2021
Aja Brandmeier, LSA History of Art
"Birth Control in Japan, Wikipedia Page"
2020
Jiayin Yuan, LSA Psychology, International Studies, Asian Studies; Minor in Business
Named Swords in The Tale of the Heike: Decline, Failure, and Death
2018
David J. Choi, LSA Asian Studies (Japanese Studies)
Changing Lenses: Viewing Postwar Japan through the Films of Akira Kurosawa (1944-1950)
2017
Oona A. Nicholas, LSA History of Art
Art and Entrepreneurship in the Work of Takashi Murakami
Tsukumo Niwa, LSA International Studies & SMTD Oboe Performance
Welcome "Home," Students: The Reintegration of Kikoku Shijo in the Japanese Education System
Lia A. Salmansohn, Business Administration
Transcendent: Japanese Popular Culture in South Korea and China
2016
Michael W. Rieger, LSA History
Reverse Course: The Secret Battle for the Japanese Economy
Sitao Chen (Runner Up), LSA Asian Studies (Japanese Studies) & Psychology
From Invisible to Visible: The Transformation of a National Classic
2015
Nathaniel E. Gallant, LSA Comparative Literature & Asian Studies (South Asian Studies)
Buddhism in Japan and the Limit of the Human: Jiun Onkō's The Way to Become a Person
2014
Nicholas A. Colaccino, LSA History
Creation of Monopoly: The Influence of the Dutch East India Company in Tokugawa Foreign Policy
Mary E. Hannahan, LSA History of Art
Pleasing the Kami through the Art of the Heike Nōgyō
2013
Allison M. Hawkins, LSA Screen Arts and Cultures
Piracy as a Catalyst for Evolution in Anime Fandom
2012
Mary M. Birkett, LSA Anthropology
"Amateur" Mascots on the Loose: The Pragmatics of Kawaii
2011
Marie Yasuda, LSA
Memory to Morality: The Journey from the Grove to the Gate
