Hideo Kojima, has been honored with the 72nd Minister of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology Award for Fine Arts (media arts category)
The Fine Arts are awarded in each of 11 categories - theater, film, music, dance, literature,
fine arts, broadcasting, popular performing arts, promotion of the arts, critique, and media
arts. The Minister's Awards and the New Artist Awards are selected for those who have made
brilliant achievements during the past year.
The Award for Fine Arts is a historical award given by the Agency for Cultural Affairs every
year since 1950 to individuals who have made outstanding achievements in various fields of
the arts and who have opened up new frontiers. The Media Arts category is the newest of the
11 categories, having been launched in 2008.
This time, DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT, released last year, was highly acclaimed by
the selection committee members and has been selected to receive the award. This is the first
time that someone from the game industry has received this award in the media arts category
since Shigeru Miyamoto received the Minister's Award in 2010.
Sports, Science and Technology Award for Fine Arts (media arts category)
The Fine Arts are awarded in each of 11 categories - theater, film, music, dance, literature,
fine arts, broadcasting, popular performing arts, promotion of the arts, critique, and media
arts. The Minister's Awards and the New Artist Awards are selected for those who have made
brilliant achievements during the past year.
The Award for Fine Arts is a historical award given by the Agency for Cultural Affairs every
year since 1950 to individuals who have made outstanding achievements in various fields of
the arts and who have opened up new frontiers. The Media Arts category is the newest of the
11 categories, having been launched in 2008.
This time, DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT, released last year, was highly acclaimed by
the selection committee members and has been selected to receive the award. This is the first
time that someone from the game industry has received this award in the media arts category
since Shigeru Miyamoto received the Minister's Award in 2010.
