The is an award presented annually in Japan since 1961 by the Japan Railfan Club. It is awarded for railway vehicles that entered service in the previous year and voted by the selection committee as having the most outstanding functional and design features.
Award winners The list of award winners since 1961 is as follows. Award Year Train Operator Image 1 1961 2000 series EMU Hankyu Railway 2300 series EMU 2 1962 401/421 series EMU JNR 3 1963 3000 series EMU Keio Corporation 4 1964 5000 series EMU Keio Corporation 5 1965 3000 series EMU Sanyo Electric Railway 6 1966 A830 series tramcar Sapporo Streetcar 7 1967 0 series OS Car EMU Nagano Electric Railway 8 1968 9 1969 6000 series EMU Toei 10 1970 60 series EMU Osaka Municipal Subway 11 1971 Mo 600 series tramcar Nagoya Railroad 12 1972 6000 series EMU TRTA (now Tokyo Metro) 13 1973 9000 series EMU Odakyu Electric Railway 14 1974 2000 series EMU Nishi-Nippon Railroad 15 1975 24/25 series coach JNR EH Class electric locomotive Kurobe Gorge Railway 16 1976 KiHa 66/67 DMU JNR 8500 series EMU Tokyu Corporation 5000 series EMU Fujikyu 17 1977 1000 series EMU Joshin Electric Railway 6000 series EMU Sapporo Municipal Subway 18 1978 7000 series tramcar Toei 1000 series EMU Kobe Municipal Subway 19 1979 800 series EMU Keikyu Corporation 50 series coach JNR 20 1980 100 series EMU Nagoya Railroad 7000 series EMU Hokusō Railway 14760 series EMU Toyama Chihō Railway 21 1981 117 series EMU JNR 2000 series tramcar Nagasaki Tramway 22 1982 1000 series EMU Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau 23 1983 200 Series Shinkansen JNR 8200 series Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau 24 1984 6000 series EMU Keihan Electric Railway 25 1985 01 series TRTA (now Tokyo Metro) HaIMo 180 DMU Tarumi Railway 26 1986 10000 series EMU Nankai Electric Railway 100 Series Shinkansen JNR 27 1987 8000 series EMU Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway 7000 series EMU Kintetsu KiHa 185 series DMU JNR 28 1988 1000 series EMU Sendai City Transportation Bureau 29 1989 783 series Hyper Saloon EMU JR Kyushu 30 1990 221 series EMU JR West 2000 series "TSE" DMU JR Shikoku 31 1991 251 series EMU JR East 70 series EMU Osaka Municipal Subway 32 1992 253 series Narita Express EMU JR East KiHa 200 series DMU JR Kyushu 33 1993 300 Series Shinkansen JR Central Class EF200 electric locomotive JR Freight 34 1994 Class DF200 "Eco-Power Red Bear" diesel locomotive JR Freight 35 1995 KiHa 281 series DMU JR Hokkaido 36 1996 383 series EMU JR Central KoKi 71 "Car Rack System" freight wagon JR Freight 37 1997 731 series EMU JR Hokkaido 38 1998 9700 series tramcar Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau 900 series Kirara EMU Eizan Electric Railway 5800 series EMU Kintetsu 39 1999 Skyrail 200 series Skyrail Service 40 2000 5000 series Green Mover tramcar Hiroden 700 Series Shinkansen JR Central/JR West 209-950 series (now E231-900 series) EMU JR East 41 2001 Mo 800 tramcar Nagoya Railroad 3220 series "Series-21" EMU Kintetsu 5820 series "Series-21" EMU 9020 series "Series-21" EMU 42 2002 KiHa 187 series DMU JR West 43 2003 9200 series "Momo" tramcar Okayama Electric Tramway 1000 series "U-tram" tramcar Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau 44 2004 45 2005 800 Series Shinkansen JR Kyushu 3000 series tramcar Nagasaki Electric Tramway 46 2006 2000 series μSky EMU Nagoya Railroad 100 series Linimo Aichi Rapid Transit 5100 series Green Mover Max tramcar Hiroshima Electric Railway 3000 series EMU Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau 47 2007 E233 series EMU JR East 3000 series EMU Nishi-Nippon Railroad 48 2008 E721 series/SAT721 EMU JR East/Sendai Airport Transit KiHa E200 DMU JR East 49 2009 T1000 series tramcar Toyohashi Railroad 3000 series Comfort Saloon EMU Keihan Electric Railway 50 2010 22600 series Ace EMU Kintetsu 51 2011 16000 series EMU Tokyo Metro 52 2012 Class HD300-900 hybrid locomotive JR Freight 53 2013 54 2014 E6 Series Shinkansen JR East F1000 series "Fukuram" tramcar Fukui Railway 55 2015 EV-E301 series battery EMU JR East 3000 series EMU Hakone Tozan Railway 56 2016 HB-E210 series hybrid DMU JR East New 260 series EMU Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway 57 2017 E235 series EMU JR East ET122-1000 "Setsugekka" DMU Echigo Tokimeki Railway A3000 series EMU Shizuoka Railway 58 2018 E353 series EMU JR East 500 series "Revaty" EMU Tobu Railway 7500 series "U-Tram III" EMU Kagoshima City Tram 59 2019 20000 series EMU Sagami Railway Eizan Deo-730 railcar Eizan Electric Railway 60 2020 2700 series DMU JR Shikoku 61 2021 E261 series EMU JR East N700S Series Shinkansen JR Central 62 2022 17000 series EMU Tokyo Metro 18000 series EMU 3000 series "Premium Car" Keihan Electric Railway 63 2023 20 series EMU Kyoto Municipal Subway 64 2024 400 series EMU Osaka Metro HU300 series tramcar Utsunomiya Light Rail 65 2025 4000 series EMU Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau 8A series EMU Kintetsu 66 2026 80000 series EMU Tobu Railway 7000 series EMU Iyotetsu
See also List of motor vehicle awards Blue Ribbon Award (railway)
References
External links
The Blue Ribbon & Laurel Prize: Japan's Best New Trains, Japan Railway Journal on NHK World-Japan