# Shogakukan Manga Award

The Shogakukan Manga Award (小学館漫画賞, Shōgakukan Mangashō) is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since 1955.

## Categories

Until 2022, the award categories were:
* Children's (児童向け部門, Jidō muke bumon)
* Boy's (少年向け部門, Shōnen muke bumon)
* Girl's (少女向け部門, Shōjo muke bumon)
* General (一般向け部門, Ippan muke bumon)
Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette called "Minori", designed by Shigeru Nakano; a certificate, and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$7,500). Special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work, lifetime achievement, and so forth.

## Recipients

The laureates were awarded for comics published during the years listed in the table. However, the laureates were not presented and the prizes were not given out until the beginning of the following year. The prizes are often referred to by the numbers listed below instead of the years. Since the 69th edition, the nominees are not divided into categories.

### 1955–2022

| # | Year | General | Shōnen (boys) | Shōjo (girls) | Children |
| 1 | 1955 | Būtan, Noboru Baba | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 2 | 1956 | Oyama no Kaba-chan, Eijo Ishida | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 3 | 1957 | Manga Seminar on Biology and Biiko-chan, Osamu Tezuka | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 4 | 1958 | Little Black Sambo and Shiawase no Ōji, Tarō Senba | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 5 | 1959 | Korisu no Pokko, Jirō Ōta Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san, Toshiko Ueda (tie) | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 6 | 1960 | No award given | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 7 | 1961 | Science-kun no Sekai Ryokō, Reiji Aki | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 8 | 1962 | Susume Roboketto and Tebukuro Tecchan, Fujio Fujiko | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 9 | 1963 | Fight Sensei and Stop! Nii-chan, Hisashi Sekitani | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 10 | 1964 | Osomatsu-kun, Fujio Akatsuka | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 11 | 1965 | Paki-chan to Ganta, Kazuo Maekawa | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 12 | 1966 | No award given | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 13 | 1967 | Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae, Shotaro Ishinomori | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 14 | 1968 | Animal 1 and Inakappe Taishō, Noboru Kawasaki | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 15 | 1969 | Fire!, Hideko Mizuno | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 16 | 1970 | Glass no Shiro, Masako Watanabe Gag Ojisan and Oya Baka Tengoku, Ryuzan Aki (tie) | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 17 | 1971 | Hana Ichimonme, Shinji Nagashima Minashigo Hutch, Tatsuo Yoshida (tie) | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 18 | 1972 | Tōchan no Kawaii Oyome-san and Hashire! Boro, Hiroshi Asuna | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 19 | 1973 | Otoko Doahō Kōshien and Deba to Batto, Shinji Mizushima | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 20 | 1974 | The Drifting Classroom, Kazuo Umezu | No specific award given | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 21 | 1975 | Golgo 13, Takao Saito | Poe no Ichizoku and They Were Eleven, Moto Hagio | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 22 | 1976 | Abu-san, Shinji Mizushima | Captain and Play Ball, Akio Chiba Ganbare Genki, Yū Koyama (tie) | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 23 | 1977 | Notari Matsutaro, Tetsuya Chiba | Galaxy Express 999 and Senjo Manga Series, Leiji Matsumoto | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 24 | 1978 | Haguregumo, George Akiyama | Dame Oyaji, Mitsutoshi Furuya | No specific award given | No specific award given |
| 25 | 1979 | Tosa no Ippon Tsuri, Yūsuke Aoyagi | To Terra... and Kaze to Ki no Uta, Keiko Takemiya | To Terra... and Kaze to Ki no Uta, Keiko Takemiya | | No specific award given |
| 26 | 1980 | Hakatakko Junjō and Gangaragan, Hōsei Hasegawa Jarinko Chie, Etsumi Haruki (tie) | Urusei Yatsura, Rumiko Takahashi | Urusei Yatsura, Rumiko Takahashi | | No specific award given |
| 27 | 1981 | Sanchōme no Yūhi, Ryōhei Saigan | Dr. Slump, Akira Toriyama | Dr. Slump, Akira Toriyama | Doraemon, Fujio Fujiko |
| 28 | 1982 | Tsuribaka Nisshi, Jūzō Yamasaki and Ken'ichi Kitami | Miyuki and Touch, Mitsuru Adachi | Miyuki and Touch, Mitsuru Adachi | Game Center Arashi and Kon'nichiwa! Mi-com, Mitsuru Sugaya |
| 29 | 1983 | Hidamari no Ki, Osamu Tezuka | Musashi no Ken, Motoka Murakami | Kisshō Tennyo, Akimi Yoshida | Panku Ponk, Haruko Tachiiri |
| 30 | 1984 | Human Crossing, Masao Yajima and Kenshi Hirokane | Futari Daka and Area 88, Kaoru Shintani | Yume no Ishibumi, Toshie Kihara | Kinnikuman, Yudetamago |
| 31 | 1985 | Bokkemon, Takashi Iwashige | Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II, Akira Oze | Zenryaku Milk House, Yumiko Kawahara | Asari-chan, Mayumi Muroyama |
| 32 | 1986 | Oishinbo, Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki | Silver Fang, Yoshihiro Takahashi | Purple Eyes in the Dark, Chie Shinohara | Ganbare, Kickers!, Noriaki Nagai |
| 33 | 1987 | Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon, Shotaro Ishinomori | Just Meet and Fuyu Monogatari, Hidenori Hara | Boyfriend, Fuyumi Soryo | Tsurupika Hagemaru, Shinbo Nomura |
| 34 | 1988 | Genji Monogatari, Miyako Maki | B.B., Osamu Ishiwata | Fancy Dance, Reiko Okano | Obocchama-kun, Yoshinori Kobayashi |
| 35 | 1989 | Yawara!, Naoki Urasawa | Ucchare Goshogawara, Tsuyoshi Nakaima | Papa Told Me, Nanae Haruno | Lovely Mari-chan, Kimiko Uehara |
| 36 | 1990 | F, Noboru Rokuda | Mobile Police Patlabor, Masami Yūki | Crest of the Royal Family, Chieko Hosokawa Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!, Taeko Watanabe (tie) | Amaizo! Dango, Moo. Nenpei |
| 37 | 1991 | Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho, Fumi Saimon | Ushio & Tora, Kazuhiro Fujita | Makoto Call!, Kazuko Fujita | Dojji Danpei, Tetsuhiro Koshita |
| 38 | 1992 | Okami-san, Ichimaru Miyamoto kara Kimi e, Hideki Arai (tie) | Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Takashi Shiina Yaiba, Gosho Aoyama (tie) | Basara, Yumi Tamura | No award given |
| 39 | 1993 | Kaze no Daichi, Nobuhiro Sakata and Eiji Kazama | YuYu Hakusho, Yoshihiro Togashi | Bara no Tame ni, Akemi Yoshimura | One More Jump, Michiyo Akaishi |
| 40 | 1994 | Bokkō, Hideki Mori | Slam Dunk, Takehiko Inoue | Baby and Me, Marimo Ragawa | Ore wa Otoko Da! Kunio-kun, Kōsaku Anakubo |
| 41 | 1995 | Ron, Motoka Murakami Gallery Fake and Tarō, Fujihiko Hosono (tie) | Major, Takuya Mitsuda | Boys Over Flowers, Yoko Kamio | Kocchi Muite! Miiko, Eriko Ono |
| 42 | 1996 | Gekka no Kishi, Junichi Nōjō | Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M, Masahito Soda | Kanon, Chiho Saito | Midori no Makibaō, Tsunomaru |
| 43 | 1997 | Azumi, Yū Koyama | Ganba! Fly High, Shinji Morisue and Hiroyuki Kikuta | Ceres, Celestial Legend, Yuu Watase | Ninpen Manmaru, Mikio Igarashi |
| 44 | 1998 | Aji Ichi Monme, Zenta Abe and Yoshimi Kurata | Project ARMS, Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryōji Minagawa | Angel Lip, Kiyoko Arai | No award given |
| 45 | 1999 | No award given | Monkey Turn, Katsutoshi Kawai Hikaru no Go, Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata (tie) | Bara-Iro no Ashita, Ryo Ikuemi | Taro the Space Alien, Yasunari Nagatoshi |
| 46 | 2000 | Monster, Naoki Urasawa | Case Closed, Gosho Aoyama Cheeky Angel, Hiroyuki Nishimori (tie) | Red River, Chie Shinohara | Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!, Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro |
| 47 | 2001 | Heat, Buronson and Ryoichi Ikegami | Inuyasha, Rumiko Takahashi | Kaguyahime, Reiko Shimizu Yasha, Akimi Yoshida (tie) | Pukupuku Natural Circular Notice, Sayuri Tatsuyama |
| 48 | 2002 | 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa | Zatch Bell!, Makoto Raiku | Nana, Ai Yazawa Kaze Hikaru, Taeko Watanabe (tie) | Croket!, Manavu Kashimoto |
| 49 | 2003 | Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo, Takatoshi Yamada | Yakitate!! Japan, Takashi Hashiguchi Fullmetal Alchemist, Hiromu Arakawa (tie) | Love★Com, Aya Nakahara | Mirmo!, Hiromu Shinozuka |
| 50 | 2004 | Team Medical Dragon, Tarō Nogizaka and Akira Nagai | Bleach, Tite Kubo | Sand Chronicles, Hinako Ashihara We Were There, Yūki Obata (tie) | Sgt. Frog, Mine Yoshizaki Grandpa Danger, Kazutoshi Soyama (tie) |
| 51 | 2005 | A Spirit of the Sun, Kaiji Kawaguchi Rainbow - Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin, George Abe and Masasumi Kakizaki (tie) | Wild Life, Masato Fujisaki | Sonnanja neyo, Kaneyoshi Izumi | Animal Alley, Ryō Maekawa |
| 52 | 2006 | Bengoshi no Kuzu, Hideo Iura | Kekkaishi, Yellow Tanabe | 7 Seeds, Yumi Tamura | Kirarin Revolution, An Nakahara |
| 53 | 2007 | Bambino!, Tetsuji Sekiya Kurosagi, Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru (tie) | Ace of Diamond, Yuji Terajima | Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu, Kotomi Aoki | Keshikasu-kun, Noriyuki Murase |
| 54 | 2008 | Gaku: Minna no Yama, Shinichi Ishizuka | Cross Game, Mitsuru Adachi | Black Bird, Kanoko Sakurakoji | Naisho no Tsubomi, Yuu Yabuuchi |
| 55 | 2009 | Shin'ya Shokudō, Yarō Abe | Sket Dance, Kenta Shinohara | Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko, Nao Iwamoto | A Penguin's Troubles, Yūji Nagai |
| 56 | 2010 | Ushijima the Loan Shark, Shohei Manabe Space Brothers, Chūya Koyama | King Golf, Ken Sasaki and Masaki Tani | Ōoku, Fumi Yoshinaga | Yumeiro Patissiere, Natsumi Matsumoto |
| 57 | 2011 | Kids on the Slope, Yūki Kodama | Nobunaga Concerto, Ayumi Ishii | Pin to Kona, Ako Shimaki | Inazuma Eleven, Ten'ya Yabuno |
| 58 | 2012 | I Am a Hero, Kengo Hanazawa | Silver Spoon, Hiromu Arakawa | Piece, Hinako Ashihara | Mysterious Joker, Hideyasu Takahashi |
| 59 | 2013 | Mogura no Uta, Noboru Takahashi | Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Shinobu Ohtaka | Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru, Kotomi Aoki | Zekkyō Gakkyū, Emi Ishikawa |
| 60 | 2014 | Asahinagu, Ai Kozaki Aoi Honō, Kazuhiko Shimamoto (tie) | Be Blues! ~Ao ni Nare~, Motoyuki Tanaka | Joō no Hana, Kaneyoshi Izumi | Yo-kai Watch, Noriyuki Konishi |
| 61 | 2015 | Umimachi Diary, Akimi Yoshida Sunny, Taiyo Matsumoto | Haikyū!!, Haruichi Furudate | My Love Story!!, Kazune Kawahara and Aruko | Usotsuki! Gokuō-kun, Makoto Yoshimoto |
| 62 | 2016 | Blue Giant, Shinichi Ishizuka Jūhan Shuttai!, Naoko Matsuda (tie) | Mob Psycho 100, ONE | 37.5°C no Namida, Chika Shiina | Ijime, Kaoru Igarashi |
| 63 | 2017 | Kūbo Ibuki, Kaiji Kawaguchi After the Rain, Jun Mayuzuki (tie) | The Promised Neverland, Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu | Love Me, Love Me Not, Io Sakisaka | PriPri Chi-chan!!, Hiromu Shinozuka |
| 64 | 2018 | Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō, Mitsuharu Yanamoto Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu, Haruko Kashiwagi | Dr. Stone, Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi | Suteki na Kareshi, Kazune Kawahara | Age 12, Nao Maita |
| 65 | 2019 | Aoashi, Yūgo Kobayashi and Naohiko Ueno Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Aka Akasaka (tie) | Kiyo in Kyoto, Aiko Koyama | Nagi no Oitoma, Misato Konari | My New Life as a Cat, Konomi Wagata |
| 66 | 2020 | Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Inio Asano Police in a Pod, Miko Yasu (tie) | Teasing Master Takagi-san, Sōichirō Yamamoto Chainsaw Man, Tatsuki Fujimoto (tie) | Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyōdai, Shizuki Fujisawa | Duel Masters, Shigenobu Matsumoto The Magic of Chocolate, Rino Mizuho (tie) |
| 67 | 2021 | Nigatsu no Shōsha, Shiho Takase Don't Call It Mystery, Yumi Tamura (tie) | Komi Can't Communicate, Tomohito Oda | My Love Mix-Up!, Wataru Hinekure and Aruko | No award given |
| 68 | 2022 | Medalist, Tsurumaikada | Call of the Night, Kotoyama Ao no Orchestra, Makoto Akui (tie) | Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo, Hinao Wono | Ui × Kon, Minori Kurosaki |

### 2023–present

| # | Year | Recipients | References |
| 69 | 2023 | The Elusive Samurai Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Sūji de Asobo Trillion Game | |
| 70 | 2024 | Burning Kabaddi Kore Kaite Shine Natsume Arata no Kekkon Puniru Is a Cute Slime | |