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

The Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress 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, Kaori Momoi was the first winner of this award for her role in The Yellow Handkerchief. Since its inception, the award has been given to 36 actresses. Kimiko Yo has received the most awards in this category with three awards. As of the 2019 ceremony, Kirin Kiki is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Hatsue Shibata in Shoplifters.

## Winners

| Year | Actress | Role(s) | Film |
| 1977 (1st) | Kaori Momoi | Akemi Ogawa | The Yellow Handkerchief |
| 1978 (2nd) | Shinobu Otake | Yoshiko Sakai Haruko Mizuno | The Incident Seishoku no Ishibumi |
| 1979 (3rd) | Mayumi Ogawa | Reiko Karasawa Haru Asano | The Three Undelivered Letters Vengeance Is Mine |
| 1980 (4th) | Michiyo Ōkusu | Shuko Aochi | Zigeunerweisen |
| 1981 (5th) | Yūko Tanaka | Ōei Omatsu | Edo Porn Eijanaika |
| 1982 (6th) | Rumiko Koyanagi | Yoshie Furuya | To Trap a Kidnapper |
| 1983 (7th) | Atsuko Asano | Tamako Azusa Ogata | The Geisha Dirty Hero (ja) |
| 1984 (8th) | Kin Sugai | Kikue Amamiya Sen Nakamura | The Funeral Hissatsu: Sure Death |
| 1985 (9th) | Yoshiko Mita | Sho Hatori Noriko Narumi | W's Tragedy Haru no Kane |
| 1986 (10th) | Mieko Harada | Keiko Yajima Yae Ms. Ohana | House on Fire Kokushi Muso Prussian Blue no Shōzō (ja) |
| 1987 (11th) | Rino Katase | Asami Enoki Kikugawa | Yakuza Ladies 2 (ja) Tokyo Bordello (ja) |
| 1988 (12th) | Eri Ishida | Tae Sakiko Taniguchi Noe Itō | Wuthering Heights Hope and Pain A Chaos of Flowers |
| 1989 (13th) | Etsuko Ichihara | Senkichi Mizuta | Buddies (ja) |
| 1990 (14th) | Eri Ishida | Michiko Hamasaki Michiko Hamasaki Mutsuko Miyabayashi | Tsuribaka Nisshi 2 Tsuribaka Nisshi 3 (ja) A Paucity of Flying Dreams |
| 1991 (15th) | Emi Wakui | Yōko Akiyama Seiko Kawashima | No Worries on the Recruit Front My Sons |
| 1992 (16th) | Miwako Okamura | Kogiku Kokuraya Reiko | The Oil-Hell Murder Netorare Sosuke |
| 1993 (17th) | Kyōko Kagawa | Professor's Wife | Madadayo |
| 1994 (18th) | Shigeru Muroi | Shizuko | Ghost Pub |
| 1995 (19th) | Nobuko Otowa | Toyoko Yanagawa | A Last Note |
| 1996 (20th) | Eri Watanabe | Toyoko Takahashi | Shall We Dance? |
| 1997 (21st) | Mitsuko Baisho | Masako Nakajima | The Eel |
| 1998 (22nd) | Kumiko Asō | Sonoko Manabe | Dr. Akagi |
| 1999 (23rd) | Kayoko Kishimoto | Kikujiro's Wife | Kikujiro |
| 2000 (24th) | Mieko Harada | Okin | After the Rain |
| 2001 (25th) | Ko Shibasaki | Tsubaki Sakurai | Go |
| 2002 (26th) | Tanie Kitabayashi | Grandma Oume | Letter from the Mountain (ja) |
| 2003 (27th) | Eri Fukatsu | Takiko Takezawa | Like Asura |
| 2004 (28th) | Masami Nagasawa | Aki Hirose | Crying Out Love in the Center of the World |
| 2005 (29th) | Hiroko Yakushimaru | Tomoe Suzuki | Always Sanchōme no Yūhi |
| 2006 (30th) | Yū Aoi | Kimiko Tanigawa | Hula Girls |
| 2007 (31st) | Masako Motai (ja) | Toyoko Kaneko | I Just Didn't Do It |
| 2008 (32nd) | Kimiko Yo | Yuriko Uemura | Departures |
| 2009 (33rd) | Kimiko Yo | Akemi Otake | Dear Doctor |
| 2010 (34th) | Kirin Kiki | Fusae Shimizu | Villain |
| 2011 (35th) | Hiromi Nagasaku | Kiwako Nonomiya / Rutsu | Rebirth (ja) |
| 2012 (36th) | Kimiko Yo | Tamiko Hamazaki | Anata e |
| 2013 (37th) | Yōko Maki | Yukari Saiki | Like Father, Like Son |
| 2014 (38th) | Haru Kuroki | Taki Nunomiya | The Little House |
| 2015 (39th) | Haru Kuroki | Machiko Sata | Nagasaki: Memories of My Son |
| 2016 (40th) | Hana Sugisaki | Azumi Sachino | Her Love Boils Bathwater |
| 2017 (41st) | Suzu Hirose | Sakie Yamanaka | The Third Murder |
| 2018 (42nd) | Kirin Kiki | Hatsue Shibata | Shoplifters |
| 2019 (43rd) | Masami Nagasawa | Yang Duan He | Kingdom |
| 2020 (44th) | Haru Kuroki | Wakana Kawakami | The Asadas |
| 2021 (45th) | Kaya Kiyohara | Mikiko Maruyama | In the Wake |
| 2022 (46th) | Sakura Ando | Rie Taniguchi | A Man |
| 2023 (47th) | Sakura Ando | Sumiko Ōta | Godzilla Minus One |
| 2024 (48th) | Riho Yoshioka | Sayaka Ando | Faceless |

## Multiple wins

The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actress awards:
| Wins | Actress |
| 3 | Kimiko Yo |
| 3 | Haru Kuroki |
| 2 | Mieko Harada |
| 2 | Eri Ishida |
| 2 | Kirin Kiki |
| 2 | Masami Nagasawa |
| 2 | Sakura Ando |