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List of Past Winners

Last Updated March 1, 2023

Yokohama Cultural Award

List of winners of the Yokohama Cultural Award (title omitted)
Number of times Fiscal year Name and organization name Fields
1st 1952

Tatsuji Suzuki
Ryosai Inoue
Kuichi Iida
Hiraku Nakamura

Education
Art
Art
Art

2nd 1953

Zenjiro Sato
Yokohama Symphony Orchestra
Yozo Nomura
Michiko Nomura
Nakagawa, Tsuzuki Agricultural Cooperative

Education
Art
General Culture
General Culture
General Culture

3rd 1954

Kando Nakane
Teiichi Asahina
Hideo Toyama
Yokohama Art Association

Education
Science
Industry
Art

4th 1955 Kotaro Maeda
Takeshi Kodama
Junpei Nakamura
Magechi, Fujisaki

Education
Science
Architecture
Horticulture

5th 1956 Tsuneo Tajiri
Itsuma Takagi
Anichi Aki
Yokohama Flower Festival Association
Education
Academic and Education
Civil engineering
General Culture
6th 1957

Shin Tanuma
Shigeo Seki
Takanori Kinoshita
Yokohama Three Songs Federation

Education
Science
Art
Art
7th 1958 Tamotsu Tomiyama
Tsuneo Tanba
Ichiro Okamoto
Education
Culture
Industry
8th 1959 Mr. Takagi
Kaichi Mitsuhashi
Soshichi Takama
Yokohama Grape Theater
Education
Education
Art
Art
9th 1960 Olib eye hats
Shuichi Amano
Kichigoro Suzuki
Yokohama Thursday party
Education
Industry
Horticulture
Art
10th 1961 Benso Kanna
Kamekichi Itasawa
Tonosuke Saeki
1, Kojima
Education
Industry
Culture
Culture
11th 1962 Takatada Saito
Totaro Shimizu
Sennosuke Tozaki
Charles Henry Morse
Yokohama Calligraphy Association
Education
Science
Industry
General Culture
Art
12th 1963 Shiro Kurotsuchi
John E. Laffin
Seiichi Wajima
Yokohama Theatre Institute
Education
General Culture
Science
Art
13th 1964 Yoshimori Yoneda
Masao Iwamiya
Rinka Ono
Takeji Hiratsuka
Japan Mizukami Gakuen
Japan Water School
Education
Industry
Art
Art
Social welfare
Social welfare
14th 1965 Tasuku Sakata
Kazutaro Yasukawa
Nobuo Kawamura
Shiro Chiba
Tsuneyuki Isono
Education
Education and Science
Art
Industry
General Culture
The 15th 1966 Raisuke Hasegawa
Akira Miyashiro
Rinnemon Fujii
Kojiro Kobune
80 islands outside guard
Hellman Grawellt
Education
Education
Industry
Art
Art
General Culture
16th 1967 Genzaburo Shirayama
Minonosuke Takano
Kokichi Iioka
Choichiro Matsuoka
Myosen Furusaka
Education
Music Education and Consumers
Art
Medical care
Social welfare
The 17th 1968 Helen Ruth Zander
Kikuo Mihashi
Fumi Kashida
Sadazo Igarashi
Yokohama Noh Federation
Education
Science
Music education
Medical care
Art
The 18th 1969 Kanetoshi Hirota
Yoichiro Miyake
Hajime Miyajima
Shogo Yanase
Yokohama Tea Ceremony Federation
Sports promotion
Music education
Youth education
Industry
Art
The 19th 1970 Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Yoshigoro Takahashi
Kiyoshi Nakajima
Tsuneo Matsukura
Saburo Muraoka
Education
Industry
Art
Education
International Exchange
The 20th 1971 Fujio Akimoto
Kiichi Asukata
Mipei Shirai
Hashimoto Higashi
Yokohama Working Youth Welfare Association
Art
Legal and Education
Education
Industry
Social welfare
21st 1972 Kotaro Ishii
Kineya Hatsuei
Tsutomu Sudo
Fujio Tomita
Hamako Watanabe
Local History
Art
Sports promotion
Social education
International Friendship
22nd 1973 Shishi Ishibashi
Azuma Kondo
Akita Miyake
Takashi Rinoie
Social welfare
Art
Industry
General Culture
23rd 1974 Ikuta Imamura
Takeo Sakata
Yoshiko Sato
Tsune Hirano
100,000 trees Fujino
Takeo Matsumoto
Education and Social Welfare
Industry
Art
Social welfare
Industry
Education
24th 1975 Nobumichi Inoue
Yukichi Sakakibara
Junji Chino
Mary K. Valentine
Kazuo Yamane
Art
Medical care
Physical education
Education
Art
The 25th 1976 Yoshio Ougiya
Yasuo Fujii
Magechi Hori
Hiroya Murayama
Kyuzo Yamaguchi
Yokohama Christian Youth Association
Art
Medicine
Cultural Activities
Art
Sports promotion
Social education
The 26th 1977 Kotaro Kida
Keisuke Shimura
Michio Takaya
Yoshinao Nakada
Ryohei Yanagihara
Ceramics and Social Welfare
Art
General Culture
Art
Cultural Activities
The 27th 1978 Yusai Akaji
Sataro Tsutsui
Taisuke Matsunobu
Tokio Yamaguchi
Yokohama Oratrio Association
Art
Industry
Cultural Activities
Industry
Art
The 28th 1979 Satoko Ota
Yasuo Ogushi
Ichiro Kodaka
Katsura Sakakida
Kazuo Yamada
Performing Arts
Industry
Cultural Activities
Medical care
Art
The 29th 1980 Yoshiaki Emori
Fumiko Ikuno
Katsuyo Jinbo
6, Takagihigashi
Kono Ma
Social welfare
Local Activities
Education
Art
International Friendship
The 30th 1981 Haruko Iwasaki
Yoshio Okada
Akira Kuboi
Hisashi Sakamoto
Hideo Sudo
General Culture
Medical care
Traditional technology
Industry
Social welfare
The 31st 1982 Einosuke Iwata
Takako Otani
Miyoshi Kodama
Ayako Hino
Yoshi Miki
Art
Education
Horticulture
International Exchange
Social welfare
32nd 1983 Masaharu Kumata
Isamu Nishida
Fujiichi Fujisawa
Taiho Furusawa
Ryo Moji
Medical care
Horticulture
Industry
Art
Social welfare

The 33rd

1984 Taiko Okumura
Masashi Kaneko
Masahide Kawaguchi
Koichi Fukuda
Naoki Yamamoto
Art
Education
Horticulture
Medical care
Art
The 34th 1985 Torazo Ando
Ryozo Okuda
Seiichi Segawa
Shigetada Horiuchi
Susumu Miyazaki
Margaret H. Wells
International Friendship
Art
Traditional crafts
Industry
Social welfare
Special Prize International Exchange
The 35th 1986 Yomozo Uchida
Tenta Endo
Shingo Kurosawa
Katsuji Tanada
Mamoru Yoshida
Local History
Art
Education
Industry
General Culture
The 36th 1987 Minoru Ooka
Iwao Okabe
Mamoru Kato
Sakijubudo
Aizumi Hori
Science
Medical care
Cultural Activities
Industry
Art
The 37th 1988 Oki Kinzou
Small 3, Izumitsukuri
Sueo Shimizu
Keiichiro Takahashi
Imaji Yamada
Industry
Education
Sports promotion
Medical care
Art
The 38th 1989 Yoshimasa Igarashi
Ryohei Kawaguchi
Keiro Kokuryo
Kokichi Tsuchiya
Tamae Honda
Industry
Medical care
Art
Science
Cultural Activities
The 39th 1990 Kozo Aritaki
Toshiko Ichihashi
Shoichi Eto
Shoichi Kumazawa
Yuko Yamaoka
Industry
Traditional crafts
Education
Art
Art
The 40th 1991 Kinuko Emi
Utamaru Katsura
Chikabo Kumada
Masao Shishido
Saburo Hamano
Setsuko Fujimoto
Yano Setsudo
Yokohama Chamber Music Association
Art
Cultural Activities
Art
Science
Social welfare
Education
Local Activities
Art
41st 1992 Toshio Otaki
Yashiko Okamoto
Masao Okuzawa
Masuo Kato
Hisashi Kojima
Kensuke Tanabe
Harue Miyake
Kenichi Yokoyama
Science
Art
Industry
Medical care
Horticulture
Art
Art
International Exchange
42nd 1993 Makiko Arima
Alvin D. Cooks
Miyuki Ishimoto
Hajime Kurotsuchi
Yoshishige Saito
Improving the Status of Women
International Exchange
Art
Education
Art
The 43rd 1994 Yutaka Ueno
Keiko Kishi
Teruko Saeki
Shumichi Takai
Kazuo Morishita
Yoshinosuke Yasoshima
Industry
Art
Medical care
Education
Social welfare
Town planning
44th 1995 Fumio Takagi
Kazuyuki Tezuka
Shigeki Tooyama
Kikuo Fukuju
Koichi Yahata
Yokohama City Opera
Industry
Medical care
Science
Culture
Culture
Art
The 45th 1996 Seitaro Arai
Shozaburo Kimura
Geraldine Wilcox
Yokohama Music Association
Yoshikazu Wakatsuki
Industry
Culture
International Exchange
Culture
Education
The 46th 1997 Keiko Ikeda
Yoichi Nishimaru
Yutaka Nonami
Tota Nomura
Takashi Hamaguchi
Sports promotion
Medical care
Industry
Education
Art
The 47th 1998 Kazuo Ohno
Joji Kawamoto
Ryuichi Nakatani
Yukio Fujiki
Yuichiro Yamasaki
Art
Industry
Art
Sports promotion
Culture
The 48th 1999 Toshiko Akiyoshi
Yasuo Kaneko
Kaoru Kanetaka
Gennosuke Nagasaki
Naozo Maeda
Yukito Yamanaka
Art
Education
Culture
Culture
Welfare
Art
The 49th 2000 Ikuhiko Akabori
Kenneth Butler
Kiyoshi Suzuki
Noriyuki Hara
Yoichi Matsumoto
Art
Education
Medical care
Industry and Culture
Town planning
The 50th 2001 Hiroshi Iwamiya
Takuo Endo
Kazuo Hyoudo
Noboru Makino
Industry
Art
Art
Culture
51st 2002 Gogodo Suka
Noboru Takasugi
D. toscan
Hiroshi Tsuruoka
Tetsuo Naito
Art
Science
Culture
Culture
Medical care
52nd 2003 Rikuo Uchiyama
Toyoko Tokiwa
Sumio Maruoka
Akiyoshi Wada
Social welfare
Art
Culture
Science
53rd 2004 Naosuke Takamura
Hiroshi Tamaoki
One of the Tojiro Yamamoto family
Kokomaro Yoshida
Ichiro Hiramatsu
Science
Culture
Art
Art
Industry
54th 2005 Shigenori Kobayashi
Kunio Hirano
Tei Yamamoto
Kenji Ikemori
Sanho Kawakami
Science
Science
Art
Industry and Social Welfare
Skilled Culture
The 55th 2006 Katsue Iida
Ryu Saito
Shiohiko Takahashi
Fumie Suguri
Michie Hiura
Art
Art
Science
Sports
Social welfare
The 56th 2007 Mieko Osanai
Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
Teruhisa Kitahara
Toshiyuki Moriuchi
Masatake Matsuda
Culture
Art
Culture
Culture
Industry
The 57th 2008 Motoko Ishii
Junko Nakanishi
Keiji Hayashi
Chandol G. Advani
Reiko Nakamura
Art
Science
Art
Industry
Sports
The 58th 2009 Mitsuko Kusabue
Kiyoshi Nakagami
Mitsumasa Kobayashi
Kazuhiko Takayama
Yoshihiro Nishida
Art
Art
Town development
Social welfare
Industry
The 59th 2010 Takashi Utsumi
Kifu Mitsuhashi
Teruo Miyazaki
Yukio Iwasaki
A meeting to record air raids in Yokohama
Science
Art
Art
Social and Education
Society
The 60th 2011 Shinichiro Ikebe
Yukari Saito
Keiichiro Mizuno
Yokohama citizen plaza
Motonori Watanabe
Art
Art
Medical care
Society
Sports promotion
61st 2012 Michiko Godai
Sachika Mizuno
San Diego Yokohama Sister City Association
Masako Shimada
Kensei Hayashi
Art
Art
International Exchange
Local Activities
Town development
62nd 2013 Takeshi Kobayashi
Kiichi Sumikawa
Megumi Nakamura
Kuniaki Ueda and Katsuko Ueda
Yokohama City Tobi Industry Federation
Art
Art
Art
Promotion of art
Social Contribution
63rd 2014 Yuzo Kato
Tetsuya Bessho
Takeo Asami
Shinai Juku, an NPO Japan Educational Life Consultation Center for Foreign Residents in Japan
Teruhiko Sudo
Science
Art
Social Contribution
Social welfare
Sports promotion
64th 2015 Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Yokohama Mixed Choir
Ichiro Asukata
Yasuhiko Okudera
Kishine Hayashiren
Art
Art
Social welfare
Sports promotion
Social Contribution
The 65th 2016 Tetsuto Tanabe
Eiji Suzuki
Haru Matsunaga
Shingo Yamano
Art Promotion and Science
Skilled Culture
Social Contribution
Social Contribution
66th 2017 Tsutomu Aragaki
Fumihiko Gomi
Yokohama Boys and Girls Choir
François Ubida
Daisuke Miura
Art
Science
Art
International Exchange
Sports
The 67th 2018 Ryohei Kondo
Kenzo Nakagawa
Yokohama citizen hall concert
Keno Hirayama
Katsuhito Rokugawa
Art
Art
Art
Skilled Culture
Town development
68th 2019

Shiki Theater Company Shiki / Shiki Co., Ltd.
Hiraide Yangji
Koichi Yoshida
Hiroshi Kitamura
Yuriko Kihara

Art
Culture
Science
Town development
Social Contribution
The 69th 2020

Eriko Osaka
Masahiro Maeda
Fumihiko Maki
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Yoshiko Tana

Culture
Art
Culture
Sports promotion
Social Contribution

The 70th 2021

Kapo Saito
Yasutami Suzuki
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Miura's honey
Kuniko Obinata

Art
Science
Art
Art
Sports promotion

71st 2022

Toshiteru Umewaka
Toshiko Kamata
Non-profit organization BankART1929
Nobumasa Takahashi
Hisazo Fujiki

Art
Culture
Culture
Town development
Industry

72nd 2023

Kimio Otsubo
Yoshiko Naka
Yokohama Botanical Association
Alex Lamiles
Satoru Itabashi

Art
Art
Science
Sports promotion
Social Contribution

Yokohama Cultural Award Culture and Art Encouragement Award

List of recipients of the Yokohama Cultural Award Culture and Art Encouragement Award (title omitted)
Fiscal year Name and organization name Fields
1991 Shigeki Kuroda
YOKOHAMA Honmoku Jazz Festival
Art
Culture
1992 Kifu Mitsuhashi
Kazuzo Watanabe
Art
Sports
1993 Yukio Yokoyama
Noge Street Performance
Art
Performing Arts
1994 Kei Ito
Meiji University Yokohama Association
Art
Social welfare
1995 Takashi Harada Art
1996 Michiko Godai
Yokohama-Chinatown Association of Urban Development Organizations
Art
Town planning
1997 Kazumi Saito
Shunmyo Masuno
General Culture
General Culture
1998 Mayumi Miyata
Yokohama Film Festival Executive Committee
Art
Culture
1999 Roko Satoshi Art
2000 Red Shoes Memorial Cultural Corporation
Yokohama F. Marinos
Ree Watanabe
Culture
Sports promotion
Culture
2001 Shuichi Hidano
Hideo Mori
Art
Art
2002 Da Carpo
Shion Mizuhara
Art
Art
2003 Okurayama Wednesday Concert
Ryoko Yanagisawa
Culture
Art
2004 Kentaro Arikawa
Yuzu
Science
Art
2005 Toshinori Okada
Naoyuki Tsuji
Art
Art
2006 Shoji Segawa
Takahiro Nakamura
Culture
Art
2007 Yuichi Ito
Miura's honey
Art
Art
2008 Kim Ito
Tomohiko Okabe
Art
Art
2009 Tachikawa Seishi
Yokohama Baroque Chamber Orchestra
Art
Art
2010 Takashi Shozaki
Kazuki Yamada
Art
Art
2011 Non-profit organization BankART1929
Kazuhito Yamane
Art
Art
2012 Yasuhisa Ishida
Mikuni Yauchihara
Art
Art
2013

Sotani Morning Picture
(one company) Yokohama symphonietta

Art
Art

2014

Kaoru Oe
Takahiro Fujita

Art
Art

2015

Fumika Mohri
Winter tree Yamakawa

Art
Art

2016

Kentaro Kawase
Ryoyo Kurisu

Art
Culture

2017

Taku Arai
Tomoki Sakata

Art
Art

2018

Ozeki
Tetsuhei Fujiwara

Art
Culture

2019

Yusuke Asai
Toshiyuki Kajiwara

Art
Culture

2020

Kanako Oki
Atsushi Watanabe

Art
Art

2021

Risa Sato
JACK of Hama, a non-profit organization

Art
Art

2022

On Design Partners Co., Ltd.
Miho Hasama

Culture
Art

2023

NPO Poka Poka
LEO

Culture
Art


※Until 2003, the Yokohama Cultural Award Encouragement Award

Yokohama Cultural Award Sports Special Award

List of recipients of the Yokohama Cultural Award Sports Special Award (title omitted)
Fiscal year Name and organization name
1998

Kanagawa University Athletics Division Ekiden Team
Kanto Gakuin University Rugby Club
Yokohama High School Baseball Club
Yokohama BayStars


Yokohama Cultural Award Academic Special Award

List of recipients of the Yokohama Cultural Award Academic Special Award (title omitted)
Fiscal year Name and organization name
2000 Hideki Shirakawa

Inquiries to this page

Lively Sports Culture Bureau Cultural Arts Creation City Promotion Department Cultural Promotion Section

Telephone: 045-671-3714

Telephone: 045-671-3714

Fax: 045-663-5606

Email address: nw-bunka@city.yokohama.lg.jp

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