| Shogakukan Manga Award | |
| Awarded For: | Manga |
| Country: | Japan |
| Year: | 1955 |
The 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.
Until 2022, the current award categories were:
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.[1]
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. In the 69th edition, the nominees were not divided into categories.[2]
| Year | width=28% | General | width=24% | Shōnen (boys) | width=24% | Shōjo (girls) | width=24% | 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 | |||||||
| 3 | 1957 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1958 | Little Black Sambo and Shiawase no Ōji, Tarō Senba | |||||||
| 5 | 1959 | Korisu no Pokko, Jirō Ōta Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san, Toshiko Ueda (tie) | |||||||
| 6 | 1960 | No award given | |||||||
| 7 | 1961 | Science-kun no Sekai Ryokō, Reiji Aki | |||||||
| 8 | 1962 | ||||||||
| 9 | 1963 | Fight Sensei and Stop! Nii-chan, Hisashi Sekitani | |||||||
| 10 | 1964 | ||||||||
| 11 | 1965 | Paki-chan to Ganta, Kazuo Maekawa | |||||||
| 12 | 1966 | No award given | |||||||
| 13 | 1967 | ||||||||
| 14 | 1968 | ||||||||
| 15 | 1969 | ||||||||
| 16 | 1970 | Glass no Shiro, Masako Watanabe Gag Ojisan and Oya Baka Tengoku, Ryuzan Aki (tie) | |||||||
| 17 | 1971 | Hana Ichimonme, Shinji Nagashima Minashigo Hutch, Tatsuo Yoshida (tie) | |||||||
| 18 | 1972 | Tōchan no Kawaii Oyome-san and Hashire! Boro, Hiroshi Asuna | |||||||
| 19 | 1973 | ||||||||
| 20 | 1974 | ||||||||
| 21 | 1975 | ||||||||
| 22 | 1976 | Captain and Play Ball, Akio Chiba Ganbare Genki, Yū Koyama (tie) | |||||||
| 23 | 1977 | ||||||||
| 24 | 1978 | ||||||||
| 25 | 1979 | Tosa no Ippon Tsuri, Yūsuke Aoyagi | |||||||
| 26 | 1980 | Hakatakko Junjō and Gangaragan, Hōsei Hasegawa Jarinko Chie, Etsumi Haruki (tie) | |||||||
| 27 | 1981 | Doraemon, Fujio Fujiko | |||||||
| 28 | 1982 | Game Center Arashi and Kon'nichiwa! Mi-com, Mitsuru Sugaya | |||||||
| 29 | 1983 | Panku Ponk, Haruko Tachiiri | |||||||
| 30 | 1984 | Kinnikuman, Yudetamago | |||||||
| 31 | 1985 | Asari-chan, Mayumi Muroyama | |||||||
| 32 | 1986 | Ganbare, Kickers!, Noriaki Nagai | |||||||
| 33 | 1987 | Tsurupika Hagemaru, Shinbo Nomura | |||||||
| 34 | 1988 | Obocchama-kun, Yoshinori Kobayashi | |||||||
| 35 | 1989 | Lovely Mari-chan, Kimiko Uehara | |||||||
| 36 | 1990 | Crest of the Royal Family, Chieko Hosokawa Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!, Taeko Watanabe (tie) | Amaizo! Dango, Moo. Nenpei | ||||||
| 37 | 1991 | 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) | No award given | |||||
| 39 | 1993 | One More Jump, Michiyo Akaishi | |||||||
| 40 | 1994 | Ore wa Otoko Da! Kunio-kun, Kōsaku Anakubo | |||||||
| 41 | 1995 | Ron, Motoka Murakami Gallery Fake and Tarō, Fujihiko Hosono (tie) | Kocchi Muite! Miiko, Eriko Ono | ||||||
| 42 | 1996 | Midori no Makibaō, Tsunomaru | |||||||
| 43 | 1997 | Ganba! Fly High, Shinji Morisue and Hiroyuki Kikuta | Ninpen Manmaru, Mikio Igarashi | ||||||
| 44 | 1998 | No award given | |||||||
| 45 | 1999 | No award given | Monkey Turn, Katsutoshi Kawai Hikaru no Go, Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata (tie) | Taro the Space Alien, Yasunari Nagatoshi | |||||
| 46 | 2000 | Case Closed, Gosho Aoyama Cheeky Angel, Hiroyuki Nishimori (tie) | Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!, Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro | ||||||
| 47 | 2001 | Kaguyahime, Reiko Shimizu Yasha, Akimi Yoshida (tie) | Pukupuku Natural Circular Notice, Sayuri Tatsuyama | ||||||
| 48 | 2002 | Nana, Ai Yazawa Kaze Hikaru, Taeko Watanabe (tie) | Croket!, Manavu Kashimoto | ||||||
| 49 | 2003 | Yakitate!! Japan, Takashi Hashiguchi Fullmetal Alchemist, Hiromu Arakawa (tie) | Mirmo!, Hiromu Shinozuka | ||||||
| 50 | 2004 | 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) | Animal Alley, Ryō Maekawa | ||||||
| 52 | 2006 | Kirarin Revolution, An Nakahara | |||||||
| 53 | 2007 | Bambino!, Tetsuji Sekiya Kurosagi, Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru (tie) | Keshikasu-kun, Noriyuki Murase[3] | ||||||
| 54 | 2008 | , Shin'ichi Ishizuka | Naisho no Tsubomi, Yuu Yabuuchi[4] | ||||||
| 55 | 2009 | Shin'ya Shokudō, Yarō Abe | A Penguin's Troubles, Yūji Nagai[5] | ||||||
| 56 | 2010 | Ushijima the Loan Shark, Shohei Manabe Space Brothers, Chūya Koyama | King Golf, Ken Sasaki and Masaki Tani | Yumeiro Patissiere, Natsumi Matsumoto[6] | |||||
| 57 | 2011 | Nobunaga Concerto, Ayumi Ishii | Pin to Kona, Ako Shimaki | Inazuma Eleven, Ten'ya Yabuno[7] | |||||
| 58 | 2012 | I Am a Hero, Kengo Hanazawa | Piece, Hinako Ashihara | Mysterious Joker, Hideyasu Takahashi[8] | |||||
| 59 | 2013 | Zekkyō Gakkyū, Emi Ishikawa[9] | |||||||
| 60 | 2014 | Asahinagu, Ai Kozaki Aoi Honō, Kazuhiko Shimamoto (tie) | Yo-kai Watch, Noriyuki Konishi[10] | ||||||
| 61 | 2015 | Usotsuki! Gokuō-kun, Makoto Yoshimoto[11] | |||||||
| 62 | 2016 | Blue Giant, Shinichi Ishizuka Jūhan Shuttai!, Naoko Matsuda (tie) | Ijime, Kaoru Igarashi[12] | ||||||
| 63 | 2017 | Kūbo Ibuki, Kaiji Kawaguchi After the Rain, Jun Mayuzuki (tie) | PriPri Chi-chan!!, Hiromu Shinozuka[13] | ||||||
| 64 | 2018 | Age 12, Nao Maita[14] | |||||||
| 65 | 2019 | Aoashi, Yūgo Kobayashi and Naohiko Ueno , Aka Akasaka (tie) | My New Life as a Cat, Konomi Wagata[15] | ||||||
| 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)[16] | ||||
| 67 | 2021 | Nigatsu no Shōsha, Shiho Takase Don't Call It Mystery, Yumi Tamura (tie) | Komi Can't Communicate, Tomohito Oda | No award given[17] | |||||
| 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[18] | ||||