The Kishida Prize for Drama (岸田國士戯曲賞, Kishida Kunio Gikyokushō) is a Japanese theater award given by the publisher Hakusuisha in honor of the playwright
Kunio Kishida. It was begun in 1955 to honor new playwrights,[1] and is known in Japan as the gateway to recognition for contemporary playwrights.[2]
List of winners
1955–1960
1955 - Not awarded
Honorable mention: Hekiga (壁画) Seiichi Yashiro
1956 - Kiichi Ohashi for Kusunoki Sankichi no seishun (楠三吉の青春) and Kinji Obata for Kikeiji (畸形児)
1957 - Not awarded
Honorable mention: Ashita o tsumuzu musumetachi (明日を紡ぐ娘たち)
1958 - Hotta Hotta Kiyomi for Shima (島)
1959 - Not awarded
Honorable mention: Nagai Bohyō no retsu (長い墓標の列)Yoshiyuki Fukuda and Gyoko (漁港) of Gen'ichi Hara and Yūjōbutōkai (友情舞踏会) Masayuki Hiroda
1960 - Masaru Kobayashi for Ori (檻) and Hisako Hayasaka for Saga (相聞)
1961–1970
1961 - Not awarded
1962 - Ken Miyamoto for Nihonjin tami Kyowakoku (日本人民共和国)The sakusen Mechanism (メカニズム作戦) and Shuichiro Yagi for Hatoba Kojiki rokunin no musukotachi (波止場乞食と六人の息子たち) (The Beggar Docks and Six Sons) and Kombeya wa tomaranai (コンベヤーは止まらない) (The Conveyor Belt That Never Stops)
1963 - Masakazu Yamazaki for Zeami Motokiyo (世阿彌)
1964 - Hitomi Kakuhiko for Tomoe no tsuzumi (友絵の鼓) and Ryuichi Suga for Onna no Gongyo (女の勤行) and
Yoshiyuki Fukuda for Hakamatare wa doko da (袴垂れはどこだ)
1965 - Not awarded
1966 - Koji Kawamata for Kantō heiya (関東平野) and Masayuki Hirota for Suna to shiro (砂と城)
1968 -
Minoru Betsuyaku for Match uri no Shōjo (マッチ売りの少女) and Akai tori no iru Fukei (赤い鳥の居る風景)
1969 - Satoshi Akihama for Yōjitachi no ato no matsuri (幼児たちの後の祭り) ua
2004 - Yutaka Kuramochi for One man show (ワンマン·ショー)
2005 -
Kankurō Kudō for Donjū (鈍獣) and
Toshiki Okada for Five Days in March (Sangatsu no itsukakan (三月の5日間)
2006 - Norohiko Tsukuda for Nukegara (ぬけがら) and Daisuke Miuara for Ai no uzu (愛の渦)
2007 - Not awarded
2008 - Shirō Maeda for Ikiteru mono wa inai no ka (生きてるものはいないのか)
2009 - Ryuta Horai for Mahoroba (まほろば) and
Yukiko Motoya for Shiawase Saiko Arigato maji de (幸せ最高ありがとうマジで!)
2010 - Yukio Shiba for Waga Hoshi (わが星)
2010s
2011 - Shū Matsui for Jiman no musuko (自慢の息子)
2012 - Seiji Nozoe for 00 to aru Fukei (○○トアル風景) and Fujita Takahiro for Kaeri no Aizu matteta Shokutaku soko Kito shiofuru sekai (かえりの合図,まってた食卓,そこ,きっと,しおふる世界) and Mikuni Yanaihana for Maemuki! Taimon (前向き!タイモン)
2013 - Masaaki Akahori for Itchōmei zomeki (一丁目ぞめき) and Hideto Iwai for Aru onna (ある女)[3]