Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress

Awarded for| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country|  Japan
Presented by| The Association of Tokyo Film Journalists
First award| 1950

The Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress is as part of its annual Blue Ribbon Awards for Japanese film, to recognize a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954 for the films released in preceding year 1950.

## List of winners

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No.  | Year  | Recipient  | Film(s)

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1  | 1950  | Chikage Awashima | Crazy Uproar
2  | 1951  | Setsuko Hara | Repast
Early Summer
3  | 1952  | Isuzu Yamada | The Moderns
Hakone Fūunroku
4  | 1953  | Nobuko Otowa | Yokubo
Epitome
Life of a Woman
5  | 1954  | Hideko Takamine | Twenty-Four Eyes
The Garden of Women
Somewhere Under the Broad Sky
6  | 1955  | Chikage Awashima | Sweet Beans for Two
7  | 1956  | Isuzu Yamada  | Boshizō
A Cat, Shozo, and Two Women
Nagareru
8  | 1957  | Yūko Mochizuki | Unagitori
The Rice People
9  | 1958  | Fujiko Yamamoto | The Snowy Heron
Equinox Flower
10  | 1959  | Tanie Kitabayashi | Kiku to Isamu
11  | 1960  | Keiko Kishi | Her Brother
12  | 1961  | Ayako Wakao | A Wife Confesses
Onna wa nido umareru
The Age of Marriage
13  | 1962  | Sayuri Yoshinaga | Foundry Town
14  | 1963  | Sachiko Hidari | The Insect Woman
Kanojo to kare
15  | 1964  | Shima Iwashita | The Scarlet Camellia
16  | 1965  | Ayako Wakao  | Seisaku's Wife
Nami kage
17  | 1966  | Yoko Tsukasa | The River Kino
18  | 1975  | Ruriko Asaoka | Tora-san's Rise and Fall
19  | 1976  | Kumiko Akiyoshi | Brother and Sister
Saraba natsuno hikariyo
20  | 1977  | Shima Iwashita  | Ballad of Orin
21  | 1978  | Meiko Kaji | The Love Suicides at Sonezaki
22  | 1979  | Kaori Momoi | No More Easy Life
Heaven Sent
23  | 1980  | Yukiyo Toake | Furueru Shita
24  | 1981  | Keiko Matsuzaka | The Gate of Youth
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
25  | 1982  | Masako Natsume | Onimasa
26  | 1983  | Yūko Tanaka | Crossing Mt. Amagi
27  | 1984  | Hiroko Yakushimaru | W's Tragedy
28  | 1985  | Yukiyo Toake  | Gray Sunset
29  | 1986  | Ayumi Ishida | House on Fire
Tokei – Adieu l'hiver
30  | 1987  | Yoshiko Mita | Wakarenu riyû
31  | 1988  | Kaori Momoi | The Yen Family
Love Bites Back
Tomorrow - ashita
32  | 1989  | Yoshiko Tanaka | Black Rain
33  | 1990  | Keiko Matsuzaka  | The Sting of Death
34  | 1991  | Youki Kudoh | War and Youth
35  | 1992  | Yoshiko Mita  | Faraway Sunset
36  | 1993  | Ruby Moreno | All Under the Moon
37  | 1994  | Saki Takaoka | Crest of Betrayal
38  | 1995  | Miho Nakayama | Love Letter
39  | 1996  | Mieko Harada | Village of Dreams
40  | 1997  | Kaori Momoi  | Tokyo Lullaby
41  | 1998  | Mieko Harada  | Begging for Love
42  | 1999  | Kyōka Suzuki | Keiho
43  | 2000  | Sayuri Yoshinaga  | Nagasaki burabura bushi
44  | 2001  | Yūki Amami | Inugami
Rendan
Sekai no Chushin de Ai o Sakebu
45  | 2002  | Reiko Kataoka | Hush!
46  | 2003  | Shinobu Terajima | Vibrator
Akame 48 Waterfalls
47  | 2004  | Rie Miyazawa | The Face of Jizo
48  | 2005  | Kyōko Koizumi | Hanging Garden
49  | 2006  | Yū Aoi | Hula Girls
Honey and Clover
50  | 2007  | Kumiko Asō | Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
51  | 2008  | Tae Kimura | All Around Us
52  | 2009  | Haruka Ayase | Oppai Volleyball
53  | 2010  | Shinobu Terajima  | Caterpillar
54  | 2011  | Hiromi Nagasaku | Rebirth
55  | 2012  | Sakura Ando | Our Homeland
56  | 2013  | Shihori Kanjiya | Angel Home
57  | 2014  | Sakura Ando | 0.5 mm
100 Yen Love
58  | 2015  | Kasumi Arimura | Flying Colors
Strobe Edge
59  | 2016  | Shinobu Otake | Black Widow Business
60  | 2017  | Yui Aragaki | Mixed Doubles
61  | 2018  | Mugi Kadowaki | Dare to Stop Us
62  | 2019  | Masami Nagasawa | The Confidence Man JP: The Movie
63  | 2020  | Masami Nagasawa | The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess
Mother
64  | 2021  | Mei Nagano | And So the Baton Is Passed
Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale
65  | 2022  | Chieko Baisho | Plan 75
66  | 2023  | Sayuri Yoshinaga | Mom, Is That You?!
67  | 2024  | Yuumi Kawai | A Girl Named Ann
Desert of Namibia

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Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress

* Chikage Awashima (1950)
* Setsuko Hara (1951)
* Isuzu Yamada (1952)
* Nobuko Otowa (1953)
* Hideko Takamine (1954)
* Chikage Awashima (1955)
* Isuzu Yamada (1956)
* Yūko Mochizuki (1957)
* Fujiko Yamamoto (1958)
* Tanie Kitabayashi (1959)
* Keiko Kishi (1960)
* Ayako Wakao (1961)
* Sayuri Yoshinaga (1962)
* Sachiko Hidari (1963)
* Shima Iwashita (1964)
* Ayako Wakao (1965)
* Yoko Tsukasa (1966)
* Ruriko Asaoka (1975)
* Kumiko Akiyoshi (1976)
* Shima Iwashita (1977)
* Meiko Kaji (1978)
* Kaori Momoi (1979)
* Yukiyo Toake (1980)
* Keiko Matsuzaka (1981)
* Masako Natsume (1982)
* Yūko Tanaka (1983)
* Hiroko Yakushimaru (1984)
* Yukiyo Toake (1985)
* Ayumi Ishida (1986)
* Yoshiko Mita (1987)
* Kaori Momoi (1988)
* Yoshiko Tanaka (1989)
* Keiko Matsuzaka (1990)
* Youki Kudoh (1991)
* Yoshiko Mita (1992)
* Ruby Moreno (1993)
* Saki Takaoka (1994)
* Miho Nakayama (1995)
* Mieko Harada (1996)
* Kaori Momoi (1997)
* Mieko Harada (1998)
* Kyōka Suzuki (1999)
* Sayuri Yoshinaga (2000)
* Yūki Amami (2001)
* Reiko Kataoka (2002)
* Shinobu Terajima (2003)
* Rie Miyazawa (2004)
* Kyoko Koizumi (2005)
* Yū Aoi (2006)
* Kumiko Asō (2007)
* Tae Kimura (2008)
* Haruka Ayase (2009)
* Shinobu Terajima (2010)
* Hiromi Nagasaku (2011)
* Sakura Ando (2012)
* Shihori Kanjiya (2013)
* Sakura Ando (2014)
* Kasumi Arimura (2015)
* Shinobu Otake (2016)
* Yui Aragaki (2017)
* Mugi Kadowaki (2018)
* Masami Nagasawa (2019)
* Masami Nagasawa (2020)
* Mei Nagano (2021)
* Chieko Baisho (2022)
* Sayuri Yoshinaga (2023)
* Yuumi Kawai (2024)

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