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Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director and Fellow at Nintendo, has been selected as a recipient of the 2026 Order of Culture. This announcement was made by the Japanese government on the 23rd.
Miyamoto is recognized as the creator of Super Mario. His selection marks the first time an individual from the video game industry has received this honor, acknowledging his significant contributions to the advancement of culture within the field of media arts.
The government named a total of eight recipients for this year's award. Alongside Miyamoto, the honorees include lighting designer Motoko Ishii, architect Toyo Ito, biologist Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, French literature scholar Tetsuya Shiokawa, chemist Kenzo Saegusa, composer Shunichi Tokura, and immunologist Shigekazu Nagata.
The formal conferment ceremony for the Order of Culture is scheduled to take place at the Imperial Palace on November 3.
