The Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor 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, Tetsuya Takeda was the first winner of this award for his role in The Yellow Handkerchief. Since its inception, the award has been given to 36 actors. Naoto Takenaka has received the most awards in this category with three awards. As of the 2026 ceremony, Jiro Sato is the most recent winner in this category for his role as Tagosaku Suzuki in Suzuki=Bakudan.
Winners Year Actor Role(s) Film 1977 (1st) 1978 (2nd) 1979 (3rd) The Man Who Stole the Sun 1980 (4th) The Battle of Port Arthur (ja) 1981 (5th) TamawakiToshiharu OdaHikojiroKimura Kagero-zaLove Letter (ja)Shikake-nin BaianBuriki no kunsho 1982 (6th) Ginshiro Fall Guy 1983 (7th) Hidetsugu of NiōMiyagawa The GeishaTheater of Life 1984 (8th) Mahjong hōrōki 1985 (9th) Tsunejiro Hiraoka Love LetterSorekara 1986 (10th) Kunio Sugimoto Congratulatory SpeechBig Joys, Small Sorrows (ja) 1987 (11th) HanamuraNoboru Mizoue A Taxing WomanNight Train 1988 (12th) Gorō Tatsuno The DiscarnatesYojo no Jidai 1989 (13th) Buddies (ja) 1990 (14th) Gonbei HoroAkikawa Kōen Dōri no Nekotachi (ja)RoningaiReady to Shoot 1991 (15th) Yōsuke Takizawa My SonsMo no Shigoto 1992 (16th) Gay man in his 30s Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tOriginal Sin 1993 (17th) OshōMamoru Shohei A Class to Remember (ja)Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki te niRainbow Bridge 1994 (18th) 47 Ronin 1995 (19th) East Meets West 1996 (20th) Shall We Dance? 1997 (21st) Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald 1998 (22nd) Bayside Shakedown 1999 (23rd) Poppoya 2000 (24th) Whiteout 2001 (25th) Hideyoshi Go 2002 (26th) The Twilight Samurai 2003 (27th) Saitō Hajime When the Last Sword Is Drawn 2004 (28th) Blood and Bones 2005 (29th) Always Sanchōme no Yūhi 2006 (30th) Tokuhei Love and Honor 2007 (31st) Oton Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad 2008 (32nd) Departures 2009 (33rd) Mt. Tsurugidake 2010 (34th) Villain 2011 (35th) Denden Cold Fish 2012 (36th) Anata e 2013 (37th) Like Father, Like Son 2014 (38th) A Samurai Chronicle 2015 (39th) The Emperor in August 2016 (40th) Rage 2017 (41st) Misumi The Third Murder 2018 (42nd) Shūichi Hioka The Blood of Wolves 2019 (43rd) Ying Zheng / Piao Kingdom 2020 (44th) Masao Yoshida Fukushima 50 2021 (45th) Shigehiro Uebayashi Last of the Wolves 2022 (46th) Daisuke Taniguchi A Man 2023 (47th) Sato-kun The Moon 2024 (48th) Wang Qi Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General 2025 (49th) Tagosaku Suzuki Suzuki=Bakudan
Multiple wins The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actor awards:
Wins Actor 3 Naoto Takenaka 2 Morio Kazama Kaoru Kobayashi Kōichi Satō Tsutomu Yamazaki
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