Nine people, including former professional baseball player Shigeo Nagashima, were selected as recipients of this year's Order of Culture.
In addition, 21 people, including actor and singer Yuzo Kayama, were selected as Persons of Cultural Merit.
文化勲章を受章するのは次の9人の方々です。
元プロ野球選手で元監督の長嶋茂雄さん、本名・長島茂雄さん（85）。
国民的ヒーローとして野球界の発展に尽力したほか、東京オリンピックでは開会式の聖火リレーに参加し、大会を盛り上げました。
ことしのノーベル物理学賞に選ばれた真鍋淑郎さん（90）。
地球温暖化の理論的基礎を確立するなど、気象学・気候学の分野で世界をリードする業績を上げました。
歌舞伎俳優の尾上菊五郎さん（79）、本名・寺嶋秀幸さん。
男役の「立役」と「女方」の代表的な役をどちらも務め、いわゆる人間国宝に認定されるなど、日本の芸術文化の発展に寄与しました。
名古屋大学名誉教授で分子生物学が専門の岡崎恒子さん（88）。
DNA複製や染色体に関する研究で優れた業績を上げ、分子生物学の発展に大きく貢献しました。
歌人の岡野弘彦さん（97）。
伝統を重んじる一方で、長歌と短歌を組み合わせた「組歌」の創作にも取り組んだほか、後進の指導にも尽力しました。
東京外国語大学と広島市立大学の名誉教授で文化人類学が専門の川田順造さん（87）。
文字のない社会におけるコミュニケーションの研究で新たな領域を切り開くなど、アフリカ文化研究ですぐれた業績を上げました。
洋画家の絹谷幸二さん（78）。
長野オリンピックの公式ポスターの原画のほか、数多くの公共建築物の壁画や天井画を制作し、後進の育成にも力を尽くしました。
今月20日に87歳で亡くなった舞踊家の牧阿佐美さん、本名・福田阿佐美さん。
In addition to serving as the dance artistic director of the New National Theatre, he contributed to the development of Japanese ballet art and education by sending out human resources to support the ballet world.
Shigefumi Mori (70), director of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Kyoto University and a special professor.
He has made historic achievements in the field of algebraic geometry in mathematics and served as President of the International Mathematical Union.
21 Persons of Cultural Merit
また、文化功労者に選ばれたのは次の21人の方々です。
俳優で歌手の加山雄三さん（84）、本名・池端直亮さん。
美術史家で元文化庁長官の青柳正規さん（76）。
人形浄瑠璃文楽太夫の豊竹咲太夫さん（77）、本名・生田陽三さん。
人間文化研究機構国立民族学博物館の名誉教授で文化人類学が専門の石毛直道さん（83）。
お茶の水女子大学名誉教授で心理学が専門の内田伸子さん（75）。
漫画家の大島弓子さん（74）。
劇作家で演出家、俳優の唐十郎さん、本名・大※ツル義英さん（81）。
（※大ツル義英さんの「ツル」は雨冠の下に鶴）。
自然科学研究機構分子科学研究所長で表面科学が専門の川合眞紀さん（69）。
岩手県立大学の学長を務め、東北大学などの名誉教授で素粒子物理学が専門の鈴木厚人さん（75）。
昭和大学名誉教授で基礎歯学・生化学が専門の須田立雄さん（86）。
建築家の谷口吉生さん（84）。
アニメーション映画監督・原作者の富野由悠季さん（79）、本名・富野喜幸さん。
オリンピックの金メダリストで元全日本柔道連盟理事の中谷雄英さん（80）。
東京大学とシカゴ大学の名誉教授で、遺伝医学・ゲノム医学が専門の中村祐輔さん（68）。
日本舞踊家の西川扇藏さん（93）。
芸能プロモーターの堀威夫さん（89）。
児童文学者の松岡享子さん（86）。
陶芸家の森野泰明さん（87）。
作詞家の山上路夫さん（85）。
Nakami Yamaguchi (78), an emeritus professor at Saitama University who specializes in Japanese linguistics.
In addition, Mr. Yoshiro Manabe, who receives the Order of Culture, has also been selected as a Person of Cultural Merit.
The ceremony for the Order of Culture will be held at the Imperial Palace on the 3rd of next month, and the ceremony for the Person of Cultural Merit will be held at the hotel in Tokyo on the 4th of next month.
Order of Culture Shigeo Nagashima
長嶋茂雄さんは千葉県出身の85歳。
佐倉一高から立教大学に進み、東京六大学で当時の新記録となる8本のホームランを打つなどスター選手として活躍し、昭和33年、当時としては破格の契約金1800万円で巨人に入団しました。
デビュー戦で当時・国鉄の金田正一投手に対し4打席連続三振を喫しましたが、翌年には史上初めての天覧試合で阪神の村山実投手からサヨナラホームランを打つなど「燃える男」として大試合になればなるほど勝負強さを発揮するバッティングと華麗な守備で多くのファンを魅了しました。
プロ野球を国民的な人気スポーツに押し上げたその活躍から「ミスタープロ野球」の愛称で親しまれ、王貞治さんとの「ON」は巨人が昭和40年から日本シリーズ9連覇を果たした「V9」時代の中心的存在でした。
17年間の現役生活で首位打者6回、ホームラン王2回、打点王5回と多くのタイトルを獲得して最優秀選手にも5回輝いています。
昭和49年に38歳で現役を引退し、セレモニーで残した「私はきょう引退をいたしますが、わが巨人軍は永久に不滅です」というあいさつは、多くのファンの記憶に残り、背番号「3」は巨人の永久欠番となっています。
引退後は巨人の監督を2期、通算15年間務め、巨人の監督としては歴代3位となる1034勝をマークし、リーグ優勝5回、日本一2回を果たしました。
このうち平成8年には首位・広島との最大11.5ゲームの差をひっくり返して逆転優勝し長嶋さんみずから「メークドラマ」と呼びました。
そして平成12年の日本シリーズでは王貞治さんが率いるダイエーとの「ON対決」を制して20世紀最後のシーズンを日本一で締めくくりました。
After that, he collapsed due to a cerebral infarction in 2004, when he was the coach of the Japanese national team for the Athens Olympics, but he has been focusing on the development of the baseball world while continuing to rehabilitate.
In 2013, he received the National Honor Award with Hideki Matsui, who taught during the Giants' coaching era.
Mr. Nagashima was hospitalized three years ago in July when he was ill and a gallstone was found during an examination.
He continued to rehabilitate while rehabilitating at home, and this time he visited the Giants game at Tokyo Dome to watch the game, and went to the training facility of the 2nd army to give advice to the main players who were sick.
At the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in July, I participated in the torch relay in the National Stadium with Mr. Wang and Mr. Matsui, and while being supported by Mr. Matsui, I was slowly moving forward step by step.
His baseball life is loved not only by baseball fans but also by many as a "superstar", and he has made a great contribution to the spread and development of baseball regardless of professional or amateur.
Shigeo Nagashima "I'm really happy"
Shigeo Nagashima, the lifetime honorary director of the professional baseball giant who received the Order of Culture, said, "I'm really happy. It's the first time I've received the award in the baseball world, so I can't say anything about it." I did.
And when asked what kind of existence baseball is, "I think that baseball is an indescribable sport in Japanese sports. It is good if not only the baseball world but also Japanese sports as a whole get excited. I think. "
Also, in connection with serving as a torchbearer at the Tokyo Olympics, when asked about the Olympics, he said, "I am full of feelings that it is a sport in the world. I did the first sports festival in 1964 in Japan. Is great. "
Nobel Prize in Physics Yoshiro Manabe "A tribute to the help of many people"
Mr. Yoshiro Manabe, a visiting researcher at Princeton University who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics and a fellow of the Ocean Research and Development Organization, was selected as the recipient of the Order of Culture and the Person of Cultural Merit.
Manabe is 90 years old from Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture.
After completing a doctoral course at the University of Tokyo, he conducted research at the Marine and Atmospheric Administration in the United States and developed a computer-based climate simulation model to show that an increase in carbon dioxide affects global warming. Has been selected as a winner.
Mr. Manabe commented on his selection as a recipient of the Order of Culture and a Person of Cultural Merit. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the many people who have worked together on the research, and I would like to support the next generation with a little effort. " increase.
Full comment by Syukuro Manabe
Mr. Syukuro Manabe commented on his selection as a recipient of the Order of Culture and a Person of Cultural Merit. "I am very honored to receive the Order of Culture. Global warming is an urgent issue common to all humankind. However, the research I have been working on for more than 60 years has been boosted by the remarkable development of science and technology such as supercomputers and the growing international interest, and today's research on global warming It is a great pleasure for me to be the cornerstone.
Currently, many researchers in Japan and abroad are working together to solve this global warming, and I am very reliable and new. I sincerely hope that young researchers who will lead the era will continue to dive into the world of international research and play an active role beyond national boundaries in order to open up the future of humankind. you.
even of the road but was not never flat was able to work on Persistent not study here, always encouragement know me, and the gift of your help of many people that have both working on research, sincerely I would like to thank you and do my best to support the next generation. "
Order of Culture Kikugoro Onoe "Feeling like receiving a gold medal"
Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugoro, who receives the Order of Culture, is 79 years old from Tokyo.
He took the first stage in 1948 and was active in many stages under the guidance of his father, Baiko Onoe, and in 1973 he was named Kikugoro Onoe, the 7th generation.
Known as an actor who can play both the "tachiyaku" and "onnagata" roles of men, he received high praise for his quick artistic style in the care of Edo Kabuki, and many of them are in the second piece of the period. He has a winning role and has become one of the leading actors in the Kabuki world, such as being certified as a Living National Treasure in 2003.
In addition, the chairman, Onoe Kikugoro Theater Company, has been focusing on inheriting arts and training young people.
Regarding receiving the Order of Culture, Mr. Kikugoro said, "I feel like the Kabuki world won a gold medal in the year of the Olympics. No matter how many actors I have, I think they are still developing until they die." If you think about it, that's it. I want to continue to pursue the sensuality and act as an actor with the anxiety of wanting to be entertained or complimented. The path of the actor continues. Kabuki's unique form I want to be an actor who can enjoy beauty, sensuality, luster, charm, and Edo kid Kabuki. "
Person of Cultural Merit Yuzo Kayama "I am very honored and surprised"
Yuzo Kayama, an actor selected as a Person of Cultural Merit, is from Kanagawa prefecture and is 84 years old.
In the "Wakadaishō" series, which began the following year when he made his debut in the movie "Otoko tai Otoko" in 1960, he made his position as a national star actor unwavering with his unadorned and easy-going acting.
In addition to appearing one after another in the works of director Akira Kurosawa such as "Sanjuro Tsubaki" and "Red Beard", he was widely active in TV dramas and variety shows.
As a singer-songwriter who is also a talented singer, he is a pioneer of singer-songwriters who compose and sing by himself. Was announced.
In recognition of these achievements, we received the Order of the Rising Sun in 2014.
Regarding being selected as a Person of Cultural Merit, Mr. Kayama said, "I am very honored, happy and surprised to receive such an award in the 61st year of my entertainment life. Many fans have been so far. I am now with the support of and everyone involved. I would like to receive this award on behalf of all those involved. I am over 80 years old and have some illnesses. I'm sick. I think it will be the most difficult for me to continue what I've been doing, but this time I'll tighten myself even more and work hard as long as my strength continues. I would like to continue, and I look forward to working with you in the future. Thank you to everyone! "
Person of Cultural Merit Juro Kara "If you connect to the next theater person"
Juro Kara, a playwright and actor selected as a Person of Cultural Merit, is from Tokyo and is 81 years old.
After graduating from the theater department of the Faculty of Letters of Meiji University, he formed the theater company "Situation Theater" in 1964, and even after the dissolution, he led the theater company "Karagumi" and had a great influence on the theater world for more than half a century. rice field.
In addition to writing scripts as a playwright, he also appeared on the stage as an actor, including unexpected productions, and also appeared in movies and dramas, gaining popularity.
In addition, he was highly evaluated as a writer, and in 1983 he received the Akutagawa Prize for his "letter from Mr. Sagawa".
He also energetically worked on the development of younger generations, and taught at Yokohama National University, Kinki University, and Meiji University.
Regarding being selected as a Person of Cultural Merit, Mr. Tang said, "I was very surprised that those who declined the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2005 were able to shed light again. I heard that there have been no award winners from the theater world for a while since Masakazu Yamazaki. It would be great if this award could be linked to the next performer. I hope to cause a strange wind. "
Person of Cultural Merit Yumiko Oshima "Thank you deeply"
Yumiko Oshima, a manga artist who was selected as a Person of Cultural Merit, was born in 1947 and is 74 years old.
He made his debut with "Bye Bye Barbara", which he brought to a publishing company in 1968 while attending a junior college, and published a series of works delicately depicting the complex inner side and growth of adolescents in a shojo manga magazine.
With keen insight and philosophical thinking, he has drawn advanced themes for shojo manga at the time, such as homosexuality, transgender, and family collapse.
Also known as a master of essay comics, "Gu Gu the Cat", which has been serialized since 1996, depicts the days spent with his beloved cat, including his own cancer fighting illness, and has been made into a movie and drama and echoed. I called.
Mr. Oshima said, "When I received a call from the Agency for Cultural Affairs to select a Person of Cultural Merit, I thought," I'm a heron. "
I was surprised.
I decided to accept it with a deep gratitude.
Thank you very much to all the people who took care of us and the many cats. "