# Kodansha Manga Award

The Kodansha Manga Award (講談社漫画賞, Kōdansha Manga Shō) is one of Japan's major manga awards. The event is sponsored by publisher Kodansha. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga in its third iteration since 1977.

## Categories

The award was originally called the Kodansha Children's Manga Award (講談社児童まんが賞, Kōdansha Jidō Manga Shō) until 1968. In 1970, it was named Kodansha Cultural Award: Children's manga category (講談社出版文化賞 児童まんが部門, Kōdansha Shuppan Bunka Shō: Jidō Manga Bumon). The second version lasted until 1976. The company decided to create multiple categories thereafter.
The award once was given out in four categories: shōnen, shōjo, children, and general. The award was formalized into the present ceremony with initially offering categories only for shōnen and shōjo in 1977. The first award for the general category was in 1982, and the first children's category award was in 2003. The children's category was merged into the shōnen and shōjo categories starting in 2015.
Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette, a certificate, and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$7,500).

## Recipients

| # | Year | Children | Shōnen | Shōjo | General |
| 1 | 1977 | — | Black Jack, Osamu Tezuka The Three-Eyed One, Osamu Tezuka (tie) | Haikara-san ga Tōru, Waki Yamato Candy Candy, Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi (tie) | — |
| 2 | 1978 | — | Football Hawk, Noboru Kawasaki | Seito Shokun!, Yōko Shōji | — |
| 3 | 1979 | — | Tonda Couple, Kimio Yanagisawa | The Star of Cottonland, Yumiko Ōshima | — |
| 4 | 1980 | — | Susano Oh, Gō Nagai | Lemon Report, Mayumi Yoshida | — |
| 5 | 1981 | — | Sanshirō of 1, 2, Makoto Kobayashi | Ohayō! Spank, Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi | — |
| 6 | 1982 | — | Gakuto Retsuden, Motoka Murakami | Yōkihi-den, Suzue Miuchi | Karyūdo no Seiza, Machiko Satonaka |
| 7 | 1983 | — | The Kabocha Wine, Mitsuru Miura | Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi, Ryoko Yamagishi | P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei, Fumi Saimon |
| 8 | 1984 | — | Bats & Terry, Yasuichi Ōshima | Lady Love, Hiromu Ono | Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo |
| 9 | 1985 | — | Bari Bari Densetsu, Shuichi Shigeno | Mahiro Taiken, Naomi Nishi | Okashina Futari, Jūzō Yamasaki and Kei Sadayasu |
| 10 | 1986 | — | Kotaro Makaritoru, Tatsuya Hiruta | Yūkan Club, Yukari Ichijō | Adolf, Osamu Tezuka What's Michael?, Makoto Kobayashi (tie) |
| 11 | 1987 | — | Ironfist Chinmi, Takeshi Maekawa | Nana Iro Majikku, Yū Asagiri | Actor, Kaiji Kawaguchi |
| 12 | 1988 | — | Mister Ajikko, Daisuke Terasawa | Junjō Crazy Fruits, Akemi Matsunae | Bonobono, Mikio Igarashi Be-Bop High School, Kazuhiro Kiuchi (tie) |
| 13 | 1989 | — | Meimon! Daisan Yakyūbu, Toshiyuki Mutsu | Chibi Maruko-chan, Momoko Sakura Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!, Yumiko Suzuki (tie) | Komikku Shōwa-Shi, Shigeru Mizuki |
| 14 | 1990 | — | Shura no Mon, Masatoshi Kawahara | Pride, Naka Marimura | The Silent Service, Kaiji Kawaguchi Gorillaman, Harold Sakuishi (tie) |
| 15 | 1991 | — | Hajime no Ippo, George Morikawa | Eien no Nohara, Mieko Ōsaka | Kachō Kōsaku Shima, Kenshi Hirokane Waru, Jun Fukami (tie) |
| 16 | 1992 | — | Kaze Hikaru: Koshien, Sanbachi Kawa and Tarō Nami | Uchi no Mama ga iu Koto ni wa, Mariko Iwadate | Naniwa Kin'yūdō, Yūji Aoki |
| 17 | 1993 | — | 3×3 Eyes, Yuzo Takada | Sailor Moon, Naoko Takeuchi | Parasyte, Hitoshi Iwaaki |
| 18 | 1994 | — | Aoki Densetsu Shoot!, Tsukasa Ōshima | Kimi no Te ga Sasayaite iru, Junko Karube | Tetsujin Ganma, Yasuhito Yamamoto |
| 19 | 1995 | — | The Kindaichi Case Files, Yōsaburō Kanari and Fumiya Sato | Sekai de Ichiban Yasashii Ongaku, Mari Ozawa | Hanada Shōnen-shi, Makoto Isshiki |
| 20 | 1996 | — | Shōta no Sushi, Daisuke Terasawa | Tennen Kokekkō, Fusako Kuramochi | The Ping Pong Club, Minoru Furuya |
| 21 | 1997 | — | Ryūrōden, Yoshito Yamahara | Eight Clouds Rising, Natsumi Itsuki | Dragon Head, Minetaro Mochizuki |
| 22 | 1998 | — | Great Teacher Onizuka, Tooru Fujisawa | Kodocha, Miho Obana | Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, Nobuyuki Fukumoto Sōten Kōro, King Gonta (tie) |
| 23 | 1999 | — | Chameleon, Atsushi Kase | Peach Girl, Miwa Ueda | Wangan Midnight, Michiharu Kusunoki |
| 24 | 2000 | — | Legendary Gambler Tetsuya, Fūmei Sai and Yasushi Hoshino | Guru Guru Pon-chan, Satomi Ikezawa | Vagabond, Takehiko Inoue |
| 25 | 2001 | — | Love Hina, Ken Akamatsu | Fruits Basket, Natsuki Takaya | 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa |
| 26 | 2002 | — | Cromartie High School, Eiji Nonaka Beck, Harold Sakuishi (tie) | Antique Bakery, Fumi Yoshinaga | Zipang, Kaiji Kawaguchi |
| 27 | 2003 | Mirmo!, Hiromu Shinozuka | Kunimitsu no Matsuri, Yūma Andō and Masashi Asaki | Honey and Clover, Chika Umino Tramps Like Us, Yayoi Ogawa (tie) | Tensai Yanagisawa Kyōju no Seikatsu, Kazumi Yamashita |
| 28 | 2004 | Ultra Ninja Scrolls, Kazuhiko Midō | Shana ou Yoshitsune, Hirofumi Sawada [ja] | Nodame Cantabile, Tomoko Ninomiya | Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Masaki Segawa |
| 29 | 2005 | Sugar Sugar Rune, Moyoco Anno | Capeta, Masahito Soda | Oi Pītan!!, Risa Itō A Perfect Day for Love Letters, George Asakura (tie) | Dragon Zakura, Mita Norifusa |
| 30 | 2006 | Kitchen Princess, Miyuki Kobayashi and Natsumi Andō | Air Gear, Oh! Great | Life, Keiko Suenobu | Mushishi, Yuki Urushibara |
| 31 | 2007 | Tenshi no Frypan, Etsushi Ogawa | Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei, Kōji Kumeta Dear Boys Act II, Hiroki Yagami (tie) | I.S., Chiyo Rokuhana | Ōkiku Furikabutte, Asa Higuchi |
| 32 | 2008 | Shugo Chara!, Peach-Pit | Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu, Motoyuki Tanaka | Kimi ni Todoke, Karuho Shiina | Moyashimon, Masayuki Ishikawa |
| 33 | 2009 | Meitantei Yumemizu Kiyoshirō Jiken Note, Kaoru Hayamine and Kei Enue | Q.E.D., Motohiro Katou Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima (tie) | Kiyoku Yawaku, Ryo Ikuemi | Ah! My Goddess, Kōsuke Fujishima |
| 34 | 2010 | Inazuma Eleven, Ten'ya Yabuno | Ace of Diamond, Yūji Terajima | Kuragehime, Akiko Higashimura | Giant Killing, Masaya Tsunamoto |
| 35 | 2011 | Honto Ni Atta! Reibai Sensei, Hidekichi Matsumoto | Attack on Titan, Hajime Isayama | Chihayafuru, Yuki Suetsugu | March Comes in Like a Lion, Chika Umino Space Brothers, Chūya Koyama (tie) |
| 36 | 2012 | Watashi ni xx Shinasai!, Ema Toyama | Those Snow White Notes, Marimo Ragawa | Shitsuren Chocolatier, Setona Mizushiro | Vinland Saga, Makoto Yukimura |
| 37 | 2013 | Animal Land, Makoto Raiku | Your Lie in April, Naoshi Arakawa | My Love Story!!, Kazune Kawahara and Aruko | Gurazeni, Yūji Moritaka and Keiji Adachi Prison School, Akira Hiramoto (tie) |
| 38 | 2014 | Yo-kai Watch, Noriyuki Konishi | Baby Steps, Hikaru Katsuki | Taiyō no Ie, Ta'amo | Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Haruko Kumota |
| 39 | 2015 | — | The Seven Deadly Sins, Nakaba Suzuki Yowamushi Pedal, Wataru Watanabe (tie) | Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu, Tsunami Umino | Knights of Sidonia, Tsutomu Nihei |
| 40 | 2016 | — | Days, Tsuyoshi Yasuda | Kiss Him, Not Me, Junko | Kōnodori, Yū Suzunoki |
| 41 | 2017 | — | Altair: A Record of Battles, Kotono Katō | P and JK, Maki Miyoshi | The Fable, Katsuhisa Minami |
| 42 | 2018 | — | Beastars, Paru Itagaki | Tōmei na Yurikago, Bakka Okita | Sanju Mariko, Yuki Ozawa Fragile, Saburō Megumi and Bin Kusamizu (tie) |
| 43 | 2019 | — | The Quintessential Quintuplets, Negi Haruba To Your Eternity, Yoshitoki Ōima (tie) | Perfect World, Rie Aruga | What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Fumi Yoshinaga |
| 44 | 2020 | — | Tokyo Revengers, Ken Wakui | Our Precious Conversations, Robico | Blue Period, Tsubasa Yamaguchi |
| 45 | 2021 | — | Blue Lock, Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura | A Condition Called Love, Megumi Morino | Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito, Kiwa Irie |
| 46 | 2022 | — | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Fuse and Taiki Kawakami | Nina the Starry Bride, Rikachi | Police in a Pod, Miko Yasu |
| 47 | 2023 | — | Shangri-La Frontier, Katarina and Ryosuke Fuji | My Girlfriend's Child, Mamoru Aoi | Skip and Loafer, Misaki Takamatsu |
| 48 | 2024 | — | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe | I See Your Face, Turned Away, Rumi Ichinohe | Medalist, Tsurumaikada |