87-year-old Koichi Sugiyama, internationally known as the music composer for the popular video game series Dragon Quest, is one of the 1,891 civilians.
In September 2016, Sugiyama earned Guinness World Record as the oldest video game composer.
The manga-related people who received the same award in the past include: Leiji Matsumoto (2010/manga artist), Takao Saito (2010/manga artist), and Frederik L. Schodt (2009/manga translator).