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Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director and Fellow at Nintendo, has been selected as a recipient of the 2026 Order of Culture. The Japanese government officially announced this decision on the 23rd, marking the first time an individual from the video game industry has received this prestigious honor.
Miyamoto is widely recognized as the creator of the Super Mario franchise. His selection acknowledges his significant contributions to the advancement of culture specifically within the field of media arts, which encompasses his work in game development.
The list of 2026 honorees includes eight individuals in total. Alongside Miyamoto, the recipients are lighting designer Motoko Ishii, architect Toyo Ito, biologist Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, French literature scholar Tetsuya Shiokawa, Nobel Prize-winning 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. This recognition highlights the growing cultural impact of the gaming medium on a national level.
