# Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

The Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is an award presented annually by the Japan Academy Prize Association.
At the 1st Japan Academy Prize ceremony held in 1978, Tetsuya Takeda was the first winner of this award for his role in The Yellow Handkerchief. Since its inception, the award has been given to 36 actors. Naoto Takenaka has received the most awards in this category with three awards. As of the 2019 ceremony, Tori Matsuzaka is the most recent winner in this category for his role as Shūichi Hioka in The Blood of Wolves.

## Winners

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 1977 (1st) | Tetsuya Takeda | Kinya Hanada | The Yellow Handkerchief |
| 1978 (2nd) | Tsunehiko Watase | Sōkichi Takeshita | The Incident |
| 1979 (3rd) | Bunta Sugawara | Inspector Yamashita | Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko |
| 1980 (4th) | Tetsurō Tamba | General Kodama | The Battle of Port Arthur (ja) |
| 1981 (5th) | Katsuo Nakamura | Tamawaki Toshiharu Oda Hikojiro Kimura | Kagero-za Love Letter (ja) Shikake-nin Baian Buriki no kunsho |
| 1982 (6th) | Morio Kazama | Ginshiro | Fall Guy |
| 1983 (7th) | Morio Kazama | Hidetsugu of Niō Miyagawa | The Geisha Theater of Life |
| 1984 (8th) | Kaku Takashina | Deme Toku | Mahjong hōrōki |
| 1985 (9th) | Kaoru Kobayashi | Tetsushi Kamiya Tsunejiro Hiraoka | Love Letter Sorekara |
| 1986 (10th) | Hitoshi Ueki | Ichiro Harada Kunio Sugimoto | Congratulatory Speech Big Joys, Small Sorrows (ja) |
| 1987 (11th) | Masahiko Tsugawa | Hanamura Noboru Mizoue | A Taxing Woman Night Train |
| 1988 (12th) | Tsurutaro Kataoka | Hidekichi Harada Gorō Tatsuno | The Discarnates Yojo no Jidai |
| 1989 (13th) | Eiji Bandō | Senkichi Mizuta | Buddies (ja) |
| 1990 (14th) | Renji Ishibashi | Yukio Seki Gonbei Horo Akikawa | Kōen Dōri no Nekotachi (ja) Roningai Ready to Shoot |
| 1991 (15th) | Masatoshi Nagase | Tetsuo Asano Yōsuke Takizawa | My Sons Mo no Shigoto |
| 1992 (16th) | Naoto Takenaka | Tomio Akio Gay man in his 30s | Sumo Do, Sumo Don't Original Sin |
| 1993 (17th) | Kunie Tanaka | Mr. Ino Oshō Mamoru Shohei | A Class to Remember (ja) Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki te ni Rainbow Bridge |
| 1994 (18th) | Kiichi Nakai | Matashirō Irobe | 47 Ronin |
| 1995 (19th) | Naoto Takenaka | Tommy Tamejiro | East Meets West |
| 1996 (20th) | Naoto Takenaka | Tomio Aoki | Shall We Dance? |
| 1997 (21st) | Masahiko Nishimura | Tatsuhiko Ushijima | Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald |
| 1998 (22nd) | Chosuke Ikariya | Senior Inspector Heihachiro Waku | Odoru daisosasen – The Movie |
| 1999 (23rd) | Nenji Kobayashi | Senji Sugiura | Poppoya |
| 2000 (24th) | Kōichi Satō | Hirotaka Utsuki | Whiteout |
| 2001 (25th) | Tsutomu Yamazaki | Hideyoshi | Go |
| 2002 (26th) | Min Tanaka | Zenemon Yogo | The Twilight Samurai |
| 2003 (27th) | Kōichi Satō | Saitō Hajime | When the Last Sword Is Drawn |
| 2004 (28th) | Joe Odagiri | Takeshi Park | Blood and Bones |
| 2005 (29th) | Shinichi Tsutsumi | Norifumi Suzuki | Always Sanchōme no Yūhi |
| 2006 (30th) | Takashi Sasano | Tokuhei | Love and Honor |
| 2007 (31st) | Kaoru Kobayashi | Oton | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad |
| 2008 (32nd) | Tsutomu Yamazaki | Ikuei Sasaki | Departures |
| 2009 (33rd) | Teruyuki Kagawa | Chōjirō Uji | Mt. Tsurugidake |
| 2010 (34th) | Akira Emoto | Yoshio Ishibashi | Villain |
| 2011 (35th) | Denden | Yukio Murata | Cold Fish |
| 2012 (36th) | Hideji Ōtaki | Goro Ohura | Anata e |
| 2013 (37th) | Lily Franky | Yūdai Saiki | Like Father, Like Son |
| 2014 (38th) | Junichi Okada | Shōzaburō Dan'no | A Samurai Chronicle |
| 2015 (39th) | Masahiro Motoki | Emperor Hirohito | The Emperor in August |
| 2016 (40th) | Satoshi Tsumabuki | Yūma Fujita | Rage |
| 2017 (41st) | Kōji Yakusho | Misumi | The Third Murder |
| 2018 (42nd) | Tori Matsuzaka | Shūichi Hioka | The Blood of Wolves |
| 2019 (43rd) | Ryo Yoshizawa | Ying Zheng / Piao | Kingdom |
| 2020 (44th) | Ken Watanabe | Masao Yoshida | Fukushima 50 |
| 2021 (45th) | Ryohei Suzuki | Shigehiro Uebayashi | Last of the Wolves |
| 2022 (46th) | Masataka Kubota | Daisuke Taniguchi | A Man |
| 2023 (47th) | Hayato Isomura | Sato-kun | The Moon |
| 2024 (48th) | Takao Osawa | Wang Qi | Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General |

## Multiple wins

The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actor awards:
| Wins | Actor |
| 3 | Naoto Takenaka |
| 2 | Morio Kazama |
| 2 | Kaoru Kobayashi |
| 2 | Kōichi Satō |
| 2 | Tsutomu Yamazaki |