1968
* Ryotaro Shiba, novelist, 1982
* Ineko Sata, writer, 1983
* Yasushi Inoue, novelist, 1984
* Seiji Ozawa, conductor, 1985
* Osamu Tezuka, manga artist, 1987
* Arata Isozaki, architect, 1988 (2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize)
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