# List of accolades received by Joe Hisaishi

Mamoru Fujisawa (Japanese: 藤澤 守, Hepburn: Fujisawa Mamoru, born December 6, 1950), known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (久石 譲, Hisaishi Jō), is a Japanese composer, conductor, and pianist. Over the course of his career, Hisaishi has received over 70 award nominations and has won 40. Hisaishi was recognized by the Government of Japan with the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in 2009, and again in 2023 with the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette. For his contributions across his career, Hisaishi was presented the Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2015 Far East Film Festival and the Winsor McCay Award at the 2024 Annie Awards.
Hisaishi began his career creating minimalist and electronic pieces, but he gradually moved to writing for orchestra and creating film scores for directors like Isao Takahata. However, he still occasionally revisited his minimal style, such as his work on Takeshi Kitano's A Scene at the Sea (1991), for which he won Best Music at the Mainichi Film Awards. Hisaishi has since become internationally known for his soundtracks for the films of Hayao Miyazaki, which had started with their collaboration on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984). He went on to score several of the highest-grossing films in Japan, and received a number of awards and nominations for his work on the soundtracks of Studio Ghibli films, including wins at the Annie Awards, Japan Gold Disc Awards, and Mainichi Film Awards for the music of Spirited Away (2001), as well as a nomination for Best Original Score at the Golden Globe Awards for the music of The Boy and the Heron (2023). Hisaishi has also received 16 nominations at the Japan Academy Film Prize in the Outstanding Achievement in Music category between 1991 and 2015, earning the award eight times among them.

## Awards and nominations

Accolades received by Joe Hisaishi :
| Award / Organization | Year | Category | Nominated work(s) | Result | Ref. |
| Asian Film Awards | 2009 | Best Composer | Ponyo | Won | |
| Asian Film Awards | 2015 | Best Composer | Gone with the Bullets | Nominated | |
| Asian Film Awards | 2018 | Best Original Music | Our Time Will Come | Won | |
| Annie Awards | 2003 | Music in an Animated Feature Production | Spirited Away | Won | [10] [17] |
| Annie Awards | 2010 | Music in a Feature Production | Ponyo | Nominated | |
| Annie Awards | 2015 | Music in a Feature Production | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Nominated | |
| Annie Awards | 2024 | Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production | The Boy and the Heron | Nominated | |
| Annie Awards | 2024 | Winsor McCay Award | — | Won | |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2005 | Best Music | Welcome to Dongmakgol | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2003 | Best Original Score | Spirited Away | Nominated | [22] [23] |
| Decoration Bureau of the Cabinet Office | 2009 | Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon | — | Honored | [2] [24] |
| Decoration Bureau of the Cabinet Office | 2023 | Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette | — | Honored | |
| Dorian Awards | 2024 | Film Music of the Year | The Boy and the Heron | Nominated | |
| Far East Film Festival | 2015 | Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement | — | Won | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | 2023 | Best Score | The Boy and the Heron | Won | [26] [27] |
| The Game Awards | 2018 | Best Score/Music | Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2024 | Best Original Score | The Boy and the Heron | Nominated | |
| Golden Horse Awards | 2017 | Best Original Film Score | Our Time Will Come | Nominated | |
| Grand Bell Awards | 2006 | Best Music | Welcome to Dongmakgol | Nominated | |
| Hong Kong Film Awards | 2006 | Best Original Film Score | A Chinese Tall Story | Nominated | |
| Hong Kong Film Awards | 2008 | Best Original Film Score | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | Won | |
| Hong Kong Film Awards | 2018 | Best Original Film Score | Our Time Will Come | Won | |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | 2024 | Best Original Score | The Boy and the Heron | Nominated | |
| International Cinephile Society Awards | 2010 | Best Original Score | Ponyo | Nominated | |
| International Cinephile Society Awards | 2015 | Best Score | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Nominated | |
| International Cinephile Society Awards | 2024 | Best Score | The Boy and the Heron | Won | [37] [38] |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | 2007 | Best Original Score for Television | The Legend | Won | |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | 2008 | Best Original Score for an Animated Film | Ponyo | Nominated | |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | 2011 | Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media | Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch | Won | |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | 2014 | Best Original Score for an Animated Film | The Wind Rises | Won | |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | 2018 | Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media | Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom | Won | |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | 2024 | Film Score of the Year | The Boy and the Heron | Nominated | [44] [45] |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | 2024 | Best Original Score for an Animated Film | The Boy and the Heron | Won | [44] [45] |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | 2024 | Best Archival Release | A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki | Nominated | [44] [45] |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 1991 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Kanbakku / Tasmania Story / Tsuribaka Nisshi 2 / Peesuke: Gatapishi Monogatari [ja] | Nominated | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 1992 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | A Scene at the Sea / Deer Friend / Chizuko's Younger Sister / Fukuzawa Yukichi [ja] | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 1993 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Seishun Dendekedekedeke [ja] | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 1994 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Sonatine / Haruka, Nostalgia [ja] / Samurai Kids | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 1997 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Kids Return | Nominated | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 1999 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Hana-bi | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2000 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Kikujiro | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2003 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Dolls | Nominated | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2007 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Yamato | Nominated | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2009 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Ponyo | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2009 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Departures | Nominated | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2011 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Villain | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2013 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer | Nominated | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | The Wind Rises | Won | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Tokyo Family / The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Nominated | |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 2015 | Outstanding Achievement in Music | The Little House | Nominated | |
| Japan Gold Disc Awards | 2002 | Animation Album of the Year | Spirited Away | Won | |
| Japan Gold Disc Awards | 2009 | Instrumental Album of the Year | Piano Stories Best '88-'08 | Won | |
| Japan Gold Disc Awards | 2009 | Soundtrack Album of the Year | Ponyo | Won | |
| Japan Record Awards | 1997 | Composition Award | "Princess Mononoke" | Won | |
| Japan Record Awards | 2001 | Gold Award | "Always with Me" | Won | |
| Japanese Movie Critics Awards | 2009 | Best Film Music Artist | Departures / Ponyo | Won | |
| JASRAC Awards | 1999 | Bronze Award | Princess Mononoke | Won | |
| JASRAC Awards | 2003 | Gold Award | Spirited Away | Won | |
| JASRAC Awards | 2007 | Gold Award | Howl's Moving Castle | Won | |
| Korean Film Awards | 2005 | Best Music | Welcome to Dongmakgol | Won | |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | 2023 | Best Original Score or New Orchestrations | My Neighbour Totoro | Nominated | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 2005 | Best Music | Howl's Moving Castle | Won | [68] [69] |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 1991 | Best Music | A Scene at the Sea / Chizuko's Younger Sister | Won | |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 1992 | Best Music | Porco Rosso / Seishun Dendekedekedeke [ja] | Won | |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 2001 | Best Music | Spirited Away | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 2003 | Best Music | Spirited Away | Nominated | |
| Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards | 2024 | Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film | The Boy and the Heron | Nominated | |
| Tokyo Anime Award | 2002 | Best Music | Spirited Away | Won | |
| Tokyo Anime Award | 2005 | Best Music | Howl's Moving Castle | Won | |