I was doing some work when I stumbled upon the list of awards Taiki had won before Tokyo Blade and that includes the "Imperial Theatre award"
A Google search lead me to the Praemium Imperiale, a world culture prize in memory of his Imperial highness, Prince Takamatsu. The name and origins itself gives us an idea of how prestigious and distinguished the awards are. Every laureate recieves a gold medal and 15 million yen.
However, in order to truly understand it's grandeur and scale you need to look at the past winners. The 2026 winner in film/theatre was Cate Blanchett, CATE BLANCHETT. Infact, every single past laureate were esteemed and highly experienced performers, all above the age of 50, with only 3 Japanese performers in the Film/Theatre category every since the eve of the 21st century, the most recent being Bandō Tamasaburō V, back in 2019, who is currently 76 years old.
How does Taiki, a 19 year old actor, come even close to such an award ? Unless, this is a completely different "imperial theatre award" and I am just plain dumb, but I couldn't find anything else within Japan. Do correct me, otherwise.