazue Kato | |||||
| (Hibari Misora) | Singer | |||||
| 8 | 29 September 1989 | |||||
| (Toshiki Kaifu) | nowrap | Mitsugu Akimoto | ||||
| (Chiyonofuji Mitsugu) | Professional Sumo wrestler | |||||
| 9 | 28 May 1992 | |||||
| (Kiichi Miyazawa) | Takeo Masunaga | |||||
| (Ichiro Fujiyama) | Singer | |||||
| 10 | 28 July 1992 | |||||
| (Kiichi Miyazawa) | Machiko Hasegawa | Manga artist | ||||
| 11 | 26 February 1993 | |||||
| (Kiichi Miyazawa) | Ryōichi Hattori | Composer | ||||
| 12 | 3 September 1996 | |||||
| (Ryutaro Hashimoto) | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Actor | ||||
| 13 | 7 July 1998 | |||||
| (Ryutaro Hashimoto) | Tadashi Yoshida | Composer | ||||
| 14 | 1 October 1998 | |||||
| (Keizo Obuchi) | Akira Kurosawa | Film Director | ||||
| 15 | nowrap | 30 October 2000 | ||||
| (Yoshiro Mori) | Naoko Takahashi (28) | Athlete | ||||
| 16 | nowrap | 23 January 2009 | ||||
| (Taro Aso) | Minoru Endo | Composer | ||||
| 17 | nowrap | 1 July 2009 | ||||
| (Taro Aso) | Mitsuko Mori (89) | Actress | ||||
| 18 | nowrap | 22 December 2009 | ||||
| (Yukio Hatoyama) | Hisaya Morishige | Actor | ||||
| 19 | nowrap | 18 August 2011 | ||||
| (Naoto Kan) | Japan women's national football team | National football team | ||||
| 20 | nowrap | 7 November 2012 | ||||
| (Yoshihiko Noda) | Saori Yoshida (30) | Wrestler | ||||
| 21 | nowrap | 25 February 2013 | ||||
| (Shinzō Abe) | Taihō Kōki | Professional Sumo Wrestler | ||||
| 22 | ||||||
| 23 | nowrap | 5 May 2013 | ||||
| (Shinzō Abe) | Shigeo Nagashima (77) | |||||
| Hideki Matsui (38) | Professional Baseball Player | |||||
| Professional Baseball Player | ||||||
| 24 | nowrap | 20 October 2016 | ||||
| (Shinzō Abe) | Kaori Icho (32) | Wrestler | ||||
| 25 | ||||||
| 26 | nowrap | 13 February 2018 | ||||
| (Shinzō Abe) | Yoshiharu Habu (47) | |||||
| Yuta Iyama (28) | Professional Shogi Player | |||||
| Professional Go Player | ||||||
| 27 | nowrap | 2 July 2018 | ||||
| (Shinzō Abe) | Yuzuru Hanyu (23) | Figure skater | ||||
| 28 | nowrap | 3 March 2023 | ||||
| (Kishida Fumio) | Kunieda Shingo (39) | wheelchair tennis player |
Known to have declined the honor
- Yutaka Fukumoto (1983)
- Yūji Koseki (1989, by the bereaved family)
- Ichiro Suzuki (2001, 2004, 2019)
- Shohei Ohtani (2021)
References
References
- "Presentation of the People's Honor Award". Cabinet Public Relations Office (Japan).
- Nagata, Kazuaki. (30 April 2013). "People's award: glittering honor or political tool?". [[The Japan Times]].
- (7 March 2023). "People’s Honor Award Recipients". nippon.com.
- . (13 September 2016). ["Decorated wrestler Icho to receive People's Honor Award"](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/09/13/olympics/summer-olympics/decorated-wrestler-icho-receive-peoples-honor-award). *The Japan Times*.
- . (31 July 2016). ["Sumo icon Chiyonofuji dies at 61"](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/07/31/sumo/sumo-icon-chiyonofuji-dies-61). *The Japan Times*.
- (23 January 2009). "Ceremony to Present the National Honor Award". Prime Minister of Japan.
- (1 July 2009). "Ceremony to Present the National Honor Award". [[Cabinet Office (Japan).
- (18 August 2011). "Ceremony to Present the National Honor Award to the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 Japan Women's National Team". Cabinet Public Relations Office.
- . (16 February 2013). ["Government to honor late yokozuna"](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/02/16/sumo/government-to-honor-late-yokozuna). *[[The Japan Times]]*.
- Coskrey, Jason. (5 May 2013). "Legends Matsui, Nagashima feted: Prime minister hands Yomiuri Giants legends People's Honor Award". The Japan Times.
- (13 February 2018). "Presentation of the People’s Honor Award".
- Osaki, Tomohiro. (5 January 2018). "Pair become first board game players to receive Japan's People's Honor Award". The Japan Times.
- Shimbun, The Yomiuri. "Govt to honor skate king Hanyu". The Japan News.
- (17 March 2023). "Presentation of the People’s Honor Award". Prime Minister's Office of Japan.
- (22 November 2021). "国民栄誉賞、過去に辞退した人は？「そんなんもろうたら...」3回断った選手も". HuffPost.
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