Kenko Filters Photography Awards 2026 Held by Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. Press Release: October 29, 2025 To Members of the Media Kenko Filters Photography Awards 2026 will be held We are looking for photographs that effectively use Kenko filters. Grand prize money: 300,000 yen. Applications open until March 10, 2026.
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(Headquarters: Nakano-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tadashi Sakurai) is holding the “Kenko Filters Photography Awards 2026,” a photo contest for dedicated Kenko Filter customers, inviting submissions of photographs that effectively use Kenko Filters. We look forward to receiving submissions that fully demonstrate the potential of Kenko Filters. We look forward to your submissions. Organizer:Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. Submission Requirements Theme:Works that effectively use Kenko filters Submission Period:November 1, 2025 – March 10, 2026 How to Apply:Kenko Filters Photography AwardsApply via the recruitment website Entry Requirements:Kenko filters must be used Entries must be photos taken using Kenko filters. However, this does not apply to filters such as protectors, which do not have any proven
effectiveness. Prizes and Prize Money: Grand Prize: 1 entry / Prize money of 300,000 yen Excellent Award: 3 entries / Prize money of 100,000 yen each Judge’s Special Award: 3 entries / Prize money of 50,000 yen each Selected Entries: 30 entries / Amazon gift
certificates worth 5,000 yen each Announcement of winning works: The winners will be announced on the Kenko Filters Photography Awards judging results website in May 2026. Judges: Daisuke Kumakiri, Tatsuo Hata, Maki Kawai Judge Profile: Daisuke Kumakiri Born in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Entered Tokyo Polytechnic University Junior College. Studied artistic photography and other photographic expression at the Photography Technology Department’s 5th Laboratory. After graduating, he joined the Nikkan Gendai Photography Department. He covered politics, crime, and the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball team. He then left the Nikkan Gendai Photography Department and became a freelancer. He currently works in a variety of genres, primarily for magazines, capturing the moments, spaces, and objects created by people. He also teaches at schools and photography classes. His work utilizes snapshot photography techniques to capture the various faces of the ever-changing city of Tokyo. President, Japan Professional Photographers Society (Public Interest Incorporated Association) https://k2-labo.com/kumakiri_daisuke Tatsuo Hata Born April 20, 1970 in Toyamago, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture. He later worked at a car dealership and a motorcycle shop. He later began studying photography in order to take over the family business, and, believing in his own potential, aspired to become a photographer. After working as an assistant to photographer Toshinobu Takeuchi, he went independent. He won the 8th Fujimoto Shihachi Photography Award for “Arabirudena,” a photobook covering the Shimotsuki Festival of Yutate Kagura, a traditional Japanese dance and dance ensemble in his hometown. His photobook of the same title was published by the Shinano Mainichi Shimbun. His photobooks include “Mountain Island Yakushima,” “Rainy Days Yakushima,” and “Traces of Yakushima,” as well as the essay “Rain, Then Rain, Rain in Some Places: The Story of Yakushima,” and many others. He sympathizes with novelist Jiro Nitta’s Kato Buntaro, author of “The Solitary Man,” and respects Frank Yasuda, author of “Alaska Story.” Member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society, Member of the Photographic Society of Japan, Lecturer at Japan Photography Institute, Member of the Intel Blue Carpet Project https://www.photohata.com/ Maki Kawai A colorful photographer. She captures a variety of subjects with a unique sense of color. Her natural landscapes and animals are photographed under the theme of “The Colors of Nature.” Recent themes include “cute” flower scenes, snapshots, illuminations, pets, children, and tabletop photography. She is a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society (a public interest incorporated association). She has held numerous solo exhibitions. Her recent publications include “Slightly Cute Photo Photography Techniques (Genkosha),” “How to Take Photos with the Canon EOS M,” and “How to Take Photos with the Olympus OM-D (Mynavi),” among others. Member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society, a public interest incorporated association https://x.com/makikawai https://www.facebook.com/maki.kawai.790 For more information, please visit the website below.
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