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| Owner | Scout Association of Japan | ||
| Awarded for | Outstanding service to Scouting in Japan | ||
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TheGolden Pheasant Award (きじ章,kiji-shō)[1] is the highest award for adult leaders in theScout Association of Japan. It is awarded by theChief Scout ofJapan, awarded for eminent achievement and meritorious service to the Association for a period of at least twenty years. It may be awarded to any member of a Scout Association affiliated with theWorld Organization of the Scout Movement.[2]
The award consists of a medallion depicting a stylized golden pheasant, suspended from a white ribbon with two red stripes worn around the neck. The attendant uniform emblem, worn over the pocket, consists of two red stripes on a white background with a 5 mm goldendevice of the Japanese Scout emblem.[3]
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The original Japanese list does not assign strict chronological numbering, rather by category. The first category ispolitical, and in honorific order as number 1 is theHeisei emperor, although he received the award chronologically third in that category. The second category areJapanese Scouters, again starting with number 1 Michiharu Mishima. The third category arenon-Japanese recipients, and again the list cycles back to 1, being Martin B. Williams. In addition, Akira Watanabe is out of numerical sequence.[a]
Posthumously conferred are marked with (‡).[a]
| Award number | Year awarded | Name | Office | Representing |
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| 1 | 1952 | Martin B. Williams | Founder of Tokyo 4Scout group | United States |
| 2 | 1952 | J. S. Wilson | United Kingdom | |
| 3 | 1953 | Richard Nixon | United States | |
| 1 | 1953 | Michiharu Mishima | first president of theBoy Scout Association of Japan | |
| 2 | 1953 | Jinnojō Hayashi (林 甚之丞) | ||
| 3 | 1954 | Sano Tsuneha | Elder (early Scouting movement notable) | |
| 4 | 1955 | Motojirō Ozaki | member of the Diet | ‡ |
| 5 | 1955 | Chūhachi Nakano (中野 忠ハ) | ‡ | |
| 6 | 1956 | Gotō Shinpei | firstChief Scout of Japan | ‡ |
| 7 | 1956 | Yoshinori Futara | co-founder of theBoy Scouts of Japan in April 1922; General Commissioner | |
| 4 | 1956 | Daniel Spry | Canada | |
| 5 | 1957 | Olave Baden-Powell | United Kingdom | |
| 6 | 1957 | Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell | United Kingdom | |
| 7 | 1957 | Arthur A. Schuck | United States | |
| 8 | 1957 | John Thurman | United Kingdom | |
| 9 | 1957 | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Iran | |
| 10 | 1957 | Walter Nash | New Zealand | |
| 8 | 1959 | Hidesaburō Kurushima | President of theBoy Scouts of Japan | |
| 11 | 1959 | Jorge B. Vargas | Philippines | |
| 12 | 1964 | Constantine II of Greece | Greece | |
| 13 | 1964 | Ellsworth Hunt Augustus | United States | |
| 9 | 1966 | Taizō Ishizaka | Chairman of the National Board of theBoy Scouts of Japan | |
| 14 | 1966 | Gabriel Daza | Co-founderBoy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP). BSP President 1961-1968 | Philippines |
| 3 | 1967 | Shigeru Yoshida | Prime Minister | |
| 15 | 1967 | Kim Jong-pil | Korea Scout Association President ? - June 6, 1969 | Korea |
| 16 | 1968 | Gustavo J. Vollmer | Venezuela | |
| 17 | 1968 | Irving J. Feist | United States | |
| 4 | 1970 | Eisaku Satō | Prime Minister | |
| 1 | 1971 | Akihito | Crown Prince of Japan | |
| 18 | 1971 | Charles Dymoke Green, Jr. | United Kingdom | |
| 19 | 1971 | William Durant Campbell | United States | |
| 10 | 1973 | Saburō Matsukata | President of theBoy Scouts of Japan | ‡ |
| 20 | 1973 | Antonio C. Delgado | Philippines | |
| 21 | 1974 | Gerald Ford | United States | |
| 22 | 1975 | Elizabeth II | United Kingdom | |
| 23 | 1975 | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | |
| 11 | 1978 | Kōgorō Uemura | Chairman of the National Board of theBoy Scouts of Japan | |
| 12 | 1979 | Akira Watanabe | President of theBoy Scouts of Japan | |
| 24 | 1978 | Birendra of Nepal | Nepal | |
| 13 | 1978 | Ichirō Terao | Chairman of the National Board of theBoy Scouts of Japan | |
| 14 | 1978 | Yoshio Kobayashi (小林 芳夫) | ||
| 5 | 1979 | Takeo Fukuda | Prime Minister | |
| 15 | 1979 | Seiichiro Furuta | Scouting pioneer | |
| 16 | 1979 | Tadatsugu Ozaki (尾崎 忠次) | Scouting pioneer | |
| 25 | 1980 | Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden | Sweden | |
| 6 | 1980 | Masayoshi Ōhira | Prime Minister | |
| 7 | 1981 | Yoshio Sakurauchi | President of the Scout Parliamentary Caucus | |
| 17 | 1981 | Chubee Kagita | General Commissioner of theBoy Scouts of Nippon | |
| 18 | 1981 | Jusaburō Kawai (河合 寿三郎) | Scouting pioneer | ‡ |
| 26 | 1983 | Ronald Reagan | United States | |
| 19 | 1983 | Katsuji Yamaguchi (山口 勝治) | Scouting pioneer | ‡ |
| 20 | 1985 | Gen Hirose | ||
| 8 | 1985 | Ken Harada | President of the Scout Parliamentary Caucus | |
| 21 | 1985 | Yōsuke Hirayama (平山 羊介) | ||
| 9 | 1986 | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Prime Minister | |
| 27 | 1987 | László Nagy | Switzerland | |
| 22 | 1987 | Sei Yagi (Yagi Kiyoshi (?)ハ木 清) | ||
| 23 | 1988 | Masao Murata (村田 正雄) | General Commissioner of theBoy Scouts of Japan | |
| 24 | 1988 | Toshiwo Doko | President? (Sōsai) | ‡ |
| 2 | 1989 | Naruhito | Crown Prince of Japan | |
| 25 | 1989 | Masaru Ibuka | ||
| 26 | 1989 | Yorihiro Matsudaira | International Commissioner | |
| 27 | 1989 | Muneyoshi Tokugawa | ‡ | |
| 28 | 1989 | Lee Teng-hui | Republic of China | |
| 28 | 1990 | Mitsuji Hama (浜 光治) | ||
| 29 | 1990 | Sadaharu Hisamatsu (久松 定治) | ||
| 30 | 1990 | Yoshio Hattori | ‡ | |
| 31 | 1991 | Sōichirō Honda | ||
| 32 | 1991 | Shōzō Takahashi (高橋 正蔵) | ||
| 33 | 1991 | Tarō Matoba (的場 太郎) | ||
| 10 | 1991 | Noboru Takeshita | Prime Minister | |
| 29 | 1992 | Prince Edward, Duke of Kent | United Kingdom | |
| 11 | 1992 | Ryūtarō Hashimoto | Prime Minister | |
| 34 | 1992 | Ichirō Fujiyama | ||
| 35 | 1993 | Yawara Hata | ||
| 36 | 1994 | Shinpei Iwanami (岩波 信平) | ||
| 37 | 1994 | Shintarō Negishi | ||
| 38 | 1995 | Hiro Takiguchi (滝口 弘) | Scouting pioneer | |
| 39 | 1995 | Masao Takeda (竹田 正夫) | Scouting pioneer | |
| 40 | 1997 | Yoshishige Ashihara | ||
| 41 | 1997 | Ryōmasa Suzuki (鈴木 了正, Norimasa or Ryōshō) | General Commissioner of theBoy Scouts of Nippon | |
| 42 | 1997 | Ayakazu Hirose | ||
| 12 | 1998 | Keizō Obuchi | Prime Minister | |
| 43 | 1999 | Shōichi Saba | Chairman of the National Board of theBoy Scouts of Nippon | |
| 30 | 1999 | Park Kun-bae | Korea | |
| 13 | 2003 | Yoshirō Mori | Prime Minister | |
| 31 | 2005 | Paras, Crown Prince of Nepal | Nepal | |
| 44 | 2008 | Kō Yoshida | International Commissioner | |
| 45 | 2010 | Tsunao Hashimoto | Chairman of the National Board of theBoy Scouts of Nippon | |
| 32 | 2011 | Kang Young-joong | Korea Scout Association President March 7, 2008 - April 16, 2012 | Korea |
| 46 | 2014 | Tadashi Sugihara (杉原 正) | Honorary Chairman |