# Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer

The Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer is a prize recognizing an outstanding performance by a newcomer in a Japanese film. It is awarded annually by the Association of Tokyo Film Journalists as one of the Blue Ribbon Awards.

## List of winners

| No. | Year | Recipient(s) | Film(s) |
| 1 | 1950 | Shin Saburi | Shikkō Yūyo Josei Tai Dansei |
| 2 | 1951 | Rentarō Mikuni | The Good Fairy Fireworks Over the Sea |
| 3 | 1952 | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | 1953 | Yoshitarō Nomura | Jinanbō Gutei Kenkei Kurama Tengu Ao Men Yasha Kinpira Sensei to Ojōsan |
| 5 | 1954 | So Yamamura | Kuroi Shio |
| 6 | 1955 | Tsuneo Kobayashi | Shūdensha no Shibijin Bōryokugai |
| 7 | 1956 | Yoshirō Kawazu | Kodomo no Me Namida |
| 8 | 1957 | Yujiro Ishihara | Shori-sha |
| 9 | 1958 | Shohei Imamura | Stolen Desire Endless Desire |
| 10 | 1959 | N/A | N/A |
| 11 | 1960 | Nagisa Oshima | Cruel Story of Youth |
| 12 | 1961 | Shima Iwashita | Waga Koi no Tabiji |
| 13 | 1962 | Kirio Urayama | Foundry Town |
| 14 | 1963 | Junya Sato | Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari |
| 15 | 1964 | Mako Midori | Nihiki no Mesu Inu |
| 16 | 1965 | Kei Kumai | Nihon Rettō |
| 17 | 1966 | Tetsuya Watari | Ai to Shi no Kiroku |
| 18 | 1975 | Tomokazu Miura | Izu no Odoriko |
| 18 | 1975 | Shinobu Otake | The Gate of Youth |
| 19 | 1976 | Mieko Harada | Lullaby of the Earth Seishun no Satujinsha |
| 20 | 1977 | Nobuhiko Obayashi | House |
| 21 | 1978 | Toshiyuki Nagashima | Third Base |
| 22 | 1979 | Kenichi Kaneda | Shōgo Nari |
| 23 | 1980 | Daisuke Ryu | Kagemusha |
| 24 | 1981 | Kōichi Satō | The Gate of Youth Manon |
| 25 | 1982 | Jun Miho | Pink no Curtain |
| 26 | 1983 | Tomoyo Harada | Toki o Kakeru Shōjo |
| 26 | 1983 | Shōji Kaneko | Ryūji |
| 27 | 1984 | Kōji Kikkawa | Sukanpin Walk |
| 28 | 1985 | Yuki Saito | Yuki no Danshō: Jōnetsu |
| 29 | 1986 | Narimi Arimori | Final Take |
| 30 | 1987 | Masahiro Takashima | Totto Channel Bu Su |
| 31 | 1988 | Naoto Ogata | Yūshun Oración |
| 32 | 1989 | Ayako Kawahara | Kitchen |
| 33 | 1990 | Riho Makise | Tokyo Jōkū Irasshaimase Goodbye Tsugumi |
| 33 | 1990 | Joji Matsuoka | Batāshi Kingyo |
| 34 | 1991 | Hikari Ishida | Chizuko's Younger Sister My Soul Is Slashed Aitsu |
| 35 | 1992 | Yuki Sumida | Bokutō Kidan |
| 36 | 1993 | Gorō Kishitani | All Under the Moon |
| 36 | 1993 | Kyōko Tōyama | Kou Kou Kyoushi |
| 37 | 1994 | Sawa Suzuki | Ai no Shinsekai |
| 38 | 1995 | Makiko Esumi | Maborosi |
| 39 | 1996 | Ninety-nine | Boys Be Ambitious |
| 40 | 1997 | Kōki Mitani | Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald |
| 40 | 1997 | Hitomi Satō | Bounce Ko Gals |
| 41 | 1998 | Rena Tanaka | Give It All |
| 42 | 1999 | Ryuhei Matsuda | Gohatto |
| 43 | 2000 | Tatsuya Fujiwara | Battle Royale |
| 44 | 2001 | Kō Shibasaki | Go |
| 45 | 2002 | Nakamura Shidō | Ping Pong |
| 45 | 2002 | Manami Konishi | Letters from the Mountains |
| 46 | 2003 | Satomi Ishihara | Watashi no Guranpa |
| 47 | 2004 | Anna Tsuchiya | Kamikaze Girls The Taste of Tea |
| 47 | 2004 | Mirai Moriyama | Socrates in Love |
| 48 | 2005 | Mikako Tabe | Hinokio Aozora no Yukue |
| 49 | 2006 | Muga Tsukaji | Mamiya kyodai |
| 49 | 2006 | Rei Dan | Love and Honor |
| 50 | 2007 | Yui Aragaki | Koisuru Madori Waruboro Koizora |
| 51 | 2008 | Yuriko Yoshitaka | Snakes and Earrings |
| 51 | 2008 | Lily Franky | All Around Us |
| 52 | 2009 | Masaki Okada | Jūryoku Piero Honokaa Boy |
| 52 | 2009 | Daisaku Kimura | Mt. Tsurugidake |
| 53 | 2010 | Toma Ikuta | No Longer Human |
| 53 | 2010 | Nanami Sakuraba | Saigo no Chūsin Gura Shodo Girls |
| 54 | 2011 | Mana Ashida | Bunny Drop Hankyū Densha |
| 55 | 2012 | Makita Sports | Kueki Ressha |
| 56 | 2013 | Haru Kuroki | The Great Passage A Chair on the Plains The Flower of Shanidar |
| 57 | 2014 | Fūka Koshiba | Kiki's Delivery Service |
| 58 | 2015 | Anna Ishii | Solomon's Perjury Girls' Step |
| 59 | 2016 | Izumi Okamura | Aroused by Gymnopedies |
| 60 | 2017 | Shizuka Ishibashi | The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue |
| 61 | 2018 | Sara Minami | Shino Can't Say Her Name |
| 62 | 2019 | Nagisa Sekimizu | Almost a Miracle |
| 63 | 2020 | Daiken Okudaira | Mother |
| 64 | 2021 | Yuumi Kawai | It's a Summer Film A Balance |
| 65 | 2022 | Kōki | Ox-Head Village |
| 66 | 2023 | Sōya Kurokawa | Monster |
| 67 | 2024 | Ikoi Hayase | Worlds Apart Sana: Let Me Hear |