Kimizuka won the award for best screenplay for Bayside Shakedown: The Movie at the 1998 Yokohama Film Festival, and for Nobody to Watch Over Me at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival.
Kimizuka memenangkan penghargaan untuk permainan latar terbaik untuk Bayside Shakedown: The Movie di Festival Film Yokohama 1998, dan untuk Nobody to Watch Over Me di Festival Film Dunia Montreal 2008.