19 people, including animation director Makoto Shinkai, known for the movie "Suzume no Tojimari", have been selected for the "Art Encouragement Prize of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, which is given to people who have made outstanding achievements in the field of art. rice field.

The following 19 people were selected for this year's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize.



[Media Arts Division]


▽ Animation director Makoto Shinkai.


Shinkai's animated film "Suzume no Tojimemari", which was nominated in the competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival, depicts a high school girl who tries to win back her loved one in the motif of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and has gained wide support from the public. was highly valued as



[Theater category]


▽ Kabuki actor Kikunosuke Onoe.


In the kabuki program "Yoshitsune Thousand Cherry Blossoms" performed at the National Theater in Tokyo, he accurately played the three roles of Tomomori Taira, Igami no Gonta, and Genkuro Fox disguised as Tadanobu Sato, and was evaluated as worthy of the award. rice field.


▽ Actor Yasunori Danda.



[Movie Division]


▽ Mr. Katsuro Onoe, a special effects director.


▽Masae Miyamoto, a costume designer.



[Music Division]


▽ Pianist Momo Kodama.


▽ Mr. Matsukazu Yamato, a koto player of the Yamada school.



[Dance Division]


▽Ryukyu dancer Maki Shida.


▽ Ballet dancer Yudai Fukuoka.



[Literature Division]


▽ Mr. Yusei Takiguchi, a novelist.


▽ Poet Matsuo Watanabe.



[Art Division]


▽Contemporary artist Takashi Kuribayashi.


▽ Calligrapher Sumiko Sawamura.



[Broadcast Division]


▽ Mr. Yuki Fujimoto, a screenwriter who worked on NHK's continuous TV novel "Come Come Every Buddy".



[Public Entertainment Division]


▽ Mr. Yukie Waka Kyoyama, the second generation master of rokyoku.


▽ Musician Keiichi Suzuki.



[Art Promotion Division]


▽ Eri Karatsu, a performing arts producer.



[Criticism, etc.]


▽ Ms. Akiko Okatsuka, head of the urban history research department at the Edo-Tokyo Museum.


▽ Masaaki Nakano, Professor of Shukutoku University.



[Rookie Award]


▽Comte Group Tokyo 03.

▽ 11 individuals and groups were selected


, including manga artist Satoru Noda, known for the manga "Golden Kamuy" .

The presentation ceremony will be held at a hotel in Tokyo on March 9th.