Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress

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| name = Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress

| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

| presenter = Kinema Junpo

| country = Japan

| year =

| holder =

| website = [http://www.kinejun.com/ Kinema Junpo]

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The Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actress is given by Kinema Junpo as part of its annual Kinema Junpo Awards for Japanese films, to recognize a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

Winners

class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
width="100"|Year

!width="450"|Film (s)

!width="450"|Actress

style="text-align:center;"|1956Floating CloudsHideko Takamine
style="text-align:center;"|1957Flowing
A Cat, Shozo, and Two Women
Isuzu Yamada
style="text-align:center;"|1958Throne of Blood
The Lower Depths
Downtown
Isuzu Yamada
style="text-align:center;"|1959The Ballad of NarayamaKinuyo Tanaka
style="text-align:center;"|1960The Human ConditionMichiyo Aratama
style="text-align:center;"|1961A Woman's Testament
The Twilight Story
Fujiko Yamamoto
style="text-align:center;"|1962A Wife Confesses
Onna wa nido umareru
Ayako Wakao
style="text-align:center;"|1963Akitsu Springs
This Year's Love
Mariko Okada
style="text-align:center;"|1964The Insect Woman
She and He
Sachiko Hidari
style="text-align:center;"|1965Sweet SweatMachiko Kyō
style="text-align:center;"|1966Seisaku's Wife
Nami kage
Ayako Wakao
style="text-align:center;"|1967The River Kino
Hit and Run
The Daphne
Yoko Tsukasa
style="text-align:center;"|1968Onna no issho
Portrait of Chieko
Clouds at Sunset
Shima Iwashita
style="text-align:center;"|1969One Day at Summer's End
The House of Wooden Blocks
The Time of Reckoning
Ayako Wakao
style="text-align:center;"|1970Double SuicideShima Iwashita
style="text-align:center;"|1971Where Spring Comes Late
Tora-san's Runaway
Chieko Baisho
style="text-align:center;"|1972Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
Okoma: The Orphan Gambler
Sumiko Fuji
style="text-align:center;"|1973Ichijo's Wet Lust
Delicate Skillful Fingers
Hiroko Isayama
style="text-align:center;"|1974Tsugaru Folk SongKyôko Enami
style="text-align:center;"|1975Sandakan No. 8Kinuyo Tanaka
style="text-align:center;"|1976Tora-san's Rise and FallRuriko Asaoka
style="text-align:center;"|1977Lullaby of the Earth
The Youth Killer
Mieko Harada
style="text-align:center;"|1978Ballad of OrinShima Iwashita
style="text-align:center;"|1979The Love Suicides at SonezakiMeiko Kaji
style="text-align:center;"|1980No More Easy LifeKaori Momoi
style="text-align:center;"|1981ZigeunerweisenNaoko Otani
style="text-align:center;"|1982StationChieko Baisho
style="text-align:center;"|1983Fall Guy
Lovers Lost
Keiko Matsuzaka
style="text-align:center;"|1984Crossing Mt. AmagiYūko Tanaka
style="text-align:center;"|1985Ohan
Station to Heaven
Sayuri Yoshinaga
style="text-align:center;"|1986Love Letter
Ikiteru uchiga hana nanoyo shin-dara sore madeyo to sengen
Mitsuko Baisho
style="text-align:center;"|1987Katayoku dake no tenshiYoko Akino
style="text-align:center;"|1988A Taxing WomanNobuko Miyamoto
style="text-align:center;"|1989The Yen Family
Tomorrow
Love Bites Back
Kaori Momoi
style="text-align:center;"|1990Black RainYoshiko Tanaka
style="text-align:center;"|1991The Sting of DeathKeiko Matsuzaka
style="text-align:center;"|1992Rainbow KidsTanie Kitabayashi
style="text-align:center;"|1993Nurses and Doctors
Original Sin
Shinobu Otake
style="text-align:center;"|1994All Under the MoonRuby Moreno
style="text-align:center;"|1995Crest of BetrayalSaki Takaoka
style="text-align:center;"|1996A Last NoteHaruko Sugimura
style="text-align:center;"|1997Village of DreamsMieko Harada
style="text-align:center;"|1998Tokyo LullabyKaori Momoi
style="text-align:center;"|1999Begging for LoveMieko Harada
style="text-align:center;"|2000KeihoKyōka Suzuki
style="text-align:center;"|2001FaceNaomi Fujiyama
style="text-align:center;"|2002Hush!Reiko Kataoka
style="text-align:center;"|2003The Twilight Samurai
Utsutsu
Rie Miyazawa
style="text-align:center;"|2004Akame 48 Waterfalls
Vibrator
Shinobu Terajima
style="text-align:center;"|2005The Face of JizoRie Miyazawa
style="text-align:center;"|2006HibiYūko Tanaka
style="text-align:center;"|2007Loft
Memories of Matsuko
Christmas on July 24th Avenue
Miki Nakatani
style="text-align:center;"|2008Midnight Eagle
Dog in a Sidecar
Closed Note
Yūko Takeuchi
style="text-align:center;"|2009Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru
Tokyo Sonata
Kyōko Koizumi
style="text-align:center;"|2010Villon's WifeTakako Matsu
style="text-align:center;"|2011CaterpillarShinobu Terajima
style="text-align:center;"|2012RebirthHiromi Nagasaku
style="text-align:center;"|2013Our HomelandSakura Ando
style="text-align:center;"|2014Like Father, Like Son
The Ravine of Goodbye
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
Yōko Maki
style="text-align:center;"|2015100 Yen Love
0.5 mm
Sakura Ando
style="text-align:center;"|2016Journey to the Shore
Parasyte: Part 2
Eri Fukatsu
style="text-align:center;"|2017Her Love Boils BathwaterRie Miyazawa
style="text-align:center;"|2018Birds Without NamesYū Aoi
style="text-align:center;"|2019ShopliftersSakura Ando
style="text-align:center;"|2020It Feels So GoodKumi Takiuchi
style="text-align:center;"|2021A Beloved Wife
Runway
Asami Mizukawa
style="text-align:center;"|2022A Madder RedMachiko Ono
style="text-align:center;"|2023Small, Slow But Steady and othersYukino Kishii
style="text-align:center;"|2024Shadow of FireShuri
style="text-align:center;"|2025Desert of Namibia
A Girl Named Ann
Yuumi Kawai