# Tezuka Award

The Tezuka Award (手塚賞, Tezuka Shō) is a semi-annual manga award offered by the Japanese publisher Shueisha since 1971, under the auspices of its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. It awarded new manga artists in the Story Manga category. Its counterpart award, Akatsuka Award, awards new manga artists in the Comedic Manga category. The award is named after the manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka and is designed to cultivate new artists. The prize for a top Selected Work is two million Japanese yen and for a lesser but still worthy work, a million yen. The award also has third place honorable mentions for contestants deemed worthy, that includes half a million yen. These cash prizes may not be awarded (as is often the case) if the judges decide that none of the candidates are worthy.

## Selection committee
### Committee chair

* Osamu Tezuka (1971–1988)
* Fujio Akatsuka (1989–2008). Due to his failing health, this title was merely a formality during the years leading up to his death on August 2, 2008, with his duties handled by Akira Toriyama in his absence.

### Major committee members

These are the most prominent members of the committee only. Other adjudicators are also present in the committee.
Former members
* Akira Toriyama
* Kazuki Takahashi
* Masanori Morita
* Masashi Kishimoto
* Hiroyuki Asada
* Takehiko Inoue
Current members
* Tezuka Productions
* Eiichiro Oda
* Kazue Kato
* Kohei Horikoshi
* Nobuhiro Watsuki
* Gege Akutami

## Recipients

| No. | Year | Winner | Runner up | Honorable mention |
| 1 | 1971 | No award given | No award given | Scrap, Takashi Iwashige Shihatsu, Tsuneki Sagara Frozen Youth, Rikuo Kasa Easy Rider, Furuya Tsuguharu |
| 2 | 1971 | No award given | Gakisuteyama, Bontarō Takaoka Holy Things, Hisao Saitō | Girl Who Sings Blues, Takashi Iwashige Dream Kamen, Shigeru Nakamoto |
| 3 | 1972 | Garagara Umauma, Shigeru Nakamoto | No award given | Kūsō Buraku, Masao Takaoka Our Sunset, Pochi Nohara What You Dropped, Tadashi Kaga |
| 4 | 1972 | No award given | Run! Shooting Star, Kazuto Kurosaki | Father's Flag, Akira Mimori The Circus Guy Fell in Love, Tetsu Kuroba Sukiyaki, Hiroshi Saitō Tokio's Time Travel, Toshio Ban Don't Lose, Kisaburo, Kimio Yanagisawa |
| 5 | 1973 | No award given | Shoot and Stop, Akira Mimori Night Smothered in Fog, Hiroshi Masumura | My Alps, Yoshihiro Takahashi Clouds and Tank Soldiers, Pochi Nohara Can't Become an Angel, Katsumi Sugawara Dad's Safe Passage, Shizuo Shiga The Remaining One, Toshio Ban |
| 6 | 1973 | No award given | Inquisition, Seiji Tanaka Once Upon a Time in Kobikiyama, Pochi Nohara | Ora wa Ametarō, Ikki Matsuda Kaminarimon Flourishing, Shizuo Shiga The Last Youth Baseball, Yasuhiro Kunitomo The Wandering Box Is, Mitsuru Miura |
| 7 | 1974 | Creature City, Daijirō Morohoshi | No award given | Teacher Gami, Toshio Mitani Wandering Yamanba, Pochi Nohara Browsing Banned, Saburō Ishikawa Twin Banzai, Mio Murao |
| 8 | 1974 | No award given | No award given | Strange Picture Diary, Yukio Otsuka Idiot, Tadashi Fugu Vagabond, Kazuo Hattori My First Love, Yasuhiko Hachino |
| 9 | 1975 | Harukanaru Asa, Yukinobu Hoshino | No award given | Hey! Newspaper, Yasuyuki Kunitomo Yamada-kun's Story, Anmei Yamada The Great Incident of Mt. Ikazuchi, Toshi Noma I Won't Go Crazy, Mitsuru Miura |
| 10 | 1975 | No award given | Ancestors From the Future, Toshi Noma | At the End of the Smoking Pitch..., Ippei Minami Red Umbrella, Yasuki Kitahara Hang in There, Deserter, Sadamu Aiki |
| 11 | 1976 | No award given | No award given | The Great Duel at the Kanedōkan, Toshi Noma 23 Years Later, Kōhei Mikuni Kaguyahime War, Tomō Kimura Tipser Sense Tarō, Toshio Ban Standing in the Heavens, Masa Kojima Mīnya's Wish, Mitsuo Hashimoto Magic Eye, Masayuki Kawachi Pit Viper, Shuku Eishō From the Beast Village, Yoshinori Kobayashi |
| 12 | 1976 | Urashima, Keiichi Koike | Invasion of the Underground People!, Tomō Kimura The Rebellion of Just Two, Toshi Noma | Smash Ken, Salami Nakayama The Legend of the One-Eyed Bear, Tarō Kamiyoshi |
| 13 | 1977 | No award given | Midnight Visitor, Kazuo Miyasaki However, the Sun Is Shining, Toshiki Miyazaki Afterglow and Marbles, Matsujirō Kawano Sakakibara-kun Land Mine, Yukio Ōtsuka | Hang in There, Mr. Bear, Hidekazu Tanaka Kansei Strange Tale, Kunihiko Takayoshi Mother Earth, Turn Green Again, Buichi Terasawa |
| 14 | 1977 | No award given | No award given | Island Nine, Sadamu Aiki Useless Courage, Tochi Ueyama Hiroshi, Shinichirō Mori |
| 15 | 1978 | No award given | Consent, Ministry of Recovering Broken Hearts, Masaki Sanboku Marathon Hacchan, Takeshi Miya | Satisfaction, Ryō Ōasa Silent Testimony, Akiko Hashima Jockey, Shōgo Kurosawa Contaminated Safe, Umezō Hiramatsu |
| 16 | 1978 | No award given | Oh, Ichirō, Kōji Koseki | Big Surfer, Motoki Monma The Age of Love, Yōichi Izumi Insect Clearing, Akira Ishiyama Legend of Rain, Masaki Sanboku Wild Mark, Little Takeshi Melody of the Reincarnated, Isamu Mikuni |
| 17 | 1979 | No award given | Last Waltz, Kazuhisa Hotta | Junichi-kun and OB, Yukio Otsuka Cedar Pole, Hiroshi Takahashi Tears, Rokusuke Band of Tears, Katsuyuki Edamatsu You Smell Like a Punk, Big Brother, Seiichi Ishii Drifting Legend, Hitoshi Tanimura Stop Nami-chan, Kabutomushi Tarō Flying Thunder Map, Ryūji Tsugihara |
| 18 | 1979 | No award given | Space Angel, Tsukasa Hojo | Triple One, Masami Okada Elegy for a Beloved Dog, Mosaku Annaka On an Ordinary Morning, Ryōichi Fujiwara Flowers and Storms Go!, Toshio Nobe |
| 19 | 1980 | No award given | Star, Katsumi Shinbo Idaten Hawk, Umezō Hiramatsu | Tsubasa, Masakazu Katsura Rain Car Wash, Chinatsu Tomisawa Go! Bantman, Keiji Tanaka Yarō Keeps Smiling!!, Tatsuto Uchida |
| 20 | 1980 | No award given | Poker Under Arms, Toshiyuki Araki | Youth 120%, Mitsuo Suzuki Dosukoi Tank, Uryū Minō Maria, Isao Enomoto Fighting Spirit, Keiji Tanaka Cosmo Frontier, Eita Kuri |
| 21 | 1981 | No award given | Run Away to the Lucky Route, Shūhō Itahashi and Argonauts Devil's Temptation and Targeted Idol, Shinji Watanabe Shot!, Tetsuya Tanawatari Tenkōsei wa Hensōsei!?, Masakazu Katsura | Battlenoid, Eita Kuri Toast with Queen Mary..., Yukihiko Nozuki (writer) and Ryō Watanabe (illustrator) |
| 22 | 1981 | Last Spurt, Shigehiro Nomura | Samson, Masatoshi Usune | Guidepost to the Blue Sky, Iroen Pitsu My Landing, Akio Adachi Woman in the Bijin-ga, Tarō Sumitomo Panicked Time Travel, Yoshihiro Takaiwa |
| 23 | 1982 | No award given | Spacetime Scoundrel, Imuro Yumura Bd to, Takedaken | Outsider No. 1, Masaru Tanahashi Space Treasure Island, Eita Kuri Silver Queen, Hiroko Suzuki Dear Tomica, Shishin Ōnishi Charge! One Soldier, Makoto Tamura Natural Disaster Next Door, Yūji Shinnyū Hundred Eyes Banquet, Shingo Hirasawa Break a Rodo, Iku Sakaguchi |
| 24 | 1982 | No award given | Shadow of a Distant Day, Ryūsei Doi Program, Hisataka Miyoshi | Kohaku Biyori, Toshimitsu Tamada Burning Purity, Shōichi Yagihashi |
| 25 | 1983 | No award given | No award given | Psychic Sayo, Tadashi Satō Space-Time Police-2009, Hiroko Suzuki On the Stage of Men and Women..., Shūichi Takano Moonlight Stone, Seiju Natsuyama Battle of V, Shōichi Yagihashi |
| 26 | 1983 | No award given | 21st Century Shooting Star, Daimurō Kishi Heian Yin-Yang Emaki, Hiroshi Suzuki | Maji?, Takehiko Yamada Beauty Beast, Yoshihiro Kuroiwa |
| 27 | 1984 | No award given | Octopus Teacher, Naoko Sekine Gallery Key, Yoshiharu Ikeda | S.O. Love Boiling!, Naohiro Nakatani Can Still Run, Takehiko Yamada It,s Late!, Masanori Morita School Trouble!!, Hiroyuki Kawashima |
| 28 | 1984 | No award given | Devil's Sword, Shōichi Yagihashi Biography of Dr. Momohiko Sakurada, Jirō Uda | Teku no Rojii, Takahashi Kurisu Hirosi..., Ryūsei Doi Torio, Ryōji Satō |
| 29 | 1985 | Until I Reach the Horizon, Daimurō Kishi | Little Shooter, Kaoru Satō | Tōshō Private High School Soccer Club, Yūichi Oshiyama Hōjo, Yū Tomizawa As Long as There Is Spirit, Watabōshi Mysterious Kid, Shinpō Morita |
| 30 | 1985 | No award given | The Myth of 500 Light Years, Shigeru Hijikata Equation of Extinction, Takashi Kurisu | Win! Don Quixote, Junji Mizuno Coral Flowing..., Tsukko Star Thief, Kōichi Kagiya Iron Ingot and Music, Tadamichi Kawamura Enormous Boy, Makuru Nitaku |
| 31 | 1986 | No award given | Weekend Adventure, Noriko Ishihara 900 Years Great Battle, Hiromitsu Itō | Goki Gaburi, Ryōji Satō Boy's Universe From "Star Person", Takumi Shimoura Spirit, Kazuto Raō Hurricane General, Hideo Hiroi Faraway Runaway, Kōji Ōki |
| 32 | 1986 | No award given | To the North: Your Case, Kei Honjō Private Lesson Is 1:00 AM, Haruki Matsunaga Marionette of Time, Shū Hoshikawa | Fly of Shō, Harumi Matsuzaki Mai Never Give Up, Ami Kyōmoto Chance, Shin Itō |

## Notable Recipients

* Yoshihiro Takahashi
* Buichi Terasawa (1977, for Daichi yo Aoku Nare)
* Masakazu Katsura (1980, for Tsubasa and 1981, for Tenkousei wa Hensousei!?)
* Masanori Morita
* Takeshi Obata (1985, for 500 Kōnen no Shinwa)
* Yoshihiro Togashi (1986, for Buttobi Straight)
* Nobuhiro Watsuki (1987, for Teacher Pon)
* Takehiko Inoue (1988, for Kaede Purple)
* Hiroyuki Takei
* Yuuziro Sakamoto (2003)