The acting achievements of Noriko Eguchi in the stage productions Watashitachi wa Monogatari and King Lear. In the former, she portrayed a 40-year-old web writer aspiring to be a novelist in Kansai dialect; in the latter, she gave a memorable performance as Goneril, King Lear's eldest daughter.

Her performance was recognized for the humor and feeling in her Kansai-dialect delivery and for her vivid Goneril.

Directed by Shuntaro Fujita, The Tragedy of King Lear and the musical VIOLET are two stage works that follow people carrying deep wounds as they confront others and society, in the distinct forms of classical tragedy and contemporary musical theatre. The Tragedy of King Lear reconsiders the rupture between a father and his daughters through a contemporary lens, while VIOLET follows a woman with facial scars on her journey toward self-acceptance.

Fujita's direction moves between tragedy and musical theatre, addressing contemporary audiences with clarity.

Yumi Kawai received this award for her achievements as an actor, including her performances in Desert of Namibia and A Girl Named Ann. The record honors her acting work rather than designating a single film as the award-winning work.

Misa Fujisawa, who struggles with severe PMS-related irritability, and Takatoshi Yamazoe, who lives with panic disorder, become colleagues at a toy company. As they build a bond that cannot be defined simply as romance or friendship, they discover small ways to support one another through everyday life.

Life does not always go as planned. Even so, we can still help one another.

Tomoki Kitamura was recognized for his musical achievements, centered on a recording of Franz Liszt's complete Années de pèlerinage. As the prize honors recorded and performance-based artistic work rather than an individual book, no bibliographic record is listed for this recipient.

Shozan Hasegawa received the award for the performance and programming achievements of his shakuhachi recital, B→C 264 Shozan Hasegawa (Shakuhachi), at Tokyo Opera City. The award recognizes artistic activity in a concert, not a published work, so no individual bibliographic record is listed.

This award recognizes Suzuki Takuro's continuing artistic achievements, including multiple productions with the dance company CHAiroiPLIN and his inventive reinterpretations of classical works, rather than a single performance.

This award recognizes Takanosuke Nakamura's stage achievements in the ninth Shō no Kai, rather than a single book-length work.

Set in a seaside housing complex facing demolition, this ensemble novel follows its residents: an aging, ill grandfather and his granddaughter, siblings whose parents have disappeared, an elderly widow who looks after a neighbour's dog, girls, and brothers. It traces their seasons and memories, attending to joys, griefs, and connections that persist amid change.

A debut novel about the memories and hopes of people living in a seaside housing complex as time passes.

Nishimura Kirin's third collection of haiku. Gathering poems written around the founding of his haiku group Kirin, it observes animals, plants, and everyday scenes with close attention and a light imaginative touch. It received the 75th Arts Encouragement Prize, Newcomer Award, in Literature.

A haiku collection that vividly captures living creatures and suggests the tenderness of their lives.

Satoru Aoyama was recognized for his artistic practice using embroidery to examine capitalism, the value of labor, and gender issues, including the 2024 exhibition SATORU AOYAMA: A Boy Who Sews Forever. As the award honors his artistic achievements rather than an individual book, no bibliographic record is listed.

This award recognizes Fumie Sasai's achievements as a lacquer artist, including her exhibition ‘Kazeyō Fuwari, Tachimachi ni Kaminari-sama,’ rather than an individual book.

This recognition honors the achievements of Eye to Eye and other video-installation works, together with Kim Insook's continuing artistic practice. It is not an award for an individual book.

The first large-scale solo exhibition by the artist duo Nerhol. It traces seventeen years of work, including their signature layered and hand-carved sequential images, across boundaries such as nature and human society, stillness and movement, and visibility and invisibility.

An exhibition surveying Nerhol's practice of carving layered images to reconsider the multiple layers of time and space.

A theatrical animated film based on Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga of the same name. Fujino, who draws four-panel comics for her school newspaper, discovers the talent of her reclusive classmate Kyomoto. As they compete and devote themselves to manga, the film portrays their shared passion for creation and an event that changes their lives through delicate hand-drawn animation.

An animated film that traces the passion and time shared by two girls who draw manga, in hand-drawn lines.

Katsura Hashino received this award for his achievements as creative director of the game Metaphor: ReFantazio. The recognition concerns creative work in a game rather than an individual book.

Kansai TV's documentary Samayou Shinnen: The Source Was Left Behind follows the leak of interrogation records in connection with the Tawaramoto juvenile arson case in Nara and the arrest and conviction of the psychiatrist who became a journalistic source. Returning to the people involved seventeen years later, it examines source protection, freedom of expression, and criminal justice.

A documentary that reconsiders the boundary between access to information and criminal justice from the perspective of a news media organization that could not protect its source.

Based on an NHK Special, this nonfiction book traces the hometowns and histories of roughly 4,000 special-attack pilots through fifteen years of reporting and archival research. It examines how people were selected for suicide missions and how the fervor behind the slogan "one hundred million special attacks" spread through society.

Drawing on confidential records and long-term reporting, it traces the selection of special-attack pilots and the fervor of the society around them.

Rako Sakamoto was recognized for his benshi artistry at regular yose performances and for the achievements of that work. The award honors his art and accomplishments as a benshi rather than a single book-length work.

This award recognizes Takuma Watanabe's musical achievements in the films Desert of Namibia and Cloud, among others, rather than a single book-length work.

Nozomu Ogawa received this award for achievements in arts promotion, including organizing Geijutsu Gekiryū 2024: Rafting + Art as the representative of Art Center Ongoing. The recognition concerns the planning and management of an arts project set in the Mitake Gorge, rather than an individual book, so no bibliographic record is listed.

Together with Fumito Matsuda, Takaya Matsuda founded Heralbony and has promoted the circulation of art by artists with intellectual disabilities in society. The award recognizes achievements including the creation of HERALBONY Art Prize 2024 and international expansion, rather than an individual book, so no bibliographic record is listed.

Together with Takaya Matsuda, Fumito Matsuda founded Heralbony and has promoted the circulation of art by artists with intellectual disabilities in society. The award recognizes achievements including the creation of HERALBONY Art Prize 2024 and international expansion, rather than an individual book, so no bibliographic record is listed.

This historical study examines the 1938 annexation of Austria through Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg's resistance and the anguish of the cultural figures and artists living in Vienna. It traces how Nazi Germany's invasion destroyed both an independent state and a rich cultural world, considering the crisis faced by politics and culture.

A portrait of the days in which the culture of artistic Vienna collapsed under the annexation of Austria.

This study reconsiders the history of modern and contemporary Japanese calligraphy through two currents: the avant-garde "innovators" and the "traditionalists," who have received less sustained attention. By comparing their creative ideas and aesthetics, it questions the biases that shaped the evaluation of calligraphic beauty in modern Japan and offers a new historical perspective.

A reading of the development of calligraphic beauty in modern Japan through both innovation and tradition.