| 1970 | Received the Best Prize for Composition by "Construction for Orchestra" in NHK-Mainichi Music Competition. |
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| 1981 | Received the Arts Festival Excellence Award for composing the musical "Hikari no Kanata ni (Beyond the Light)". |
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| 1988 | Received the "Japan Jazz Award" sponsored by Swing Journal for the album "Scroll". |
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| 1998 | Received the 22nd Montreal World Film Festival in Canada "Best Artistic Contribution Award" for the composition of the Grand Prix winning work "The Quarry" (directed by Marion Hansel, Belgium). |
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| 2003 | Received the 57th Mainichi Film Award "Music Award" for the music of the movie "Amidado Dayori (Letter from the Mountain)". |
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| Received the 26th Japan Academy Prize "Excellent Music Award" for the music of the movie "Amidado Dayori (Letter from the Mountain)". |
| 2004 | Received the 21st ATP Award "Individual Award" for the music from Fuji Television's "Shiroi Kyotou (The Great White Tower)". |
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| 2007 | Received the 61st Mainichi Film Award "Music Award" for the music of the movie "Hakase no Aishita Sushiki (The Housekeeper and the Professor)". |
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| 2012 | Received the 35th Japan Academy Prize "Outstanding Music Award " for the music of the movie "Saigo no Chushingura (The Last Ronin)". |
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| 2015 | Received the 38th Japan Academy Prize "Outstanding Music Award" for the music of the movie "Higurashi no Ki (A Samurai Chronicle)". |
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| 2017 | Received the 68th Japan Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast Culture Award. |
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