Kishida Prize for Drama

The Kishida Prize for Drama (岸田國士戯曲賞, Kishida Kunio Gikyokushō) is a Japanese theater award given by the publisher Hakusuisha in honor of the playwright Kunio Kishida. It was started in 1955 to honor new playwrights.^[1] The award is known in Japan as the gateway to recognition for contemporary playwrights.^[2]

List of Winners

1955 - 1960

• 1955 - Not awarded.
  • Remarkable achievements: Hekiga (壁画) Seiichi Yashiro.
• 1956 - Kiichi Ohashi for Kusunoki Sankichi no seishun (楠三吉の青春) and Kinji Obata for Kikeiji (畸形児)
• 1957 - Not awarded
  • Remarkable achievement: Ashita o tsumuzu musumetachi (明日を紡ぐ娘たち) Sankikai company
• 1958 - Hotta Hotta Kiyomi for Shima (島)
• 1959 - Not awarded
  • Remarkable achievements: Nagai Bohyō no retsu (長い墓標の列) Yoshiyuki Fukuda and Gyoko (漁港) of Gen'ichi Hara and Yūjōbutōkai (友情舞踏会) Masayuki Hiroda
• 1960 - Masaru Kobayashi for Ori (檻) and Hisako Hayasaka for Saga (相聞)

1961 - 1970

• 1961 - not awarded
• 1962 - Ken Miyamoto for Nihonjin tami Kyowakoku (日本人民共和国) The sakusen Mechanism (メカニズム作戦) and Shuichiro Yagi for Hatoba Kojiki rokunin no musukotachi (波止場乞食と六人の息子たち , "The Beggar docks and six son") Kombeya wa tomaranai (コンベヤーは止まらない) "The conveyor belt that never stops"
• 1963 - Masakazu Yamazaki for Zeami Motokiyo (世阿彌)
• 1964 - Hitomi Kakuhiko for Tomoe no tsuzumi (友絵の鼓) and Ryuichi Suga for Onna no Gongyo (女の勤行) and Yoshiyuki Fukuda for Hakamatare wa doko da (袴垂れはどこだ)
• 1965 - not awarded
• 1966 - Koji Kawamata for Kantō heiya (関東平野) and Masayuki Hirota for Suna to shiro (砂と城)
• 1968 - Minoru Betsuyaku for Match uri no Shōjo (マッチ売りの少女) and Akai tori no iru Fukei (赤い鳥の居る風景)
• 1969 - Satoshi Akihama for Yōjitachi no ato no matsuri (幼児たちの後の祭り) ua
• 1970 - Juro Kara for Shōjo kamen (少女仮面)

1971 - 1980

• 1971 - Makoto Sato for Nezumi Kozō Jirokichi (鼠小僧次郎吉)
• 1972 - Hisashi Inoue to Dōgen no Bōken (道元の冒険)
• 1974 - Kōhei Tsuka for Atami satsujin jiken (熱海殺人事件) and Kunio Shimizu for Bokura ga hijo no taiga o kudaru Toki (ぼくらが非情の大河をくだるとき)
• 1975 - not awarded
  • Remarkable achievement: Mokuren numa (木蓮沼) Tomiko Ishizawa
• 1976 - Tomiko Ishizawa for Biwa-den (琵琶伝)
• 1977 - not awarded
• 1978 - Shōgo Oda Komachi kaze-den (小町風伝) and Seishin Chinen for Jinruikan (人類館)
• 1979 - Kodai Okabe for Hizen Matsuura kenmai shinjū (肥前松浦兄妹心中)
• 1980 - Ren Saitō for Vance King Shanghai (上海バンスキング)

1981 - 1990

• 1981 - Jūichirō Takeuchi for Ano daikarasu saemo (あの大鴉,さえも)
• 1982 - Tetsu Yamazaki for Hyōryū kazoku (漂流家族) and Uo densetsu (うお伝説)
• 1983 - Hideki Noda for Nokemono kitarite (野獣降臨) and Kiyokazu Yamamoto for Pinocchio janbaraya (比野置ジャンバラヤ) and Eri Watanabe for Gegege no ge (ゲゲゲのげ)
• 1984 - Sō Kitamura for Jūichijin no shōnen (十一人の少年)
• 1985 - Rio Kishida for Ito jigoku (糸地獄)
• 1986 - Takeshi Kawamura for Shinjuku Hakkenden daiikkan inu no tanjo (新宿八犬伝第一巻-犬の誕生-)
• 1987 - not awarded
• 1988 - Yasuhiko Ohashi for Gojira (ゴジラ)
• 1989 - Riyo Iwamatsu for Futon to daruma (蒲団と達磨)
• 1990 - not awarded

1991 - 2000

• 1991 - Yōji Sakate for Breathless Gomibukuro o kokyūsuru no yoru monogatari (ブレスレスゴミ袋を呼吸する夜の物語)
• 1992 - Kensuke Yokouchi for Gusha ni wa mienai La Mancha no Osama no hadaka (愚者には見えないラ·マンチャの王様の裸)
• 1993 - Akio Miyazawa for Hinemi (ヒネミ) and Miri Yū for Sakana no matsuri (魚の祭)
• 1994 - Yoshinobu Tei for Za Terayama (ザ·寺山)
• 1995 - Shoji Kokami for Sunafukin no tegami (スナフキンの手紙) and Orisa Horisa for Tokyo nōto (東京ノート)
• 1996 - Toshirō Suzue for Kami o kakiageru (髪をかきあげる) and Masataka Matsuda for Umi to Higasa (海と日傘)
• 1997 - Suzuki Matsuo for Funky! Uchū wa mieru tokoro made shika nai (ファンキー!宇宙は見える所までしかない)
• 1998 - Fukatsu Shigefumi for Uchiya matsuri (うちやまつり)
• 1999 - Keralino Sandorovich (KERA) for Frozen Beach (フローズン·ビーチ)
• 2000 - Ai Nagai for Ani kaeru (兄帰る)

2001 - 2010

• 2001 - Kōki Mitani for Okepi! (オケピ!)
• 2002 - not awarded
• 2003 - Kazuki Nakashima for Aterui (アテルイ)
• 2004 - Yutaka Kuramochi for One man show (ワンマン·ショー)
• 2005 - Kankurō Kudō for Donjū (鈍獣) and Toshiki Okada for Sangatsu no itsukakan (三月の5日間)
• 2006 - Norohiko Tsukuda for Nukegara (ぬけがら) and Daisuke Miuara for Ai no uzu (愛の渦)
• 2007 - not awarded
• 2008 - Shirō Maeda for Ikiteru mono wa inai no ka (生きてるものはいないのか)
• 2009 - Ryuta Horai for Mahoroba (まほろば) and Yukiko Motoya for Shiawase Saiko Arigato maji de (幸せ最高ありがとうマジで!)
• 2010 - Yukio Shiba for Waga Hoshi (わが星)

2011 - 2020

• 2011 - Shū Matsui for Jiman no musuko (自慢の息子)
• 2012 - Seiji Nozoe for 00 to aru Fukei (○○トアル風景) and Fujita Takahiro for Kaeri no Aizu matteta Shokutaku soko Kito shiofuru sekai (かえりの合図,まってた食卓,そこ,きっと,しおふる世界) and Mikuni Yanaihana for Maemuki! Taimon (前向き!タイモン)
• 2013 - Masaaki Akahori for Itchōmei zomeki (一丁目ぞめき) and Hideto Iwai for Aru onna (ある女)^[3]
• 2014 - Ameya Norimizu for Blue Sheet (ブルーシート)^[4]

References

1. ↑ "Kishida Kunio Gikyokushō". Kotobanku. Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 14 December 2014. 
2. ↑ http://www.performingarts.jp/E/topics/archive/2009/j20090103.html. Retrieved 13 May 2015.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. ↑ "第57回（2013年）岸田國士戯曲賞を赤堀雅秋・岩井秀人が受賞". Performing Arts Network (in Japanese). Japan Foundation. Retrieved 14 December 2014. 
4. ↑ "Play of the Month Blue Sheet". Performing Arts Network. Japan Foundation. Retrieved 20 August 2015. 

• http://www.hakusuisha.co.jp/kishida/list.php