On January 27 (local time) at the 30th International Automobile Festival hosted in Paris, France, Gran Turismo series producer Kazunori Yamauchi was awarded the “Grand Prize of Creativity”.

The Festival has a 30-year history and nominations and selections for 14 categories of awards at the festival, including “The most beautiful car” and “The most beautiful automobile advertising”, were made in December 2014. Kazunori Yamauchi was praised for his contributions to the automobile industry through the Gran Turismo game series.

Kazunori Yamauchi was present for the awards ceremony, during which videos from the documentary film “KAZ: Pushing the Virtual Divide” and Vision Gran Turismo were shown on stage.