Moe Edamoto received the award for her achievements in theatre, including her performance in iaku's Atsui Munesawagi. It recognizes her accomplishments as an actor rather than a single work.

Chie Hayakawa received the award for her achievement as a film director in her debut feature, PLAN 75, which quietly critiques a society that measures people by productivity and marginalizes the vulnerable through its sensitive visual expression. The award recognizes her artistic achievement rather than an individual book.

Ryuichiro Sonoda was recognized for his achievements as a conductor across multiple opera productions, including Rossini's La gazza ladra. The prize does not recognize a single individual work.

Ikko Tamura was recognized for the achievement of Butoh: Tengu Geijutsuron, a stage work for which he served as choreographer, director, art director, and performer. The award concerns a dance performance, not an individual book.

A daughter deeply concerned with social issues and her introverted mother, who has long immersed herself in fiction, confront their conflicting values. Through Osamu Dazai's Schoolgirl, the novel reconsiders their relationship and the meaning of reading fiction.

An Akutagawa Prize nominee, this is a vivid Reiwa-era reimagining of Dazai's Schoolgirl.

This award recognizes Toru Nakazaki's wide-ranging artistic practice, including the solo exhibition Toru Nakazaki: Fiction Traveler and other achievements; it is not awarded for an individual literary work.

Ayumi Sano received the award for her achievements as a television drama producer, including Elpis: Hope or Disaster, creating dramas unconstrained by established styles. The award recognizes her producing work in broadcasting rather than an individual book.

Tokyo 03 received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's New Artist Award for achievements in its comedy work, including the solo performance Ya na Kakugo. The recognition is for live popular-entertainment activity, not for a book.

Chihoko Hiratsuka was recognized for her work running CINEMA Chupki TABATA, a cinema for everyone, and for producing the film Kokoro no Tsuyakushatachi. The prize does not recognize an individual book.

A study of how Jun'ichirō Tanizaki encountered cinema and developed cinematic thought and desire in his fiction. Looking beyond film as a subject, it examines the medium, actors' bodies, exhibition, and spectatorship to trace the presence of cinema in Tanizaki's literature.

It explores the fundamental question of what cinema meant to Tanizaki through a close reading of historical materials.

Golden Kamuy is a historical adventure manga in which Saichi Sugimoto, a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War, and Asirpa, a young Ainu girl, pursue gold hidden in Hokkaido. Set in the late Meiji period, it combines a fierce struggle for the treasure with an attentive portrayal of Ainu life and culture.

Across Hokkaido's vast wilderness, a journey for gold and survival begins.