Imada Mio, other actors bag the Newcomer of the Year Award at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize

Stars Imada Mio, Yoshikawa Ai, and Isomura Hayato shine among the receivers of the Newcomer of the Year award in the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for their performance in live-action adaptations and regular films. Imada Mio represents Tokyo Revengers, having played the character Tachibana Hinata alongside popular lead actors Kitamura Takumi, Yoshizawa Ryo, and Yamada Yuki. Actress Yoshikawa Ai bags the Newcomer of the Year for her role as Ishimori Uka in Honey Lemon Soda live-action movie, while Isomura Hayato stands out as he receives the award for two films: the generational yakuza film A Family and the lighthearted movie What Did You Eat Yesterday? for his portrayal of Kimura Tsubasa and Inoue Wataru respectively. Aside from these works, Isomura is also one of the supporting cast for the 2021 blockbuster film Tokyo Revengers.

Imada Mio as Tachibana Hinata in Tokyo Revengers

Yoshikawa Ai as Ishimori Uka in Honey Lemon Soda alongside Snow Man member Raul

Isomura Hayato as Inoue Wataru in What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Dubbed as Japan's equivalent of Oscars, the prestigious Japan Academy Film Prize presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association gives recognition to actors, directors, and production staff for their exemplary work in the filmmaking industry. The awards night will be held on March 11, 2022, at Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan to be hosted by famous TV personality Hatori Shinichi and 44th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Nagasawa Masami.

The full list of nominees and Newcomer of the Year awardees can be found below:

Picture of the Year

It's a Flickering Life

Last of the Wolves

Under the Open Sky

Drive My Car

In the Wake

Animation of the Year

Sing a Bit of Harmony

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Jujutsu Kaisen 0

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Belle

Director of the Year

Kazuya Shiraishi – Last of the Wolves

Takahisa Zeze – In the Wake

Miwa Nishikawa – Under the Open Sky

Izuru Narushima – A Morning of Farewell

Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car

Screenplay of the Year

Jun'ya Ikegami – Last of the Wolves

Miwa Nishikawa – Under the Open Sky

Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Ōe – Drive My Car

Tamio Hayashi and Takahisa Zeze – In the Wake

Yoji Yamada and Yūzō Asahara – It's a Flickering Life

Best Actor

Takeru Satoh – In the Wake

Masaki Suda – We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car

Tori Matsuzaka – Last of the Wolves

Kōji Yakusho – Under the Open Sky

Best Actress

Yūki Amami – What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?

Kasumi Arimura – We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

Mei Nagano – And So the Baton Is Passed

Mayu Matsuoka – Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction

Sayuri Yoshinaga – A Morning of Farewell

Best Supporting Actor

Hiroshi Abe – In the Wake

Ryohei Suzuki – Last of the Wolves

Shinichi Tsutsumi – The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

Taiga Nakano – Under the Open Sky

Nijirō Murakami – Last of the Wolves

Best Supporting Actress

Satomi Ishihara – And So the Baton Is Passed

Kaya Kiyohara – In the Wake

Mitsuko Kusabue – What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?

Nanase Nishino – Last of the Wolves

Suzu Hirose – A Morning of Farewell

Outstanding Achievement in Music

Taisei Iwasaki / Ludvig Forssell / Yuta Bandoh – Belle

Taro Iwashiro – It's a Flickering Life

Yoshihide Otomo – We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

Takatsugu Muramatsu – In the Wake

Goro Yasukawa – A Morning of Farewell

Goro Yasukawa – Last of the Wolves

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Norimichi Kasamatsu – Under the Open Sky

Kohei Kato – Last of the Wolves

Hidetoshi Shinomiya – Drive My Car

Masashi Chikamori – It's a Flickering Life

Atsuhiro Nabeshima – In the Wake

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

Kenjiro So – Under the Open Sky

Minoru Kawai – Last of the Wolves

Daiki Takai – Drive My Car

Masato Tsuchiyama – It's a Flickering Life

Kagetsuyoshi – In the Wake

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Tsutomu Imamura – Last of the Wolves

Takashi Nishimura – It's a Flickering Life

Tetsuo Harada – Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

Katsuhiro Fukuzawa – A Morning of Farewell

Fumiko Matsuo – In the Wake

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

Rina Izuta, Miki Nomura – Drive My Car

Kazuharu Urata – Last of the Wolves

Shinya Takada – In the Wake

Shota Nagamura – It's a Flickering Life

Kenichi Fujimoto – A Morning of Farewell

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

Kazuhide Ishijima – It's a Flickering Life

Hideaki Ohata – A Morning of Farewell

Hitomi Kato – Last of the Wolves

Ryo Hayano – In the Wake

Azusa Yamazaki – Drive My Car

Best Foreign Language Film

Tailor

Nomadland

Minari

No Time to Die

Dune

Newcomer of the Year (Awardees)

Mio Imada – Tokyo Revengers

Nanase Nishino – Last of the Wolves

Tōko Miura – Drive My Car

Ai Yoshikawa – Honey Lemon Soda

Hayato Isomura – A Family and What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Onoe Ukon II – Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

Hio Miyazawa – Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction

Fukase – Character