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.^[1] 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

Current members

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)

References

^ "Osamu Tezuka Awards". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Tezuka Award & Akatsuka Award". Retrieved 28 August 2024.

[1] "Osamu Tezuka Awards". Retrieved 18 February 2015.

[;1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Tezuka Award & Akatsuka Award". Retrieved 28 August 2024.

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